Adobe Acrobat Sign vs. BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®

BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Acrobat Sign	Score 8.1 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
BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	BoldSign is an e-signature platform that enables users to send documents out for legally binding signatures. Boasting users in over 120 countries by more than 50,000 customers, BoldSign offers a solution that works for companies of any size—from startups to global enterprises. The platform offers a range of features, including bulk send options, localization settings for time zones and automatic translation, and an API to integrate BoldSign e-signature functionality into an organization's…	$0 per month 1 sender

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat Sign

BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®

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

Essentials: $0
per month 1 sender
Growth: $15
per month per sender
Business: $25
per month per user
Premium: $138
per month unlimited senders.
Enterprise API: starting at $30
per month (includes 40 envelopes, +$0.75 for each additional)
Custom Plan: Custom Pricing

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Acrobat Sign	BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

$34.99 license per month

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Monthly and annual options available. In addition to BoldSign's web app options, API plans are also offered. A free sandbox is available that allows you to integrate BoldSign into an application in a testing environment. A discount is available for annual billing.

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Community Pulse
	Adobe Acrobat Sign	BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®
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Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Acrobat Sign is a little more robust than signwell. It easily categorizes all of your documents for tracking. It's also nice to be able to see what's signed, what is pending, when someone has viewed the document vs actually completed it and being able to send reminders … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Better integrates with our other systems, and allows employees to use it easier along other applications. We already use lots of adobe products so the decision was based heavily on that. I think Adobe Acrobat Sign can be a little clunky at times, but once a user has been … Incentivized Helpful? Neha Pant Senior Manager Sales Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign DocuSign and SpotDraft Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We did not evaluate any other products since we were already using Creative Cloud and specifically Acrobat, however I have received DocuSign files from vendors for signature. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Keeney Sales and Customer Success at Cross-Sell Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Using Docusign for years and then Adobe Acrobat Sign, the decision to try PandaDoc was a surprise but they quickly captured our teams interest and eventually our business. The analytics, drag and drop features for template creation and the ability to modify documents on the fly … Incentivized Helpful? LH Luke Holocher Business Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign The biggest difference in why we chose Adobe was because of the pricing structure. DocuSign has a "envelope" cost and you pay for certain amounts of envelopes. However, if you send more envelopes than you have paid for, either you have to a pay a premium or extend your contract … Incentivized Helpful? DM Doug Marchand IT Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I feel Adobe Acrobat Sign holds their own to the DocuSign brand. I see more organizations using DocuSign, but feel I can easily use the toolset that Adobe Acrobat Sign offers. I really like the signature tracking feature that Adobe Acrobat Sign offers and combined with the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Pricing was within the budget, user friendly and the entire team was aware about Adobe solutions and usage (brand awareness). They have Trusted Security Standards implemented which met our needs for compliance and the tool users Simple Signing Instructions which make the life … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign i am not a person selected Acrobat Sign as our company solution. i use both Acrobat Sign and DocuSign as end user. I am not comparing both feature but as end user, i think Adobe Acrobat Sign is easier to use since some menu on DocuSign is strange translation when i choose … Incentivized Helpful? Kristen Albertsen Head of People Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I have prior experience at a previous company with DocuSign, and while that platform may provide a smaller set of features & functionality, it is also more intuitive for first-time users. Incentivized Helpful? BS Brooke Shilling Executive Assistant Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I like that its incorporated WITH ALL Adobe products so I can create a PDF or edit one and attach my signature RIGHT there or send it off for signature all in one go. Incentivized Helpful? Emily Wallace Talent Acquisition Coordinator Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We utilize DocuSign over Adobe Acrobat Sign for e-signature purposes. The functionality of DocuSign is much greater in its' self-contained application; usability appears superior, and, to my knowledge, costing is more beneficial for the total value package. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Both Adobe Acrobat Sign and DocuSign are prominent e-signature solutions on the market. Adobe Acrobat Sign has much better integration with other Adobe Suite products such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Creative Cloud which are also used at Uniper. It also has a more user-friendly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign There is a file size limit of 5MB. Incentivized Helpful? Rumeen Aysha Tourism Professional \| GDS Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Acrobat Sign is simple to use, streamlines document creation, and makes documents look better. It allows users to customize fields, set required and optional fields, and quickly generate web forms and PDFs. Templates can be saved to make sending the same document to many … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe is fully integrated with other Adobe products that the company uses already. