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Adobe acquires EchoSign

36 points by jazzychad 15y ago

timdorr 15y ago
Non-Flash-based-PDF-reader press release: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201107/071811AdobeAcquiresEchoSign.html http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/2011... Gotta say I didn't see this coming, but it makes sense for what they're doing with Acrobat. I just hope to god that two things happen: 1) They don't turn the product into a trainwreck (overly cross-promoting, bulky useless features, etc). 2) They open up the damn API to the cheaper plans. I want to do cool stuff with their API, but I don't want to pay $500 a month for it...
rgrieselhuber 15y ago
I hope they don't kill it. It's an electronic signature system that actually works for humans, unlike the debacle that is Acrobat's.
- lapusta 15y ago
  There are nice alternatives, http://www.esignee.com http://www.esignee.com for example
- borski 15y ago
  I often use HelloFax as my signature system of choice. It actually works really well.
nodata 15y ago
Anyone know what EchoSign is and how it works? I can't find much apart from marketing speak on their website.
- hussong 15y ago
  You upload a document, add some signature fields, they email it to all parties for signature, you get the e-signed doc back including an audit trail. Works great for contracts and services agreements.
- sunchild 15y ago
  I have tried nearly every offering in this space. RightSignature is by far the best solution I've seen. Echosign is a distant second place, IMO.
arst829 15y ago
EchoSign is pretty awesome - we've used it extensively and it speeds of contracts, legal stuff, etc immensely. I hope Adobe doesn't mess it up.
jjanzer 15y ago
After creating http://qktract.com http://qktract.com I found about EchoSign from a few of my customers. I've taken a completely different approach to online contracts/signing than they have but it's nice to know that there is a good business model here and plenty of room for competition. Congratulations to the EchoSign team.
nicholasreed 15y ago
How has Docusign not been mentioned? Speaking from a developer perspective, their API is far and away the most flexible and easiest to get started with. Integrating with Adobe will definitely give EchoSign a bit more visibility (they really focused on consumers vs. enterprise before anyways) but I think consumers will want a separate solution anyways and enterprise will continue to choose the market leader (something like 95+ of the fortune 100 use Docusign already).
jianshen 15y ago
I used to work next door to these guys. Excellent product and sharp team. Congratulations!

36 points by jazzychad 15y ago

Non-Flash-based-PDF-reader press release: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201107/071811AdobeAcquiresEchoSign.html http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/2011... Gotta say I didn't see this coming, but it makes sense for what they're doing with Acrobat. I just hope to god that two things happen: 1) They don't turn the product into a trainwreck (overly cross-promoting, bulky useless features, etc). 2) They open up the damn API to the cheaper plans. I want to do cool stuff with their API, but I don't want to pay $500 a month for it...

rgrieselhuber 15y ago

I hope they don't kill it. It's an electronic signature system that actually works for humans, unlike the debacle that is Acrobat's.

lapusta 15y ago
There are nice alternatives, http://www.esignee.com http://www.esignee.com for example
borski 15y ago
I often use HelloFax as my signature system of choice. It actually works really well.

nodata 15y ago

Anyone know what EchoSign is and how it works? I can't find much apart from marketing speak on their website.

hussong 15y ago
You upload a document, add some signature fields, they email it to all parties for signature, you get the e-signed doc back including an audit trail. Works great for contracts and services agreements.
sunchild 15y ago
I have tried nearly every offering in this space. RightSignature is by far the best solution I've seen. Echosign is a distant second place, IMO.

arst829 15y ago

EchoSign is pretty awesome - we've used it extensively and it speeds of contracts, legal stuff, etc immensely. I hope Adobe doesn't mess it up.

jjanzer 15y ago

After creating http://qktract.com http://qktract.com I found about EchoSign from a few of my customers. I've taken a completely different approach to online contracts/signing than they have but it's nice to know that there is a good business model here and plenty of room for competition. Congratulations to the EchoSign team.

nicholasreed 15y ago

How has Docusign not been mentioned? Speaking from a developer perspective, their API is far and away the most flexible and easiest to get started with. Integrating with Adobe will definitely give EchoSign a bit more visibility (they really focused on consumers vs. enterprise before anyways) but I think consumers will want a separate solution anyways and enterprise will continue to choose the market leader (something like 95+ of the fortune 100 use Docusign already).

jianshen 15y ago

I used to work next door to these guys. Excellent product and sharp team. Congratulations!