Documents

With over 50 million users worldwide, DocuSign processes millions of documents daily. DocuSign offers features that make our documents both widely compatible and widely accessible.

• Extensive File Type Support
• PDF Form Conversion
• 20+ Standard and Customer Tags and Fields
• Cloud Storage Integration
• Automatic Tag Anchoring
• PowerForms
• Supplemental Documents
• Comments

Data

It’s easy to integrate DocuSign with other applications to prepopulate forms, saving you hassle and reducing errors. DocuSign’s advanced form and field validation capabilities automate business logic, streamlining the process for signers to input data, while giving senders complete control over the data that gets collected.

• Full Forms Functionality
• Third-Party Data Fields
• Data Validation
• Field Formatting and Logic
• Field and Document Markup
• DocuSign Connect

Workflow

DocuSign lets you specify and order any number of signers. Assign recipients different roles and access beyond signing permissions — you have control over every step of the process.

• Serial, Parallel, and Mixed Routing
• Templates
• Bulk Send
• Recipient Permissions
• Document Visibility
• Correct Documents
• Reminders and Notifications

Authentication

Make sure your signers are who they say they are. Multiple options of authentication increase the thresholds required of signers to prove their identity before being given access to documents.

• Email-Based Authentication
• Access Code Authentication
• SMS Authentication
• Federated Identity Authentication
• Phone Authentication
• Third-Party Authentication
• Social Identity Authentication
• Knowledge-Based Authentication
• Geolocation Capture

Signature

Send documents with DocuSign and have your customers sign and send back your document within a matter of minutes. Sending and signing is fast, easy, and intuitive.

• Electronic Signature
• Remote or In-Person Mobile Signing
• Mobile Applications
• Offline Signing and Sending
• Digital Signatures
• Accessibility

Reporting

Robust product reporting makes it easy for DocuSign users and account administrators to see information about their account. Real-time access combined with extensible scheduled reporting means that business statistics are always available and accessible.

• Real-Time Status
• Document, Recipient and Account Reports
• Data Export

Compliance

DocuSign ensures your documents are legal and enforceable in a court of law. Powerful information-gathering and transaction logging protects your contracts from repudiation and keeps you out of court.

• Tamper-Sealed Documents
• Audit Trail
• Certification of Completion
• Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure
• Watermarks

Retention

Signed documents and audit trails are maintained by DocuSign’s tamper-proof storage system, providing easy, secure access.

• Email Archiving
• Document Retention Policies
• Authoritative Copy
• DocuSign Retrieve

We know how important it is for a service to always be available. That’s why DocuSign is committed to service uptime and total transparency into our system status.

• Enterprise-Class Availability
• Service Availability Status
• Monthly Uptime Statistics
• Service Alerts and Notification

Secure

DocuSign protects your highly confidential information by encrypting and making every document tamper-evident. Authentication options help prove that signers are who they say they are at the time of signing, helping ensure your documents have non-repudiation in a court of law. With DocuSign, the security of your documents, electronic signature authentication, and system security are top priorities.

• DocuSign Trust Center
• Document Encryption
• Document Custody Management
• ISO 27001 Certified
• Spam Protection

International

DocuSign is globally recognized and internationally used. More than 188 countries use DocuSign to complete their digital transactions.

• 40+ Languages
• Global Time Zone Support
• Trusted Timestamp
• Standards-Based Signatures

Configurable

Customize DocuSign’s functionality with extensive central administration capabilities. Help your employees comply with company policies, set policies on document custody and retention, manage how signers sign or adopt signatures, specify user authentication including InCommon integration, and much more.

• User and Access Control
• Delegated Administration
• Feature Access Control
• Password Policies
• Company Branding
• Organization Administration

Open APIs

We love to see developers dig into our powerful APIs to build creative integrations. That’s why we designed our APIs to be open, easy integration, and transparent.

• REST/SOAP API and IODocs
• OAuth2 Support
• Single Sign-On
• Enterprise Development Sandbox
• Embedded Signing

Additional Services

• Support Plans
• Professional Services
• DocuSign University
• Developer Center

For additional details on all these features, please see the main DocuSign Features & Benefits page.

DocuSign is an electronic signature, transaction management, and document workflow service. Accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device, the DocuSign Global Network connects organizations to their customers, partners, suppliers, and employees where they transact business in confidence. DocuSign helps decrease transaction cycle times, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction with the easiest, fastest, most secure global network for sending, signing and tracking documents in the cloud.

Frequently Asked Questions

Would you like more information about the DocuSign service? Please read our FAQ.

NET+ DocuSign Subscription

Internet2 Higher Education members can take advantage of the NET+ DocuSign offering which includes special higher education terms and custom packages developed for the higher education community. Please contact netplus@internet2.edu for details.

Participate in our Online Community

Institutions subscribing to the NET+ DocuSign program may take advantage of our email discussion list, receive our program newsletter, and participate in other activities and events by joining our NET+ DocuSign email distribution list. Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page and contact netplus@internet2.edu if you have additional questions.