A service by Swiss Post

Main section

Electronic signature

Thanks to the SwissID Sign electronic signature, you and your customers can easily sign contracts and other documents requiring a legally valid signature online, around the clock. SwissID Sign can be efficiently integrated into your existing business processes. Learn about the advantages and, soon, you too will be using purely digital workflows.

Register for the webinar

Advantages of electronic signatures

  • Cost-efficient. You can design your processes to save time and eliminate media discontinuity. This means that you digitalise your workflows and save on both costs and resources for the same tasks. 

  • Secure and trustworthy. You guarantee authenticity and integrity. You ensure that the signature was provided by a recognised sender and that the document has not been modified afterwards. 

  • Environmentally friendly and future-proof. You offer fully digital signatures and therefore improve your environmental impact sustainably and in the long term. You have everything you need to develop additional digital services.

Get in touch with us. We’ll support you every step of the way until you reach your goal.

Get in touch

The key features

Learn about the key features and try out SwissID Sign without any obligation. The first five signatures are free for new customers.

PDF documents

Sign PDF documents and forms (up to 20 MB per document).

Forms

Fill out form fields in the signing room and then add the signature afterwards.

Sequence

Determine the sequence of signatures. Multiple signatories possible.

Personalisation

Personalise the visual signature with a logo or handwritten signature.

App or desktop

Signing is very simple with the SwissID App on a smartphone or desktop computer.

Payment

Payment is easy – with a credit card or prepaid on account.

Why choose SwissID Sign?

  • Icon symbolising the topic

    Signature complies with Swiss law (ESigA).

  • Icon symbolising the topic

    Identification complies with EPRA, ESigA, ETSI and FINMA standards.

  • Icon symbolising the topic

    All data stored in Switzerland.

  • Icon symbolising the topic

    Data protection based on the FADP and the GDPR.

  • Icon symbolising the topic

    Proactive identity and lifecycle management.

  • Icon symbolising the topic

    Free customer identification 24/7 with the SwissID App

SwissID Sign in 60 seconds

How KLARA uses the integration solution.

Read more

The signature model to suit your needs

Ready-to-Go

  • For private individuals and SMEs with a low volume of signatures

  • Effortless integration

  • Upload documents online and sign them via the SwissID App or your desktop.

  • Billing prepaid with credit card or on account for contract customers

  • 5 free signatures for new customers

Integration solution

  • For SMEs and larger companies with a high volume of signatures.

  • Easily integrate signing procedures into existing workflows and processes using an API.

  • Sign documents via the SwissID App using your smartphone or via your desktop.

  • The price model depends on the number of signatures and active users.

On-premise

  • For companies and Managed Service Providers that require a flexible and confidential solution

  • Documents to be signed remain in the company's IT environment

  • Supports signatures from different providers

  • Flexibility in the design of processes and workflows

  • Installation on-premise or in a private cloud.

The common signature standards

Depending on the application or the relevant formal requirements, you have the choice between SES, AES and QES. Contracts that are generally valid without any formal legal requirements such as orders, purchase contracts and work contracts can also be signed using the QES.

SES

Simple electronic signature​
 

​Examples of use​

  • ​Internal documents
  • Supplier orders
  • Invoice initials​
  • Protocols​


Signature for documents without any formal legal requirements and with low liability risk.

AES

Advanced electronic signature​
 

​Examples of use​

  • ​Purchase agreements​ (excluding real estate)​
  • Employment contracts​
  • Service contracts​
  • Orders​


Signature for documents without any formal legal requirements and with medium liability risk.

QES

Qualified electronic signature​
 

​Examples of use​

  • ​Audit reports​
  • Consumer credit contracts​
  • (Termination of) rental and lease contracts​
  • Temporary work contracts​


Signature for documents with formal legal requirements. Equivalent to a handwritten signature (Art. 14 (2)bis of the Swiss Code of Obligations).

Contracts that are generally valid without any formal legal requirements such as orders, purchasing contracts and work contracts can also be signed using the QES.​

Get in touch

Do you have any questions, or would you like a non-binding quotation?

Call us on +41 848 99 88 00 or send us a message. We’re here to help.

Get in touch