Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DocuSign
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
DocuSign 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
PandaDoc
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
PandaDoc headquartered in San Francisco offers their eponymous electronic signature platform for sales teams, containing sales proposal automation and CPQ (configure, price, quote) features, and integration with CRMs.
$35
per month per seat
TrueContext
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
TrueContext (formerly ProntoForms) provides an enterprise-level low-code field-focused application. The solution is used to create apps and forms to collect and analyze field data with smartphones and tablets – either as a standalone solution or as a mobile front-end to enterprise systems of record.
$25
per month per license (billed annually)
Pricing
DocuSignPandaDocTrueContext
Editions & Modules
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
Starter
$35
per month per seat
Business
$65
per month per seat
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Essentials
$25
per month per license (billed annually)
Advanced
$45
per month per license (billed annually)
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Volume discounts available
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DocuSignPandaDocTrueContext
Free Trial
YesYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPandaDoc offers a free eSign plan and 3 paid packages for eSigning and document automation. All plans include unlimited documents and eSignatures. Evaluations start with a free 14-day trial. Up to a 46% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Multiple Products
DocuSign
Chose DocuSign
Looked at PandaDoc about 18 months ago because of the interesting functionality around tracking redlines in contracts. This is something we are interested in, but PandaDoc was not PCI compliant (we capture billing info on our DocuSign forms). At that time they were pursuing it, …
Chose DocuSign
To be honest, I found out about PandaDoc after we had already signed a contract with DocuSign. I researched PandaDoc, and while they seem fine and are a wonderful up and coming company, we've had such success with DocuSign, and they've been around longer...they have a good …
Chose DocuSign
DocuSign is like Salesforce for CRM's. It just made sense as we were scaling as an organization and moving and adding new technology to our stacks. We really like Adobe Sign as a close second, but for what we were doing, DocuSign came back as a more professional sales org and …
Chose DocuSign
Docusign probably feels more robust and a more corporate feel. They are pretty similar, however.
Chose DocuSign
I think DocuSign is still the leader in this industry as pronounced by their superior customer service and quick development response time to changes in the industry. For simple users, DocuSign is user friendly and easy to navigate while adding significant benefit to small to …
Chose DocuSign
They stack up very well. I was happy with other the other software. They lost us because of how expensive it was for clients to have access to their API. A lot of our clients cannot afford $200/mo. They can afford $50/mo which is what most of our clients pay.
PandaDoc
Chose PandaDoc
We looked at DocuSign before PandaDocs, and while they are a well-known and good product, we felt their basic content was lacking compared to PandaDoc. We felt we got more bang for our buck, and the navigation seemed better. Plus, we get a dedicated rep with PandaDoc.
Chose PandaDoc
PandaDoc serves its purpose, but I feel it is behind large competitors like DocuSign in managing contracts.
Chose PandaDoc
There is no comparison. PandaDoc is far superior to any others I've seen. That's why I moved my company over when I saw the were using DocuSign
Chose PandaDoc
PandaDoc and DocuSign are very similar in functionality and design, but I prefer to use PandaDoc's interface. It is so easy to use and I prefer PandaDoc's interface and UI. It feels a little cleaner and a little more professional to me when compared with DocuSign's interface …
Chose PandaDoc
PandaDoc is equal to DocuSign in every significant way except for its level of adoption; however, the pricing of PandaDoc is so much better that it's clearly the best choice for our firm.
Chose PandaDoc
I think PandaDoc is more modern and has a more user-friendly nature than DocuSign. We preferred Pandadoc because it allowed multiple workspaces, enabling different teams to have varying levels of access. This was incredibly useful, as it meant HR and Legal could only view …
Chose PandaDoc
We've used PandaDoc at previous organizations, and we liked this the best because of how modern it looks and how easy it is to use.
Chose PandaDoc
Our office selected PandaDoc since it was better in terms of saving money. The cost was the most important factor when determining which site to use.
Chose PandaDoc
I find it easier to automate and create templates in PandaDoc. Specifically the templates. Also, connecting through API is easier (our IT team says so, I'm not qualified to evaluate that). Pricing is also something important, when we acquired PandaDoc it was cheaper so we were …
Chose PandaDoc
PandaDoc is a less clunky user experience, not only on the signature process and review, but also on the document creation process.
Chose PandaDoc
PandaDoc is easier to use and creates more professional documents than the other platforms we've evaluated. It also has very handy features such as reminder emails, suggestions, templates that we found were more robust than other platforms. The pricing was also competitive and …
Chose PandaDoc
ease of use and simplicity for the customer experience
Chose PandaDoc
much better. The pricing structures worked a lot better than the other companies because we are a small clinic
Chose PandaDoc
PandaDoc provided similar features and functionality at a better price, but the "tipping point" was integrated e-signatures.
Chose PandaDoc
To be able to block certain fields within templates and contracts, so that the commercial team can negotiate the rest and adapt them but cannot change those purely legal clauses that should not be negotiated or changed without the approval of the legal department. I also find …
Chose PandaDoc
We chose PandaDoc for its ease of use and tools that allow a professional feel. The convenience for our clients to review and sign agreements also helped us make the decision to go with PandaDoc.
Chose PandaDoc
All very similar offerings. PandaDoc is one of the few that provided an approval workflow that we required.
Chose PandaDoc
I can't say I know enough about the credentials of either to comment.
Chose PandaDoc
PandaDoc is a million times better. PandaDoc is also more affordable since you don’t have a limit on the number of documents you can send.
TrueContext

