# Scrive — E-Signature

Scrive by Scrive AB holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2.5/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Scrive AB (https://www.scrive.com)
- Category: [E-Signature](https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/scrive
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/scrive/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/scrive/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-20 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-13

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Scrive AB
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

Scrive, an e-signature and digital-identity vendor based in Stockholm, is strongest where signing meets identity: signing workflow scores 6-7 and identity verification 6-7, built on eIDs named with their countries — BankID, MitID, Smart-ID, itsme, iDIN, Verimi, Onfido — document-and-biometric checks, and a browser-based qualified-signature flow with one-shot or reusable passkey or Mobile-ID identification. Integration and API holds at 6 with no spread, on a documented REST API, an OpenID Connect-certified identity hub and named connectors such as iManage, NetDocuments and Documaster. The lowest scores on the table are pricing transparency at 2-4: no price figures appear in the captured pricing material, and eID and SMS costs are answered "for further information please contact us". Evidence and retention sits at 4-5, with no public information found on transaction-log contents, timestamp sources or long-term validation. Sovereignty scores 3-4 — the privacy notice states all geolocations for data hosting are within the EU/EEA, but we found no public information on ownership, the contracting entity's jurisdiction or a named subprocessor list. No criterion splits the judges by more than two points.

**Speaks for it:**
- Qualified and advanced signatures are labelled products through Scrive Certified Trust Services, with the eIDAS legal effect of QES explained
- Signers identify and sign in a single browser session with no mandatory app download, video call or third-party account
- eIDs are named with their countries — BankID, MitID, Smart-ID, itsme, iDIN, Verimi — alongside Onfido document-and-biometric checks
- Every signed document carries an evidence package including a transaction log, and exports go to SharePoint, SFTP, NetDocuments and similar systems
- Plans publish unlimited documents, with private accounts free for trying Scrive eSign

**Held against it:**
- No price figures appear in the captured pricing material, and eID and SMS fees are answered "for further information please contact us"
- We found no public information on the transaction log's contents, timestamp sources, long-term validation or validation reports
- The subprocessor statement covers only "most" processors within the EU/EEA, with no published names or locations
- eIDs and SMS authentication are add-ons with additional fees on the Business plan, and BankID/eIDs are not available as add-on on Essential
- The privacy notice names Scrive AS as provider of the trust services while the vendor presents as Scrive AB in Stockholm

**Best for:**
- You need qualified e-signatures under eIDAS for signers holding Nordic, Baltic and Benelux eIDs such as BankID, MitID, Smart-ID and itsme
- You need signers to complete identification and signing in one browser session, with no app download, video call or third-party account
- You need to embed signing in your own product or export signed documents to systems like iManage, NetDocuments or SharePoint via a documented REST API
- Your onboarding or HR flows need fill-and-sign web forms that trigger signing without integration work

**Avoid if:**
- You must compute the cost per qualified signature or eID check before committing — the pages state "additional fees apply" and "for further information please contact us" with no figures
- You need signed evidence to stay retrievable in the vendor's e-archive long after the contract ends — account data retention is the duration of the agreement plus up to 30 days, and we found no public information on e-archive retention for signed documents
- Your procurement requires a named subprocessor list and confirmed ownership or contracting entity — the privacy notice says only that most subprocessors and processing locations are within the EU/EEA
- You need eID-verified signing at the entry tier — Essential lists BankID/eIDs as not available as add-on

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The Legal Counsel | The HR Operations Lead | The Revenue Operations Lead | The Integration Engineer | The Data Protection Officer | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| eIDAS levels & trust services | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Signer identification | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Signing workflow & signer experience | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Evidence, validation & retention | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Integrations & API | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2/5** | **2.5/5** |

