PandaDoc vs. Zeal

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PandaDoc
Score 8.7 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
Zeal
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Zeal offers automated contract lifecycle management, helping clients take control of critical internal processes with its AI-backed platform. Zeal’s collaborative contract management system empowers companies to automate contract functions, analyze contract data and build workflows to enhance compliance and efficiency. Procurement, Sales and Legal teams can use Zeal to gain actionable insights from the data within their contract repositories and achieve desired results ranging from risk…N/A
Pricing
PandaDocZeal
Editions & Modules
Starter
$35
per month per seat
Business
$65
per month per seat
Enterprise
Contact Sales
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PandaDocZeal
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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
PandaDocZeal
Features
PandaDocZeal
Contract Authoring
Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Product A and Product B
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
Zeal
9.4
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Contract creation00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Contract templates00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Clause library/saved fields00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Contract Collaboration
Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
Zeal
9.4
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Contract sharing00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Contract editing00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Collaborating on contracts00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Approval process00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Interdepartmental workflows00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Contract Monitoring
Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
Zeal
9.3
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Contract database00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Contract search00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Contract milestone reminders & alerts00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Custom contract reports00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Tracking contract status00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Compliance check00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
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PandaDoc
PandaDoc
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
PandaDocZeal
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(329 ratings)
9.4
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(23 ratings)
9.4
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.6
(21 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(23 ratings)
9.4
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
2.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.7
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
6.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PandaDocZeal
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Zeal
Besides having all the functionality of any 5 star CLM, the situations it has helped were:
  • Preventing contract
    deviation by controlling template versioning
  • Improving
    business processes with customized features such as unique intake forms
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Pros
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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Zeal
  • Client service support.
  • Personalization of need.
  • Document tracking.
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Cons
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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Zeal
  • New feature request process - they tend to ask a lot of questions regarding my request.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Zeal
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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Zeal
Zeal is user-friendly for the non-tech person to use.
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Reliability and Availability
PandaDoc
We haven't had any real issues regarding downtime as of yet.
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Zeal
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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Zeal
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Zeal
Customer support is outstanding.
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Implementation Rating
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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Zeal
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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Zeal
Much more hands-on team at Zeal that provides outstanding service to setup, train and educate our team on how to best use the product
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Scalability
PandaDoc
It's scalable
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Zeal
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Zeal
  • Allowed sales to send out templates without modification.
  • Automated tracking of data from contract templates sent out.
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ScreenShots

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.