Key takeaways
- DocSend is a sharing and analytics tool for the sender. Delsivo is a review workspace for the fund that receives the deck.
- Whether a viewer can download a DocSend deck depends on the sender: downloads work only when the owner enables them for that link.
- Delsivo's pilot reads uploaded PDF decks. It does not open DocSend links, so a founder applying through your portal uploads the file.
- DocSend data rooms are for the sender's documents. Delsivo's data rooms, planned for the first release, collect what a fund requests from a founder.
What each does
Delsivo
Delsivo is the fund's workspace for inbound deals. Founders apply on the fund's branded portal and upload a PDF deck, which is kept as the original and read with every extracted fact cited to its slide. The fund's thesis is applied criterion by criterion, and claims, requests and decisions stay in one deal record. It is at the design partner stage.
DocSend
- Dropbox describes DocSend as its secure document-sharing product, so senders keep control of documents after sending them, with real-time control and insights. source
- The Help Center describes the flow: upload content, create a link that controls access, then see who viewed it and how long they spent on each page. source
Side by side
| Compared | Delsivo | DocSend |
|---|---|---|
| Whose tool | The fund's: it receives, reads and reviews what founders submit | The sender's: fundraising decks, investor updates and board documents are among the typical content named source |
| How a deck arrives | The founder uploads a PDF on your portal when applying (Pilot). PowerPoint follows once extraction quality is measured | Recipients open links in a browser without installing software, on desktop or mobile source |
| Downloads | The original file is kept in the deal; each new deck is a new version and old citations keep working (Pilot) | Visitors can download or print only if the owner has enabled downloading for that link source |
| Analytics | None on how founders' documents are viewed. The audit history records who did what inside the fund's workspace (Pilot) | Page-by-page analytics show time per page and drop-offs within a document source |
| Reading the content | PDF decks read with every extracted fact cited to its slide, and weak extraction flagged instead of guessed (Pilot) | The pages read describe tracking how decks are viewed, not reading deck content with slide citations or checking a deal against a thesis source |
| Access controls | In the first release: named guests whose access expires, preview and download policy, watermark and NDA acknowledgement | Link settings include require email, password, allow or block by domain and expiry on all plans; watermark and NDA gates are listed for Advanced plans source |
| Data rooms | Scoped file requests and basic follow-up forms in the pilot. Data rooms with guests, watermarks and activity in the first release | In Spaces, an Allow downloads toggle controls whether members can download content, and Spaces can require an NDA on Advanced plans source |
| Security | Designed controls: each fund's data kept apart, MFA for staff and partners, files scanned before preview. No certification yet | The Dropbox Trust Center lists DocSend SOC 2 and SOC 3 reports source |
Pricing
No published prices. Delsivo is at the design partner stage, and each pilot is priced with the fund. Annual workspace pricing, with application and AI usage allowances, is set after real pilot usage is measured. Funds pay; founders never do. See pricing.
- DocSend: The Help Center names four plans, Personal, Standard, Advanced and Advanced Data Room, billed monthly or annually, and refers readers to the pricing page. Plan amounts were not readable on the day. source
- DocSend: New accounts get a 14-day trial of the Advanced Data Rooms plan. source
Handling DocSend pitch deck links as a fund
Founders who share decks by DocSend link are making a reasonable choice: they can update the file without resending it and see which pages held a reader's attention. For a fund, a link is harder to review later. It can expire, change, or block downloads, and the version a partner saw on Monday may not be the one an analyst opens on Friday.
Delsivo's answer is to ask founders to apply on your portal and upload the PDF. The upload is kept as the original, each new deck becomes a new version, and every cited fact keeps pointing to the slide it came from. A founder can still send you a DocSend link by email; the review happens on the file they upload.
Where Delsivo is weaker
- Delsivo cannot open a DocSend link. In the pilot it needs an uploaded PDF, which asks one more step of the founder.
- Delsivo gives founders no analytics on how the fund read their deck. DocSend shows senders page-by-page views.
- Delsivo is at the design partner stage. DocSend is an established product.
- DocSend's SOC 2 and SOC 3 reports are listed by Dropbox. Delsivo has no certification yet.
Which to choose
Choose DocSend
You need to share outbound documents, such as fund materials or a data room for your own raise, with link controls and page-level analytics today.
Choose Delsivo
You are a fund that wants inbound decks to arrive through your own branded portal, be read with slide citations and screened against your thesis, and you can join a design partner pilot.
Choose Both, DocSend and Delsivo
Founders keep using DocSend to share; your fund asks them to apply through its portal with the PDF, and reviews it there.
Sources
- help.dropbox.com/plans/what-is-dropbox-docsend (checked 6 November 2026)
- help.dropbox.com/view-edit/dropbox-docsend-download-or-print-shared-content (checked 6 November 2026)
- www.dropbox.com/docsend (checked 6 November 2026)
- help.dropbox.com/share/dropbox-docsend-link-settings-in-content-library (checked 6 November 2026)
- help.dropbox.com/share/dropbox-docsend-link-settings-in-spaces (checked 6 November 2026)
- trust.dropbox.com/ (checked 6 November 2026)
- help.dropbox.com/billing/manage-your-dropbox-docsend-subscription (checked 6 November 2026)
- help.dropbox.com/plans/dropbox-docsend-trial-overview (checked 6 November 2026)
This comparison is based on information DocSend publishes, read on the dates shown. It is not a scored hands-on benchmark. DocSend is a trademark of its owner. Delsivo makes a competing product. Corrections are welcome through our contact page.