BoldSign vs Signater

BoldSign is an electronic signature service for sending, signing, and managing documents. It offers templates, bulk sending, audit trails, SMS authentication, and signature ordering, along with APIs and SDKs for embedding signing workflows in applications. Android and iOS apps support mobile signing, and Chrome and Edge extensions are available. The free Essential plan includes 25 envelopes per month, two templates, and one user. A 30-day free trial does not require a credit card; paid plans start at $5/user/mo (annual). Team collaboration, roles, custom permissions, and single sign-on are included in Business and higher plans. Listed integrations include Salesforce, HubSpot, OneDrive, Power Automate, Zapier, and Xero. BoldSign states that it uses AES-256 encryption and complies with SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. It describes its signatures as legally enforceable under the ESIGN Act, eIDAS, and global laws. Essential support includes email, chat, and phone.

Signater is a digital contract service that lets businesses send, sign and track agreements through a browser. An envelope can gather several documents and signers into a sequential or parallel process, ending with a completion certificate. Signers can be checked using passwords, email or SMS codes, selfies with liveness checks, identity documents, facial biometrics or geolocation. Reusable templates hold standard text, with fields for variable details and a new version for each edit. The REST API can create and track envelopes, send them, upload documents, use templates, and retrieve signed files and certificates; API and webhook access is limited to Business and Enterprise plans. Webhooks send envelope events by POST and retry automatically. Signater lists HTTPS/TLS, HSTS and AES-256 encryption among its security measures, and signed PDFs can include embedded PAdES signatures, hashes and timestamps. Signers open links on phones or computers without an account or app. The platform and signing flow support six languages. A free plan includes three envelopes monthly; paid plans start at $39/mo.