Summary
CapLinked, founded in the United States in 2010, offers a straightforward data room with published pricing and an API. It scores 7.9 overall in our table, held back mainly by its security and support scores against the leaders.
Asset sales and insolvency work
UK asset sales, whether a business selling a division or an administrator disposing of assets, often need a room quickly and for a defined period. In administration and insolvency cases, an insolvency practitioner may need to open a room within days, share it with several interested parties and close it once the sale completes. Published pricing helps here, because there is no waiting for a quote.
CapLinked covers the essentials: structured Q&A, watermarking, document rights control, a full audit trail, two-factor login and bulk upload. The API is less common at this price point and can be useful for advisers who want to pull activity data into their own reporting.
For an administrator, the audit trail matters for a specific reason. The Insolvency Act 1986 and the related rules require the office-holder to act in the interests of creditors as a whole, and in a pre-pack or accelerated sale the process may later be scrutinised. A record of which parties were given access, when and to what, supports the explanation of how the sale was marketed. Watermarks also discourage interested parties from circulating confidential trading information about a distressed business, which can damage value quickly.
Asset sales of trading divisions bring their own document set: contracts to assign or novate, employee lists for TUPE transfers, and asset registers. Employee data in TUPE lists is personal data, so without built-in redaction, prepare an anonymised version for the early stages.
| Feature | CapLinked |
|---|---|
| Structured Q&A | Yes |
| API | Yes |
| Two-factor login | Yes |
| Redaction | No |
| Single sign-on | No |
| E-signature | No |
| AI tools | No |
Price in pounds
CapLinked publishes an entry price of $299/mo, approx. £230 at our rate of 0.77. That is indicative: confirm the figure with CapLinked and check whether VAT is added. Ask what the entry tier includes in users and storage, since a room with many bidders or large files may need a higher tier.
Certifications and UK GDPR
CapLinked holds SOC 2 but not ISO 27001. For many UK asset sales that is enough, but bank and listed-company buyers sometimes require ISO 27001 in vendor checks. Under UK GDPR, ask for the processing agreement and the hosting location for your room; we have not confirmed CapLinked’s hosting regions. If you use the API to export data to your own systems, record that flow in your processing records.
Against SecureDocs and Ellty
SecureDocs has published pricing at a slightly lower entry figure and built-in e-signature, but no structured Q&A. Ellty has published pricing from $149/mo (approx. £115) with Q&A, e-signature and AI tools, though no API.
| CapLinked | SecureDocs | Ellty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $299/mo (approx. £230) | $250/mo (approx. £193) | $149/mo (approx. £115) |
| Q&A | Yes | No | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes | No |
| E-signature | No | Yes | Yes |
Not the right fit if
You need ISO 27001, SSO or in-room redaction, or you are running a large multi-bidder auction where analytics drive the process. Rooms higher in our table cover those needs.
Questions people ask
How much is CapLinked in pounds?
Its published entry price is $299/mo, approx. £230 at our rate. Confirm the current figure with CapLinked and check VAT.
Is CapLinked ISO 27001 certified?
Not according to our data. It holds SOC 2.
Is CapLinked suitable for an administration sale?
It can work well, since published pricing lets an insolvency practitioner open a room quickly without waiting for a quote.
Does CapLinked have an API?
Yes, which is useful if you want to bring activity data into your own systems.
