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4.5
32 Reviews
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out of 5Customer Support
out of 5Value for money
out of 5Functionality
out of 5"Easy to set up and launch, very time efficient."
"Exporting index of files and index of Q&A also helps to monitor incoming answers and new files."
"Accessible and easy to use in multi-national environment."
"Several years back, when I was last using Fordata's software, it still had no convenient mobile option. Also, it ran kind of sluggish on some browsers."
"On my last project I noticed that the status of questions was quite misleading - I couldn't find which questions are answered and which not."
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Paweł
Verified reviewer
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Banking
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
Reliable + value for money
Pros
Very good quality at a great price. I recall customer support very fondly. I was with an investment bank that had a number fo unique requests and they were all dealt with.
Cons
Several years back, when I was last using Fordata's software, it still had no convenient mobile option. Also, it ran kind of sluggish on some browsers. It was not a dealbreaker, but I would like to see this fixed (maybe it already has been).

Response from FORDATA
Thank you so much for this great 5-star review! We appreciate it! Your opinion is very important to us! Help us to improve for you.
Replied February 2019
Anonymous
Company size: 11-50 employees
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
Decent DD VDR software
I use Fordata VDR to receive data from target companies in due diligence processes. I had an overall good experience with this software and I can recommend it to a business professional in advisory sector.
Pros
Easy to use and pretty straightforward Daily updates about new files
Cons
Fordata VDR plugin does lack behind in terms of browser updates therefore IE or Edge is often the browser you need to use.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for your comment and the recommendation! We are glad you find our VDR easy to use and are greatful for your suggestions. Chrome update could cause problems with how our plugin performed, but this issue is already solved.
Replied May 2019
Konrad
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Real Estate
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
FORDATA REVIEW
VDR is used by my company to manage data flow between various parties during property due-diligence. It is used quite commonly. What I especially like about Fordata is great costumer support. Consultants are always available and eager to help.
Pros
* The interface is pretty transparent, although the design could be more modern-looking * The software allows to use all basic functionalities of the VDR * The staff is very helpful
Cons
* Interface looks obsolete, * the software works pretty slow, especially in terms of major operations (e.g. deleting files in bulk) * some of the functionalities (e.g. like sending notifications to users) are not very intuitive * Necessity to log into an additional panel (Fordata uploader) in order to manage files.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for your valued comment! KIndly be informed that FORDATA VDR allows to manage files without necessity to log in to additional panel. The function is available in the main tab of VDR called "Documents" in "Edit Structure" section!
Replied February 2019
Anonymous
Company size: 11-50 employees
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
High quality of product and customer service
As mentioned, user friendly software with very powerful platform enabling a control the process. As well as responsive and kind customer service.
Pros
User friendly and quick. In situations of system slowdowns after noticing to the IT support - immediate response and improvement. Great control of the VDR.
Cons
It might have been the issue of my firewalls, but sometimes it was impossible to source data using company plugin

Response from FORDATA
Thank you so much for this great 5-star review. We really appreciate you being a loyal customer and helping to share the word about us. We pride ourselves on our customer service and IT support!
Replied February 2019
Tomasz
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Investment Banking
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
September 2020
Fordata VDR
For Data is quite popular VDR used for exchanging documents during due diligence processes. It is one of the best VDR providers I worked with.
Pros
Fordata VDR is intuitive and easy to navigate. It has all crucial functions - storage of data in an orderly way and Q&A function enabling attachment of files. Exporting index of files and index of Q&A also helps to monitor incoming answers and new files.
Cons
On my last project I noticed that the status of questions was quite misleading - I couldn't find which questions are answered and which not.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for the positive review! We are glad you find the FORDATA system easy to navigate and the Q&A module functions helpful. We appreciate your comment on the questions statuses, too. Our developers will look into it.
Replied September 2020
Anonymous
Company size: 11-50 employees
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
due diligence
Pros
Structure clarity. Settings options. Client services.
Cons
I like the least old fashioned interface and design.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for this wonderful review. We are glad you liked the design simplicity and our customer support.
Replied February 2021
Anonymous
Company size: 11-50 employees
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2020
Reliable but sometimes annoying
I share documents for legal DD and open shared documents for legal DD.
Pros
It's relatively easy to use. Sometimes it opens the documents quite fast.
Cons
I don't like the uploader. It is outdated. The website tends to crash.
Reasons for choosing FORDATA VDR
It's easy to get.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for the positive review and suggestions! We are happy you found our VDR easy to use. Your opinion is of great value to us, we will keep it in mind while developing the software.
Replied February 2020
Anonymous
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
March 2021
Vital for critical data share
Overall experience has been good and while I perform reviews, I have found the user interface interesting.
Pros
Facilitates secure and easy means of obtaining and procuring data between the private side and public side. The ability of access reviews to the data room etc is helpful.
Cons
The ability to run reports and MI could be enhanced. I need to learn how to create sib folders within a data room.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you so much! We hope your project run successfully. Your suggestions have been sent to our Customer Support. If you need assistance regarding document structure, please contact your VDR administrator, who will gladly help you!
Replied April 2021
Łukasz
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Real Estate
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
April 2019
Used for dd for 2 years
Overall very good.
Pros
The customer support is excellent. The interface is quite easy to use.
Cons
Necessity to log into an additional panel for uploading files. Too expensive.