No answer on this topic

Features
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Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Custom logo/branding00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
Changes to live survey00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Question design help00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple question types00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
PandaDoc
-
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TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Response tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data export00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
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PandaDoc
-
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TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Access controls00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Compliance00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
DocuSign
-
Ratings
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
TrueContext
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Respondent restrictions00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Foxit eSign
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Foxit eSign
Foxit eSign
Score 9.3 out of 10
Square 9 Softworks
Square 9 Softworks
Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
MSB Docs
MSB Docs
Score 9.4 out of 10
MSB Docs
MSB Docs
Score 9.4 out of 10
Qualaroo
Qualaroo
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Conga Sign
Conga Sign
Score 8.5 out of 10
DocuSign
DocuSign
Score 8.7 out of 10
Verint Voice of the Customer
Verint Voice of the Customer
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
DocuSignPandaDocTrueContext
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(161 ratings)
8.6
(329 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(12 ratings)
9.1
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(19 ratings)
8.3
(23 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.6
(21 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(46 ratings)
6.1
(23 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(5 ratings)
6.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
2.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DocuSignPandaDocTrueContext
Likelihood to Recommend
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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PandaDoc
Best suited for after demonstrations when requested by the prospect when they are looking for pricing with T&C. The data room is also great that acts like a drop box for opportunities and their contacts. Helps share pertinent information with others in the organization.
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TrueContext Corporation
Prontoforms is suited for complicated business needs that are able to integrate seamlessly into one of the out-of-the-box solutions available. For simple recording to a spreadsheet, pdf, word document, database, etc. without any additional integrations, better (and in some cases free) solutions may work. For custom integrations, cost and effort may get expensive.
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Pros
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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PandaDoc
  • Allows clients to remotely execute documents.
  • Tracks the progress of document execution.
  • Emails clients to remind them to sign documents so we don't have to follow up.
  • Emails us when documents have been fully executed.
  • Provides an easy-to use interface to place signatures, dates, and other information on our forms.
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TrueContext Corporation
  • Conditional logic
  • Linking to data sources
  • Integration to Salesforce and ServiceMax
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Cons
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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PandaDoc
  • Sometimes the fillable fields don't automatically map properly and you have to manually adjust.
  • Plan tiers and pricing recently changed, so now we get less value and less features (limited templates, no more pricing tables or invoicing/connected payment) for the same price, which is pricy for a small business.
  • Easier, integrated invoicing as an included feature (so we don't have to use a different software for invoicing/payment collection) would be ideal. You have to upgrade to the Business Plan for this.
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TrueContext Corporation
  • Limitations to form formatting
  • Need more data source integrations
  • All of the different components need to synchronize automatically and more often.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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PandaDoc
The reason I gave it a rating of 7 is because it's probable, but not for sure. This is because there are a few little things we don't love about pandadoc. Mostly that there is not conditional logic such as: they must either fill this field out OR this one. Also it's a little pricey. But we'll probably stay because it's good enough and a pain to switch to something new
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TrueContext Corporation
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Usability
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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PandaDoc
Once you get the hang of it, it's very easy to use. There can be a slightly steep learning curve to get fully in on the system. The new editor v2 has really improved usability and allows us to collaborate on documents simultaneously. Once the templates and library items are set up, a new document, whether it be a sales or HR document, takes very little time to complete.
