Beamprobe vs iDeals.
iDeals charges £460/month for a plan SMBs and startups don't need. Beamprobe starts at £29.
| Feature | iDeals | Beamprobe |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £460/mo | £29/mo |
| UK data residency | EU (various) | UK/EEA |
| Free trial | Sales demo required | 7 days, self-serve |
| Transparent pricing | Quote on request | Published |
| End-to-end encrypted rooms | Customer-managed keys only | Yes, Pro and Business |
| NDA gate | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamic watermarking | Yes | Yes |
| Page-level analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Per-recipient links | Yes | Pro+ |
| Bot filtering | Partial | Automatic |
| Setup time | Sales call + onboarding | 5 minutes |
Where iDeals wins. Where it doesn't make sense.
iDeals · enterprise M&A
iDeals targets PE firms, investment banks, Fortune 500 running cross-border transactions worth hundreds of millions. That justifies a £460/month platform with dedicated project managers and compliance features.
UK SMBs · different need
Raising a seed round, running a Series A, selling your business - you need secure document sharing, NDA capture, watermarking, analytics. Not project managers, 12-step onboarding, enterprise SLA contracts.
Savings
£460/month iDeals = £5,520/year. Beamprobe Pro = £348/year. £5,172 difference is a junior employee's monthly salary, or three months of runway at an early-stage startup.
Switch from iDeals in 5 minutes.
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Beamprobe vs iDeals.
How much does iDeals cost compared to Beamprobe?
iDeals starts at around £460 per month after a sales call. Beamprobe is £29 per month flat with no per-user fees. Same NDA gate, audit trail, and UK data residency.
Does Beamprobe match iDeals on security?
On the everyday controls, yes: AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, an NDA acceptance log, per-recipient links, watermarking, expiry dates and passwords. On one point Beamprobe goes further. A Pro or Business room can be end-to-end encrypted: each PDF is encrypted in your browser before upload and decrypted only in your reader's browser, so Beamprobe cannot open it. iDeals encrypts files and offers customer-managed keys, but the files are still decrypted on iDeals' servers so they can be shown and searched. End-to-end rooms take PDFs only and switch off Q&A, search and AI, because those need a server that can read the file. How end-to-end rooms work
Can I migrate from iDeals to Beamprobe?
Yes. Download your documents from iDeals as a zip, drag them into a Beamprobe room, generate per-recipient links, send to your existing recipients. Most UK teams migrate during a fundraise gap and never go back.
Why is iDeals so much more expensive?
iDeals is built for £100m+ transactions with on-call project management, white-glove onboarding, and a dedicated success manager. UK SMB fundraises do not need that wrapper. Beamprobe ships the product without the wrapper.