### The judges

- **The Legal Counsel** (v1.0): 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.
- **The HR Operations Lead** (v1.0): Sends two hundred employment contracts a year, many of them fixed-term and so under written form. Wants QES that a new hire can complete on a phone in ten minutes, identification that accepts the IDs applicants actually hold, bulk sending from templates, and a price per qualified signature known before the contract is signed.
- **The Revenue Operations Lead** (v1.0): Measures how long a quote takes to come back signed and where it stalls. Wants signing from inside the CRM, templates sales cannot break, reminders and signing order that run themselves, and a signer experience that needs no account, no app and no explanation.
- **The Integration Engineer** (v1.0): Embeds signing into the company's own portal and archives the result in the DMS. Wants a versioned API with webhooks and a sandbox, every signature level reachable through the API rather than only in the web app, and signed documents exported with their evidence intact.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Knows every signer who holds an ID card up to a camera hands biometric and identity data to a provider they never chose. Asks who performs the identification, where documents and ID data are stored, how long the audit trail keeps IP addresses, and who the subprocessors in the trust service chain are.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Knows "legally binding" usually means a simple signature. Reads for the level the default plan actually signs at, the QTSP the provider does not operate itself, the per-QES and ident fees on top of the plan, the envelope limit, and "eIDAS-compliant" from a provider that names no trust service at all.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Certifications: QTSP qualified electronic signatures · ISO 27001 · EU data hosting · DORA [S1]
- DPA with service providers: yes · yes [S3]
- Dsr response time: 30 [S3]
- Eidas id providers example: Swedish BankID · Norwegian BankID · Danish MitID [S3]
- Encryption: yes · yes [S3]
- Internal security measures: yes · yes · yes · yes [S3]
- ISO 27001 datacenters: yes [S3]
- Penetration testing: yes · yes [S3]
- Privacy by design: yes · yes [S3]
- Qtsp: yes · EU eIDAS [S1]
- Qtsp status: yes · eIDAS Regulation · Norwegian Communications Authority, NKom [S3]
- Qtsp status: yes · eIDAS [S5]
- Supervisory authorities: Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY) · Datatilsynet [S3]

**Data**
- Esign user retention: duration of agreement plus up to 30 days [S3]
- Inactive private account termination: yes · yes · yes [S3]
- Marketing retention: 18 [S3]
- Recruitment retention: one year from submission · up to two years from end of recruitment process [S3]

**Hosting**
- EU data hosting: EU [S1]
- Platforms: EU provider · AWS [S3]
- Regions: yes [S3]

**Integrations**
- API documentation: yes [S1]
- Automation: Make (IPaaS), Microsoft Power Automate [S11]
- Automotive: Autoavans, Winassist, CarCollect, CarWise Group, Rentall, Sharebox, Volvo Car Retail solutions, UnameIT, Triolink, Verendus, Pinewood, Torque IT Solutions, Assured Technologies, 365id [S11]
- Contractbook acquisition: yes [S11]
- External storage: Google Drive, SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, SFTP, NetDocuments, Dropbox, Box [S11]
- Legal contract: iManage, Precisely, PocketLaw, Contractbook, Acanthis, Documaster, SCC, Avtalsbevakning, Doxee [S11]
- Office google: yes [S11]
- Pricing products: eSign Online · eSign GO · eSign API · ID Check · eID Hub · eSign Forms · Forms Builder [S1]
- Request new: yes [S11]
- Search categories: AI, Automation, Automotive, Banking and Finance, Contract management, CRM, eID, External storage, Finance, HR, IT services, Legal, Productivity, Public sector, Real Estate, Sales and Marketing, Telemarketing [S11]
- Swedish bankid: eID Hub · eSign · yes [S11]
- Third party purposes: yes · no · yes · yes [S3]
- Workflow builders: Zapier, Make, Microsoft Power Automate [S11]

**Legal**
- Entity address: Scrive GmbH · Koppenstraße 93, 10243 Berlin [S9]
- Scrive ab entity: Scrive AB · 556816-6804 · Grev Turegatan 11A, 114 46 Stockholm [S3]
- Scrive as entity: responsible for SCTS processing · Scrive AS · Mesh Youngstorget, Møllergata 6, 0179 Oslo, Norway [S3]

**Pricing**
- Business: annual · 49 [S2]
- Enterprise: quote · yes [S2]
- Essential: annual · 21 [S2]
- Free testbed: yes [S10]
- Free trial: eSign Online · yes · 14 · no [S1]
- Free trial: yes · yes [S10]
- Free trial documents: 10 [S2]
- License scope: Only the initiator of a contract needs a license [S2]
- Model: number of signed documents per month · no [S10]
- No credit card: no · no [S1]
- Pricing page exists: dedicated eID Hub pricing page exists; no prices stated on this page [S6]

