Electronic signatures
Documenso privacy rating
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Open-source electronic signature platform for sending and signing documents, available as a hosted service or for self-hosting.
Summary
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%.
Score 56 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3 Source-available
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
All code is public. The core is AGPL-3.0 and enterprise features in packages/ee use the source-available Documenso Commercial License.
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website uses Plausible analytics, and self-hosted instances send anonymous telemetry by default, which can be turned off.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans. The privacy policy states that personal information is not sold or rented.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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Partial
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 78%