Sign document

Sign document

With SIGN8, you can send your documents quickly and securely to third parties for signing.

As an eIDAS-compliant Trust Service Provider, we offer three types of signatures:


  1. Simple signature (SES) The simplest form of e-signature for documents without legal or contractual written form requirements and low risk.
  2. Advanced signature (AES) Suitable for business documents without formal written form requirements such as purchase, company or copyright agreements. Authentication via SMS.
  3. Qualified signature (QES) Used for legal or contractual written form requirements. It is considered the most secure form of e-signature and is equated with the handwritten signature in accordance with Article 25 of the eIDAS Regulation. The QES may only be issued by qualified trust service providers, e.g. SIGN8. The QES is required for special contracts such as employee leasing agreements, consumer loan agreements and public procurement procedures.

Here you will find the quickest way to have a document signed by another person (internally or externally):

Take out a subscription

To get started, you first need a subscription with us.

We offer different models, but as a rule of thumb:
Up to 5 users we recommend our user-based models, from 6 users we recommend our volume-based models.

With SIGN8 you have the opportunity to test our simple and advanced signatures free of charge for 14 days. Click here for the trial version.
If you would like a qualified service (signature or seal), you will automatically be taken to the paid part of your subscription. 

You can find more information about our subscriptions on our Website and under Registration.

Create workflow

You can create a new workflow in the SIGN8 app:

Step 1: enter the workflow name
Step 2: add receiver(s)
Step 3: select signing type (EES, FES, QES)
Step 4: upload document
Step 5: place signature field
Step 6: save and send

You can find detailed instructions under this link or in our tutorial.

Relax and wait

As soon as you have sent the workflow, you and the recipients will receive a corresponding e-mail. Once all recipients have signed, you can download your signed documents and the audit report from the SIGN8 app and use them as you wish. You can find out how your recipients can sign the workflow here.


You can find all the documentation about our WebApp under SIGN8-App.


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