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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat Sign

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Acrobat Sign is an e-signature solution that combines simple and secure e-signatures with Adobe Acrobat. With Acrobat Sign, the user can create, sign, send for signature, manage, and track documents from one Adobe platform. The user can create signing experiences for customers and teams by enabling them to sign documents on any device or browser – anytime, anywhere. No additional software download or accounts are needed. As Microsoft’s e-signature solution, Acrobat Sign…

    $14.99

    per month license

    BoldSign, by Syncfusion®

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ABoldSign is an e-signature solution that enables users to send documents out for legally binding signatures. Users can save frequently used contracts as custom-branded templates, track and follow up, and manage complex sequences. BoldSign also provides an API for integrating e-signatures into one's own applications.

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    per month per user

    Pricing
    Adobe Acrobat SignBoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Editions & Modules
    Acrobat Standard DC for teams
    $14.99
    per month license
    Acrobat Pro DC with advanced e-sign
    $16.99
    per month license
    Acrobat Sign Solutions
    Call 800-685-4192 for pricing
    Essentials
    $0
    per month 1 sender
    Growth
    $5
    per-month, billed annually. Monthly billing option also available. 1 Sender. Price shown is the per-month cost when annual billing is selected.
    Business
    $15
    per-month, billed annually. Monthly billing option also available. 1 Sender. Price indicated is the per-month cost when annual billing is selected.
    Enterprise API
    $30
    per month. $0.75 per signature request (40 signature requests included in base plan)
    Premium
    $99
    per-month, billed annually. Monthly billing option also available. Includes unlimited senders.
    Custom Plan
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Acrobat SignBoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$34.99 license per monthNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMonthly and annual options. In addition to BoldSign's web app options, API plans are also available. A free sandbox is available that allows you to integrate BoldSign into an application in a testing environment.
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    Adobe Acrobat SignBoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Syncfusion
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    They all have similar features, but BoldSign stands out for its simplicity and ease of use. Adobe has a business model where they are sending you ads while you are using the system and the truth is that it tends to be a bit annoying and distracting at times. I didn't like the …
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Boldsign is less expensive and easier to implement with its easy to use interface
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    The price-performance ratio is better with BoldSign. If I want to scale up to the next level and then go back, I can do it easily with BoldSign, unlike Adobe, for example. If you want to try another application, that's fine. They all do the same thing. In my experience, the …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Acrobat SignBoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (227 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    7.3
    (193 ratings)
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (164 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Acrobat SignBoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Acrobat Sign isn't quite as user friendly as other E-Sign platforms I have used. However, it offers a wide range of features that provide convenience and efficiency. For example, I can have multiple people receive the same document separately, or I can have multiple people receive and review the exact same document. I also like that I can choose to set a signing order or not, this is important for when I send Offer Letters and other things that require order of approvals.
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    Syncfusion
    BoldSign is perfect for the small business or startup that needs a legally-binding solution to digitally sign contracts/agreements between 2 parties or more. It's no frills and super easy to use, and requires no training to understand how to use. BoldSign is less appropriate for organisations that require complex integrations and automation capabilities for their digital signature solution.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Adobe Acrobat Sign tracks whether or not a signer has viewed a document
    • Adobe Acrobat Sign tracks when a signer has signed, and the document has been sent to the next signer
    • Adobe Acrobat Sign sends you confirmation emails and progress update emails along the way
    • Adobe Acrobat Sign provides a "confirmation of signing" page at the end of the document package you put together, to prove the signatures are authentic
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    Syncfusion
    • BoldSign was incredibly easy to pickup and start using. The UX was very intuitive and required no training or guidance.
    • BoldSign's signed contracts repository is a very easy-to-access and navigate system to store and access all our signed documents.
    • BoldSign customer support has always been incredibly responsive and helpful.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Builds on Adobe platform so it is easy to utilize, but many features require enterprise subscription.
    • Integrations available but your CRM integration is only available with enterprise license.
    • Lots of templates but there are additional templates with enterprise only and there was no drag and drop editor.
    • Adobe captures some analytical metrics but many of the analytics we required were not available - specifically metrics related to how the tool converts and reduces use time by our team and the impact on clients.
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    Syncfusion
    • It would be great if BoldSign saved my signature in my account to use each time
    • It might be easier if you could select signature (or any heading for that matter) and click where you want it instead of dragging it to where you want it.
    • It would be nice if completed document’s automatically saved to a selected folder for safe keeping.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    It is by far the easiest service we have used to obtain digital signatures from employees. In the past we had done it by hand (a process I would not recommend for 1500+ employees) and with another company that would not allow us to create our own forms and would charge us for each form.
