Progress ShareFile vs. airSlate SignNow

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Progress ShareFile
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
ShareFile is a cloud-based file sharing and storage service built for business. The product was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2011, and is now offered by Progress Software.
$52.80
per month 3 users (minimum)
airSlate SignNow
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
signNow is an eSignature solution with mobile apps for iOS and Android. signNow can be integrated into popular platforms and offers SaaS, public cloud, and private cloud deployment options with the same underlying API. This enables customers to leverage the power and usability of the signNow eSignature platform, while meeting their particular security and compliance requirements.
$1.50
one-time fee per signature invite
Pricing
Progress ShareFileairSlate SignNow
Editions & Modules
Advanced
$17.60
per month per user (minimum 3 users)
Premium
$27.50
per month per user (minimum 3 users)
Industry Advantage
$45.83
per month per user (minimum 3 users)
Virtual Data Room
$75.00
per month per user (minimum 5 users)
Site License
$1.50
one-time fee per signature invite
Business
$20
per month
Business Premium
$30
per month
Enterprise
$50
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Progress ShareFileairSlate SignNow
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee-$8 per user/month
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.All subscriptions include unlimited number of users. Up to a 60% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Progress ShareFileairSlate SignNow
Features
Progress ShareFileairSlate SignNow
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Progress ShareFile
7.6
90 Ratings
9% below category average
airSlate SignNow
-
Ratings
Versioning7.672 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files6.254 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files5.549 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration7.877 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.884 Ratings00 Ratings
File search8.085 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.070 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Progress ShareFile
8.8
85 Ratings
2% above category average
airSlate SignNow
-
Ratings
User and role management9.079 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization9.085 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management8.567 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Progress ShareFile
8.5
86 Ratings
2% below category average
airSlate SignNow
-
Ratings
Performance8.282 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability8.885 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports8.468 Ratings00 Ratings
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Progress ShareFileairSlate SignNow
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User Ratings
Progress ShareFileairSlate SignNow
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(114 ratings)
8.1
(128 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(8 ratings)
9.8
(11 ratings)
Usability
6.6
(27 ratings)
8.8
(13 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(14 ratings)
7.0
(23 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
6.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
1.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Progress ShareFileairSlate SignNow
Likelihood to Recommend
Progress ShareFile
When we have a particularly large ad or job printing file that would "clog up" the email process, using ShareFile is very helpful. It's also useful for particular photographers we work with to upload a batch of photos all at once. Where it doesn't work as well for us is when trying to get clients to make use of a login to access folders. We find them reluctant to take on the learning curve. It works best for us when we just send them a clickable download link, and at most just require a tracking name and email address.
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airSlate, Inc
SignNow is particularly useful for simple documents, forms and contracts where there the fields are pretty standards- names, signature block, title. It would be helpful to have features that allow substitution of certain fill in the blanks such that allow you to use the same template but first have a dialog to integrate language for a person, corporation, partnership or LLP. I'm a lawyer and having the ability to assemble variation of this nature into one template would be helpful. Also (and it may do this) the ability to change the actual form/document within the a template would be useful.
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Pros
Progress ShareFile
  • Secure File Storage and Sharing.
  • Workflows to get customer/affiliate responses to comments on documents.
  • I used to have the signature feature initially, but it was removed from the original plan, so I could only use it if I chose to select the higher plan price.
  • I love the upload notifications and reports on user activity.
  • The document storage versions are fantastic. I am the only user with Delete privileges, and I love that I can make those selections.
  • Integrations with Microsoft 365 - FANTASTIC - thank you.
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airSlate, Inc
  • Ease of setting up documents that require eSignatures
  • Ability to manage the order in which the document needs to be eSigned
  • Tracking the status of who has signed and who hasn't
  • Ability to 're-send' invites to team members who might have missed the original invite
  • Ability to download the eSigned documents for internal record keeping
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Cons
Progress ShareFile
  • The web console is not the most user friendly site to use to get to, and send my files.
  • We have had users that have not liked the change in workflow to get files from Progress ShareFile when they were used to just clicking on files on an email.
  • That management of the tools are not the most user friendly. There have been some improvements but keeping up with certs and setting up new users can be more work than expected.
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airSlate, Inc
  • When using shared templates, the option to rename the document is at the bottom of the signatures page. I would like that to be visible sooner as some of my team misses it and sends documents to clients with the templated name instead of the correct name because they forgot to scroll down far enough to see it.
  • CC'ed contacts used to show suggestions as you typed the email if you've sent that person a document before, but that functionality no longer shows on our account. I'd like to see that brought back.
  • It would be nice if we could add folders to our documents page so that we could sort sent and signed documents into individual client folders. The search feature works fine, but folders would help clean up the view for my team.
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Likelihood to Renew
Progress ShareFile
It's a highly effective and secure storage system, has robust workarounds for serving the various equipment limits of our users, meets high security requirements of HIPAA standards, significantly reduces our needs for producing paper trails.
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airSlate, Inc
The features are too limited. The biggest issue though is the flexibility for editing existing forms without having to create a whole new form. The other issues are its payment partner options, lack of automation, and logic flow. We plan to quit this software and use other software in its place.
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Usability
Progress ShareFile
