Documenso vs Youtrust: privacy compared
Documenso and Youtrust are both rated in electronic signatures against the same 9 public criteria. Documenso is based in the United States (Five Eyes); Youtrust is based in France (Nine Eyes).
| Criterion | Documenso Our pick | Youtrust |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | Grade D D (56/100) | Grade F F (24/100) |
| Jurisdiction | United States Five Eyes | France Nine Eyes |
| Open source Is all the source code needed to run the product public? | Yes source | No |
| No trackers or telemetry Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default? | Partial source | No source |
| No ads or data sales Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data? | Yes source | Partial source |
| Independent audit Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years? | No | Partial source |
| Transparency report Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds? | No | No source |
| Tells users about requests Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it? | No | No |
| TLS configuration Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better? | Yes source | Partial source |
| Security headers Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better? | Partial source | Partial source |
| Modern web standards Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test? | Partial source | Partial source |
Which is more private, Documenso or Youtrust?
Documenso scores higher on the public criteria: 56 out of 100, against 24 for Youtrust. Documenso does better on open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. Youtrust does better on independent audit. How scoring works
Summaries
Documenso. Documenso scores 56 out of 100 (grade D) on the electronic signatures criteria. It meets 3 of 9 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry, security headers and modern web standards. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 78%.
Youtrust. Youtrust scores 24 out of 100 (grade F) on the electronic signatures criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit, TLS configuration, security headers and modern web standards. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in France: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A-, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 84%.
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