**Product**
- Advanced authentication: yes · advanced authentication for compliance / KYC [S10]
- Age verification: Age Verification endpoint returns boolean for configurable age threshold [S6]
- AI agent sending: yes [S9]
- AI agent signing: yes [S11]
- AI development tools compat: OpenAI · Anthropic’s Claude · Lovable · Cursor · Replit [S10]
- API type: REST · yes [S10]
- Bankid sweden: BankID · Nordics [S6]
- Bundled signing: yes · bundled document signing [S10]
- Business addons: Business plan add-ons with additional fees: eID/BankID, SMS authentication, forms builder/shareable links [S2]
- Business features: Business: eIDs/IDVs (BankID, MitID, Onfido, Scrive QES), plugins and integrations, custom branding, templates, contact book [S2]
- Capabilities: electronic signature portal · ID verification · APIs · integrations [S1]
- Capabilities: e-signing · identity verification · onboarding workflows · approvals and agreements [S10]
- Company trust provider: trust service provider since 2010 [S6]
- Compliance domains: KYC · KYB · AML [S7]
- Customer count: 13000+ [S1]
- Delivery model: yes · yes [S9]
- Diy addon: eSign Online service [S9]
- Diy customization: yes · yes [S9]
- Diy forms builder: No-code tool to create, publish and manage own forms [S9]
- E archive: e-archive for signed documents and templates [S3]
- Eid hub: API single point of access to identity services; pay per use [S7]
- Eid hub description: Scrive eID Hub · identification and authentication · verification of details such as home address or age · electronic and/or digital signatures [S3]
- Eid hub integration: single integration via REST API or OpenID Connect [S6]
- Eidas recognition: eIDAS provides legal framework in EU [S7]
- Enterprise features: Enterprise: extended SLA, bulk send, SSO, configurable account structure, bundled sending/signing, configurable signing groups [S2]
- Esign API: yes [S10]
- Esign description: Scrive eSign · cloud-based SaaS for electronic signatures [S3]
- Esign description: e-signature and eID solutions [S9]
- Esign forms data lookups: fetches business registry, bank accounts, PEP, AML data [S8]
- Esign forms dynamic logic: real-time dynamic form logic [S8]
- Esign forms eid verification: international eID coverage built in [S8]
- Esign forms managed service: eSign Forms is a managed service for KYC/AML and onboarding flows [S8]
- Esign forms no integration needed: auto-trigger signing processes, no integration needed [S8]
- Esign forms smart validation: validates input formats like social security and organisation numbers [S8]
- Essential features: Essential: Scrive MCP, e-archive, evidence package, unlimited documents, document forwarding; BankID/eIDs not available as add-on [S2]
- EU availability: yes [S4]
- EU eid verification: yes · yes [S10]
- EU positioning: European e-signature provider with EU compliance architecture [S11]
- Europe hosted esigning: Esigning built in Europe, for security & compliance [S1]
- Europe positioning: European eID verification, compliance-first architecture for EU regulations, dedicated technical support for switching [S7]
- European eid verification: robust European eID verification [S1]
- Evidence package: evidence package with transaction log attached to each signed document [S3]
- Finnish bankid ftn: Finnish BankID and Mobile-ID (FTN) · Nordics [S6]
- Forms builder branding: logo, colours, typeface customisation [S8]
- Forms builder free trial: free test of Forms Builder via online test forms [S8]
- Forms builder logic: conditional business rules/logic [S8]
- Forms builder multiparty: respondents can add signatories on the fly [S8]
- Forms builder no code: Forms Builder is a no-code add-on to eSign Online [S8]
- Forms builder publish links: publish form links on website, email, social media [S8]
- Forms builder validation: data validation [S8]
- Free trial features: Free trial includes Scrive MCP, signing reminders, custom branding, templates, request attachment [S2]
- Freja eid: Freja eID · Nordics [S6]
- Freja orgid: Freja OrgID · Nordics [S6]
- HR forms: Forms for HR/new employee data, internal applications and registrations [S9]
- Id check: stand-alone identity portal, no integration required, works alongside any system [S7]
- Identity capabilities: identity platform for fraud/AML prevention, transaction authentication, access security, KYC, GDPR protection, support/finance operations [S7]
- Identity methods: eIDs · IDV [S7]
- Idin: iDIN · Benelux [S6]
- Idv methods: ID document photo analysis · selfie verification · liveness check with live agent [S7]
- Industries: Banking, Financial Services and Insurance · Automotive · Telecom · Real estate · Legal · HR · Automotive finance · Sales · Start-ups · Energy and Utilities [S1]
- Itsme: itsme · Benelux, DACH, International, Nordics [S6]
- Legal forms: Forms for data processing policies, NDAs, GDPR data requests and consent declarations [S9]
- Log in solutions: yes [S7]
- Managed forms features: yes · yes · yes [S9]
- Managed forms usecase: Managed forms handle confidential, complex flows like KYC/AML and customer onboarding [S9]
- Mcp server: yes · yes [S1]
- Mitid: MitID · Nordics [S6]
- Mitid erhverv: MitID Erhverv (Business) · Nordics [S6]
- Mobile id: Mobile-ID · Baltics [S6]
- Norwegian bankid: Norwegian BankID · Nordics [S6]
- Oidc certified: OIDC certified, endorsed by the OpenID Foundation [S6]
- Onboarding forms: Personalized onboarding forms for KYB/KYC and AML with external data sources [S9]
- One shot no requirements: yes · yes · yes · yes [S4]
- Oneid: OneID · UK [S6]
- Onfido: Onfido · Baltics, Benelux, DACH, International, Nordics, UK [S6]
- Operational benefits: higher completion rates · reduced signer drop-off · faster turnaround times · lower support ticket volumes [S4]
- Payment authorization: Collect bank details for payment authorizations, direct debits, refunds and bank transfers [S9]
- Pin by sms: PIN by SMS · Baltics, Benelux, DACH, International, Nordics, UK [S6]
- Plan comparison: Essentials = basic e-signing; Business = full platform incl. templates, integrations, eID services option [S2]
- Pricing model: usage-based; pay for what you use [S6]
- Private free account: 0 · trial of Scrive eSign · yes [S3]
- Product line: eSign Online · eSign GO · eSign API · Web forms · Scrive QES · eID Hub · ID Check · Contractbook by Scrive · Contract management – Offboarding [S1]
- Qes definition: QES is the highest eIDAS signature level, legally equivalent to handwritten signature across all EU member states [S5]
- Qes global: QES Global for cross-border signing [S5]
- Qes global: Scrive QES Global, browser-based QES under eIDAS [S11]
- Qes global browser flow: no · yes · document scans · biometric checks · no [S5]
- Qes global definition: Scrive's Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) solution with a fully browser-based one-shot process option, delivering highest legal assurance under eIDAS [S4]
- Qes global identification: passkey · Mobile-ID · one-shot · reusable [S5]

