When navigating a business through due diligence, you cannot overlook the critical importance of document management. A single error could open you up to disclosure issues, inaccuracies or lowered esteem – all of which could impact your ultimate return to shareholders. Merrill DatasiteOne is the only SaaS app for due diligence and allows you to focus on the deal, not the data room.
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The Pinnacle of Due Diligence Document Management
Service
Virtual
Data Rooms
Integrated 24/7 product support.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
General support only, with no M&A or industry expertise.
Global team of project managers with deep due diligence expertise offers around-the-clock support in 14 languages. A real person answers every time.
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security
Virtual
Data Rooms
Often outsourced to
hosting providers.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
Less stringent security standards that have been vulnerable to hackers in
the past.
Avoid unnecessary risks.
• ISO 27001 certification
• SSAE SOC 2 Type II attestation
• EU-US Privacy Shield and GDPR compliant
• Customer-supplied files encrypted at-rest with AES 256-bit encryption and scheduled backups
• In-transit data secured via Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 protocol
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control
Virtual
Data Rooms
General administrative oversight of data.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
Limited administrative
control and permissions.
Robust document and user permissioning controls with detailed reporting of data room activity to the 1/100th of a second.
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Agility
Virtual
Data Rooms
Built for M&A transactions with integrated
collaboration tools.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
Not designed for M&A workflows and can be
delayed by IT approvals.
Advanced due diligence tools with robust search, Q&A routing, review and approval.
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Compliance
Virtual
Data Rooms
General document archives delivered upon project completion.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
Limited compliance capabilities, audit trails and end-of-deal archives.
Sophisticated compliance tools including
• Regulatory compliance feed for investment banking requirements
• Active project data room monitoring
• Pre-diligence activity monitoring
• Domain activity reporting
• Project log files retained under exchange record-keeping requirements
• Indexed, encrypted media provided at project close upon request
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Reporting
Virtual
Data Rooms
General analytics and reporting on user activity.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
Limited documents and user activity reporting capabilities.
Intelligent dashboards that bring immediate visibility
to data room activity and easy access to dozens of report options.
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Collaboration
Virtual
Data Rooms
Basic Q&A tools for review and approval use.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
Q&A tools are not designed for comprehensive due diligence activities.
Advanced buy-side Q&A tools to create, manage, route and answer project questions.
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EXPERTISE
Virtual
Data Rooms
Built to protect sensitive business information, but now with aging technology infrastructure.
CONSUMER-GRADE FILE SHARING SERVICES
Built as a self-serve, general consumer file sharing solution without dedicated project management support.
Merrill has spent 50 years supporting complex business transactions and regulatory filings – a pioneer in developing virtual data room technologies. Dozens of new projects are initiated with Merrill each day – with more than 6,500 hosted each year.
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Merrill DatasiteOne is the only SaaS application for due diligence that helps companies worldwide close more deals and close them faster, with the strongest combination of deal-making and reporting support.
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