Comparison
Punctilio vs Ellty
Ellty makes the same argument against per-seat pricing. Then the tiers arrive.
Ellty is the competitor Punctilio agrees with most. No demo calls, no per-seat surprise, plain pages that state prices in dollars. Thousands of teams use it, and if you end up there instead of here, you picked a reasonable tool.
The difference is how much of the product each price unlocks. Ellty’s $39 Standard tier covers sharing and eSignatures with a single data room link for one user. The actual data room, with NDA gating and email verification, starts at $79 a month with 2 users. Dynamic watermarking, folder-level permissions, and the audit log sit on Data Room Plus at $199 a month with 3 users, all billed annually, with monthly billing higher. The features a careful team wants on day one are the ones priced at the top.
Punctilio puts the whole product in one plan: $29.99 a month, 3 seats included, $5 for each additional seat. Watermarking, NDA gates, granular link controls, e-signing, and checklist-based client document collection with malware scanning are not tiers, they are the product.
Side by side
| Feature | Ellty | Punctilio |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Three tiers billed annually: Standard $39/mo with 1 user, Data Room $79/mo with 2 users, Data Room Plus $199/mo with 3 users. Monthly billing costs more. | $29.99/mo flat per workspace, with 3 seats included. |
| Watermarking and granular permissions | Dynamic watermarking, folder-level granular permissions, screenshot protection, and the audit log all wait for Data Room Plus at $199/mo. | Included at $29.99/mo. |
| Data rooms | Standard gets a single data room link. The lightweight data room with NDA gating starts at $79/mo, and the full folder system with auto-indexing starts at $199/mo. | Included, with folders, versioning, NDA gates, email verification, and activity tracking. |
| Client document collection | Visitors can upload files into a data room on request. | A published checklist clients upload against, with review and approval and malware scanning on every file. |
| E-signing | eSignatures are listed from the Standard tier. | Full e-signing included: templates, reminders, bulk send, signer tracking, sealed audit artifacts. |
| Free trial | 14 days. | 7 days. No card required. |
When Ellty is still the right call
We would rather you pick the right tool than pick us. Ellty makes sense if:
You want AI chat and full-text search.
Ellty ships AI chat over your documents and full-text search that reaches scanned files and images. Punctilio does not have an equivalent today.
You need screenshot protection.
Data Room Plus includes screenshot deterrence. Punctilio relies on watermarking and access controls instead.
You want a longer trial before deciding.
Ellty gives you 14 days against Punctilio’s 7. Both let you cancel before paying anything.
You are already sold on their workflow tooling.
The Plus tier bundles workflow automation and automatic file indexing that deal teams with steady volume can genuinely use.
If none of those describe you, compare the day-one bills: the controls Punctilio includes at $29.99 line up with Ellty’s $199 tier.
One price, the whole workspace
Start your 7-day trial of Punctilio. No card required. After that it is $29.99 a month, flat: data rooms, native e-signing, and client document collection with malware scanning.
One plan. No tier ladder. No feature paywalls mid-deal.