Response from FORDATA
Wow, great 5-star review! Thank you for taking your time writing this comment!
Replied April 2019
Anonymous
Company size: 11-50 employees
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
Good for due diligence and other M&A related data sharing services
Good for due diligence and other M&A related data sharing services
Pros
Worked fast and had a good price to quality ratio
Cons
It was not easy to invite other users to the VDR. The interface was not always convenient and intuitive

Response from FORDATA
Thank you! It's great to hear you had a positive experience using our services in M&A and DD! We continuously strive to make our tool as convenient as possible and our support is always ready to guide you online through our interface. Recently, we also introduced the Knowledge Base module to the interface, which will help use different functions of the VDR.
Replied May 2019

Maciej
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Renewables & Environment
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
good solutions with potential
Pros
The software is pretty straight forward with a lot of useful functions and add-ons. The customer support was excellent
Cons
We have faced some software mismatch issues (chrome, internet explorer or other browser compatibility). I was using it a while ago and I'm sure they have fixed this issue.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this excellent review. The mentioned issue is solved. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future!
Replied February 2019
Daniel
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2020
Thoughts on FORDATA VDR from the perspective of a tax professional
As a M&A tax professional I use 5+ VDR tools from various providers. Fordata VDR is one of my favorites and - in my view - offers best value for money. I appreciate its speed and reliability.
Pros
Ease of use; has all of the features expected from similar products; can set-up delegates easily; ability to customize updates and notifications; reliability
Cons
Still small feature gap to biggest VDR providers.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for such a great review! We are happy to hear you found our solution reliable and helpful. We will gladly hear any suggestions you might have concerning functionalities.
Replied February 2020
Marcin
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Financial Services
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2021
Reliable provider
VDR in sell-side or dd in buy-side mandates
Pros
Accessible and easy to use in multi-national environment
Cons
Adding new members to existing teams could be easier and quicker. You may add a short cut to facilitate it.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for the positive review! We are glad you find the FORDATA system easy to use.
Replied February 2021
Daniel
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Legal Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
Nice Room to use!
With Fordata VDR you can make due diligence in safety and comfortable way.
Pros
Safety, easy to access, nice looking software, stability
Cons
Low access to documents which aren't downloaded and printed

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for your review! We are glad you liked our VDR functions. As far as the access to documents is concerned, it depends on the Project Manager whether downloading and printing functions are allowed. You can always refer to the PM using Q&A module if you think you should have such access.
Replied May 2019
Zuzanna
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Telecommunications
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
M&A
I worked on it in several transactions and the tool make it very easy to coordinate the data and exchange them
Pros
It has many features that are easy to implement in field of data protection
Cons
layout looks a bit old and not always is intuitive but once you get used to it it can be easy to manage

