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DocuSign
Create, commit to, and manage your agreements all in one platform with Docusign IAM. Electronically sign for free.
Where it stands
3.9 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 1 of 3 signals
- Website health4.4 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on DocuSign yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use DocuSign?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Users can electronically sign documents for free. The page says: “Electronically sign for free.””
Check first
- Its pages do not state: watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: E-signature
Measured signals
4.4 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from DocuSign's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 83 ms.
- Security3.5 / 52 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options).
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Google Tag Manager.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 9 classified comments from 3 threads. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“>The emails “spoofed” the DocuSign brand in an attempt to trick recipients into opening an attached Word document that, when clicked, installs malicious software. I love how nothing changed about this malware payload…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Wife and I just closed on our home - good thing this didn't happen DURING the process as we got a ton of DocuSign requests.”
Read in the thread - Critical
“At my work we too have received dozens of phishing emails purportedly from DocuSign. Most are getting caught but a few are making it to people's inbox. Which is terrible because a lot of my coworkers use DocuSign and…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“DocuSign's API is very frustrating to work with, as you can't go into production without getting their "approval" first. Amongst other things, the approval process requires you (or did require you when I last tried) to…”
Read in the thread
Threads: DocuSign email address database breached and used for phishing campaign (2017, 137 comments) · DocuSign Hackathon – $10,000+ in Prizes (2018, 13 comments) · Docusign updates terms of service, training proprietary AI using user data (2024, 3 comments)
- Free tier
- Users can electronically sign documents for free. The page says: “Electronically sign for free.”
- Paid plan
- Paid plans and pricing information are available for users to view. The page says: “View Plans and Pricing.”
- Signup
- A login is required to confirm eligibility for a free trial. The page says: “Please log in to confirm your eligibility for the free trial.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
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Tasks and scores
- E-signatureNot tested yet
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