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Ratifio vs Adobe Sign

Adobe built a PDF editor. Ratifio built a compliance signing platform.

Adobe Acrobat Sign is a capable e-signature tool backed by Adobe's document heritage. But it was designed as an add-on to a PDF suite, not as a compliance-first signing platform for regulated industries. When your auditor asks for a complete chain of custody, the difference matters.

Two different approaches

Ratifio

Signing built from the ground up for regulatory scrutiny

Adobe Sign

E-signatures powered by the world's leading PDF platform

Feature-by-feature comparison

Feature
Ratifio
Adobe Sign
Compliance focus
Core product — built for regulated industries
General-purpose with compliance add-ons
Audit trail depth
Every action logged with IP, timestamp, user-agent
Certificate of completion PDF
Tamper evidence
SHA-256 hash verification on all documents
Adobe digital signatures
Pricing transparency
Published pricing, no sales calls
Enterprise pricing requires consultation
eIDAS compliance
Yes — Advanced Electronic Signatures
Yes — via Adobe Qualified Trust List
API-first design
RESTful API, clean documentation
REST API available on enterprise plans
Deployment
Cloud or dedicated instance
Cloud only
White-labelling
Full white-label on all plans
Enterprise plans only

Pricing: Ratifio vs Adobe Sign

Adobe Sign pricing typically requires annual commitments and per-user fees. Here's what Ratifio offers instead.

Compliance

£149 /per month

For regulated teams getting started with e-signatures

  • 500 documents per month
  • Unlimited signers
  • Full audit trail with certificates
  • 7-year document retention

Enterprise

£399 /per month

For organisations with regulatory reporting obligations

  • Unlimited documents
  • Unlimited signers
  • Full audit trail with signed certificates
  • Configurable retention (1-10+ years)

Regulated

Custom

For financial services, healthcare, and government

  • Everything in Enterprise
  • Dedicated tenancy
  • Custom data residency (UK, EU, multi-region)
  • Extended retention (10+ years)

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Why teams switch from Adobe Sign

Chain of custody, end to end

Every action is logged with IP address, user agent, ISO 8601 timestamp, and document hash. Consent text recorded verbatim. Not a summary — the actual evidence trail your regulator expects.

7-year retention, standard

Financial regulators expect 7 years. Healthcare expects 8-10. Ratifio stores documents and audit trails for the full retention period with immutable logs and automated retention management.

Tamper-proof by design

SHA-256 hash at upload, recorded before signing begins. Any modification to the document after upload is cryptographically detectable. This isn't a feature — it's the architecture.

Your infrastructure, your rules

REST API, webhooks, bulk operations, and white-label embedding. Ratifio fits into your existing compliance stack. Integrate with your GRC platform, case management system, or internal workflow.

The bottom line

Adobe Sign inherits trust from the PDF format Adobe invented. But compliance signing needs more than trusted PDFs — it needs provable audit trails, tamper-evident seals, and transparent pricing. Ratifio was built for the audit, not the filing cabinet.

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