Best overall · Prompt 1 of 8 · July 2026

A real buyer question from the July 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“What's the best e-signature software?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

“Best” depends a bit on what you need, but here’s a clear, honest breakdown so you can pick fast: If you just want the overall safest, most widely accepted choice: DocuSign — the industry standard. Very reliable, widely recognized legally, strong integrations. Downsides: expensive, and pricing can feel bloated for small users. If you want something easier and cheaper (most people end up happiest here): Dropbox Sign…

Named across its answers: 1. DocuSign2. Dropbox Sign3. Adobe Acrobat Sign4. PandaDoc5. SignWell

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

DocuSign swept every answer across all three models, earning the first slot all 9 times with an average position of 1, making it the clearest AI consensus winner in this dataset. Dropbox Sign locked in second at an average position of 2.7, while Ironclad and Proposify, despite top-10 category ranks, went unmentioned, signaling a visibility gap that matters for their pipeline.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

All three models name DocuSign, Dropbox Sign, Adobe Acrobat Sign, PandaDoc and SignNow on this question.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

DocuSign 111111111 9/9 · 9× first · #1

Dropbox Sign 222533232 9/9 · never first · #2.7

Adobe Acrobat Sign 335222525 9/9 · never first · #3.2

PandaDoc 644445343 9/9 · never first · #4.1

SignNow 5354454 7/9 · never first · #4.3

Zoho Sign 45866 5/9 · never first · #5.8

SignWell 63677 5/9 · never first · #5.8

OneSpan 99 2/9 · never first · #9

Documenso 6 1/9 · never first · #6

Smallpdf 6 1/9 · never first · #6

Signaturely 7 1/9 · never first · #7

OneSpan Sign 8 1/9 · never first · #8

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 13 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: Ironclad, Proposify, HubSpot, Icertis, DocuSeal, HoneyBook, Conga, Agiloft.