# What is Clinked? Client Portals, Features and Pricing - url: https://www.tryplox.com/blog/what-is-clinked - date: 2026-06-24 - tags: Founders, Data Rooms - excerpt: What is Clinked? A white-label client portal and data room for agencies and accountants. See its features, who it is for, pricing and a leaner alternative. Clinked is a white-label client portal and collaboration platform that gives businesses a way to hand clients a branded, secure space for sharing files, managing projects and exchanging documents. It targets agencies, accountants, consultants and professional-services firms that want client-facing portals carrying their own logo, colours and domain rather than a generic SaaS interface. ## What is Clinked? Clinked is a cloud-based client portal and virtual data room. Businesses use it to share documents and work with clients inside a branded, secure space. You white-label the portal with your own logo, colours and custom domain, then invite clients in as guests to view files, comment, complete tasks and message your team. It folds file sharing, project management and basic data room functions into one workspace, with web and mobile apps. Put plainly, Clinked is the layer a services firm puts between itself and its clients so every shared document, message and task lives in one portal that looks like the firm, not the vendor. ## How does Clinked work? Clinked is built around a persistent portal, not one-off file sends. You set up a branded workspace, then organise client work into groups, one per client, project or department, each with its own files, members and permissions. The flow usually looks like this: 1. Brand the portal with your logo, colours, login screen and a custom domain. 2. Create a group for a client or project and set folder structure. 3. Invite people as members (internal seats) or guests (external clients, unlimited). 4. Share files, request uploads, assign tasks and chat inside the group. 5. Track activity through audit trails and notifications. Because the portal is always on, clients log back into the same space over time. That is the real split from a send-and-forget link. Clinked is a standing relationship hub, not a single document share. ## What is Clinked used for? Clinked does four main jobs in one tool: - **Secure file sharing.** Upload, organise and share documents with clients, with version control and in-file comments. - **Client collaboration.** Branded portals for discussions, tasks, approvals and group or 1:1 chat. - **Data room functionality.** Permissioned access, audit trails and secure document exchange for diligence-style processes. - **Project management.** Calendars, Kanban boards (on higher tiers), @mentions and activity streams to keep work moving. The thread running through all of it is an ongoing, multi-touch client relationship. Clinked works best when the same clients keep coming back and you want one branded place for everything instead of files scattered across email. ## Key Clinked features Clinked bundles collaboration, document management, branding and security into one platform. The highlights: **Branding and white-label** - Custom logo, colours and branded login screen - Custom domain URLs - White-label mobile apps (iOS and Android) - White-label email notifications (Premium tier) **Document management** - Drag-and-drop, email-to-upload and bulk imports - Large file support (up to 5 GB) - Version control with restore - In-file comments, annotations and approval requests - Document watermarking (Premium tier) **Collaboration and projects** - Tasks, shared calendars and discussions - Real-time group chat and 1:1 messaging - @mention notifications and activity streams - Kanban boards (higher tiers) **Security and permissions** - AES-256 encryption, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance - Two-factor authentication - Granular view, edit, delete and admin permissions - Member vs guest access distinction - Detailed audit trails with CSV export The branding depth and the wide integration set (Google Workspace, OneDrive, DocuSign, Adobe Sign, Zoom and more) are where Clinked is genuinely strong. ## Who is Clinked for? Clinked is built for firms that keep ongoing, document-heavy client relationships and want those interactions to carry their brand. That includes: - **Agencies** delivering work to retained clients who need a branded hub - **Accountants and bookkeepers** exchanging sensitive financial files year-round - **Consultants and professional-services firms** running multi-stage client engagements - **Legal teams** managing secure document exchange with clients It fits one-and-done sharing poorly. If your real job is sending a pitch deck, an investor update or a due-diligence data room and seeing who read it, a full white-label portal with member seats and chat is more machinery than the task needs. ## How much does Clinked cost? Clinked has no free plan. Self-serve pricing starts at $119/month for the Lite plan (billed monthly), rising to $299/month for Standard and $599/month for Premium, with an Enterprise tier on a custom