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign My benefits and frustrations with signing platforms are the same. Ease the preparation of documents or make template creation more intuitive, and this would be a big improvement on any e-signature product. I was not part of the selection process, but I'm sure Adobe brand … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I was looking for a tool which needs no approval (third party) as well as well aware of it. I was using acrobat so has fair knowledge of features and options Incentivized Helpful? Eugenio Fajardo Jefe de Proyectos de Cómputo Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign is very even with the options evaluated in the top of tools for electronic signatures. One of the big things that set it apart is the previous implementation we had with other Adobe products. This greatly simplifies the implementation as well as the necessary … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I can't remember which products I've used, but I've tried several, and none of them compare to Adobe Acrobat Sign. It is the easiest to use and has the best UX/UI. Incentivized Helpful? Paul Olenik Enterprise Account Executive Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I would rate GetAccept as a superior product due to the collaborative aspect of the document, as well as the notifications and read receipts are much more robust. Incentivized Helpful?	BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® Jason Xu Founder Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® BoldSign keeps digital signing simple and easy. DocuSign is bloated and incredibly expensive and too complex for signing documents required by a small business like mine. Incentivized Helpful? Andre Carman Attorney/Owner Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® I think it is just as easy to use, but it is a lot more cost-effective. I also like BoldSign, by Syncfusion® has my company logo. Incentivized Helpful? JS Jennifer Stanford Owner Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® way better for the price Incentivized Helpful? Jeannie Werthman Commercial Property Manager Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® Much more user friendly. Easy to see what to do! (Intuitive interface). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® BoldSign is much less expensive than DocuSign with very similar features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® I'm not aware of any other products by Syncfusion. Incentivized Helpful? Elkin Edgardo Gómez García General Manager Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® They all have similar features, but BoldSign stands out for its simplicity and ease of use. Adobe has a business model where they are sending you ads while you are using the system and the truth is that it tends to be a bit annoying and distracting at times. I didn't like the … Incentivized Helpful? KL Kristi Lee CEO/President Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® Boldsign is less expensive and easier to implement with its easy to use interface Incentivized Helpful? NH Nadia Huerta Sales Manager Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® The price-performance ratio is better with BoldSign. If I want to scale up to the next level and then go back, I can do it easily with BoldSign, unlike Adobe, for example. If you want to try another application, that's fine. They all do the same thing. In my experience, the … Incentivized Helpful? EL Ezequiel Lowi R&D Lead Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® Docusing don't offer an iFrame. Customsing documents for signature with DocuSign is a nightmare. DocuSign customer service is terrible, as bad as Microsoft... Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® Our company uses BoldSign over its competitors because of its ease of use and functionality for the manner in which we employ it. We can quickly upload documents that need execution and get them circulated to all parties immediately to do so. This saves us tremendous amounts of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® It met all my needs at no cost. We only needed a basic service. BoldSign more than met our needs and did so securely and efficiently. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® Much easier to work with and support is much better. In my experience, Docusign is just not an easy company to deal with. And, in my experience, whenever we tried to add a particular feature in our integration, Docusign would force us to upgrade to some higher level. I found … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® These competitors provide mediocre and feature-bloated offerings that are simply a pain to use. For example, building templates in the aforementioned tools is like pulling teeth. The editor is finicky. BoldSign, by contrast is simple and generally intuitive, thereby making it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® It's more intuitive for using. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose BoldSign®, by Syncfusion® Pricing is great and the functionality is the same. I have not really used Docusign or Panda Doc that much so I can not really do a great comparison. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat Sign	BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®
Likelihood to Recommend	3.5 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Usability	2.3 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.3 (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Online Training	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	5.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.0 (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Acrobat Sign	BoldSign®, by Syncfusion®
Likelihood to Recommend	Organizations with heavy usage inside Adobe product suites will find adoption seamless. However as it is driven on Adobe's platform some users may face challenges but as a whole the same business philosophy drives this as other Adobe platforms - they want your business - all of your business and it presents challenges if you don't agree. Product inculturation has been successful for organizations like Apple and even BMW, but with the global economy it can provide an appearance of elitism, often duly earned, or present unnecessary hurdles for integration which always impacts adoption timing and usage. While I understand and agree (for the most part) with revenue driven product layering, I believe that easier integration and full product availability definitely affect both acquisition and retention numbers. Adobe has a mighty and well deserved pedigree, and if you are aware of and prepared for the challenges I listed - you will probably love this software. If you need to have an easier and larger adoption and