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Dock alternative: how Deal Rooms compares.

Dock and ShiftRight Deal Rooms both give buyers one shared space for a deal. They differ most on price and on what the free plan covers. Here is a side-by-side, with a link to every source, so you can check it yourself.

Checked 23 Oct 2026Written by ShiftRight, the maker of Deal Rooms

The short answer

If you need a full sales-content platform with playbooks and courses, and your budget starts at a few hundred dollars a month, look at Dock. If you want a shared deal room and mutual action plan per buyer, priced per seat from US$29 a month, with a free plan to try it on real deals, Deal Rooms is built for that.

We make Deal Rooms. We have tried to be fair and have linked each fact about Dock to Dock’s own pages. Prices and plans change, so check them before you decide.

Side by side

DockShiftRight Deal Rooms
Free plan$0 foreverFree forever
What the free plan includes10 workspaces and 25 content assets; one each of slides, playbook, course and order form1 seat and 3 live rooms
Users on the free planDock’s pricing page says “not included”; its help article says “unlimited”1 seat
CRM on the free planDock’s help article: Salesforce or HubSpot, up to 5 linked accounts. Its pricing page lists CRM from StandardNot listed on the free plan
First paid planStandard, $350 a monthPro, US$29 per seat a month (US$24 billed yearly)
Next planPremium, $1,000 a month billed yearlyTeam, US$49 per seat a month (US$39 billed yearly)
CRMs namedSalesforce and HubSpotSee current integrations in the app
Buyer accessSee Dock’s documentationBuyers open their room from a link, with no account to create; rooms gated by email, with optional one-time codes
Use with your own AIAI usage limited on the free planYour own Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini key, or any MCP app such as Claude or Cursor
AlertsSee Dock’s documentationEmail alerts; Slack and Microsoft Teams alerts on Pro

Dock’s pricing page and its help article disagree on free-plan users and CRM. We show both rather than guess.

When Dock is the better choice

  • You want more on the free plan: Dock lists 10 workspaces against our 3 live rooms.
  • You need playbooks, courses and a content library for the whole sales team, not just buyer rooms.
  • You need order forms tied to Salesforce or HubSpot, which Dock offers on its higher plans.

When Deal Rooms is the better choice

  • You pay per seat, from US$29 a month, rather than from $350 a month for the team.
  • You want buyers to open a room from a link, without creating an account.
  • You want to use your own AI: draft rooms with your Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini key, or from Claude or Cursor through MCP.
  • You sell in Asia Pacific and want a product built and supported from Singapore.
Try Deal Rooms freeGet the free mutual action plan template

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