Documenso

Open-source e-signature platform and embeddable signing backend

TOP SCORE™

41/100

#9 of 11 E-signature

Medium confidence

Score breakdown

What makes up this score

External Reputation
  • No usable third-party ratings
AI Authority28
  • 1 answer engines measured
  • cross-model consistency 1
Web Authority
  • No web authority signals in window
Expert Assessment62
  • 100% of the category rubric covered
TOP10 User Score
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Explanation

Why Documenso ranks #9

Documenso ranks #9 of 11 e-signature with a TOP SCORE of 41.

The category leader scores 64, a gap of 23 points.

That is 8 points below the category average of 48.

Its strongest component is Expert Assessment at 62; its weakest is AI Authority at 28.

No usable evidence was found for External Reputation, Web Authority, TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.

Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.

Score history

How the score has moved

6241 21.7

05010031 Aug1 Sept

External reputation

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AI visibility

How answer engines treat this platform

EngineMentionRecommendationCitationAvg positionQueriesMeasured
claude sonnet 5 parametric8%8%0%1.01231 Aug 2026

Web authority

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Company information

The facts on file

Description
Documenso is an open-source e-signature platform positioned by its vendor as "The Open Source DocuSign Alternative", covering document sending, signing, reusable templates, team workspaces and an API/embeddable signing layer. It is offered both as a hosted SaaS and as self-hosted software (Community, Business and Enterprise editions) via GitHub and an official Docker image. It targets individuals, small teams, and especially engineering-led SaaS companies and regulated organisations that need signing on their own infrastructure without per-signature fees.
Category
E-signature
Products
Documenso hosted e-signature app (Free, Individual, Teams, Platform, Enterprise), Documenso Community Edition (self-hosted, free), Documenso Business Edition (self-hosted, fixed yearly licence), Documenso Enterprise Edition (self-hosted, tailored pricing), Public API and webhooks, Embedded signing (React/Vue, white-label at Platform tier)
Markets
SMB, Startups, Developers/SaaS companies, Enterprise, Regulated industries (life sciences)
Integrations
Zapier, Slack (integration support at Platform tier), React embedding, Vue embedding, Public API, Webhooks, Docker / self-hosted deployment
Pricing
$25 per month (Individual, $300 billed yearly) · free tier: Free forever plan: 5 documents per month, up to 10 recipients per document, no credit card required. Self-hosted Community Edition is also free but scoped to testing/evaluation/POCs. pricing page ↗
Regulatory
Vendor-stated compliance retrieved from documenso.com: ESIGN Act and UETA, 21 CFR Part 11 (homepage compliance widget shows "Status: Compliant", with a customer announcement tied to Vial Inc.), SOC 2 and HIPAA linked to a trust page at documen.so/trust, with a vendor blog post implying DPAs and BAAs are offered. None of the underlying attestations, audit reports or certificates were independently retrieved. eIDAS / Qualified Electronic Signature status is unverified — no eIDAS claim was found on the pages retrieved despite a German UI option. Licensing: source on GitHub, with Community (free), Business (fixed yearly licence) and Enterprise (tailored) editions.
Last verified
31 Aug 2026

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  • Category leader64
  • Category average48
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