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Flat 50% Off

Pay 50% of what you pay DocuSign.

Bring your current contract. We match what you run today and cut the bill in half, no questions asked. Pricing stays flat rather than metered, so growing agreement volume does not put you back in a mid-term renegotiation.

✓Based on your actual current spend, whatever tier you are on
✓No envelope allowances and no overage exposure
✓Applies equally if you are moving from Adobe Acrobat Sign, Dropbox Sign, or another incumbent

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Compliant & certified ✓ESIGN Act ✓UETA ✓eIDAS ✓21 CFR Part 11 ✓HIPAA ✓42 CFR Part 2 ✓SOC 2 ✓ISO 27001 ✓GDPR

Up to 3 Months Free

Run it in production alongside DocuSign.

Up to 3 months on the full platform, in production rather than a sandbox. No feature gates, no card, no limited trial tier. Send your real agreements through it, on your real routing, connected to your real systems, and make the decision on evidence instead of a pitch.

✓Full platform access, not a trial tier
✓Runs in parallel with DocuSign, so nothing is disrupted while you evaluate
✓Your own templates, routing and integrations

Still under contract. Most people reading this are partway through a multi-year agreement, and that is the most useful time to start rather than a reason to wait. Run the parallel evaluation now, build the internal case on your own numbers, and have the migration plan agreed before your renewal conversation opens. Tell us your renewal month and we will work backwards from it.

Free Implementation

You don't do the migration. We do.

This is the actual reason most teams stay on a platform they have outgrown, and it is the part we take off you entirely. Migration, configuration, integration and training are included, run by our team, with the timeline agreed before you sign anything.

1 Everything you have already signed stays validExecuted documents remain enforceable. They were signed under the ESIGN Act and UETA, and changing vendors does not affect a signature already given. We help you export completed documents, certificates of completion and audit trails into your own retention system, so your historic record ends up with you rather than with a vendor you no longer pay.

2 Templates and routing rebuilt for youWe recreate your templates, field maps, signing orders, conditional routing, reminder cadences and branding. You review and approve. Nobody on your team rebuilds anything by hand.

3 Integrations re-pointed, not re-architectedSalesforce, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP, Coupa, EHR and EMR systems, and anything running on your own API. We re-point the connectors. Your architecture does not change.

4 Both platforms run in parallelEnvelopes already in flight finish where they started. New sends move across on the date you pick. No cutover weekend, no frozen agreements, no gap in the evidence chain your auditors will ask about.

5 Train and go liveAdmin and end-user training delivered by our team. Enterprise go-lives are measured in weeks, not quarters.

1,000+ Integrations

Nothing in your stack has to change.

Every connector you built against DocuSign has an equivalent here, and anything custom runs on a REST API that is unlimited and free on every plan rather than gated behind a developer tier. Signing still triggers from the systems your teams already work in, and executed records still sync back with the full audit trail attached.

Your stack

Certinal eSign

Back in your systems ✓Signed, stored & syncedwith a full audit trail1,000+ integrationsUnlimited free API on every plan

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Trusted by enterprises worldwide

IDC MarketScape Leader Worldwide eSignature Software

Gartner Peer Insights 4.4/5 Electronic Signature market

Comparison

The ceilings, the meters, and the add-ons

Both platforms produce enforceable electronic signatures. The difference is what arrives inside the contract price, and what your team runs into once volume, file size, or integration load goes up.

What you are comparing

D DocuSign

C Certinal eSign

Bulk transactions

DocuSign1,000

Certinal eSign10,000

Maximum document size

DocuSign25 MB per document

Certinal eSign100 MB per document

Maximum transaction size

DocuSign25 MB per transaction

Certinal eSign250 MB per transaction

API access

DocuSignLimited and metered

Certinal eSignUnlimited, free on every plan

Storage

DocuSignMetered

Certinal eSignFree up to 100 GB

Identity verification

DocuSignAdd-on

Certinal eSignIncluded

Data residency

DocuSignFive regions, assigned by billing address

Certinal eSignConfigurable by region

Implementation, migration and transition support

DocuSignDepends on the purchased plan and service package

Certinal eSignFree, hands-on from the Certinal team

Prebuilt integrations

DocuSignLimited

Certinal eSign1,000+, plus APIs, SDKs and webhooks

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Compliance

Built for the regulations your agreements answer to

Enforceability is the floor. What separates a signature that survives an audit from one that does not is the identity behind it, the controls around it, and whether the evidence can still be produced years later. Certinal is built to the rules that govern electronic signatures and electronic records.

