Identity checks inside the signing flow
If you must confirm who a signer is before they sign, Annature offers identity verification, with AML/CTF screening available as an extra. Briefi’s identity checks are not available yet.12
Sign, head to head
Briefi vs Annature
Both send documents for clients to sign online. Annature is the deeper e-signing tool, with identity checks and payments inside the signing flow and a price per envelope. Briefi Sign is built around the client: the signed PDF files to that client’s record with the signing evidence on the page. If signing is all you need, Annature is a strong choice. If the signed form is one step in a relationship you also meet and review, Briefi keeps it in one place.
ReviewedLast reviewed 15 October 2026. Annature facts checked 15 October 2026
Choose Annature if
Choose Briefi if
- Your forms are fact-finds and engagement letters, from templates in your own wording
- You want the signed copy on the client’s record, not in a separate archive
- You also meet these clients, and want the meetings, portal and registers alongside
At a glance
Briefi Sign and Annature, side by side
What each does today. Every line about Annature links to the page it came from.
| Briefi SignPlans from A$39 a month | Annature | |
|---|---|---|
| Signing | ||
| Online signing | Briefi SignYesClients complete and sign on their phone, with a drawn or typed signature | AnnatureYesDescribes itself as an Australian e-signing and identity platform1 |
| More than one signer | Briefi SignYesOwn links, together on one device, or countersigned by your firm | AnnatureYesUnlimited recipients and documents in each envelope2 |
| Identity and payments | ||
| Identity check before signing | Briefi SignNot yetBuilt, but not switched on | AnnatureYesCharged per verification, with AML/CTF screening as an extra2 |
| Take a payment with the signature | Briefi SignNoBriefi does not take payments from your clients | AnnatureYesPayments run through Pinch Payments2 |
| Data and assurance | ||
| Where client data is held | Briefi SignStored in SydneySome processing uses providers overseas. The Security page lists them. | AnnatureSydneyStates that all its data is stored with AWS in the ap-southeast-2 region3 |
Yes, todayPartly, or on another planNoNot stated
Sign is the paperwork without the meetings. Advisor includes everything in Sign plus the meeting tools, the client record, registers and a client portal. A row appears only where Annature’s own pages say something we could check.
Where Annature wins
When Annature is the better choice
If any of these decides it for you, Annature is likely the better fit today.
A payment taken with the signature
Annature lists payments through Pinch Payments as part of its pricing. Briefi does not take payments from your clients.2
Pay per envelope, with every user included
Annature charges for each envelope sent and includes unlimited users and unlimited recipients and documents in an envelope. If you send few documents across many people, that can cost less than a monthly plan.2
Hosted in Sydney
Annature states that it stores all its data with AWS in the Sydney region. Briefi stores in Sydney too, but some processing uses providers overseas.3
A certification procurement may ask for
Where Briefi is different
The signature is one step on the client’s record.
Briefi was built for practices that meet the same clients for years. Signing is where a form ends, and the record is where it lands.
- Forms in your wording, not a blank PDFSign
Start from a template or import a Word or PDF document, put in your firm’s wording and send it. Initials carry forward on an amendment, so a signer is not asked to initial a section nobody changed.
- Signers who are not in the same roomSign
Each signer can have their own link, sign together on one device, or be countersigned by your firm. A signer can name an attorney and the power they sign under.
- The evidence is on the documentSign
The signed PDF carries a certificate page with names, times, IP address, device and location, and a SHA-256 digest of the document.
- Signing on the same record as the meetingsAdvisor
Advisor puts meetings, forms and signed copies for a client on one record, with registers for loans, policies, entities and claims, and an optional client portal.
Sign on its own has no meeting capture, no client portal and no review cadences. Advisor adds them on the same workspace.
Pricing
Pricing compared
Briefi charges a monthly plan price, with the seats and allowances each plan includes set out on the pricing page. Annature charges for each envelope. Annature’s figures are as published on the date shown; check its page before you decide.
Briefi Sign
From A$39 a month
- 40 form requests per user each month
- Monthly or annual billing
Figures from Briefi’s live price list
Annature
From $1.75 per envelope
- Unlimited users, and unlimited recipients and documents in each envelope
- Text messages $0.12 each
- Identity verification $9.60 each, plus $4.30 for AML/CTF screening
- Payments listed as free, up to $100,000, through Pinch Payments
- Their page directs senders of more than 100 envelopes a year to sales, and offers 7 days of full access before pay as you go
- Their page does not name a currency
Checked on 15 October 2026. Source 2
Briefi prices are in AUD and are read from the same price list as the pricing page, so they change when it does.
Questions
Briefi and Annature, asked often
Can Briefi Sign replace Annature?
For client forms, often yes: fact-finds, engagement letters, entity details and consents, completed and signed on a phone and filed to the client. If you rely on identity checks or payments inside the signing flow, not yet.
Are electronic signatures valid in Australia?
Electronic signatures are widely used here, but some documents have their own signing rules. Check the rules for your document type. Each Briefi signature comes with a certificate page that records who signed, when and from where.
Does Briefi do identity checks?
Not yet. Identity checks are built but not switched on, so there is nothing to set up or pay for. If you need them today, Annature offers them.
Where is my clients’ data stored?
Stored in Sydney. Some processing uses providers overseas. Sensitive content is encrypted with a key held for your workspace. The Security page lists the providers and where they are.
How does Briefi protect client data?
The Security page sets out how data is stored, encrypted and accessed, so your own review can proceed on the facts.
Can we run both while we switch?
Yes. Nothing in Briefi stops you finishing documents in Annature while new ones go out from Briefi.
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Sources and review
Last reviewed 15 October 2026. Facts about Annature come from its own published pages on the dates shown. Each product named here is a trademark of its owner, and Briefi is not affiliated with them.
Seen something out of date? Write to support@briefi.sh and we will check it.
- 1Annature, home page. https://www.annature.com.au Checked 15 October 2026.
- 2Annature, pricing. https://www.annature.com.au/pricing Checked 15 October 2026.
- 3Annature, trust and security. https://www.annature.com.au/trust-security Checked 15 October 2026.
Briefi’s own pages
- B1briefi.sh/sign. https://briefi.sh/sign
- B2briefi.sh/security. https://briefi.sh/security
- B3briefi.sh/advisor. https://briefi.sh/advisor