**Support**
- Dedicated switching support: yes [S1]
- Developer guide: yes [S10]
- Expert support: yes [S10]
- Help centre: Help Centre · Contact sales · Contact Scrive [S1]
- Trust centre: yes [S3]

27 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/scrive

## Questions

### Is Scrive European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Scrive as EU-Made.

### Where does Scrive store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### Does Scrive have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Scrive?

As of 15 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Penneo (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/penneo), [Youtrust (Yousign) (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/youtrust) and [MOXIS (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/moxis) highest among the other 14 E-Signature products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Penneo](https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/penneo) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Scrive alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/e-signature/scrive/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 7 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 4 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.scrive.com/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S2] Pricing page: https://www.scrive.com/pricing/esign-online (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S3] Privacy policy: https://www.scrive.com/privacy-notice (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S4] EIDAS levels & trust services — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/products/eid-hub/scrive-qes-global (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S5] EIDAS levels & trust services — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/products/electronic-signature/scrive-qes (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S6] Signer identification — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/products/eid-hub (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S7] Signer identification — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/products/digital-identity (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S8] Signing workflow & signer experience — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/products/web-forms (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S9] Signing workflow & signer experience — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/de/produkte/web-forms (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S10] Integrations & API — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/products/esign-api (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S11] Integrations & API — found from sitemap: https://www.scrive.com/solutions/integrations (checked 2026-10-13)

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