Documenso
Open-source e-signature platform and embeddable signing backend
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- No usable third-party ratings
- 1 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 1
- No web authority signals in window
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
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
62 → 41 ↓21.7
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
No third-party ratings have been ingested for this platform yet.
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude sonnet 5 parametric | 8% | 8% | 0% | 1.0 | 12 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
No web authority signals recorded yet.
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
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.
- Official website
- https://documenso.com ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Category context
- This platform41
- Category leader64
- Category average48
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