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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ContractZen

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AContractZen's Governance Cloud for SMBs features a board portal, entity management, contract management, virtual data rooms (VDR), and more – powered by AI. ContractZen was built to speed up operations, minimize risks, and maximize company value in due diligence situations.

    $114

    per year per user

    DocuSign

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ADocuSign supports transactions with document sharing and electronic signature, as well as automated and guided data collection and entry, record updating across disparate systems and payment collection upon agreement, as well as analytics and reporting.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    ContractZenDocuSign
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9.50
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Advanced
    $27
    per month (billed annually) per user (5 user minimum)
    Custom
    Contact Sales
    for large organizations with over 50 users
    Personal
    $15
    per month
    Real Starter
    $15
    per month
    DocuSign for Realtors
    $35
    per month
    Standard
    $40
    per month
    Business Pro
    $60
    per month
    Advanced Solutions
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContractZenDocuSign
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsContractZen offers a Custom Plan designed for organizations with more than 50 users. This plan includes all features from the Advanced Plan, with the added benefit of customization to meet any specific business needs. Pricing follows a user-based licensing model, where fees are calculated per user and billed annually. The pricing for the Custom Plan is determined based on the size, requirements, and scope of the organization. ContractZen works with each customer to tailor the plan to best fit their governance and compliance needs. ContractZen can be set up independently through the ContractZen website, Microsoft AppSource, or Azure Marketplace. Every new account includes a 30-day free trial with full access to all features—no credit card required.—
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    ContractZen
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    Would buy again
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    85%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    84%
    Delivers good value for the price
    66 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    82 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    67 Answers
    Features
    ContractZenDocuSign
    Contract Monitoring
    Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of ContractZen and DocuSign
    Feature
    ContractZen
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    1% above category average
    DocuSign
    -
    Ratings
    Contract database9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract search9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract milestone reminders & alerts9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom contract reports5.33 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ContractZenDocuSign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (161 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (46 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContractZenDocuSign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ContractZen
    ContractZen is perfect for small and medium business where the use case is to manage contracts, get alerts, and track details about contract. ContractZen has other features such as meeting management, eSignatures etc. We focus primarily on contract management and are pleased with it. ContractZen has a lot of competition and many competitors have a full contract lifecycle, which is desirable in large companies. ContractZen does not have a full contract lifecycle process. Full contract lifecycle will have request for comments/proposals, NDA, quotes, implementation proposals etc. go through multiple people, multiple layers of approval etc. and different triggers in the contract would generate different tasks for staff to manage the contract till the contract expires. Large and complex companies have needs that ContractZen may not be suitable for
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    DocuSign
    This product is well suited in the use case that I provided before: when it comes to onboarding employees and providing a clear channel for decision making for human resources, this is an excellent tool to accomplish that. I would say the weak points is when you have back and forth communication with users that it might seem a little redundant to have that back and forth communication in that scenario.
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    Pros
    ContractZen
    • The easy storage of contracts is important. Easier than a shared hard drive folder or a jointly administered Excel sheet, both of which we tried to use in the past.
    • The alerts of key contract dates is crucial. Knowing what needs to be terminated or at least considered has saved us money.
    • Simple signing of contracts electronically has saved us money in getting from an agreed to contract to a signed one in minutes.
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    DocuSign
    • Ease of sending the same document out to multiple recipients, at multiple locations, for multiple signatures
    • Quick turnaround - once the recipient signs the document, we receive notification and the document back immediately
    • Can resend, alter, change, and/or add to the email and/or document that is sent out very easily
    • The recipient can save the document after signing, so they too have their own electronic copy for their records
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    Cons
    ContractZen
    • I would like one view of entire client history.
    • It would be nice to put the client information in once and then simply add on contract extensions in the same folder.
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    DocuSign
    • Tracking, particularly when collecting signatures through connected applications, such as an ATS, is not always clean or easily traceable.
    • Formatting documents to handle electronic signature types (signatures, initials, etc.) is not always easy, and highly dependent on the partner's technology.
    • It is not convenient to have to use DocuSign as a stand alone product if the signatures are required for 3rd party applications. It definitely excels on its own, but the scope of that usage, at least for us, is slim.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ContractZen
    The inexpensive ContractZen saves time and money and is a joy to use
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    DocuSign
    I can't imagine doing business without DocuSign now. I would never want to go back to the way we used to do things. The "new way" is "the way" is "the right way." We can honestly be proud of a "one right way" process and not have to suffer through "5 ways for 5 days."
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    Usability
    ContractZen
    Very user friendly
    Incentivized
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    DocuSign
    Generally user-friendly once you have command of the basics, but also has a lot of nuances that can make it difficult to train others on. DocuSign University is a helpful tool, but understandably a lot of content to get through to become a well-versed user. A lot of different functionalities but only a few I use on a weekly basis.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ContractZen
    No answers on this topic
    DocuSign
    It does not go down. I have had zero issues with DocuSign, approaching 4 years.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    ContractZen
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    DocuSign
    Everything loads quickly. Reports are generated in a reasonable time. No noticeable difference in integrated software processing speeds.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ContractZen
    The best part about ContractZen is that I needed no support. I had a couple questions in the last 2 years which were answered accurately within hours. Everything has worked as expected.
    Incentivized
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    DocuSign
    I'd give them a 10, but there has been 1 or 2 small cases that seemed to fall to the wayside, but I was able to call them up and get them resolved. We were having a bad implementation night (after midnight) and we needed assistance from Docusign. They were able to get an engineer to help us in the early morning hours
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    Online Training
    ContractZen
    No answers on this topic
    DocuSign
    Docusign is super easy to use, and apart from a few administration details, there was really nothing to train on. Post implementation, there were issues with configuration of auto-filled documents with the integrating 3rd party. That training required some time, because the DocuSign expert took the time to walk me through the 3rd party's configuration (how often does that happen?) so I could see how DocuSign should be best used to overcome weaknesses in the 3rd party platform. 10/10 expert care.
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    Implementation Rating
    ContractZen
    The capture of the new contracts is more important than the old contracts, somewhat counterintuitively. Once you start saving time using the electronic signing and retrieval, adding old material is easier. Old material additions fit our annual schedule as we've done them during periods of less administrative work.
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    DocuSign
    Until you get the hang of it, I recommend doing several internal tests before sending a document to a client. As I mentioned earlier, you have to go through a bit of trial and error at first to verify that the workflow works as expected.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ContractZen
    ContractZen is true value for the money and far more simpler than more advanced systems
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    DocuSign
    There has never been anything that we could really compare to Docusign. We have tried sending documents in a PDF version, but that was not nearly as efficient. DocuSign saves your signature in the system and uses that as it goes through your documents.
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    Scalability
    ContractZen
    No answers on this topic
    DocuSign
    In my years of using DocuSign, I have never had an outage. I haven't even encountered a bug.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    ContractZen
    • Easier to manage contracts.
    • More contracts are being renewed on a timely basis.
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    DocuSign
    • Less paper use, faster signature times, less time standing at the printer/scanner to send documents to yourself
    • Security over your signature! Security over your company's signature and authorization to approve projects, cash flow etc
    • Love audit trails and the seamless tracking of the status of the document
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ContractZen Screenshots

    Screenshot of the contract management dashboardScreenshot of a contract cardScreenshot of the board portalScreenshot of the meeting overview pageScreenshot of an entity management chart viewScreenshot of the AI assistant interface

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