rollout, there are other options that will be a better fit especially if one of your data points is monitoring the impact and efficacy of the software on your team's time, conversion metrics and the impact on your clients. Adobe doesn't appear fond of self report analytics. On a side note, Adobe is a HUGE corporation and I have managed several of their enterprise platforms and they are awesome at allowing access to and support of legacy products, but identifying direct support was moderately to extremely difficult and requires a patience and tenacity above what one might expect for a company with whom you contribute significant income for their products. In a time when a new software pops up by the minute, having the heritage of Adobe is rock solid but a little more flexibility would make this product more attractive. I would still recommend the product albeit with awareness and acceptance of aforementioned challenges Incentivized Jeff Keeney Sales and Customer Success at Cross-Sell Read full review	BoldSign is perfect for the small business or startup that needs a legally-binding solution to digitally sign contracts/agreements between 2 parties or more. It's no frills and super easy to use, and requires no training to understand how to use. BoldSign is less appropriate for organisations that require complex integrations and automation capabilities for their digital signature solution. Incentivized Jason Xu Founder Read full review
Pros	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 KM Kayte Moore Family Law Paralegal Read full review	BoldSign was incredibly easy to pickup and start using. The UX was very intuitive and required no training or guidance. BoldSign's signed contracts repository is a very easy-to-access and navigate system to store and access all our signed documents. BoldSign customer support has always been incredibly responsive and helpful. Incentivized Jason Xu Founder Read full review
Cons	I've noticed if I am sent a link to sign through Adobe Acrobat Sign and I have several Acrobat windows open (especially if there is a prior sign window still open) the program freezes when it tries to open the new signature link (my firm uses Macs, so not sure how or if that is related to the glitch). I have had times when one of the parties in the email string sent to gather signatures either encountered issues or are unable to sign and the integrated help menus don't seem to be sufficient to walk a novice through the process. Incentivized WM William Metz Owner/managing attorney Read full review	It would be great if BoldSign saved my signature in my account to use each time It might be easier if you could select signature (or any heading for that matter) and click where you want it instead of dragging it to where you want it. It would be nice if completed document’s automatically saved to a selected folder for safe keeping. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	EchoSign has without a doubt helped our company to become more economic and time efficient. We can provide our customers with an entire documentation packet filled with all of the required paperwork they will ever need to sign in one quick email. The return time is at least four times quicker than sending through traditional mail methods, and is just as easy to instruct as flagging a hard copy. Our company is in the renewable energy industry, and it's great to know that there's a product like this that can help reduce waste. EchoSign diligently secures all documents and signatures, and provides an audit trail that is integral to keeping our customers' information private Alaina Jones AMG Program Coordinator Read full review	Great product. Great price. Free for up to 25 signatures for one persons account. Having a group using it under one account is even a great price. Much cheaper than all the alternatives out there and does the same stuff the others do Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	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 LH Luke Holocher Business Manager Read full review	Very straight forward to use and customers understand the service. No questions or need for me to explain. The free tier is amazing and has locked me in as a customer for when we're big enough to need the paid version. Incentivized KR Kevin Rodriguez Director Read full review
Reliability and Availability	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No issues to date. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No issues with performance. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	At the beginning I had a question so I emailed them. Response was super quick. Other then that I have not had to contact them for any help. System is easy to use Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Online Training	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. Joshua Lipton VP Technology Read full review	No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Our IT team implemented and the implementation was fine. The only lesson learned is that the integration with Salesforce.com is great, but if you use the product for something other than sales orders (e.g. timesheets, client correspondence etc.), you need to plan with that in mind. They have a very good web based interface for that Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Very easy...I was able to start using it immediately. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	DocuSign is a little more user-friendly and more updated that Adobe Acrobat Sign. Ultimately, we made the switch to Adobe due to their product offerings. By choosing Adobe, we can utilize other platforms within the suite that allow us to further edit documents. Which provides capabilities beyond what DocuSign offers Kennedy Humphrey MBA HR Manager Read full review	The price-performance ratio is better with BoldSign. If I want to scale up to the next level and then go back, I can do it easily with BoldSign, unlike Adobe, for example. If you want to try another application, that's fine. They all do the same thing. In my experience, the ease of use, sourcing and functionality was perfect with BoldSign. NH Nadia Huerta Sales Manager Read full review
Scalability	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Not sure as I don't have a need to scale. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review	So far I have only used the free version I am sure that the paid version would be extremely beneficial if you did a bunch of contracts. I just started using the program, so not too many contracts yet. If I need to upgrade my subscription, the price will be well worth it. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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