As of 28 Oct 2026, the panel rates Docusign eSignature 3/5 and Skribble 3/5 in E-Signature. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 1 of the 6 judges picks Docusign eSignature and 5 pick Skribble. Docusign eSignature scores higher on 3 of 7 criteria (Signing workflow & signer experience, Integrations & API and Evidence, validation & retention). Skribble scores higher on 4 of 7 criteria (European sovereignty, Pricing transparency, eIDAS levels & trust services, plus 1 more). Provenance — Docusign eSignature: Rest of world; Skribble: UK / wider Europe. Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
Docusign eSignature and Skribble split this bench along two lines. Docusign eSignature leads signing workflow at 7.7 vs 5.8 (5 judges lean Docusign, 0 Skribble, 1 tie) and integration and API at 6.7 vs 6.2 (4 lean Docusign, 1 Skribble). Skribble leads sovereignty at 6.5 vs 4.2, the widest gap: 6 judges lean Skribble, 0 lean Docusign. Its capture says documents are hosted in Swiss or German data centres chosen at setup; Docusign's says data is 'likely' stored in Australia, the United States, the EU and/or Canada, with EU data residency a sales contact. Skribble edges signature levels (6.7 vs 6.5) and pricing transparency (6.2 vs 5.8). Evidence and retention is weakest for both at 3.8 vs 3.5, and neither verdict found public information on either. Weighted totals favor Skribble on five judges; Docusign eSignature takes the skeptic at 5.7 vs 5.2. The lean flips by judge and criterion.
Choose Docusign eSignature if
You need reusable templates, conditional fields, bulk send and delegated signing for high-volume workflows — signing workflow is 7.7 vs 5.8, with 5 judges leaning Docusign eSignature and 0 leaning Skribble.
Your team builds against an API and needs documented connectors — integration and API is 6.7 vs 6.2, with 4 judges leaning Docusign eSignature vs 1 for Skribble.
You sign across many languages and must document accessibility — the verdict lists 44+ signing languages and WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
You want an automatically generated audit trail and tamper-proof certificates — evidence and retention is 3.8 vs 3.5, with 3 judges leaning Docusign eSignature vs 1 for Skribble.
Choose Skribble if
You need documents hosted in Swiss or German data centres chosen at setup — sovereignty is 6.5 vs 4.2, with 6 judges leaning Skribble and 0 leaning Docusign eSignature.
You operate in Europe and need ZertES alongside the three eIDAS levels mapped to plans — signature levels is 6.7 vs 6.5, with 2 judges leaning Skribble vs 1 for Docusign eSignature.
You need published prices before talking to sales — Skribble lists Starter at 0 EUR per month (pay per use) and Pro at 6 EUR per month (per user, billed annually); pricing transparency is 6.2 vs 5.8.
You want identification fees published up front — identity verification is 6.2 vs 6.0, with 2 judges leaning Skribble vs 1 for Docusign eSignature.
Read this comparison as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The Legal Counsel
Decides which contracts may be signed electronically and at which level. Wants SES, AdES and QES named per plan and country, the qualified trust service provider linked to the EU Trust List, and an audit trail with timestamps that still validates when the contract is disputed in eight years.
Docusign eSignature
Skribble
This judge's pick
Criterion by criterion
eIDAS levels & trust services
Docusign eSignature
SES, AES and QES are each named as eIDAS levels and tied to commercial terms — SES in every plan, AES in advanced plans and add-ons, QES as an add-on — and the provider states it is itself a registered Qualified Trust Service Provider in Europe. Before I sign at QES I am still missing what the captured pages do not show: no link to the provider's entry on the EU Trust List, no per-country availability, no qualified seals, no ZertES, and no statement that the level appears in the signed document and its audit trail.
Skribble
All three eIDAS levels are named with their method and a document example (information letters, rental agreement, loan agreement), qualified signing is stated under both eIDAS and Swiss ZertES law, plans carry unlimited simple signatures with 120 advanced/qualified per year on Pro, and an electronic organisation seal appears on request. The vendor states plainly that it is itself neither a trust service provider under ZertES nor under eIDAS and relies on partners meeting those requirements, with Swisscom named for identification; we found no public information linking a qualified trust service provider to its EU Trust List entry or showing the signature level in the signed document's evidence.
Signer identification
Docusign eSignature
Methods are named in depth — OTP, phone authentication, automatic validation of most government-issued identity documents, biometric liveness through video selfies, and AI-driven identity proofing for QES — with CLEAR and ID.me named as providers, an Identity Wallet that re-uses a verification for later signatures, and identity checks priced from ab 2,35 €/Ausweisüberprüfung. What I cannot establish is which method applies in which country at which level, and I found no public information on retention and deletion of ID data or on the identification provider being listed as a subprocessor.
Skribble
Identification is documented per level — email access alone for simple signatures with an express statement that no further identity check occurs, mobile number for advanced, and ID scan with selfie video, live video call with trained staff, or an on-site visit for qualified — with a one-time identification unlocking qualified signing in the profile, a stated choice between ZertES and eIDAS frameworks, and the Swiss eID swiyu raised. The identification provider is named on one help page (Swisscom, which also sells identifications directly), but we found no public information on retention or deletion of identification data or on the provider's listing as a subprocessor.
Signing workflow & signer experience
Docusign eSignature
The workflow evidence is broad: conditional fields, bulk sending, delegated signing, shared team templates, custom branding, mobile-optimised web forms with a no-code builder and embedding, documents routed to the right people in the right order, 44+ signing languages, and WCAG 2.0 Level AA listed as included. For the top level I found no public information on mixed signature levels within one process, in-person signing, or a published accessibility conformance statement.
