Adobe Sign

Adobe Acrobat Sign

Developer(s)	Adobe Inc. (acquired as EchoSign)
Initial release	January 2006 (as EchoSign).[1]
Operating system	Windows, macOS, iOS, Android[2]
Available in	34 languages[3]
List of languages English (United States), English (United Kingdom), French, German, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Slovakian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish
Type	Software
License	Proprietary, Commercial Software
Website	adobesign.com

Adobe Acrobat Sign (formerly EchoSign, eSign & Adobe Sign) is a cloud-based e-signature service that allows the user to send, sign, track, and manage signature processes using a browser or mobile device.^[4] It is part of the Adobe Document Cloud suite of services.

Adobe Sign also supports Sandbox environment for Enterprise tier customers to test templates, customer workflows, and more. These objects can be moved from production to the sandbox for updates in a safe environment, then moved back to production once the updates are verified and ready for deployment.^[5]

History

On July 18, 2011, Adobe Systems announced its acquisition of the web-based electronic signatures company EchoSign which would become the basis for the Adobe Sign product.^[6] By December of that year, Adobe Systems released a mobile application of the product for iOS.^[7] In 2016 Adobe Sign was introduced as a way to request, receive, and submit e-signatures. The product offers integrations with Dropbox, Salesforce, Workday, Box and Microsoft OneDrive.^[8]

In October 2020, Adobe signed a deal with online notarization provider Notarize to integrate the company's remote online notarization capability into Adobe Sign.^[9]

Products

Adobe Sign is sold in subscriptions at the individual, small business, or enterprise level.^[10] Some of the services available are:

• Sign forms with an electronic signature or digital signature
• Request e-signatures
• Create branded forms
• Track responses, get email notifications, and send reminders for e-signatures^[11]
• Create workflows to gather signatures from multiple users^[12]

Adobe Sign is continuously maintained with new releases that feature refreshes of legal forms, security updates, and other product enhancements.^[13]

See also

• DocuSign

• Electronic signature
• Handwriting recognition
• Title 21 CFR Part 11
• Uniform Electronic Transactions Act

References

1. "EchoSign AdobeSign Launched 13 Years Ago Today". SaaStr. January 1, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
2. "System requirements for Adobe Sign". Adobe Systems. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
3. "System requirements for Adobe Sign". Adobe Systems. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
4. "Adobe Sign FAQs". Adobe Systems. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
5. "Adobe Sign Sandbox". Adobe Systems.
6. "Adobe Acquires EchoSign for Electronic Signature Solution". eWeek. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
7. "Adobe EchoSign Now Available on iOS Devices". Adobe Systems. December 21, 2011. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
8. "Adobe Sign Debuts, Integrated with Adobe Marketing Cloud for Paperless Customer Experiences". Adobe Systems. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
9. "Notarize inks major deal with tech giant Adobe". Finledger. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
10. "Adobe Sign". Adobe Systems. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
11. "Adobe Sign plans and pricing". Adobe Systems. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
12. "Document workflows with Adobe Sign". Adobe Systems. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
13. "Adobe Sign Technical Notification". Adobe Systems. Retrieved April 9, 2019.