ShareFile is so easy to use I was able to download all of my projects files and have them set up to sync before my supervisor could even come over to explain the process to me. It is a neatly organized and intuitive software that allows even the less tech-savvy to become power users.
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airSlate, Inc
In terms of core functionality - adding options for signatures, text, dates, check boxes, etc., as well as customising the body of the request, the title of the request, follow-ups / reminders for signature, etc., SignNow is great. It's really easy to navigate and use in this regard. SignNow loses points when it comes to the end-user who needs to sign. There's an option for them to either use the app (which is most prominent in the page that shows when they open the request) or to sign using their browser (which is much smaller). I had my assistant create this step by step guide for our clients, so they can complete the request the way we need them to:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FopYjlykHMFjIAQjgaNLtNIvSCQND_kb86-U9bA5M2A/edit?usp=sharing As far as I'm aware, you can't make it mandatory for them to draw their signature, and there's no option to remove the prompt for them to download the app when signing on their mobile device. I really wish these were options, but they don't take away from the fact it does what it is intended to do, and it does it well.
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Reliability and Availability
Progress ShareFile
The software has never been down when I needed to use it.
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airSlate, Inc
SignNow is always available when I need it. It seems that most updates occur outside of business hours so I have full functionality when I need it most between the hours of 8am-6pm EST. There has only been I time when I experience application errors when I need to use the system but it did not last long and the issue was resolved within a few hours.
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Performance
Progress ShareFile
Easy to use, easy to integrate with Outlook. I only gave it a 9 because I have found that sometimes it does not play nicely with Outlook and can slow it down. But, when that happens (not frequent), I restart Outlook and all is well again
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airSlate, Inc
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Progress ShareFile
Citrix was generally responsive and helpful in solving technical issues. Like any cloud based SaaS product there is a danger that it may go down. This was a rare occurrence over my three years of using the product. The more common issue we encountered was clients forgetting their login which was easily managed through a forgot password functionality.
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airSlate, Inc
781 / 5,000Translation resultsTranslation resultMy experience with airSlate SignNow support has been super ok so far. I only had to contact them once because a document got stuck when I was signing it, so I sent them an email and they responded the next day. They solved the problem, but I found it a bit slow... They could have more direct support, like live chat or even WhatsApp. I believe that if there was a subscription plan for dedicated support it would also be very interesting. For example, a large company with several signature routines, including important signatures that block important workflow processes and sometimes with high added value, these companies, due to the risks, do not want to stop a process because of a signature, so they would not mind investing a little more in dedicated support. Minha experiência com o suporte do airSlate SignNow foi super ok até agora. Só precisei entrar em contato uma vez porque um documento travou na hora de assinar, aí mandei um e-mail e eles responderam no dia seguinte. Resolveram o problema, mas achei meio demorado... podia ter um suporte mais direto, tipo chat ao vivo ou até WhatsApp, acredito que se houvesse um plano de assinatura para suporte dedicado também seria bem interessante, por exemplo uma empresa grande com varias rotinas de assinaturas, entre elas temos assinaturas importantes que travem procesos de Workflow importantes e as vezes de alto valor agregrado, essas empresas devido as riscos não querem parar um processo por conta de um assinatura, por isso não ligariam de investir um pouco mais em suporte dedicado.
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Online Training
Progress ShareFile
No answers on this topic
airSlate, Inc
It was nice to be shown the basics of the system and be able to see or understand the specific functions our company would need to use, such as the template creation, document grouping and document group templates. Being taught on how to use these functions, made learning them much easier.
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Implementation Rating
Progress ShareFile
Good documentation for the API. With a little help from RS tech staff, any competent programmer should be able to integrate RightSignature with an existing system in a week or three. That help is easy to get as well
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airSlate, Inc
Make sure you know exactly what you need before implementation and be sure to ask how to use the most important functions of the system that you will be using.
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Alternatives Considered
Progress ShareFile
ShareFile is easier and does what you need. I have moved a few organizations from SharePoint to ShareFile. Just easier. You can setup different areas for different departments, setup their permissions and it is easy enough for them to do what they want in their zones. The mobile app works great as well. So you can all the features you really use from SP, but just easier to setup and use.
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airSlate, Inc
I chose airSlate SignNow over DocuSign primarily due to the superior ease of use and a more intuitive user interface (UI). airSlate SignNow's UI stood out with its simplicity and well-thought-out design, making the entire process of signing and managing documents much more straightforward.The drag-and-drop functionality and the ability to customize signature fields in airSlate SignNow were additional factors that tipped the scale in its favor. These features not only streamlined the signing process but also allowed for a more personalized and efficient document management experience.
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Scalability
Progress ShareFile
I am a one person office. I have no idea how this software would scale to a larger office.
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airSlate, Inc
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Progress ShareFile
  • All of our clients and consulting engineers find ShareFile easy to use, thus complementing our business.
  • Our staff also find ShareFile intuitive, accessible, and easy to use, making it an ideal, everyday indispensable desktop tool for everyone in our company.
  • ShareFile can be linked to our firm's primary website as a placed for private use. We haven't found need for this yet, but might in the future.
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airSlate, Inc
  • SignNow is far more economical than any other signature program I have ever seen.
  • SignNow performs all the tasks that the more expensive competition does.
  • SignNow does not require my clients to set up an account with a user name and password.
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ScreenShots

Progress ShareFile Screenshots

Screenshot of the ShareFile dashboardScreenshot of ShareFile's Outlook PluginScreenshot of the Projects interfaceScreenshot of ShareFile's link sharing optionsScreenshot of ShareFile's e-signature

airSlate SignNow Screenshots

Screenshot of dashboardScreenshot of teams and their foldersScreenshot of integrations availableScreenshot of fillable fields in signNow editor