Architecture comparison
High-assurance execution rather than commodity signature collection.
The difference becomes most visible when organizational authority, witnesses, live context, cryptographic action proof, explicit finalization and evidence all matter together.
Identity
Identity capability comparison|
| SignumEraMicrosoft Entra Enterprise Active Directory | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DocuSign eSignature | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
Signing Ceremony
Signing ceremony capability comparison|
| SignumEraOne ceremony state across Teams, Zoom, asynchronous and phone-assisted in-person signing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DocuSign eSignature | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Evidence & Validation
Evidence and validation capability comparison|
| SignumEraProvider-independent validation with a publicly verifiable ledger anchor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DocuSign eSignature | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
Records & Workflow
Records and workflow capability comparison|
| SignumEraExclusive system-of-record return with an authoritative evidence chain | ✓ | ✓ | Phone biometric signing and QR-based device registration; one ceremony state across Teams, Zoom, asynchronous and in-person workflows; independent ledger evidence validation. |
| DocuSign eSignature | ✓ | ✕ | Teams: send, sign and manage envelopes with notifications; in-meeting signing not verified here. Zoom: present, review and sign agreements live in a meeting. DocuSign generates an audit trail for agreements. |
Identity
- Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory authority
- ✓
- Phone biometric signing
- ✓
- QR-based device registration
- ✓
Signing ceremony
- Teams signing integration
- ✓
- Zoom signing integration
- ✓
- Teams live in-meeting signing
- ✓
- Zoom live in-meeting signing
- ✓
- Live remote ceremony
- ✓
- In-person signing
- ✓
Evidence & validation
- Provider audit trail
- ✓
- Tamper-evident evidence
- ✓
- Recording / session evidence
- ✓
- Independent public-record validation
- ✓
- Publicly verifiable on a public ledger
- ✓
Records
- System-of-record connectors
- ✓
- Exclusive SoR return
- ✓
Phone biometric signing and QR-based device registration; one ceremony state across Teams, Zoom, asynchronous and in-person workflows; independent ledger evidence validation.
Identity
- Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory authority
- ✕
- Phone biometric signing
- ✕
- QR-based device registration
- ✕
Signing ceremony
- Teams signing integration
- ✓
- Zoom signing integration
- ✓
- Teams live in-meeting signing
- —
- Zoom live in-meeting signing
- ✓
- Live remote ceremony
- ✓
- In-person signing
- ✓
Evidence & validation
- Provider audit trail
- ✓
- Tamper-evident evidence
- ✓
- Recording / session evidence
- ✕
- Independent public-record validation
- ✕
- Publicly verifiable on a public ledger
- ✕
Records
- System-of-record connectors
- ✓
- Exclusive SoR return
- ✕
Teams: send, sign and manage envelopes with notifications; in-meeting signing not verified here. Zoom: present, review and sign agreements live in a meeting. DocuSign generates an audit trail for agreements.
DocuSign sources: Microsoft Teams integration · Zoom live signing · Zoom Marketplace listing. Teams integration and live signing during a Teams meeting are different claims.
✓ Publicly documented general capability ✕ Not publicly documented as a general capability in the reviewed product. — Specific feature not verified. Separate products, custom integrations and plan-specific exceptions may differ.
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