Skribble
Signing order, bulk upload and signing on Team and above, automatic reminders at admin-chosen intervals plus manual reminders available to all customers, browser signing without login or app, QR-code access to the contract, status tracking and four signer languages are documented. We found no public information on templates with field placement, delegation or substitute signers, or signer accessibility.
Evidence, validation & retention
Docusign eSignature
An audit trail is automatically generated and stored for every agreement, signatures rest on PKI with tamper-evident digital certificates, and a proof file compiles identity verification results for auditing. For a contract disputed eight years from now I found no public information on qualified timestamps, long-term validation (PAdES-LTV), a validation report or independent validation tool, or how long signed documents and their evidence are kept — only that personal data is held no longer than necessary for the purposes of processing.
Skribble
The captured pages show an E-Signature-Validator tool, AATL-conformant signatures on all plans, and validation and conversion services purchasable on an annual fee, but we found no public information on the contents of any audit trail or completion certificate, qualified timestamps, long-term validation such as PAdES, retention periods, or export of documents together with their evidence. The terms state that at contract termination all accounts, data and documents are deleted — a deletion commitment, not the evidence-retention answer a disputed contract needs eight years on.
Integrations & API
Docusign eSignature
There is a developer centre with a free developer account, an industry-leading API from the Standard plan upward, embedding of forms into the customer's own application, and connectors across the Microsoft suite (Word, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Power Automate, Dynamics 365) plus Salesforce, NetSuite, Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, Slack, Zoom and Stripe, with over a thousand partner integrations. I found no public information naming webhooks, SDKs, published rate limits, or API access to each signature level.
Skribble
An open REST API with documentation and an immediately testable demo key, support for all three signature standards through the API, and prebuilt connectors for Microsoft 365, Google Drive, SAP and Salesforce on Pro and Scale are documented, alongside a status page, a partner programme and SSO via OpenID Connect. We found no public information on webhooks, SDKs, rate limits, or API versioning and deprecation policy.
European sovereignty
Docusign eSignature
The controller is named as Docusign, Inc. and its affiliates with the San Francisco address, alongside a DocuSign International (EMEA) Ltd in Dublin and a Docusign France SAS for French users; personal data is 'likely' stored in infrastructure in Australia, the United States, the EU and Canada, with EU data centres across three unnamed countries and data residency available only by contacting sales. Registered European QTSP status, ISO 27001 and Binding Corporate Rules are real European elements, but I found no published subprocessor list and the default storage chain spans non-EU regions.
Skribble
A Swiss AG with a German GmbH contracting for customers signing up via the German portal, hosting exclusively in Germany or Switzerland with the data centre chosen at setup and no migration afterwards, a published DPA and a subprocessor list with named providers and locations, and ISO 27001 certification give a substantially European footprint with Swisscom as a named partner. Ownership is not established on the captured pages, the vendor states it is itself no trust service provider, and the subprocessor list includes US providers for ancillary functions such as security and invoicing; we found no public information on where identification data is stored.
Pricing transparency
Docusign eSignature
Personal at 9 €/Monat (108 € jährlich abgerechnet), Standard at 23 €/Monat pro Nutzer with 100 envelopes per user per year, and Business Pro at 38 €/Monat pro Nutzer are public with billing period and limits, identity checks are priced ab 2,35 €/Ausweisüberprüfung, and the terms state overage fees and a cancellation notice of five business days before term end. QES is named as an add-on with no price shown, AES sits behind sales conversations, one captured page says to contact sales to add identity verification, and I found no public API pricing; the captured pages also give different figures on refunds, one showing a one-time 30-day option on the pricing page and the terms stating payments are non-refundable unless expressly provided.
Skribble
Starter at ab € 0 pay-per-use with two free simple signatures, Pro at 6 EUR per month per user billed annually with unlimited simple signatures and 120 advanced/qualified per year, and identification fees of 15,50€ per eIDAS identification and CHF 37 per ZertES identification with a 50-item minimum, one-year package validity and charges only for completed identifications are public, together with plan durations, the two-month EU notice right, VAT exclusion and invoicing terms. Scale and Enterprise are priced only on request, and we found no public per-signature price for pay-per-use advanced or qualified signatures, so a buyer cannot compute a full monthly volume cost from the pages alone.
Sovereignty, side by side
Dimension
Docusign eSignature
Skribble
Legal entity
Not determined
Not determined
Ownership
Not determined
Not determined
Data residency
Not determined
Not determined
Subprocessors
US CLOUD Act reach
US CLOUD Act reach
Facts, side by side
Only facts both products carry under the same definition — anything else would not be a fair row.
As of 28 Oct 2026, the panel rates both 3/5. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 1 of the 6 judges picks Docusign eSignature and 5 pick Skribble. Which one fits depends on the criteria that matter to you; the table on this page shows both side by side, and each judge’s reading has its own page. Both were scored by the same AI bench under the same rubric, from public evidence only, as the methodology describes.
Is Docusign eSignature or Skribble European?
Docusign eSignature is not European by provenance (Rest of world). Skribble is European (UK / wider Europe). Provenance is read from each company’s own legal pages: who builds it and who owns it.
Where do Docusign eSignature and Skribble store customer data?
Per the vendors’ own pages as captured — Docusign eSignature: its pages as captured do not say. Skribble: Default not stated; pages mention Germany and Switzerland.