quote. Annual and two-year commitments lower the per-month rate. Every plan caps internal members and storage. External guests are unlimited. | Plan | Monthly | Members | Storage | Standout | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Lite | $119 | 100 | 100 GB | White-label portal, integrations | | Standard | $299 | 100 | 1 TB | Tasks, chat, custom domain, audit trail | | Premium | $599 | 250 | 3 TB | Watermarking, white-label emails, Kanban | | Enterprise | Custom quote | Custom | Custom | SSO, advanced admin, dedicated support | The entry point sits well above what someone simply sharing documents needs. For the full breakdown of tiers, hidden costs and annual discounts, see the [Clinked pricing guide](/blog/clinked-pricing). ## When to use Clinked vs a document-sharing tool Use Clinked when you need a persistent, branded portal for ongoing client work: many clients, recurring touchpoints, tasks and chat alongside files. The white-label experience and integrations earn the price for an agency or services firm running that motion. Reach for a lighter document-sharing tool when the job is narrower. Share a specific document or data room securely, control access and see who engaged. You do not need a 100-member workspace or a $119/month floor to send a deck and track who opened it. ## Where Plox fits If your actual need is tracked, secure document sharing and data rooms rather than a full client portal, Plox is the leaner fit. Plox is a secure document sharing and virtual data room platform for founders, investors and dealmakers. Instead of standing up a portal, you share any document as a trackable link. The link never changes and you can update the file anytime, while you watch page-by-page analytics: who opened it, time per page, completion percentage and real-time view notifications. When you need control, add passcodes, email verification, a one-click NDA, link expiry, revoke access and dynamic per-viewer [watermarking](/document-control) on every page. For diligence and bigger raises, Plox virtual data rooms add folders, metrics blocks, video and branding, with Ploxie AI answering viewer questions straight from your documents. Plox has a real free plan (secure links, analytics and real-time notifications, no credit card, no time limit), then flat published paid tiers: Pro at $24/month, Team at $99/month and Data Rooms at $249/month (see [/pricing](/pricing) for current rates). That free entry point alone undercuts Clinked's $119/month floor. Clinked is the more complete product if you genuinely need a branded multi-client collaboration portal with chat and calendars. For document sharing and data rooms with built-in tracking and control, Plox is cheaper, faster to start and founder-native. If you are weighing options as an early-stage team, the rundown of the [best document sharing tools for startups](/blog/best-document-sharing-tools-startups) shows where each fits. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Clinked a data room or a client portal? Both, with the weight on the portal. Clinked is primarily a white-label client collaboration portal that also includes data room functionality (permissioned access, audit trails, secure exchange). If you only need diligence-grade document sharing, a dedicated data room tool is usually simpler and cheaper. ### Does Clinked have a free plan? No. Clinked does not offer a perpetual free plan. The lowest self-serve tier is Lite at $119/month billed monthly. If you want a real free tier for secure document sharing, Plox offers one with no credit card and no time limit. ### Who uses Clinked? Mostly agencies, accountants, consultants, professional-services firms and legal teams that keep ongoing, document-heavy client relationships and want a branded portal carrying their own logo, colours and domain rather than a generic interface. ### What makes Clinked different from DocSend or Plox? Clinked is a persistent, branded portal for ongoing collaboration (files, tasks, chat, calendars). DocSend and Plox are document-sharing and data room tools focused on sending a specific document or room and tracking engagement. Clinked is the standing relationship hub. Plox and DocSend are about the individual share and its analytics. ### Is Clinked secure? Yes. Clinked uses AES-256 encryption, two-factor authentication, granular permissions and audit trails, and it is ISO 27001 and GDPR compliant. Security is one of its stronger points. The trade-offs are price and the portal overhead, not safety. ### Is there a cheaper alternative to Clinked? For document sharing and data rooms, yes. Plox starts free and its paid plans begin at $24/month, well below Clinked's $119/month entry point. The trade-off is that Plox is a document and data room tool, not a full white-label client portal with chat and calendars. If your real job is sharing documents securely and seeing exactly who read them, you can start free with Plox in a couple of minutes, no portal setup and no credit card. See how tracked sharing and access control work on the [document control](/document-control) page.