A couple of months ago, I saw a tweet from @awilkinson: “I just found out how much we pay for DocuSign and my jaw dropped. What's the best alternative?”

Me being naive, I thought “how hard could would it actually be to build a free e-sign tool?”

Turns out not that hard.

In about a weekend, I built a UETA and ESIGN compliant tool. And it was free. And it cost me less than $50. Unlimited free e-sign. https://useinkless.com/

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kode95 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

https://penneo.com/ is a good alternative. And while I applaud your effort to do something in this space, personally I'd prefer a solution that's been thought over by lawyers, etc. Faster is not better in this particular space.

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aslakhellesoy 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

FYI: DocuSign’s moat/USP is trust, not software.

DocuSign customers buy trust.

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apples_oranges 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Really? Trust to send an email with a link? What else is making it trustworthy?

	▲	MASNeo 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You’d be surprised how much trust people place in legal departments, balance sheet strength and talent capacity. All things for which I had to turn down superior technical proposals in the past. The old saying „Nobody gets fired for buying IBM“ still runs strong. Free e-signatures are a great idea, have you considered getting a foundation to back the project and maybe taking out some indemnity insurance, perhaps raising a dispute fund?
	▲	KaiserPro 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That big companies use it for their important legal contracts. its a well recognised tool for contract agreements, and you pay the money so that you are indemnified for any oopsies that might happen in transit.

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alansaber 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For a weekend, this is incredibly well done.

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Onavo 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

agree.com is free though

	▲	rjh29 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And Adobe Fill & Sign.

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kacesensitive 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Dude hell yeah