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    Syncfusion
    Great product. Great price. Free for up to 25 signatures for one persons account. Having a group using it under one account is even a great price. Much cheaper than all the alternatives out there and does the same stuff the others do
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    Usability
    Adobe
    I've had very little trouble with it in all my uses with it. I do wish the text boxes you add wouldn't cut off the text if you entered too many words and that it would adjust it's size to fit within the space you've provided. However, that just takes a little refining in the initial set up of the document before you send it out.
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    Syncfusion
    Very straight forward to use and customers understand the service. No questions or need for me to explain. The free tier is amazing and has locked me in as a customer for when we're big enough to need the paid version.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I would have rated this a 9 or greater had they not had had such critical outages. They have taken steps to resolve this so I may come in and revise this
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    Syncfusion
    No issues to date.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    The Adobe Acrobat Sign's performance are excellent.
    When we send electronic document by email for signature all the customers receive it regularly, nobody has any issue to open it and the signature phase was very easy. The user-friendly aspect of this product reduce or reset the call for IT support
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    Syncfusion
    No issues with performance.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    It is a great tool to get signatures from the client and has reduced a lot of overhead that was caused before resulting in very long delays. With the integration of Adobe Acrobat Sign, we have reduced this delay making the process much smoother and more efficient.
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    Syncfusion
    At the beginning I had a question so I emailed them. Response was super quick. Other then that I have not had to contact them for any help. System is easy to use
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    The best types of training are well integrated into the product and Echosign does this well. As mentioned earlier in my review - there are some areas of functionality that can be difficult to understand ("only I sign") for the novice user. Other areas such as macro usage, bulk signature and so on were easily learned and understood via the online tools.
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    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    We did not use it in the manner that most companies do, so I am pleased with how our company handled implementation. We will be pushing the full company over into Echosign for various processes which will incorporate more of an implementation effect.
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    Syncfusion
    Very easy...I was able to start using it immediately.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    They are just different. Adobe's number one feature that puts it above it's competitors is that your document, the signing process, all of it exists within Adobe. There is no need to go from Word, to Adobe, to DocuSign. It saves you time and makes life easy for you (and for your clients).
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    Syncfusion
    The price-performance ratio is better with BoldSign. If I want to scale up to the next level and then go back, I can do it easily with BoldSign, unlike Adobe, for example. If you want to try another application, that's fine. They all do the same thing. In my experience, the ease of use, sourcing and functionality was perfect with BoldSign.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Syncfusion
    No changes necessary.
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    At the beginning we assigned Adobe Acrobat Sign just to Purchase Office Department because at that moment we needed a tool that supported us to avoid manual signature and was compliance with remote working.
    Now we are using it also in other situation because it help us with time and we can also reduce cost
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    Syncfusion
    Not sure as I don't have a need to scale.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Significantly reduced the time required for document signing processes reducing wasted time and effort
    • Cost savings since there is no longer any need to print and post/scan traditional signed paper-based documents
    • Faster decision-making since time-sensitive decisions and approvals can now be processed much more quickly by using e-signatures.
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    Syncfusion
    • So far I have only used the free version
    • I am sure that the paid version would be extremely beneficial if you did a bunch of contracts. I just started using the program, so not too many contracts yet. If I need to upgrade my subscription, the price will be well worth it.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Acrobat Sign Screenshots

    Screenshot of Send, sign, manage and archive documents with 100% legal e-signatures. Collecting e-signatures is as easy as swipe and tap with Adobe Sign. Sign from any device. Legally binding. Works with multiple apps. extremely cost-effective.Screenshot of Easily send e-signature requests to multiple recipients using Send in bulk feature.  Send a document to multiple people with one click, and every recipient gets their own personalized form ready to sign.Screenshot of Track and manage signatures with Adobe Acrobat Sign.  Get real-time visibility for every document out for signature, and receive notifications when documents have been signed.Screenshot of Create an online web form with Acrobat Sign.  It allows your recipients – whether they’re your employees or customers – to quickly access, complete, and sign critical documents without printing or mailing anything.  You will also get immediate access to the data and signatures.

    BoldSign, by Syncfusion® Screenshots

    Screenshot of the bulk sending feature, that lets users send signature requests to multiple recipients in just a few clicks.Screenshot of the bulk sending feature, that lets users send signature requests to multiple recipients in just a few clicks.Screenshot of the bulk sending feature, that lets users send signature requests to multiple recipients in just a few clicks.