WarpExit compared with Acquire.com
Acquire.com is one of the largest marketplaces for buying and selling startups. Sellers list, vetted buyers browse and make offers, and the platform provides NDAs, legal documents and escrow to close. It is built to find you a buyer. WarpExit is not a marketplace: it is the private room you send a buyer to once you are talking, wherever you found them.
The short version
Acquire.com helps you find a buyer and close. WarpExit is where each serious buyer signs your NDA and checks your Stripe, RevenueCat and bank numbers at their own stage, while you see what they read. You can use both.
Side by side
| WarpExit | Acquire.com | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A private deal room for one sale, one link per buyer. | A marketplace: public listings, a buyer network, messaging, offers, legal documents and escrow. |
| Finding buyers | WarpExit does not find buyers for you. They come from anywhere: a marketplace listing, Twitter DMs, email, a broker. Send each one their own link; tire-kickers stop at the NDA instead of taking a call. | Its main job. Listings reach its buyer network, with marketing and matching to vetted buyers. |
| Who sees your numbers | Private by default. Anyone with a link sees only the teaser you write; numbers and files stay behind that buyer's signed NDA. Nothing is listed or indexed. | Buyers see your listing, and more after they accept its NDA. What you share beyond the listing is up to you. |
| Where numbers come from | Live, read-only connections to Stripe, RevenueCat and Mercury. Statements from any other bank, traffic screenshots and other files are uploads. Every number is labelled with where it came from: Live from Stripe, RevenueCat or Mercury with the last sync time, or Uploaded by seller with the date. | Synced metrics integrations keep listing figures current, alongside what the seller adds. |
| Staged disclosure | Per buyer: 1 teaser, 2 NDA signed, 3 LOI signed. Customer names and bank statements stay locked until you mark the buyer LOI signed. | Listing, then details after the NDA. Deeper diligence is shared as the parties agree. |
| Payout reconciliation | Stripe payouts matched to bank deposits, from Mercury or uploaded statements, by exact amount within 3 business days, with a match rate per month. Unmatched items show your explanation as a Seller note. | Not described as a feature on its public pages. |
| Buyer activity | Per buyer: which sections and files they opened, and for how long. | You see who contacts you and makes offers. |
| Fee model | A flat monthly or annual plan, paid by the seller. No share of the sale price. Buyers never pay. | A monthly listing fee plus a percentage of the sale price at closing, with a free buyer tier and paid buyer memberships. See Acquire.com for current rates. |
What Acquire.com does well
- Reach. A large pool of buyers who are actively looking, which WarpExit does not have.
- Buyer vetting, including checks that buyers have funds.
- Closing in one place: LOIs, purchase agreements and escrow.
- Advisory help for larger, profitable companies.
When Acquire.com is the better choice
- You have no buyers yet and need a marketplace to find them.
- You want listing, negotiation and closing documents handled on one platform.
- If you met a buyer through a marketplace, that marketplace's terms and closing fee still apply to the deal. WarpExit only changes where the buyer reads your numbers.
Where WarpExit is different
- Numbers come from the source, and say so
- Sellers connect Stripe with a read-only restricted key, RevenueCat with a read-only v2 secret key, and Mercury with a read-only token. Statements from any other bank, and everything else, are uploads. Every figure is labelled Live from Stripe, RevenueCat or Mercury with its last sync time, or Uploaded by seller with the date. Buyers can tell what came from where at a glance.
- Disclosure follows the deal
- Each buyer moves through three stages: the teaser, then everything covered by the NDA once they sign it, then customer names and bank statements once you mark their LOI signed. You never have to rebuild folders or permissions to keep a new buyer away from sensitive data.
- One NDA per buyer, signed in the page
- The buyer confirms their email and signs before seeing anything past the teaser. You get a record of who signed, when, and exactly what they looked at afterwards.
- Payouts reconciled with deposits
- Stripe payouts are matched to bank deposits, from Mercury or uploaded statements, by exact amount within 3 business days. Unmatched items show your explanation as a Seller note, which answers one of the first questions a careful buyer asks.
One plan per room: $39/month, or $79/month at $10k MRR and above. Build your room free and pay when you send your first buyer link. See pricing.
Further reading
- What to put in a data room when selling a SaaSThe folders, files and numbers buyers expect when you sell a small SaaS, what to hold back until LOI, and how to show where every number came from.
- How NDAs work when you sell a small businessA plain-language guide to NDAs in small business and SaaS sales: mutual or one-way, what they cover, non-solicits, term, and what they cannot do.
- How buyers check MRR, and why screenshots are not enoughHow acquirers check a SaaS's MRR: annual plans, trials, coupons, failed payments, revenue versus MRR, and matching payouts to bank deposits.
See it with a buyer's eyes
Open the demo room to go through the teaser, the NDA and the live dashboard the way a buyer would, or start a room for your own sale.