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for your time writing the excellent comment! We make every effort to improve the ease of use of our VDR and keep in mind the overall UX, including the looks of the interface, which was upgraded last year.
Replied May 2019
Michal
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
Fordata VDR review
I work on FORDATA datarooms when I do due diligence for my clients.
Pros
Easy to use, good price, transparent interface
Cons
The fact that you need to run it under explorer - whenever I want to use Chrome it does not work.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for the positive comment! We are glad you choose our product for conducting Due Diligence. Problems with Chrome plugin could result from Chrome update, which is already taken care of by the IT Team. Our Support is always ready to answer software-related questions, too!
Replied May 2019
Anonymous
Company size: 51-200 employees
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
From a lawyer involved in a due diligence
Pros
Updates about new documents was definitely helpful in a due diligence project.
Cons
Can't remember, however i didn't really enjoyed commercial news in my email box.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for that great review! It's nice to hear our notification system proved useful. We would also like to kindly inform that we make sure no commercial email is ever sent to customers who didn't consent to it and we do our best not to oversupply it, too. Newsletter subscription can be cancelled at any time.
Replied June 2019
Anna
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Internet
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
October 2020
Easy to use, value for money
We set up a VDR.
Pros
Easy software to use, no unnecessary functionalities which would only decrease the speed. Great value for money.
Cons
There could be more "packages" to choose from.
Reasons for choosing FORDATA VDR
Better functionalities, more of a VDR than OneHub.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for the great review! Please, be informed that we can always make a tailor-made VDR offer for you via Sales!
Replied October 2020
Piotr
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Banking
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
Very good tool for e-commerce project
Much better than its peers (e.g. Intralinks or Merrill)
Pros
Easy access to shared materials by the client. Very useful "sort" tools
Cons
Speed of downloading files was very low. It always took me a lot of time to download files

Response from FORDATA
Thank you so much for a 5-star review! It's nice to hear our tools were useful. We constantly upgrade our software to meet the needs of our clients, this also includes transfer speeds.
Replied May 2019
Avnish
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Investment Banking
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
Seamless usage
Pros
Worked well, did not have any complaints
Cons
Perhaps the ease of navigation (i.e. finding things) could be improved somewhat but in general was not much of an issue.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for your valued comment! We do our best to better meet your expectations!
Replied February 2019
Kamil
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2019
Great platform!
Pros
Very kind and helpful project support, ready to assist at every stage of M&A project. Comprehensive platform's features and intuitive interface.
Cons
Instruction for Mac users could be better.

Response from FORDATA
Thank you so much for this great 5-star review! We really appreciate you being a loyal customer. Our customer support team is ready always to help you with any request!
Replied February 2019
Piotr
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Accounting
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
May 2019
VDR Review
It was strictly related to part of the Due Dilligence process and it was fine for it. I didnt get to work on other types of projects so cant really comment more.
Pros
One of the easier, better looking VDRs I was working with. I liked that it seemed to work well on Edge and Chrome; ease of navigation, selection and downloading items. It never crashed as well.
Cons
Cant think of anything in particular. One of the things which are hard in other VDRs is how hard it is to navigate and how slowly they load documents or the preview - this was NOT an issue here.

Response from FORDATA
It's great to hear you found our VDR so convenient and useful! Thank you! We value the UX greatly. Our layout underwent an upgrade last year, so we hope it makes working on it even more pleasant.
Replied May 2019
Anonymous
Company size: 11-50 employees
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
FORDATA Review
Fordata is a good interface for sell-side processes, allowing to easily and quickly create a VDR.
Pros
The interface is quite easy to use, specially managing folders
Cons
Managing users and setting privileges was not really flexible

Response from FORDATA
Thank you for your comment. We really appreciate you helping to share the word about us!
Replied February 2019
Anita
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
Fordata VDR
It was a pleasure to use Fordata VDR as compared to other VDRs available on the market. Easy to control new documents, easy to find files.
Pros
The option for seeing what new documents were uploaded since my last login.
Cons
There is no option for adding comments to the respective files.

Response from FORDATA
Wow! Thank you so much for this great 5-star review.!
Replied March 2019
Lukasz
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
February 2019
Very professional tool. Frendly for new users
Overall very positive experience with the tool
Pros
Simple; Quick Access; Quick downloands of the documents
Cons
More detailed information - mailing about documents being loaded by the other party

Response from FORDATA
Wow, great 5-star review! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this excellent review.
Replied March 2019
