Benchmarks2026-08-04
How faithfully does a data room render a spreadsheet?
Four Excel producer dialects rendered through our viewer and through LibreOffice, then compared cell by cell. Method, results, and what the test does not cover.
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The six pieces tagged Benchmarks come first. Each one publishes its method, its run date and the file the numbers came from, so you can disagree with the result rather than with us. The guides and explainers below them are ordinary explainers.
Four Excel producer dialects rendered through our viewer and through LibreOffice, then compared cell by cell. Method, results, and what the test does not cover.
A browser cannot block a screenshot. So we measured the control that is left: 64 sampled 25% crops, and what attribution each one still carried.
A permission filter can live in the SQL query, after retrieval, or in the prompt. Only the first is a control. The query predicate, and the adversarial results.
The same Saudi cell rendered by three engines. LibreOffice is a day out, the ssf library prints a US dollar sign, and here is the measurement behind both.
A document citation, a page citation and a cell-range citation are three different products. Only one can be checked in seconds, and here is why.
The four instruments behind our published numbers, the baseline that fails the build, and the defects no test suite caught until the product actually ran.
How to choose the best data room for your Series A, B, or C raise. Real pricing, a stage-by-stage document checklist, and the six criteria that actually matter.
The definitive playbook for running a sell-side M&A data room — AI Q&A with clickable citations, engagement intelligence, security architecture, and a 10-point setup checklist.
The six security tests every AI data room must pass before touching confidential deal documents. A vendor-neutral framework for CISOs, General Counsel, and CTOs.
From fundraising to board portals to legal discovery — how modern teams use AI-native data rooms far beyond traditional M&A due diligence.
Everything you need to know about virtual data rooms — what they are, who uses them, and how AI is transforming the industry.
Feature-by-feature comparison of the top virtual data room providers, including AI capabilities, security, and pricing transparency.