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Should I use Clinked?

White-label client portal and secure document sharing for client-facing firms. - clinked.com

Depends. Solid buy for accountants, law firms, and agencies that need a branded, secure portal for client documents. Skip it if you just need file sharing, internal team collaboration, or a free tool.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources; several snippets truncated, pricing figures not disclosed in sources.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo concrete pricing figures in sources
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityInsufficient evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Accountants and financial advisors
  • Law firms sharing sensitive documents
  • Agencies wanting branded client portals
  • Teams replacing email attachment chaos

Not for

  • Solo users who just need file sharing — Drive or Dropbox is cheaper
  • Internal team collaboration — Teamwork or Slack covers that
  • Budget buyers wanting a free plan
  • Enterprise M&A deal rooms — iDeals or DealRoom fit better

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Guess: per-user pricing typical for portals; verify member limits before committing.

medium

WordPress companion plugin had reflected-XSS CVEs in 2024–2025; update or avoid it.

low

Only 6 Trustpilot reviews — support quality is hard to verify independently.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • ISO 27001 certified with DPA and data-protection features
  • Full white-label branding so portals look like your own firm
  • 3,000+ businesses across accounting, legal, and financial services
  • 148 G2 reviews; Capterra reviewers call it a professional portal
  • Positions as a flexible VDR alternative to iDeals, DealRoom, SuiteDash

Cons

  • Tiny Trustpilot footprint: only 6 reviews
  • WordPress companion plugin has had XSS CVEs
  • Small vendor (~$3M revenue) versus larger portal competitors
  • No free tier advertised; Bitrix24 courts its price-sensitive buyers

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/02/2026 - 11 sources - ISO 27001 certified with DPA offered; known CVEs affect its WordPress companion plugin, not the core SaaS.

official x3review x4security x2news x2
  • CVE-2025-32615 — reflected XSS in Clinked Client Portal WordPress plugin, Improper neutralization of input enables reflected cross-site scripting; affects the WordPress plugin, not the main SaaS.
  • CVE-2024-12524 — input validation vulnerability in Clinked Client Portal, Input validation flaw disclosed January 2025 in the WordPress plugin.

Key stats

  • Ease of use: 4/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No concrete pricing figures in sources
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reviewers call it a great, professional portal
  • Feature depth: 4/5. White-label portal, VDR, integrations, compliance features
  • Support quality. Insufficient evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 4/5. ISO 27001, DPA, G-Cloud; plugin CVEs only
  • 148 G2 reviews across Clinked's products
  • 3,000+ Customers businesses, per Clinked
  • ~$3M Annual revenue GetLatka estimate
  • 6 Trustpilot reviews very small independent sample

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

ISO 27001 certified with DPA offered; known CVEs affect its WordPress companion plugin, not the core SaaS.

  • CVE-2025-32615 — reflected XSS in Clinked Client Portal WordPress pluginImproper neutralization of input enables reflected cross-site scripting; affects the WordPress plugin, not the main SaaS.⁸
  • CVE-2024-12524 — input validation vulnerability in Clinked Client PortalInput validation flaw disclosed January 2025 in the WordPress plugin.

What users say

G2, Capterra, and AppSumo reviewers praise Clinked as a professional, well-liked client portal; the independent Trustpilot sample is tiny.

“A professional portal”
Capterra review
“Great Client Portal”
AppSumo review title

Companies that use it

  • California Academy of Family Physicians
  • KJ Architects
  • Juniper Post
  • Welding Alloys
  • Masabi
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources; several snippets truncated, pricing figures not disclosed in sources.

Branded client portal for accountants, law firms, agencies; overkill if you just need to share files.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources; several snippets truncated, pricing figures not disclosed in sources.

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