# An Ellty alternative that stays free after 14 days

> Ellty and ArtifactSend compared for founders and deal teams, from Ellty's own site in November 2026.

Updated November 1, 2026. By Vela Partners. https://artifactsend.com/guides/ellty-alternative

## The short answer

Ellty is a virtual data room for fundraising, M and A and real estate deals. It has passwords, download limits, screenshot protection and a watermark, and it starts with a 14-day free trial. Its plans page did not show prices in the text we read on November 1, 2026.

ArtifactSend is free with no trial clock. Data rooms with folders, an NDA, a watermark with each reader's email, email codes and reading reports are all included. It does not have passwords, download controls or screenshot protection yet. Pick Ellty if you need those controls today. Pick ArtifactSend if you want a free room that stays free.

## Side by side

|  | Ellty | ArtifactSend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Paid plans after a 14-day trial | Free, unlimited links, rooms and members |
| Data rooms with folders | Yes | Yes |
| NDA before reading | Check Ellty's plans | Yes, free, with a record of who agreed |
| Watermark | Yes, dynamic watermarking | Yes, free, with each reader's email |
| Email verification | Yes | Yes, a 6-digit email code, or Google sign-in |
| Password on a link | Yes | Not yet |
| Download and screenshot controls | Yes | Not yet |
| Live HTML and Claude artifacts | Not listed | Yes, they stay interactive |
| Ask Claude or ChatGPT who read it | Not listed | Yes |

Ellty facts from ellty.com, checked November 1, 2026.

## When Ellty is the better pick

- You need a password, download limits or screenshot protection on the files.
- You want an investor database and pitch tools in the same product.
- Your process is a large M and A or real estate deal and the budget is set.

## When ArtifactSend is the better pick

- You want the room to stay free after the first two weeks.
- You have several people on the deal and do not want to pay per seat.
- You share HTML memos, dashboards or Claude artifacts, not only PDFs.
- You want to ask Claude or ChatGPT which investor read which file.

## What ArtifactSend does not do yet

- eSignatures. DocSend includes them on paid plans, and Peony gives 3 a month free.
- Video with analytics. Most rivals track video on paid plans.
- Your own domain. Links on your domain instead of artifactsend.com.
- Password, download and screenshot controls. Today the email code, the watermark and the expiry cover most of this.
- Per-folder access and a Q and A thread in data rooms. Today a room has one door, and each person can get their own link.
- Slack, CRM and Zapier. Today Claude and ChatGPT read your reports through the MCP.

## Questions

**Is Ellty free?**

Ellty offers a 14-day free trial with no card, as of November 2026. After that it is a paid plan.

**Does ArtifactSend have a free data room?**

Yes. Rooms, folders, the NDA, the watermark and the reading report are free and unlimited.

**Which is more secure?**

Ellty has passwords, download limits and screenshot protection, which ArtifactSend does not have yet. ArtifactSend ties every view to a verified email and watermarks each page with it.

## Sources

- [Ellty](https://www.ellty.com/)
- [Ellty plans](https://www.ellty.com/plans)