DocuSign vs. Ignition

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DocuSign
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
DocuSign 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
Ignition
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Ignition is a platform for professional services that automates and optimizes proposals, client agreements, billing and payment collection to put an end to late payments, unbilled work and mundane repetitive admin.
$49
per month
Pricing
DocuSignIgnition
Editions & Modules
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
Solo
$49
per month
Core
$149
per month
Pro
$249
per month
Pro+
$499
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DocuSignIgnition
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
DocuSignIgnition
Features
DocuSignIgnition
Proposal Creation & Organization
Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
Ignition
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Proposal branding00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Proposal templates00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Proposal content library updates00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Searchable proposal database00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
Ignition
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Proposal collaboration & approval00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
User permissions/proposal editing controls00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Sales proposal workflow00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Proposal automation user interface00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Proposal Delivery
Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
Ignition
7.3
Ratings
10% below category average
Proposal distribution00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Interactive proposals00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Proposal content tracking00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
DocuSignIgnition
Small Businesses
Foxit eSign
Foxit eSign
Score 9.8 out of 10
QuoteWerks
QuoteWerks
Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
MSB Docs
MSB Docs
Score 9.4 out of 10
QuoteWerks
QuoteWerks
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Box
Box
Score 7.1 out of 10
Conga CPQ
Conga CPQ
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
DocuSignIgnition
Likelihood to Recommend
4.7
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
4.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DocuSignIgnition
Likelihood to Recommend
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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PI is we suited for CPAs or attorneys who use value pricing and who want to completely eliminate A/R from their books.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Proposal process. PI makes it easy to create and send proposals to new and existing clients, collect their payment info, and get signature on the engagement letter.
  • Easily identify engagements that will be expiring, so we can begin to assemble a renewal.
  • Communication to and from the client during the proposal process, which keeps everything associated with the proposal together in one place.
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Cons
  • You have to purchase a subscription and unless you really need to originate a lot of documents, it's not cost-effective to maintain the subscription. It would be better to have a subscription that allows you to purchase a bundle of say, ten documents and then use them as needed for the occasional user.
  • You'll be hard-pressed to find anything negative from users other than the price.
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  • I would love to see it really support other industries better, like Marketing. There are workarounds for invoicing and set up, but it could be easier.
  • I would love the option to be able to send the client a single proposal with different options and allow them to select which one they want to move forward with. Right now we have to send a proposal for each option.
  • I would love for there to be user permissions where certain users can log in to see the proposals they are associated with without seeing everything.
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Likelihood to Renew
The product is a great tool for a remote workforce. As the company gets bigger, adding users to the account can be rather expensive. We considering providing read/sign only access for certain individuals and providing full access to other users as necessary to reduce costs.
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Usability
As an Administrator of the system, its ease of configuration and the guidance around doing it is second to none. The screens are broken down into manageable segments and easy to navigate to the area that needs to be looked at. Our Process Delivery teams, after initial training are using the system without any problems and find it easy to operation. We get minimal if any, requests for support.
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Reliability and Availability
It does not go down. I have had zero issues with DocuSign, approaching 4 years.
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Performance
Everything loads quickly. Reports are generated in a reasonable time. No noticeable difference in integrated software processing speeds.
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Support Rating
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
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
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
Adobe Acrobat Sign is less user-friendly and more suited to small scopes, or one-off documents. It lacks the use of templates that DocuSign has, which is what ultimately streamlines and delivers the consistency and efficiencies for the business.
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You aren't able to customize the design of the proposal, but it surpases everything we have ever tried. It's easy to use and quick to learn.
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Scalability
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
  • Less paper use, faster signature times, less time standing at the printer/scanner to send documents to yourself
  • Security over your signature! Security over your company's signature and authorization to approve projects, cash flow etc
  • Love audit trails and the seamless tracking of the status of the document
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  • It has made our workflow 100% faster. We can send out a proposal within hours of receiving the lead. This is all because of the saved service libraries.
  • We don't really have to worry about collections from clients. We can set proposals for auto payment and require payment on signature.
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