Alternatives
Products that do what A more usable Docusign does
Let me start off with a disclaimer. I'm aware that there's like a gazillion e-signing products that exist in this space — including some half decent self-hosted options too. And yes I agree that the success of incumbents such as Docusign come primarily from distribution rather than making a superb product. But hear me out. Few enterprise tools are as universally disliked as DocuSign: 1,050 Trustpilot reviews, 1.5 stars. To me, that signals two things: (1) a burning problem, and (2) an incumbent that’s barely tolerable. My "vision" for my current project, Formable, is to eventually create…
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At this time, I had to sign multiple documents (energy, gas, water, etc) for our new house. I'm using a Mac, and I have the option to create my own sign and reuse it multiple times, making it easy for me. I'm also exploring vibe coding, so I decided to try building a small web app to generate handwritten signatures, allowing me to have a cool-looking signature and for others to use it if they want. You can generate multiple signatures and only pay if you want to download your 7-signature pack. I decided to let the users pay for it (only $3), not to become rich obviously :D, but to maybe…
Dec 2025 · signcraft.pro
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Customize free contract templates with secure eSignatures
2024
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Hello HN! As a EM, I recently asked for a "good" handoff doc to my engineers who're leaving, but without proper structure, the first draft was pretty crappy. Studying and thinking hard about what readers(i.e., me) might want on header level and what would be a good representation in each section, we came up with a good template for handoff doc. The result was fantastic. I think we all can write better with a proper format and template. That is where I came up with this idea, doc81. Have fun, and let me know what you think!
2025 · github.com
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This is a previous project I decided to relaunch. There's tons of directories that accept all submissions, but I feel like that just waters down the platform. It also isn't fair for the amazingly built tools and services. I pivoted to a premium-only directory and feel like charging a small fee, while it might take longer to build the portfolio of listed tools, they'll be of much higher quality than other platforms.
2024 · findcool.tools
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Hi HN, I built Signbee while working on AI agents that handle contracting workflows. The agents could draft agreements, negotiate terms, manage deals — but the moment a signature was needed, the workflow broke. It always ended with "please upload this to DocuSign" — which meant human intervention, account setup, and manual uploads. So I built a simple API. You POST markdown and Signbee generates the PDF, or you pass a URL to your own PDF if you already have one designed the way you want it. No templates, no editor. Either way, it verifies both parties via email OTP and produces a signed…
Mar 2026 · signb.ee
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Hey HN, I had to create many invoices recently, it was pretty annoying doing the same things over and over. So i created this small tool that work well to create invoice and save them as template for re-usage. the ui is very easy and simple. I hope this tool will be helpful to you as it it to me. ps: you can move around without account Dorian
2024 · invoicepdf.dev
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Hey HN This project took almost two years and is probably one the best alternatives for tools like Miro and MindMeister Let me know what you think
Nov 2025 · nodeland.io
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I have ignored high paying jobs/ several contracting gigs to build Xervmon.com. I would really appreciate help to test the UI for UX. I want folks who can be brutal about the tool and give a feedback on which we can improve the UI and UX. The UI does standout, but to what level it stands out, I am not sure. One catch : You need to sign up to navigate through UI. First I was shy to show my work, then angry and upset when users commented and now am shameless. Be my guest and give me feedback so I can take it as another challenge to improve the user experience.
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I got the idea of [mindmap.so](http://mindmap.so/) out of my own frustration of managing my personal notes in Notion and Miro in parallel. I have built it 3 months back on top of excalidraw, posted it in Reddit a couple of times, and never looked back (was using it only for personal use). Little did I know that the small and nimble tool that I created has crossed 2000+ users (was so surprised when I saw the dashboard last week). It was all organic and word of mouth . Having 2000+ users trusting a product is no easy feat. That’s when I thought may be I should put some more…
2024 · mindmap.so
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Hi, I'm software dev with 2x exit. I collected some affordable alternatives to expensive and well-known tools for a while. Mostly for personal use. Now I built the platform and added them here. Also, community help to grow with their tools and suggestions. Enjoy and if you have any alternative for popular softwares or have a suggestions please submit here to make it the internet's biggest alternative software platform.
Nov 2025 · alterbase.co
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Hey HN! I am a FE dev who is working at a software agency and im making 2-3 estimates per week. Creating estimates is painfull manual proccess, where you have to read a lot of .docx like RFP, SRS etc. This was really tiring for me Also in agency where im working we make estimates in google spreadsheets which is another pain, trying to drag something, copy, duplicate can really mess up the whole layout So i just wanted tool that can just automate this a bit. I just started researching and I couldnt find anything good enough for my usecase. So I made a tool for creating estimates with AI. I…
2025 · devtimate.com
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Hi HN, A lot of the dev teams I have worked with had a lot of issues with their documentation. In fact, some of my easiest clients to get were from clients that had "black box" solutions that devs no longer at the company had created. Personally, writing documentation is like grinding nails on a chalkboard. I have been having a lot of fun with building solutions that can run in a distributed way, not something a dev needs to run themselves. And after a significant amount of testing and building out several different solutions, I finally have a solution that is easy to set up and runs in the…
Dec 2025 · codesummary.io
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