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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ignition

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AIgnition 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

    PandaDoc

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APandaDoc headquartered in San Francisco offers their eponymous electronic signature platform for sales teams, containing sales proposal automation and CPQ (configure, price, quote) features, and integration with CRMs.

    $35

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    IgnitionPandaDoc
    Editions & Modules
    Solo
    $49
    per month
    Core
    $149
    per month
    Pro
    $249
    per month
    Pro+
    $499
    per month
    Starter
    $35
    per month per seat
    Business
    $65
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IgnitionPandaDoc
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.PandaDoc offers a free eSign plan and 3 paid packages for eSigning and document automation. All plans include unlimited documents and eSignatures. Evaluations start with a free 14-day trial. Up to a 46% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    IgnitionPandaDoc
    Considered Both Products
    Ignition
    Chose Ignition
    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.
    Incentivized
    PandaDoc
    Chose PandaDoc
    I find Pandadoc very easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Would buy again
    216 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    199 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    215 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    172 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    177 Answers
    Features
    IgnitionPandaDoc
    Proposal Creation & Organization
    Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Ignition and PandaDoc
    Feature
    Ignition
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    PandaDoc
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal branding8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal templates8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal content library updates9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Searchable proposal database9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
    Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Ignition and PandaDoc
    Feature
    Ignition
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    PandaDoc
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal collaboration & approval9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    User permissions/proposal editing controls7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales proposal workflow10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal automation user interface7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal Delivery
    Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Ignition and PandaDoc
    Feature
    Ignition
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    PandaDoc
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal distribution10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive proposals4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal content tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    IgnitionPandaDoc
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    MSB Docs
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Responsive
    Score8 out of 10
    Conga Sign
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IgnitionPandaDoc
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (322 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (23 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (23 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.8
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (20 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IgnitionPandaDoc
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ignition
    It can be used to invoice for anyone, so I will always recommend it.
    Incentivized
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    PandaDoc
    As a small business, the polished, professional look of every PandaDoc document never fails to impress our clients. It's seamless and easy to collect e-signatures, a huge plus, as many e-signature software services provide only that feature for a cost, without the other features PandaDoc has. I am disappointed that the pricing tiers recently changed, so now you get less value for the price. PandaDoc has been great for sending proposals to our clients which include the terms of agreement and the price we quote them, with space at the end for them to sign upon approval. This signals to us that they've accepted and we proceed by sending them an invoice (through another software). Ideally, PandaDoc would automatically follow up or simultaneously send an invoice as well - but this is a Business Plan feature now. But love that we can track when prospects open our documents. We used to pay $35/month for the Essentials Plan, which no longer exists and has become the Starter Plan, which no longer includes unlimited templates or pricing tables - those are Business Plan features. So that downgrade in value was disappointing as it's not a cheap service for a small business, and I'm considering moving to their free plan.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Ignition
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    PandaDoc
    • Allows clients to remotely execute documents.
    • Tracks the progress of document execution.
    • Emails clients to remind them to sign documents so we don't have to follow up.
    • Emails us when documents have been fully executed.
    • Provides an easy-to use interface to place signatures, dates, and other information on our forms.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Ignition
    • 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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    PandaDoc
    • The automatic snapping of added fields in templates could be toggleable to more easily place fields where they need to be
    • When fields are duplicated, the generated Field IDs can get long (e.g. Text_1, Text_1_1, Text_1_1_1, etc)
    • Loading screens are sometimes long
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ignition
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    The reason I gave it a rating of 7 is because it's probable, but not for sure. This is because there are a few little things we don't love about pandadoc. Mostly that there is not conditional logic such as: they must either fill this field out OR this one. Also it's a little pricey. But we'll probably stay because it's good enough and a pain to switch to something new
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Ignition
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    Once you get the hang of it, it's very easy to use. There can be a slightly steep learning curve to get fully in on the system. The new editor v2 has really improved usability and allows us to collaborate on documents simultaneously. Once the templates and library items are set up, a new document, whether it be a sales or HR document, takes very little time to complete.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Ignition
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    We haven't had any real issues regarding downtime as of yet.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Ignition
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    The documents load quickly for the most part but sometimes if there are larger documents with a high number of variables it could take a bit longer to get the document to show up. Most of the time the document comes on the screen relatively quickly allowing for quick access to documents to be edited and sent out.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Ignition
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    Recently I could not upload a pdf to a contract - support was very responsive and easy to work with. They got back to me the next day with an apparent fix - however when I opened the document nothing had changed. I then could not respond to the rep who was helping me because it was a "no-reply address", the problem still has not been solved and we had to make alternate arrangements to get this to the client. Never had it happen before and was only with this one contract.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Ignition
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    Implementation was before the time I was here at Riafox, however, support has been great in assisting to merge spaces and upgrade to 2.0 Editor.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ignition
    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.
    Incentivized
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    PandaDoc
    We used Dropbox back when it was still HelloSign. At the time, new templates were very hard to create. We had to upload a PDF and then add the fields from there. With PandaDoc, we are able to drag and drop the text, images, logos, and fields we need easily. This has saved our team an immense amount of time.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Ignition
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    It's scalable
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Ignition
    • We have reduced our A/R by 60% and expect to completely eliminate A/R by the end of this year.
    Incentivized
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    PandaDoc
    • Our business has received a positive impact by saving time on creating, editing, and sending documents/quotes to clients.
    • We also have had greater employee efficiency due to a faster and more seamless proposal and document management process.
    • We have received a higher close rate as well considering the user is able to e-sign the document, pay, and complete the quote seamlessly.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    PandaDoc Screenshots

    Screenshot of some of the custom-designed themes, templates, embedded rich media, and interactivity to give every deal the opportunity to get noticed.Screenshot of automatic notifications, on-the-fly editing, CRM Integrations, and integrated eSignatures.Screenshot of reporting, with drill down to the deal level with proposals, to pick which deals to include (or exclude).Screenshot of legally binding eSignaturesScreenshot of centralized communications to streamline the negotiation process, and make revisions in real-time in a single location.Screenshot of document analytics that display what’s really happening after documents are sent with real-time reporting on engagement and activity on the documents. This enables teams to respond faster to prospects.