Comment by azianmike 13 hours ago
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/
Really? Trust to send an email with a link? What else is making it trustworthy?
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?
Couldn’t agree more, trust is the currency in enterprise SaaS. At Flowmono Sign, https://www.flowmono.com/en-US/ we’ve seen how adding layers like audit trails, compliance verification, and insured uptime completely changes how legal and procurement teams engage with e-sign tools. Free is great, but trusted and simple is what keeps adoption steady.
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.
Documenso[0] is a pretty cool alternative that is increasingly compliant with more and more e-signature standards
Really neat build, always great seeing founders scratch their own itch. At Flowmono Sign, https://www.flowmono.com/en-US/ we’re tackling the same pain point but focused on helping scaling teams automate signing, approvals, and compliance in one flow. Love seeing this kind of innovation in the space!!
FYI: DocuSign’s moat/USP is trust, not software.
DocuSign customers buy trust.