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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Penneo Sign

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APenneo is a digital signing and data collection platform built for professionals in regulated industries like accounting, auditing, real estate, finance, and HR. It helps organizations create legally binding electronic signatures across the EU. The platform supports both Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES) and Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), fully compliant with the eIDAS regulation. Cross-Border digital signatures with eIDs or passport Penneo supports a wide…

    $100

    per month 500 signatures/year

    SmartVault

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ASmartVault is a file syncing and sharing option from the Houston based company of the same name.

    $16

    per user/per month

    Pricing
    Penneo SignSmartVault
    Editions & Modules
    Sign Essential
    $100
    per month
    Sign Plus
    $180
    per month
    Sign Pro
    $740
    per month
    Starter
    $16
    per user/per month
    Professional
    $20
    per user/per month
    Accounting Pro
    $40
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Penneo SignSmartVault
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSeveral optional add-ons are available for organizations that need additional capabilities. Signing with itsme®, AusweisApp, or passport is priced at €1.70 per signature. Forms — which provide unlimited access to fillable PDF creation — are available for €600. Registered letters can be sent for €1 per letter.—
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    Features
    Penneo SignSmartVault
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Penneo Sign and SmartVault
    Feature
    Penneo Sign
    -
    Ratings
    SmartVault
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Document collaboration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Penneo Sign and SmartVault
    Feature
    Penneo Sign
    -
    Ratings
    SmartVault
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    21% below category average
    User and role management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Penneo Sign and SmartVault
    Feature
    Penneo Sign
    -
    Ratings
    SmartVault
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Performance00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Penneo SignSmartVault
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Penneo SignSmartVault
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Penneo A/S
    Penneo is really well suited if you want to handle all contracts online. Reducing process time and reducing "waste" of paper being printed. It can speed up the process for all. To my knowledge, it's not possible to fraud the system, and the files being signed are always verified correctly.
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    SmartVault Corporation
    SmartVault sends out a cover letter with the tax returns that includes a link for them to download their tax returns, avoiding the insecurity of an email attachment. It does not include a statement retrieval feature but does work very nicely with a third-party app called FileThis. The majority of the users in the office have not been able to install the Outlook plug-in due to "a certificate error." In five years, SmartVault has not addressed this issue.
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    Pros
    Penneo A/S
    • Easy to handle contracts
    • Unable for users to edit contracts, which ensure compliance for our legal team.
    • All files can be stored on your computer.
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    SmartVault Corporation
    • Easy navigation
    • Email notifications
    • Document previews
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    Cons
    Penneo A/S
    • For Danish users, it would be nice if Penneo offered the ability to sign and verify using MitID.
    • For signees, it would be nice to have a feature to add comments for documents, not just personal but also for the client.
    • As company the software solution is really great. There is not much negative points to highlight.
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    SmartVault Corporation
    • They have cut back on support as have many SaaS companies recently.
    • The documentation can sometimes be a little difficult to follow.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Penneo A/S
    No answers on this topic
    SmartVault Corporation
    Reaching someone is more difficult than it should be. Also, they don't take possession of known issues always suggesting it is a local PC issue in initial conversations. That, of course, can be frustrating for the end-user.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Penneo A/S
    No answers on this topic
    SmartVault Corporation
    Sales team was responsive, price was good, functionality was acceptable
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    Return on Investment
    Penneo A/S
    • As stated earlier Penneo has made a really positive impact on reducing our process time when signing contracts. Now we are able to complete a process with two or three sign-offs within a day. Before this process usually took a week.
    • We reduce a lot of physical storage by having all files electronically. Files are saved as PDFs and stored securely on a server. Earlier these were printed files stored in a physical folder.
    • As a large company we really want to reduce of environmental impact, and reducing a lot of physical prints is also a key measure for us. Penneo has had a positive impact on us in this regard.
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    SmartVault Corporation
    • has made sharing documents with large numbers of clients easier
    • has forced us into using their service, or spending time to find a better alternative, in my experience.
    • Speaking personally the product has cost us several thousand dollars over predicted budget costs for a 3-year projection
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    Penneo Sign Screenshots

    Screenshot of Custom flows based on predefined rulesScreenshot of Document status overviewScreenshot of an automatic reminderScreenshot of multi-signing (sign multiple documents at the same time)Screenshot of identity validation via eIDsScreenshot of automatic data deletion