Eversign (Xodo Sign)

Eversign was originally founded in 2017 as a Vienna-headquartered e-signature platform operating as **eversign GmbH** (Austrian Firmenbuch FN572452t, with offices also in London) — at launch one of the more promising EU-based DocuSign alternatives, with SOC II + GDPR + eIDAS + UETA compliance and a flat developer-API-friendly pricing model. In **2022 the company was acquired by Apryse** (formerly PDFTron Systems Inc.), a US-Canadian document-processing technology group headquartered in Denver, Colorado with operations in Vancouver, Canada — the same Apryse that runs the **Xodo** consumer PDF tools. Post-acquisition, the Eversign product was integrated into the Apryse portfolio and rebranded as **Xodo Sign**; the eversign.com URL persists primarily for SEO continuity and existing customer accounts. For an EU-sovereignty audit the listing now sits firmly outside the procurement-grade tier despite the Austrian engineering heritage. The controlling entity is a US-incorporated parent (Apryse / PDFTron Systems Inc.), which under our strict-ownership stance is `us_owned` with `direct` CLOUD Act exposure. The product retains its eIDAS-compliant signature workflow and Austrian/UK operating presence, but contracts are now with the Apryse-controlled entity rather than with an EU-controlled vendor. Compliance attestations carry through: SOC II / GDPR / eIDAS / UETA. Pricing follows the Apryse-portfolio strategy with transparent per-user / per-document tiers; specific entry-tier EUR figures were not captured at audit. Best fit: existing eversign customers who already have contracts, US-headquartered enterprise buyers using the wider Apryse stack (Xodo / PDFTron). Procurement-grade EU-only buyers should choose **Yousign (France, eIDAS-qualified)**, **Skribble (Switzerland, ZertES + eIDAS)**, **Universign (France, qualified trust service provider)**, or **Signaturit (Spain, eIDAS-qualified Barcelona)** instead — all listed in this category and structurally cleaner under the strict-ownership stance.