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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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.

    $0

    per month per user

    DocuSign

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADocuSign supports transactions with document sharing and electronic signature, as well as automated and guided data collection and entry, record updating across disparate systems and payment collection upon agreement, as well as analytics and reporting.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    BoldSign, by Syncfusion®DocuSign
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Personal
    $15
    per month
    Real Starter
    $15
    per month
    DocuSign for Realtors
    $35
    per month
    Standard
    $40
    per month
    Business Pro
    $60
    per month
    Advanced Solutions
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BoldSign, by Syncfusion®DocuSign
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo 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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    BoldSign, by Syncfusion®DocuSign
    Considered Both Products
    Syncfusion
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    BoldSign is much less expensive than DocuSign with very similar features.
    Incentivized
    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®
    Docusing don't offer an iFrame.
    Customsing documents for signature with DocuSign is a nightmare.
    DocuSign customer service is terrible, as bad as Microsoft...
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Much easier to work with and support is much better. In my experience, DocuSign is just not an easy company to deal with. And, in my experience, whenever we tried to add a particular feature in our integration, DocuSign would force us to upgrade to some higher level. I found …
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    BoldSign keeps digital signing simple and easy. DocuSign is bloated and incredibly expensive and too complex for signing documents required by a small business like mine.
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Much more user friendly. Easy to see what to do! (Intuitive 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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    Our company uses BoldSign over its competitors because of its ease of use and functionality for the manner in which we employ it. We can quickly upload documents that need execution and get them circulated to all parties immediately to do so. This saves us tremendous amounts of …
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    It met all my needs at no cost. We only needed a basic service. BoldSign more than met our needs and did so securely and efficiently.
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    These competitors provide mediocre and feature-bloated offerings that are simply a pain to use. For example, building templates in the aforementioned tools is like pulling teeth. The editor is finicky. BoldSign, by contrast is simple and generally intuitive, thereby making it …
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    It's more intuitive for using.
    Incentivized
    Chose BoldSign, by Syncfusion®
    way better for the price
    Incentivized
    DocuSign
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    84%
    Would buy again
    75 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    62 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    78 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    59 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
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    MSB Docs
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    Enterprises
    Conga Sign
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    User Ratings
    BoldSign, by Syncfusion®DocuSign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    4.4
    (155 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    3.7
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (46 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BoldSign, by Syncfusion®DocuSign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    DocuSign
    I am going to speak of a personal experience- on multiple occasions: I need my husband to sign documents during the day and I don't need him here- physically. He sometimes works in different parts of the state as well at his own company. There is no problem at all, as long as he has access to his cell phone, email, and cell phone service- he can sign the documents I need him to. It is AMAZING- I can't speak highly enough of Docusign.
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    Pros
    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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    DocuSign
    • Ease of sending the same document out to multiple recipients, at multiple locations, for multiple signatures
    • Quick turnaround - once the recipient signs the document, we receive notification and the document back immediately
    • Can resend, alter, change, and/or add to the email and/or document that is sent out very easily
    • The recipient can save the document after signing, so they too have their own electronic copy for their records
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    Cons
    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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    DocuSign
    • Tracking, particularly when collecting signatures through connected applications, such as an ATS, is not always clean or easily traceable.
    • Formatting documents to handle electronic signature types (signatures, initials, etc.) is not always easy, and highly dependent on the partner's technology.
    • It is not convenient to have to use DocuSign as a stand alone product if the signatures are required for 3rd party applications. It definitely excels on its own, but the scope of that usage, at least for us, is slim.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    DocuSign
    I can't imagine doing business without DocuSign now. I would never want to go back to the way we used to do things. The "new way" is "the way" is "the right way." We can honestly be proud of a "one right way" process and not have to suffer through "5 ways for 5 days."
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    Usability
    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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    DocuSign
    Generally user-friendly once you have command of the basics, but also has a lot of nuances that can make it difficult to train others on. DocuSign University is a helpful tool, but understandably a lot of content to get through to become a well-versed user. A lot of different functionalities but only a few I use on a weekly basis.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Syncfusion
    No issues to date.
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    DocuSign
    It does not go down. I have had zero issues with DocuSign, approaching 4 years.
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    Performance
    Syncfusion
    No issues with performance.
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    DocuSign
    Everything loads quickly. Reports are generated in a reasonable time. No noticeable difference in integrated software processing speeds.
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    Support Rating
    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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    DocuSign
    I'd give them a 10, but there has been 1 or 2 small cases that seemed to fall to the wayside, but I was able to call them up and get them resolved. We were having a bad implementation night (after midnight) and we needed assistance from Docusign. They were able to get an engineer to help us in the early morning hours
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    Online Training
    Syncfusion
    No answers on this topic
    DocuSign
    Docusign is super easy to use, and apart from a few administration details, there was really nothing to train on. Post implementation, there were issues with configuration of auto-filled documents with the integrating 3rd party. That training required some time, because the DocuSign expert took the time to walk me through the 3rd party's configuration (how often does that happen?) so I could see how DocuSign should be best used to overcome weaknesses in the 3rd party platform. 10/10 expert care.
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    Implementation Rating
    Syncfusion
    Very easy...I was able to start using it immediately.
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    DocuSign
    Until you get the hang of it, I recommend doing several internal tests before sending a document to a client. As I mentioned earlier, you have to go through a bit of trial and error at first to verify that the workflow works as expected.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    DocuSign
    I would say that DocuSign's biggest competitor and a most similar product is Adobe Sign. They both offer almost identical features with Adobe offering a slightly better interface. Adobe Sign is also less costly than DocuSign while offering templates that can be useful for various activities. If you are looking for more branding options then Adobe offers a slight advantage but for corporate control, I would say DocuSign offers more security.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Syncfusion
    No changes necessary.
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    DocuSign
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Syncfusion
    Not sure as I don't have a need to scale.
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    DocuSign
    In my years of using DocuSign, I have never had an outage. I haven't even encountered a bug.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    DocuSign
    • DocuSign has made fax machines obsolete for receiving, signing, and returning documents to multiple parties.
    • DocuSign is a secure method of signing documents and that is a positive. Fax machines are generally not very secure.
    • DocuSign stores your documents in an encrypted form which protects your privacy and the privacy of all parties named in a document.
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    ScreenShots

    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.

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