Ellty for Singapore buyers
Ellty bills in US dollars: US$149 a month is about S$191 at 1.2792, before 9% GST. If your company is GST-registered, give the vendor your GST number so the invoice is treated as a business supply. Ask where rooms are hosted if a bank, fund manager or government-linked buyer requires a specific region, and confirm the vendor will support the PDPA terms you put in your NDA for the business asset transaction exception.
| Item | Ellty | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | about S$191 a month | Converted from USD; your bank rate may differ |
| GST | about S$208 a month with 9% GST | Give your GST number if registered |
| Hosting | Ask the vendor | Required by some banks and government-linked buyers |
| PDPA | Processor terms on request | NDA terms for the business asset transaction exception |
Pros and gaps
What stands out
- Price on the website: US$149 monthly, roughly S$191, and a 14-day free trial
- Every core deal control in one product: buyer Q&A, reader-stamped pages, view-only files, activity record, two-step login
- AI help for sorting uploads and finding clauses
- NDAs and closing papers signed inside the room
- An interface bidders pick up without training
Gaps to weigh, per vendor documentation
- No developer API
- No company directory (SSO) login
- No phone or tablet app; the mobile browser is used instead
- No masking tool inside the room; files are masked before upload
Scores on our five measures
Overall: 9.2/10. Measures where Ellty matches or beats the 18-room average: security and pdpa readiness, deal tools, permissions and audit trail, ease of use and support, cost in singapore dollars.
What Ellty costs in Singapore dollars
Ellty is highlighted below against the rest of the field for one project. Its line uses the price Ellty lists.
Ellty cost estimate
Set the type of project, your own head count in the room, the number of months it stays live and the GST setting. Rows follow our ranking.
| Data room | Pricing | Project total |
|---|---|---|
 Ellty | Monthly | S$833 |
 iDeals | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Datasite | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Ansarada | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Firmex | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Drooms | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Intralinks | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Box | Per seat | S$663 |
 Citrix ShareFile | Monthly | S$305 |
 DealRoom | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 SmartRoom | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 CapLinked | Monthly | S$1,666 |
 SecureDocs | Monthly | S$1,395 |
 ShareVault | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Onehub | Monthly | S$83 |
 Venue by DFIN | Range | ~S$10,028 to S$29,648 |
 Digify | Monthly | S$671 |
 DocSend | Per seat | S$2,023 |
Where a vendor lists a price, the total uses it, turned into Singapore dollars at S$1.2792 per US dollar (16 October 2026). Vendors that only quote get a band: our observed range for this kind of Singapore project, which is not a figure from the vendor. Treat all totals as planning numbers.
Ellty in brief
Ellty started in 2020 and is run from Australia, but it is built for the same work as the older enterprise rooms. An admin can open a folder to one bidder and close it to another, switch a file to view-only halfway through a process, and print each reader's name and the time across every page they open. The activity record shows which person read which document and for how long, and it exports cleanly when a buyer's counsel or an insurer asks for it.
Questions sit inside the room. A bidder raises one against a document, the seller routes it to the CFO or company secretary, someone signs off the reply, and the thread stays attached to the file. That matters in Singapore auctions where several bidders ask the same thing about GST, CPF or a key contract and the seller wants one consistent answer.
The parts that set it apart are commercial and practical. The monthly price is on the website, so an adviser can quote the room cost to a client before any sales call, and the free trial gives two weeks to build the index first. AI features help sort uploads and find clauses in long agreements, signatures are built in for NDAs, and two-step login protects every account. Hosting is covered by a SOC 2 report on the underlying infrastructure.
Feature check
| Feature | Ellty | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Q&A workflow | Listed | Bidders post a question against a file; your team drafts, approves and publishes the reply, and the whole thread is kept. |
| Audit trail | Listed | Time-stamped history of who opened, printed or downloaded each document, exportable for a dispute, insurer or regulator. |
| Dynamic watermarks | Listed | The reader's name, email and time are stamped across each page as it opens, so a photographed page can be traced. |
| Redaction | Not listed | NRIC numbers, salaries or client names are blacked out on the platform, with no second copy of the file to manage. |
| E-signature | Listed | NDAs and closing papers are signed without leaving the platform. |
| Mobile app | Not listed | An installable app for phones and tablets, on top of the mobile website. |
| API | Not listed | Developers can create rooms, add users or pull activity into in-house systems. |
| SSO | Not listed | Staff sign in with the company directory, for example Microsoft Entra ID or Okta, rather than another password. |
| Two-factor login | Listed | Every login needs a one-time code, app approval or security key as well as the password. |
| Folder upload | Listed | A whole folder tree goes up in one drag, keeping its numbering. |
| View and download control | Listed | Each file can be set to view-only, print or download, and the setting can be changed later. |
| AI features | Listed | Vendor-listed help such as auto-filing uploads, summarising agreements, searching across files or drafting answers. |
Ellty lists 8 of the 12 features we track; the ones not listed are redaction, mobile app, api, sso.
Deals Ellty suits
M&A
Q&A, watermarks, view control and bidder analytics cover a full sell-side process, and the published price makes the room cost predictable.
#1 for this use caseStartup fundraising
Investors see a tidy room, founders see who opened the deck and the cap table, and the trial lets the round start before a contract.
#1 for this use caseFamily offices
A family office can run several co-investments and portfolio reviews from one account with clear permissions for each party.
Security and compliance
Ellty lists SOC 2 (hosting), two-factor login and an audit trail. For a Singapore bank, insurer or fund manager, expect its IT risk team to ask for the certification reports, encryption details, hosting location and incident terms under MAS technology risk expectations. For personal data, the PDPA protection and transfer limitation obligations apply to whatever you upload.
Getting started
Sign-up opens the 14-day free trial, so the team can build the index, drag in folders and invite a few test users before paying. Permissions, watermarks and Q&A are set by the room admin without a vendor project manager. Ask the vendor which support hours cover Singapore time.
Alternatives to Ellty
iDeals
8.6/10 · Quoted per project
Datasite
8.5/10 · Quoted per project
Ansarada
8.5/10 · Quoted per project
Head-to-head: Ellty vs iDeals, Ellty vs Datasite, Ellty vs Digify.
Ellty: common questions
How much does Ellty cost in Singapore?
Ellty lists US$149/mo, which is about S$191 a month at the rate we use, before 9% GST.
Does Ellty offer a free trial?
Yes, Ellty offers a 14-day free trial.
Is Ellty hosted in Singapore?
Ellty does not list a Singapore region in our data. Ask where your room would be hosted; the PDPA allows overseas hosting with comparable protection.
Does Ellty have a Q&A workflow?
Yes, Ellty lists a Q&A workflow for buyer and investor questions.