DocuSign CLM, formerly SpringCM, is a cloud-based platform that can be used to manage documents, contracts and related collateral. The solution includes workflows that can be tailored to an organization's business processes. It is also designed to accelerate team collaboration. SpringCM was acquired by DocuSign in the summer of 2018.
Personally, I feel AIR CRE Contracts are great for NNN leases. They get the point across and offer the language we need without much addition or revision. The lease offers extensive language that helps with future potential disputes and covers questions that may occur from the tenants end well. Example, who maintains what or who is responsible for certain items.
DocuSign is useful for collecting electronic signatures on isolated documents and packets that are administered separately or integrated into another system. DocuSign is integrated into our onboarding system, Paylocity, which is where the employee completes all onboarding tasks required for employment. Integrating DocuSign with Paylocity allows us to send documents that require more than one signature along with other onboarding tasks, which makes for a less confusing onboarding experience for the worker. DocuSign also allows us to automatically run E-Verify from the integrated Form I-9 Document, which saves us lots of time onboarding each employee.
When correcting a document, no new email is sent for notification of an update. The clients have to go back to the old document, and it feels uncomfortable for them.
I think I would rate AIR CRE Contracts has a pretty good usability rating. It is easy to use and simple to utilize, whether it comes down to leases, agency agreements, purchasing agreements, estoppels, or even just purchasing credits to create more agreements. I like that it is fillable, editable, and easy to find certain items when needed.
I believe I called in for AIR CRE Contracts support one time in the past. The program was not working and it turned out we needed to have both AIR CRE Contracts support and our Information technology (IT) department both work on it to get it working. While I did not fully interact with them, they were able to fix the issues with our IT department relatively smoothly
I think AIR CRE Contracts offers more of what we need for commerical real estate than Legal Templates. I feel there was more language qith the AIR CRE Contracts that protect the landlord and offer support, where as Legal Templates offered a broader scope of legal language. Obviously, having an attorney draft a specific lease template for a building is the best way to go but if you need something that can fit more types of leases/buildings AIR CRE Contracts seems to work the best for us.
DocuSign CLM has a much improved user experience compared to similar products we have used. The streamlining of templates and traceability through the signing process are huge benefits, and better than competitors. The ability to set up designated templates for different use-case scenarios, and roll out efficient documents for signing, is invaluable, as well as other functions like Bulk Send and PowerForms.
Positive - has helped us track renewals which allows us to get out of "bad" contracts or renew "good" ones.
Negative - we had hoped for it to help us determine which terms and conditions we have agreed to in other contracts. This has made contract review remain a lengthy process.
Positive - We are now able to find all of our contracts which has helped us get out of unnecessary contracts (which positively impacts finances).