ESIGN Act

Federal, all US commercial agreements

The federal ESIGN Act gives electronic signatures and records the same legal effect as paper, provided the signer intended to sign, consented to transact electronically, and the record can be accurately reproduced. Certinal captures affirmative consent, binds each signature to a verified identity, and retains a reproducible record for every envelope.

UETA

State law, adopted in 49 states

UETA is the state-level counterpart to ESIGN and governs attribution: proving that a signature is the act of the person it is attributed to. Certinal establishes attribution through authentication, IP and timestamp capture, and a signing history that shows the full sequence of events, not just the final signature.

eIDAS

European Union and United Kingdom, for US organizations transacting cross-border

eIDAS defines three tiers of electronic signature, and the tier you need depends on what the document does. Certinal supports all three on one platform, SES for routine agreements, AES where the signature must be uniquely linked to an identified signer and tamper-detectable, and QES where EU law requires the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature.

21 CFR Part 11

FDA-regulated electronic records and signatures

Part 11 requires signature manifestation, authentication, reason for signing, and an audit trail that cannot be altered or obscured. Certinal supports Part 11-compliant workflows, carrying printed name, date, time and meaning of signature on the record itself, with validation documentation available for your qualification effort.

HIPAA

Protected health information, providers, payers and business associates

HIPAA permits electronic signatures on authorizations and consents, provided the platform handling PHI operates under an executed BAA with appropriate safeguards. Certinal signs BAAs, encrypts PHI in transit and at rest, and enforces role-based access with full logging to support the minimum necessary standard.

42 CFR Part 2

Substance use disorder treatment records

Part 2 imposes consent and redisclosure restrictions stricter than HIPAA on SUD records, realigned toward HIPAA by the 2024 final rule. Certinal captures granular, purpose-scoped consent and carries the required redisclosure notice on the record itself.

✓ESIGN Act ✓UETA ✓eIDAS ✓21 CFR Part 11 ✓HIPAA ✓42 CFR Part 2 ✓SOC 2 Type II ✓ISO 27001 ✓GDPR

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FAQs

What legal, IT, and procurement ask before a switch

What happens to the documents we already signed in DocuSign?

They remain valid and enforceable. Their legal standing comes from the ESIGN Act and state UETA, not from the platform that produced them, and changing vendors does not affect signatures already executed. As part of migration we help you export completed documents, certificates of completion, and audit trails into your own retention system so the historic record sits with you rather than with a vendor you no longer pay.

Can we run both platforms at the same time?

Yes, and we recommend it. Documents already in flight finish on your existing platform while new sends move to Certinal on a date you set. There is no cutover weekend and no window where agreements are frozen.

How long does migration take?

It depends on template count and integration complexity, but enterprise go-lives are measured in weeks. Kickoff and scoping, migration and configuration, integration, then training and go-live. Our team runs all four phases and the timeline is agreed before you sign anything.

Will our Salesforce and Workday integrations break?

No. We re-point connectors rather than asking you to re-architect. Certinal connects to the CRM, ERP, HRMS, procurement, ITSM, and clinical systems enterprises already run, and anything custom is built against a REST API that costs nothing on any plan.

We're mid-contract. Is there any point in talking now?

Yes. Start the free trial alongside your current platform, benchmark it on your own documents, and have the business case and migration plan finished before your renewal conversation begins. Tell us your renewal month and we will work backwards from it.

Does the audit trail hold up the same way?

Every signature is bound to a verified identity and captured with timestamps, IP, authentication method, and a tamper-evident certificate, with blockchain-backed immutability on the trail itself. Evidence packs export in full for audit, regulatory survey, or litigation.

Does the API really cost nothing?

Unlimited REST API access is included free on every plan, along with SDKs and webhooks. Embed signing into your own applications without a separate developer plan, a call allowance, or per-transaction integration fees.

What happens to our price at renewal?

Pricing is transparent and flat rather than metered, so volume growth does not trigger a repricing. Your rate and its term are set out in the contract.

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Bring your current contract. We'll show you the difference.

A walkthrough built around your documents, your compliance requirements, and your systems, with a costed side-by-side against what you pay today.

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