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Docusign vs. Alternatives: FAQs

• Is there a free alternative to Docusign?

  You can sign and send back documents electronically for free with Docusign eSignature. 

  You can also start a free trial of Docusign eSignature to try sending contracts out for signature for free for 30 days.

  If you want to send documents electronically for signature after your 30-day free trial, we have several plan options that accommodate the needs of individuals and sole proprietors, small to mid-sized teams and larger teams who need more advanced features. Explore eSignature plans and pricing.

• What other programs are like Docusign?

  None of the alternatives to Docusign offer the same focus on end-to-end agreement workflows. Agreements are what we do. With Docusign, you can take advantage of a full suite of products to make your agreement processes smarter, easier and more trusted.

  Docusign has products beyond simple e-signature to help you generate documents, verify signer identity, review and negotiate contracts, sign agreements, automate agreement workflows, store and manage agreements, and analyse agreements.

• Why is Docusign so expensive?

  You get what you pay for. Our customers see significant productivity and hard cost savings by using Docusign solutions.

  Data from our customers shows:

  • 78% of all successful eSignature transactions on our platform were completed in less than 24 hours and 43% within 15 minutes
  • Average contract turnaround time is reduced from 24 to 4 working hours with Docusign CLM, which equates to an 83% reduction in contract processing time

  Learn more about the business value of eSignature. 

  We also offer the value of end-to-end agreement workflows, which alternatives to Docusign typically do not. You can generate agreements, verify identity, review and negotiate contracts, send and sign agreements, automate your agreement workflows and store and manage contracts all with Docusign solutions.

• Do people still use Docusign?

  More than 1 billion users and 1 million customers use Docusign.

  With highly secure encryption standards, rigorous security certifications, and complete digital audit trails, Docusign gives you total confidence in every transaction. 

  Docusign eSignature is also the highest-ranked e-signature app in Salesforce AppExchange and is rated 9 out of 10 for ease of use, according to public reviews on G2.com.

  Docusign helps you make your agreements smarter and easier.

  Streamline complex contract workflows in a centralised platform—preparing, signing, managing, and analysing—so that contracting is smarter and goes beyond just a signature. Achieve faster time to value and avoid implementation challenges by integrating quickly with APIs and more than 900 connectors. 

  Make it easy for anyone to agree, from within the tools and systems they use every day, by delivering a consistent and seamless experience on practically any device, including smartphones and tablets.

• Is Docusign worth the money?

  Yes. Over 1 billion users and 1 million customers trust Docusign. Your customers will know and trust your documents and contracts they receive from you via Docusign so you can keep your business moving forward.

  Docusign is the one innovative platform you can trust with all of your agreements. We remove the friction in the agreement process and help you build trust, by adding intelligence to the process. This makes it easier for people to negotiate, make decisions faster and understand the risks involved. 

  Our customers often see significant time and cost savings by using Docusign products.

  • Guzman y Gomez Singapore uses Docusign eSignature and WhatsApp Delivery in its recruiting and HR teams to help the business become 90% paperless.

  • Community Business Bureau has onboarded 1200+ new customers using Docusign Web Forms, helping streamline the onboarding process.

  • Creative Vision, an Australian-based construction management firm, saves $100K on printing and postage costs per year with Docusign eSignature.

  Read more customer stories.

  With Docusign, you can remove friction and realize savings across your entire agreement process—not just the electronic signature part of the process.

  Docusign can help with identity verification for signers, document generation, automated agreement workflows, agreement storage and more in addition to electronic signatures.

  Docusign can also help you unlock the data in your agreements. We help you extract the data from your contracts, search it and use it to make smarter business decisions. See when vendor contracts are coming up for renewal, easily find out how new legislation affects clauses of your existing agreements and more. Meanwhile, Docusign alternatives typically treat contracts like flat digital pieces of paper and don’t give you the opportunity to gain this valuable business intelligence.