E-Sign vs Signable: A Comparison of Features

When it comes to choosing the right electronic signature provider for your business, there are many different factors to consider. From your digital document requirements to the solution’s price and features, you want to ensure that your chosen provider benefits your specific organisation and workflows. 

In this article, we will be comparing the features and benefits of E-Sign with Signable, providing businesses with everything they need to know so they can select the best provider for their needs.

What is the main difference between E-Sign and Signable?

Both E-Sign and Signable are well-established providers of electronic signatures in the UK but with quite different offerings. E-Sign is a highly secure solution that offers businesses advanced electronic signatures, as well as a wide range of other impressive features that offer additional peace of mind to organisations and their signers, that their signed documents are compliant with all relevant regulations. 

Signable focuses on simplicity, marketing itself as a flexible solution with a PAYG option. Whilst this may work for some smaller businesses, their provision of simple electronic signatures is often not the most suitable option, especially for organisations that manage sensitive documents in regulated industries.

E-Sign vs Signable features

What is a simple electronic signature?

A simple electronic signature is the most basic type of signature to implement as no strong identity verification or extra security steps are required. This type of signature does not require the creation of additional data to verify the idea. 

A simple electronic signature can be legally binding in some instances. But there are various use cases where a higher level of authenticity and verification is required in order for the signature to be legally accepted. Due to the lack of verification and suitable security measures to protect the data, simple eSignatures can be easier to forge, which is why organisations may opt for advanced electronic signatures instead. 

What is an advanced electronic signature?

E-Sign does not provide simple signatures and offers advanced e-signatures on all of our plans by default. Advanced signatures offer much more assurance to organisations and signers that their data is authenticated and secure. 

The signature is uniquely linked to the signer, allowing them to be formally identified and evidence of the signature including a secure audit trail is provided. Audit trails include the date, time, location, and IP address of the signature. Meaning it can be accurately verified and considered legally binding.

The benefits of using E-Sign

The features above are just a few examples of what E-Sign can provide to your business. Our dedication to security and providing organisations with a tailored solution that enhances their document management is what sets us apart from other simple providers. 

An award-winning solution

E-Sign has extensive experience across a wide range of industries, including healthcare. We are proud to have worked with the NHS for several years, providing specific electronic signature and digital document solutions to several trusts and departments. 

The E-Sign platform has been transformative in the sector, winning awards such as a Digital Transformation Project award for our work with NHS digital prescriptions. This demonstrates our commitment to providing the highest quality products and services to our users, across all industries.

High functionality platform with regular updates

Whilst Signable is a simple and flexible solution offering electronic signatures, E-Sign has broad functionality and modules available depending on your needs. We continuously release new features and integrations to further improve the user and signer experience. 

We are continually listening to customer feedback and developing product updates and enhancements to ensure we maintain the high standards we set with our platform. We also have features that are relevant for various industries, such as an eWitnessing module, which enables users to witness a document remotely and securely. 

Accreditations and global compliance

Accreditations are very important to us, as they offer assurance to new and existing customers to show that we operate to the best possible standards. This includes regularly keeping our accreditations up to date to reflect any changes or updates that have been made in the accrediting process. 

E-Sign is Cyber Essentials Plus certified and ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified. This showcases that we meet the criteria and guidance set for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and improving an information security management system and a quality management system.

Signable is a UK-based provider that mostly markets to businesses operating in the UK. Whereas E-Sign provides a solution that can support global compliance and document transactions. For example, we have a 21 CFR Part 11 module available with our Enterprise plans, which provides a compliant solution for organisations that are regulated by the FDA.

We understand that many organisations in the UK are likely to do business internationally, and with our solution, you can feel confident that your digitally signed documents will be compliant with local laws across the world.

Broad range of integrations

E-Sign has multiple integration options, providing businesses with the ability to integrate with their existing systems. We also have recently launched our redesigned Developer Hub and advanced API guides, to ensure that your developers have full flexibility over their integrations. 

We are continually developing more integrations, and if your business have a specific platform you would like to integrate with, our digital transformation team can discuss this further with you. 

Why choose E-Sign?

E-Sign is a complete solution that offers industry-leading functionality as well as secure, compliant, and legally binding electronic signatures. Contact us today to discuss your digital document requirements. Alternatively, you can get started with E-Sign by registering for our 14-day free trial.