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The most visible e-signature tools in France, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from France in French and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

AI: how the engines answer the board's questions; Search: Google's top 10 for the questions' demand keywords; All: both combined. How the Heralded Score works.

Where engines disagree most

Adobe Acrobat Sign

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 DocuSign US New entry 62 , range 38–78
62
  • : score 62 · #1
 57% 22% None First reading
2 Yousign FR New entry 57 , range 33–76
57
  • : score 57 · #2
 46% 24% None First reading
3 PandaDoc US New entry 43 , range 22–63
43
  • : score 43 · #3
 28% 15% None First reading
4 Adobe Acrobat Sign US New entry 42 , range 21–60
42
  • : score 42 · #4
 28% 10% None First reading
= 5 Oodrive Sign New entry 28 , range 0–74
28
  • : score 28 · #5
 3% 2% None First reading
= 5 Xodo Sign CA New entry 28 , range 0–74
28
  • : score 28 · #5
 3% 2% None First reading
7 Dropbox Sign US New entry 26 , range 19–53
26
  • : score 26 · #7
 20% 6% None First reading
8 Youtrust PT New entry 22 , range 11–53
22
  • : score 22 · #8
 13% 9% None First reading
9 Universign FR New entry 20 , range 8–48
20
  • : score 20 · #9
 13% 6% None First reading
10 signNow US New entry 17 , range 5–46
17
  • : score 17 · #10
 11% 4% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

This month's moves

First reading. No comparable previous month yet.

Biggest risers

No clear rise.

Biggest fallers

No clear fall.

New entries

144 new entries

Drop-outs

No drop-outs.

Most cited sources

No answer cited a source of this type (Reference).

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
best e-signature tools for small businesses English PandaDoc and signNow, tied
sign contracts online for small business clients English PandaDoc and Yousign, tied
how can a small business get customer contracts signed faster English DocuSign
how to collect signatures on agreements without printing English Adobe Acrobat Sign and Yousign, tied
digital signatures vs signing paper contracts for small businesses English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Method

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured