OneSpan Sign vs. Smallpdf

OneSpan Sign

OneSpan Sign

43 Reviews and Ratings

Smallpdf

Smallpdf

44 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
OneSpan Sign	Score 8.0 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	OneSpan Sign (formerly eSignLive) is an e-signature solution for secure document signing processes that enables organizations to digitize business processes and eliminate costly paper and inconvenient “wet” signatures.	$0 Free for 30 Days
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

OneSpan Sign

Smallpdf

Editions & Modules

Free Trial: $0
Free for 30 Days
Professionnal: $20
Per User per Month
Enterprise: Call for Pricing
Enterprise: Call for pricing
Contract

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

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
OneSpan Sign	Smallpdf
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Discounts are available for bulk purchases

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Community Pulse
	OneSpan Sign	Smallpdf
Considered Both Products	OneSpan Sign Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign Both products had similar functions, but I found that OneSpan Sign just had the edge when it came to use ability and user experience. It is very clear how to use the system and it integrates very well into our business. Are use it on a regular basis, and even though I’ve tried … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign OneSpan was more affordable than DocuSign. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign we realized some insurance companies are using OneSpan and also our admin office uses the same program. Therefore, it is more friendly in terms of everyone knowing software. Incentivized Helpful? Hamza Syed Chief Technology Officer Chose OneSpan Sign OneSpan Sign had better audit history capability and better pricing. Incentivized Helpful? Bryan Fox, MBA Director of Operations & Marketing Chose OneSpan Sign We found OneSpan to be more cost effective. Incentivized Helpful? Khalid Jabr Director, Solutions Delivery Chose OneSpan Sign My experience with OneSpan in the customer service has been very positive. However, since my experience with OneSpan is much more recent, most of my technical experience with OneSpan includes technical areas that were not available in other products at the time I was working … Incentivized Helpful? Sean Barkey Federal Account Executive Chose OneSpan Sign All other evaluated tools allowed for changes within the document after the first signature. Within OneSpan this action kicked off a completely new signing process. This along with the security compliance was our main factor for approval. Incentivized Helpful? ZZ Zain Zain Physician Chose OneSpan Sign Docusign wanted $1500/mo for access to the equivalent feature set of creating links to standard forms. Incentivized Helpful? Crystal Underhill CIP AIPC New Business Development Broker/Advisor Chose OneSpan Sign None -- I have only used eSignLive and have not had any reason to look elsewhere. Incentivized Helpful? Tom Bonner Licensed Insurance Agent Chose OneSpan Sign I haven't used a competitor nor would I as esignlive meets our needs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign eSignLive has made it easy to send and receive documents. No other program has been as user friendly as it is! Incentivized Helpful? George Paialunga Residential Real Estate Broker Chose OneSpan Sign We are being introduced to similar products; I'm loyal, but any improvement with the unlocking of documents, and yearly subscription cost would make me more loyal! Incentivized Helpful? Andre Masson Development Team Lead Chose OneSpan Sign DocuSign was probably one of the alternatives but to be honest we just did not evaluate alternatives at all. We were simply happy to integrate easily with an approved (by our financial institution) eSign product. We just moved from the POC to a "That's a go" decision given the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign I didn't research alternatives since I was approached directly. Incentivized Helpful? Pavel Khamichonak Software Architect Chose OneSpan Sign Free trial Less expensive A better UI for generic customers Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign I was told that the other services may have a better API but for our needs, the cheaper the better and eSign Live's prices could not be beat. I believe that DocuSign's similar product was roughly four times as much as what we are currently spending on eSign Live. Incentivized Helpful? Darren Byrnes Director, Business Development Chose OneSpan Sign Our primary market is the enterprise. We reviewed other tools at the outset but these are small to medium scale tools trying to move into the enterprise, mostly with public cloud only offerings. We needed a platform with a proven record in the enterprise with options like … Incentivized Helpful? Tracy Penney Health Systems Management and Agent Appointment & Licensing Chose OneSpan Sign DocuSign has a reminder function if the paperwork is not complete. You just click Remind and it sends the person a reminder to complete. Incentivized Helpful? Tennille Zatrepalek Marketing and Community Coordinator Chose OneSpan Sign We've used a few other programs for sponsorships, and looked into using them for scholarships but the cost was in the thousands to create an additional form. eSignLive was much more cost-effective for our department as our organization was already using it for other forms (I … Incentivized Helpful? Mike McAllister Director of Content Strategy & Development Chose OneSpan Sign It all comes down to workflow and UX. e-SignLive is the superior choice when it comes to these factors. The product lays out the signing process in an easy-to-follow format that is easy to understand both from the client side and the customer side. As a SaaS user, security was … Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign We were also considering Docusign but with the similarity of product and functional offering, it boiled down to price and possibly a better support system. Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign e-SignLive provided us with more cost control options around implementing and using the service than competitors. e-SignLive seems to offer stronger legal and audit attention to details around electronic signature processing. Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OneSpan Sign no one Helpful? Stéfan Lamoureux Trainer & Consultant Chose OneSpan Sign I dont have the feeling it's as secure or recognized as E-SignLive. Helpful? Thomas Dupuis Freelance Copywriter/Journalist Chose OneSpan Sign It is not so expensive, and easy to use. Helpful?	Smallpdf Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf We actually never used other products like this. When we found SmallPDF it met our needs instantaneously. The only thing I can compare it to is Adobe and the features they provide, however, SmallPDF is more cost-effective for our team. It allows us to do most of the same … Incentivized Helpful? RW Rachel Walters Director of Financial Operations Chose Smallpdf I have not really used anything exactly like this tool because this was the first one I found and it worked great, and also the cost was not high. Incentivized Helpful? AS Abraham Smythe Head of Acquisition Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf is a basic PDF editor platform. Overall, it is best for beginners and those who only need a PDF editor to make simple edits and changes. Would also recommend it to those with a smaller budget. If you prefer an advanced, all-in-one PDF editor and also use other Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Dr. ROOPESH RAO Head Industry Institute Initiatives/Training and placement officer Chose Smallpdf Almost all software's are based on a similar platform. We use them in turn according to our comfort level and ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? DJ DILIP JAIN Software Engineer Chose Smallpdf 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. … Incentivized Helpful? Ankit Kumar Sr UI UX Designer Chose Smallpdf Adobe is not so quick. It takes a lot of effort to do a job in it. but small PDFs do the same job as in the second. Even adobe acrobat does not have as many features as Smallpdf. Smallpdf is like an ocean because you don't know ocean depth so a small pdf has so many features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf has a wonderful free version and is extremely simple to use. Adobe Acrobat can be a bit jumpy and heaven forbid you click on the wrong icon and it will ask you to sign in over and over again. Smallpdf isn't always the prettiest to use, but it is the best to get the job … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf I think that Smallpdf stacks up against its competitors in terms of easiness of use. The tool is very user-friendly, every feature is communicated in an efficient way and very simple to user so the user doesn't have to be particularly good at using software. Its features are … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf This is a more ethical decision. Adobe tends to lock you into their products and then charge you to end your contract. Smallpdf allows us to remain flexible and do our work at a lower cost. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf has had a great impact on our business since we moved to this software from Adobe which is more expensive, so we managed to save a lot of money for using it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf While extremely useful and feature rich, PDF xChange does not have the ability to work with multiple files at the same time as efficiently as Smallpdf. It is also a traditional desktop software which means being constrained to one specific PC. Incentivized Helpful? AM Aura Munguia Cepeda Profesional de la enseñanza Chose Smallpdf PDFfiller has other functions that make it a bit more complicated to use, it is also slower than Smallpdf when it comes to any type of conversion. I even had to close the page when I tried to use PDFfiller because it remains frozen and does not It advances, so much so, that I … Incentivized Helpful? DM Darren Megginson Software Quality Assurance Analyst Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf is accessible online as a web-based .pdf solution not like many software that must be installed on a computer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf I used to convert my PDF files with LightPDF software. But It was slightly difficult for me to navigate on that software. The interface of that software was not very easy to understand. And compression result quality was also not satisfactory. So I selected Smallpdf for all my … Incentivized