BoldSign, by Syncfusion® vs. Smallpdf

Smallpdf

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
BoldSign, by Syncfusion®	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	BoldSign is an e-signature solution that enables users to send documents out for legally binding signatures. Users can save frequently used contracts as custom-branded templates, track and follow up, and manage complex sequences. BoldSign also provides an API for integrating e-signatures into one's own applications.	$0 per month 1 sender
Smallpdf	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Made in Switzerland, Smallpdf is a company that offers a suite of document management tools for everyone-for work, for home, for life. Founded in Switzerland in 2013, Smallpdf provides what they describe as a simple, secure, and reliable answer to the world's PDF challenges. Smallpdf boasts serving over a billion users in 24 different languages since 2013, and in every country in the world.	$0

Pricing

BoldSign, by Syncfusion®

Smallpdf

Editions & Modules

Essentials: $0
per month 1 sender
Growth: $5
per-month, billed annually. Monthly billing option also available. 1 Sender. Price shown is the per-month cost when annual billing is selected.
Business: $15
per-month, billed annually. Monthly billing option also available. 1 Sender. Price indicated is the per-month cost when annual billing is selected.
Enterprise API: $30
per month. $0.75 per signature request (40 signature requests included in base plan)
Premium: $99
per-month, billed annually. Monthly billing option also available. Includes unlimited senders.
Custom Plan: Custom Pricing

Smallpdf Basic: $0.00
Smallpdf Pro: $12.00
per month
Smallpdf Pro: $108.00
per year

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
BoldSign, by Syncfusion®	Smallpdf
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Monthly and annual options. In addition to BoldSign's web app options, API plans are also available. A free sandbox is available that allows you to integrate BoldSign into an application in a testing environment.

Discounts are available for bulk purchases

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	BoldSign, by Syncfusion®	Smallpdf
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	BoldSign, by Syncfusion®	Smallpdf
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User Ratings
	BoldSign, by Syncfusion®	Smallpdf
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Usability	8.7 (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.4 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	9.9 (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	6.8 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	BoldSign, by Syncfusion®	Smallpdf
Likelihood to Recommend	BoldSign is perfect for the small business or startup that needs a legally-binding solution to digitally sign contracts/agreements between 2 parties or more. It's no frills and super easy to use, and requires no training to understand how to use. BoldSign is less appropriate for organisations that require complex integrations and automation capabilities for their digital signature solution. Incentivized Jason Xu Founder Read full review	I would suggest Smallpdf for simple needs in terms of PDFs management that can be [easily] resolved such as: size compression, deleting of pages and file conversions. This tool is very user-friendly and easy to use, it is available online so the user doesn't need to download any software. In case of heavy files compression, the tool isn't appropriate since it doesn't support heavy documents. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	BoldSign was incredibly easy to pickup and start using. The UX was very intuitive and required no training or guidance. BoldSign's signed contracts repository is a very easy-to-access and navigate system to store and access all our signed documents. BoldSign customer support has always been incredibly responsive and helpful. Incentivized Jason Xu Founder Read full review	One of the best things that Smallpdf does is pdf conversion both to and from pdf. It is especially great to transform pdf tables into Excel documents. PDF splitting is really great since allows for cropping large files and just keep the information necessary; something that comes really handy when presenting information to your supervisors. PDF merging also works wonders, it allows for mixing several different pdf documents into just one of them. It is extremely easy to set up. This a really fast pdf reader, it feels really fast compared to other options that tend to feel clunky. Its workspace is super comfortable and well organized so finding a tool you need is always a simple task. Incentivized Manuel Aguilar Geophysical Coordinator Read full review
Cons	It would be great if BoldSign saved my signature in my account to use each time It might be easier if you could select signature (or any heading for that matter) and click where you want it instead of dragging it to where you want it. It would be nice if completed document’s automatically saved to a selected folder for safe keeping. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It has everything I'm not sure what I will say. E-sign, Share, convert. You can give an option in upload priorities features which I can see later. Background remover thing also you can add in it. So I can remove the unnecessary thing from an image. You can add a chatbot for help. Incentivized Ankit Kumar Sr UI UX Designer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Great product. Great price. Free for up to 25 signatures for one persons account. Having a group using it under one account is even a great price. Much cheaper than all the alternatives out there and does the same stuff the others do Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Very straight forward to use and customers understand the service. No questions or need for me to explain. The free tier is amazing and has locked me in as a customer for when we're big enough to need the paid version. Incentivized KR Kevin Rodriguez Director Read full review	Its usability in my work is very important. I have to share various documents with my clients very frequently and most of the documents I send them are in PDF format only. So I use this software very much to convert my Word and Excel files into PDF. And whenever I need to send large file to my clients, I convert them into PDFs and compress them with this tool and then I send those files to my clients. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	No issues to date. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Performance	No issues with performance. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	1.- Because it is easy to use and each function is duly indicated so you can not go wrong. 2.- Its service is fast, it takes only a few seconds to transform the files and in less than a minute it is downloaded and you can occupy it without problem. 4.-This IS online so you do not install anything, which is very useful because you can also use it from a tablet or your mobile AM Aura Munguia Cepeda Profesional de la enseñanza Read full review
Support Rating	At the beginning I had a question so I emailed them. Response was super quick. Other then that I have not had to contact them for any help. System is easy to use Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Everything is so simple and works so well, you shouldn't need support, but on the one occasion in several years that I needed it, support was quick and courteous. JM Jason Morrell Founder and Creative Director Read full review
Implementation Rating	Very easy...I was able to start using it immediately. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	The price-performance ratio is better with BoldSign. If I want to scale up to the next level and then go back, I can do it easily with BoldSign, unlike Adobe, for example. If you want to try another application, that's fine. They all do the same thing. In my experience, the ease of use, sourcing and functionality was perfect with BoldSign. NH Nadia Huerta Sales Manager Read full review	As per my understanding, Smallpdf stacks up against the above tool because it is easy to use, the targeted goal only for pdf, handy, and one more thing is that small pdf has created the application for android and iOS. I really found Smallpdf helpful when using it on the fly. Small pdf not only provides for the PDF it also provides the different functions for the other files like excel, HTML, doc, ppt, and many more. Incentivized DJ DILIP JAIN Software Engineer Read full review
Scalability	Not sure as I don't have a need to scale. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	So far I have only used the free version I am sure that the paid version would be extremely beneficial if you did a bunch of contracts. I just started using the program, so not too many contracts yet. If I need to upgrade my subscription, the price will be well worth it. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	From an initial cost perspective, we've gone from a collection of free and freemium software products that we used in combination to do what we wanted, to paying Smallpdf's per-user license fee. We estimate that creating the same final product with our old method took about 30 minutes per 1-100 page file. We are now down to approximately 10 minutes, if the input material does not require much manipulation. Around 50% of tasks used to require advice from a highly-technical user to fix unexpected errors. With Smallpdf we estimate we are now down to less than 20%. For things that Smallpdf cannot do we find ourselves falling back to old methods which can sometimes create wasted time when we only realize that Smallpdf is not up to the task in the middle of the job. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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