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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat Sign

    Score8.2 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

    ADSS Signing Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AADSS Signing Server is an electronic signature solution that can be used for creating and verifying advanced digital signatures on any type of document, web form or transaction. ADSS Signing Server complies with the OASIS DSS and DSS-X protocol specifications. ADSS Signing Server can create and verify all common signature formats, including PDF, PAdES, CAdES, XAdES, XML DigSig, PKCS#7, CMS, PKCS#1, and S/MIME while also integrating with SharePoint.N/A

    MSB Docs

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AMSB's platform aims to ensure enterprises achieve and maintain compliance by validating their software against crucial industry regulations. Boasting more than 1 million users in 188 countries, MSB Docs enables organizations to create documents, send these to the signers for eSignatures, and achieve them. MSB Docs features a website integration via APIs and a collaboration tool that helps multiple team members around the globe to work on a single contract document. Every part of the…N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe Acrobat SignADSS Signing ServerMSB Docs
    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
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    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Acrobat SignADSS Signing ServerMSB Docs
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$34.99 license per monthOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsADSS Signing Server has been designed to cater for a wide range of usage scenarios, as such its pricing is also designed to be flexible to meet the needs of various organisations. For a perpetual software license we use the following components to calculate the price: - A base ADSS Server license - Plus a license for each optional module being requested, e.g. ability to create PDF, XML and/or PKCS#7 signatures, ability to create long-term signatures, Go>Sign document viewer and local signing applet, ability to verify signatures etc. - Plus the number of end-users to be supported (once per project).
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Acrobat SignADSS Signing ServerMSB Docs
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
    Chose MSB Docs
    High-Level Security of Data 365 days support availability Language customization is available.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Acrobat SignADSS Signing ServerMSB Docs
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
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    8.0
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    Usability
    1.9
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    Availability
    9.0
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    Performance
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    7.3
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    Online Training
    8.0
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    8.0
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    Configurability
    9.0
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Acrobat SignADSS Signing ServerMSB Docs
    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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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
    Keeps documents highly organized and easy to find. It makes it easy for individuals to sign on the go. Workflow/Document templates save a lot of time. It is honestly tough to think of anything to mention here. I am a happy MSB user and satisfied with the services.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
    • Smart and easy Platform
    • Excellent and smooth integration process
    • Audit trail report is a plus
    • Bulk signing process is easy
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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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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
    • Not much to dislike in this product.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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
    Incentivized
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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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    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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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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).
    Incentivized
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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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
    Incentivized
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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Ascertia
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    MSB Digital Pvt Ltd
    • Doubled the Productivity
    • Cost savior
    • Environment friendly
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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.

    ADSS Signing Server Screenshots

    Screenshot of ADSS Server ArchitectureScreenshot of ADSS Signing ServiceScreenshot of Signature VerificationScreenshot of Zero footprint client side signingScreenshot of Signing outbound emailsScreenshot of Verifying incoming emails