Helpful? Manuel Aguilar Geophysical Coordinator Chose Smallpdf When comparing Smallpdf to Adobe Acrobat the first thing that comes to mind immediately is how much cheaper Smallpdf is compared to Adobe. The difference has been huge for our company and has allowed us to save money while keeping the same quality level for the products … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Foreman Designated Broker Chose Smallpdf Smallpdf is a cheaper alternative. There is no additional software to purchase, so no need to pay to upgrade licensing every year. I think it is easier to use, although it doesn't have as many tools or options as Adobe. Depending on what you use it for, I think it is a great … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf As it is a web-based software, it helps me avoid installing any software program for managing PDF related work. It has many more functions than my previous PDF program. It helps me in all kind of Office file conversions. I also found it very reasonable in terms of subscription … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Smallpdf Its easy setup and easy user interface makes it easy to operate for many of my colleagues. I don't need to train them much for this software. So I started using it in my organisation. Incentivized Helpful? GW george wilson Online Learning Manager Chose Smallpdf I've been using it for quite some time and I think that's why I'm fond of it since sometimes it has not behaved how I would like, however, and yet I must admit that Smallpdf is one of the best and fastest PDF file converters. It also surprises me that it is almost the only … Incentivized Helpful? JR john ritchie Marketing online Chose Smallpdf I prefer Smallpdf, due to the ease of use and good results I have had during the time, both when creating pdf files and also to reduce the weight of the files I created and all this in just a few seconds. Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	OneSpan Sign	Smallpdf
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User Ratings
	OneSpan Sign	Smallpdf
Likelihood to Recommend	8.6 (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.1 (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.4 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.9 (0 ratings)	9.9 (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	6.8 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	OneSpan Sign	Smallpdf
Likelihood to Recommend	It is well suited for financial professional field. At the moment, i cannot think of area that will be less appropriate. It all comes down to if the admin office or head office can accept OneSpan as authorized software. Often enough, program can be very good but not recognized by head office due to its compliance issue. For example, in the Canadian regulatory rules for investments, sometimes it requires companies to process/store documents in the same country. If there is a cross border issue, it will be a big compliance issue. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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	One can set up a workflow in which one can specify the order in which signatures have to be done. Customer service is great and always ready to go the extra mile. Pricing is very transparent, and there are no hidden charges. Yamini Pandey Manager 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	Search capabilities can be improved by a great extent. We still can't search documents by name of the signatory Pricing seems a bit high when compared with other players in the market Data importing and exporting capabilities can be improved drastically Tapan Jain Data Analyst 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	I don't see any reasons to change as their solution covers all my need for now. I could make even more integrations but that might be something that I will do down the road. I'm used to working with the interface and my data is all there as well. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Easy to use design and tool Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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
Performance	No answers on this topic	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	The product is so well designed and built that we rarely need to reach out to customer service. But we have reached out to them in case of downtime, and we have always gotten a satisfactory response. We never had to follow up, as customer service executives were very responsible. Yamini Pandey Manager 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
Alternatives Considered	My experience with OneSpan in the customer service has been very positive. However, since my experience with OneSpan is much more recent, most of my technical experience with OneSpan includes technical areas that were not available in other products at the time I was working with other products. Incentivized Khalid Jabr Director, Solutions Delivery 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
Return on Investment	It has done what we got it for. It has made it much easier for our advisers to do business with clients in remote areas. It has significantly reduced the time that it used to take to open a new account. Incentivized Hamza Syed Chief Technology Officer 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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