# Electronic signatures privacy ratings

Services for sending documents and collecting legally binding signatures.

**Our pick:** [Documenso](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/documenso/): Open-source document signing, hosted or self-hosted, as a replacement for DocuSign. The core is AGPL-3.0, and self-hosted instances keep signed documents on your own server.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Documenso](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/documenso/) (our pick) | D (56/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Open-source electronic signature platform for sending and signing documents, available as a hosted service or for self-hosting. |
| [DocuSeal](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/docuseal/) | D (53/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Open-source platform for creating fillable PDF forms and collecting electronic signatures, available as a hosted service or for self-hosting. |
| [Dropbox Sign](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/dropbox-sign/) | D (50/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Electronic signature service from Dropbox, formerly HelloSign, for sending and signing documents online, with an API for adding signatures to other apps. |
| [OpenSign](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/opensign/) | D (44/100) | India | Open-source electronic signature platform for preparing, sending and signing PDF documents, offered as a hosted service or for self-hosting. |
| [Zoho Sign](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/zoho-sign/) | D (41/100) | India | Electronic signature service from Zoho for sending, signing and tracking documents, with integrations into other Zoho apps. |
| [Adobe Acrobat Sign](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/adobe-acrobat-sign/) | F (38/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Adobe's electronic signature service for sending, signing and tracking documents, with integrations for Microsoft 365, Salesforce and other business apps. |
| [Docusign](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/docusign/) | F (38/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Electronic signature service for sending, signing and tracking agreements, part of Docusign's agreement management platform. |
| [PandaDoc](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/pandadoc/) | F (25/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Document automation and electronic signature service for proposals, quotes and contracts, run by PandaDoc, Inc. in San Francisco. Data can be stored in the US or the EU. |
| [SignNow](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/signnow/) | F (25/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Electronic signature service from airSlate, Inc. in the United States, for sending, signing and tracking documents, with an API for other apps. |
| [SignWell](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/signwell/) | F (25/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Electronic signature service from Docsketch, LLC in the United States, for sending and signing documents, with templates and an API. |
| [Youtrust](https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/youtrust/) | F (22/100) | France (Nine Eyes) | Electronic signature and identity verification service from Youtrust SAS in Caen, France, formerly Yousign. The platform is hosted in France. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
- **Transparency report** (weight 2): Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
- **Tells users about requests** (weight 1): Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
- **TLS configuration** (weight 2, automated): Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
- **Security headers** (weight 1, automated): Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
- **Modern web standards** (weight 1, automated): Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/e-signatures/