Microsoft SharePoint Data Room review

What it does well

• +Deep integration with Microsoft 365 identity and compliance tools lets IT teams apply the same sensitivity labels and conditional access policies used elsewhere in the organisation.
• +Version history, co authoring and eDiscovery features suit companies with existing legal and compliance workflows.
• +External sharing links can be scoped by expiry date and specific recipient.

Where it falls short

• −Configuring a genuinely secure external data room in SharePoint requires meaningful IT effort and Microsoft 365 admin expertise, which is more overhead than most early stage founders want to take on.
• −It lacks the out of the box investor facing analytics, watermarking and NDA gating that dedicated fundraising data rooms provide.

Pricing

SharePoint is bundled into most Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise plans, which start at roughly $5 to $6 per user per month for smaller organisations, with standalone SharePoint plans available at a similar starting price for larger deployments.

Security and compliance

Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online hold ISO 27001, ISO 27018, SOC 1 and SOC 2 certifications, with HIPAA support available under a business associate agreement on eligible plans.