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TrueContext Corporation
As Prontoforms markets itself as a low code, user-friendly drag and drop solution, it definitely excels in the area of user experience. While those who are more on the technical side will appreciate the standard options available as part of its custom integration tools. The learning curve has never been an issue.
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Reliability and Availability
DocuSign
It does not go down. I have had zero issues with DocuSign, approaching 4 years.
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PandaDoc
We haven't had any real issues regarding downtime as of yet.
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TrueContext Corporation
No answers on this topic
Performance
DocuSign
Everything loads quickly. Reports are generated in a reasonable time. No noticeable difference in integrated software processing speeds.
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PandaDoc
The documents load quickly for the most part but sometimes if there are larger documents with a high number of variables it could take a bit longer to get the document to show up. Most of the time the document comes on the screen relatively quickly allowing for quick access to documents to be edited and sent out.
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TrueContext Corporation
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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PandaDoc
Recently I could not upload a pdf to a contract - support was very responsive and easy to work with. They got back to me the next day with an apparent fix - however when I opened the document nothing had changed. I then could not respond to the rep who was helping me because it was a "no-reply address", the problem still has not been solved and we had to make alternate arrangements to get this to the client. Never had it happen before and was only with this one contract.
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TrueContext Corporation
The customer support for pronto forms was great for me in the only instance that I have had to use it. I called the phone number for ProntoForms customer support, they were quick with the correct answer for me and very reassuring.
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Online Training
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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PandaDoc
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TrueContext Corporation
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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PandaDoc
Implementation was before the time I was here at Riafox, however, support has been great in assisting to merge spaces and upgrade to 2.0 Editor.
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TrueContext Corporation
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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PandaDoc
We used Dropbox back when it was still HelloSign. At the time, new templates were very hard to create. We had to upload a PDF and then add the fields from there. With PandaDoc, we are able to drag and drop the text, images, logos, and fields we need easily. This has saved our team an immense amount of time.
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TrueContext Corporation
We looked for versatility of product and cost effectiveness when trying to choose vendors. Even though the product can be set up by the user or administrator, the more complex parts of the form required help to be done right. Vendors needed to be able to offer their services to get this done in a timely fashion. ProntoForms hit all the marks. We looked at other vendors and they just couldn't replicate or form closely enough.
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Scalability
DocuSign
In my years of using DocuSign, I have never had an outage. I haven't even encountered a bug.
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PandaDoc
It's scalable
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TrueContext Corporation
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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
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PandaDoc
  • We have greatly increased the efficiency in which we can get signatures from individuals for documents and increase productivity.
  • We have been able to find older documents very easily.
  • W-9 have been very difficult due to Section 3, but this was addressed with conditional logic
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TrueContext Corporation
  • Return on Investment is immediate and possible from the first submission.
  • Saved us hours when it came to implementing forms on websites
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ScreenShots

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PandaDoc Screenshots

Screenshot of some of the custom-designed themes, templates, embedded rich media, and interactivity to give every deal the opportunity to get noticed.Screenshot of automatic notifications, on-the-fly editing, CRM Integrations, and integrated eSignatures.Screenshot of reporting, with drill down to the deal level with proposals, to pick which deals to include (or exclude).Screenshot of legally binding eSignaturesScreenshot of centralized communications to streamline the negotiation process, and make revisions in real-time in a single location.Screenshot of document analytics that display what’s really happening after documents are sent with real-time reporting on engagement and activity on the documents. This enables teams to respond faster to prospects.

TrueContext Screenshots

Screenshot of task automationScreenshot of field operations tracking and measurementScreenshot of available integrations