Adobe Acrobat Sign (formerly EchoSign, eSign & Adobe Sign) is a cloud-based
e-signature
An electronic signature, or e-signature, is data that is logically associated with other data and which is used by the signatory to sign the associated data. This type of signature has the same legal standing as a handwritten signature as long as i ...
service that allows the user to send, sign, track, and manage signature processes using a browser or mobile device. 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.
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. By December of that year, Adobe Systems released a mobile application of the product for
iOS
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also includes ...
. In 2016 Adobe Sign was introduced as a way to request, receive, and submit e-signatures. The product offers integrations with
Dropbox
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, U.S. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and Client (computing), client software. Dropb ...
,
Salesforce
Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, a ...
,
Workday,
Box
A box (plural: boxes) is a container used for the storage or transportation of its contents. Most boxes have flat, parallel, rectangular sides. Boxes can be very small (like a matchbox) or very large (like a shipping box for furniture), and can ...
and
Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is a file hosting service operated by Microsoft. First launched in August 2007, it enables registered users to share and synchronize their files. OneDrive also works as the storage backend of the web ve ...
.
In October 2020, Adobe signed a deal with online notarization provider
Notarize
A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems.
A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...
to integrate the company's remote online notarization capability into Adobe Sign.
In September 2021, a 30-day Enterprise trial on Adobe.com with full enterprise capabilities and guided in-product feature discovery (including video tutorials) was launched.
Products
Adobe Sign is sold in subscriptions at the individual,
small business
Small businesses are types of corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation. Businesses are defined as "small" in terms of being able to ap ...
, or enterprise level. Some of the services available are:
*Sign forms with an electronic signature or
digital signature
A digital signature is a mathematical scheme for verifying the authenticity of digital messages or documents. A valid digital signature, where the prerequisites are satisfied, gives a recipient very high confidence that the message was created b ...
*Request e-signatures
*Create branded forms
*Track responses, get email notifications, and send reminders for e-signatures
*Create workflows to gather signatures from multiple users
Adobe Sign is continuously maintained with new releases that feature refreshes of legal forms, security updates, and other product enhancements.
See also
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DocuSign
DocuSign, Inc. is an American company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that allows organizations to manage electronic agreements. As part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, DocuSign offers eSignature, a way to sign electronically on diff ...
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Electronic signature
An electronic signature, or e-signature, is data that is logically associated with other data and which is used by the signatory to sign the associated data. This type of signature has the same legal standing as a handwritten signature as long as i ...
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Handwriting recognition
Handwriting recognition (HWR), also known as handwritten text recognition (HTR), is the ability of a computer to receive and interpret intelligible handwritten input from sources such as paper documents, photographs, touch-screens and other dev ...
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Title 21 CFR Part 11 Title 21 CFR Part 11 is the part of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations that establishes the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations on electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES). Part 11, as it is commonly cal ...
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Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) is one of the several United States Uniform Acts proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). Forty-nine states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin ...
References
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