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01Alternative to Crossware

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Signivo manages email signatures centrally for whole organisations on Gmail and Outlook. Two minutes to set up, EU-hosted (Germany), flat €1 per user per month.

Signivo is the EU-hosted alternative to Crossware: flat €1 per user per month, two-minute setup, EU-only hosting in Germany. Crossware is a New Zealand-owned, IT-led platform spanning Microsoft, Exchange and HCL Domino with multi-region hosting. Here is how the two compare in 2026.

Last updated:
October 6, 2026
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5 min read

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02At a glance

The 30-second comparison

Five dimensions that matter most when picking between the two. Pricing and setup time are the biggest gaps.

Signivo
Starting price
€1 / user / month
Setup time
2 minutes
Hosting
EU only (Germany)
Works with
Google Workspace (Gmail) + Microsoft 365 (Outlook)
Best for
SMBs · up to a few hundred users
Crossware
Starting price
Individual pricing only upon request
Setup time
30 min to a few hours + 30 min certificate grace
Hosting
Multi-region smart hosts (EU, FR, US, CA, AU, APAC, IN, UAE, Qatar)
Works with
Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Exchange, HCL Domino
Best for
Microsoft- or Domino-heavy mid-market and enterprise
03See it in action

How long does setup take?

Two minutes is what it takes, start to finish, screen-recorded, no edits.

2 min walkthrough
04
Who we are

Who is ?

Signivo is a centralised email signature manager built for teams on Gmail and Outlook. Your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 admin connects your entire directory once: names, titles, departments, photos, the lot. After that, the person in charge of Signivo edits and publishes consistent, on-brand signatures across your organisation. There's one plan with all features included. Signivo is EU-hosted in Germany.

Built in 2026 by a small team that had spent years frustrated with the choice in this category: enterprise platforms with week-long rollouts on one end, hobby tools with no governance on the other. Signivo is the missing middle, fast enough to be live in minutes, structured enough to run an organisation on. No forced sales process, no implementation project, you start on your own and involve IT only where it makes sense. Support is AI-powered live chat plus direct access to the product team, with a guaranteed response within one business day.

05Who they are

Who is Crossware?

Crossware is a New Zealand-based company.

The product is built for IT-led estates that span Microsoft 365, Exchange Server, Google Workspace and HCL Domino, with multi-region smart hosts across the EU, France, the US, Canada, Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, India, the UAE and Qatar. Trade-offs: pricing is not published publicly, the Domino heritage shows in the UI, and the manual Microsoft 365 setup requires creating distribution groups, transport rules and a 30-minute certificate grace period.

Crossware is a New Zealand-owned, IT-led signature platform that supports HCL Domino alongside Microsoft 365, Exchange and Google Workspace, with multi-region smart hosts. Signivo covers Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 with flat-rate pricing, EU-only hosting in Germany and a two-minute setup. Pick Crossware for mixed Microsoft and Domino estates. Pick Signivo for teams on either platform that want EU residency and self-serve speed.

06Side by side

Signivo or Crossware: how do they compare?

Six dimensions, zero hand-waving. Who excels at what.

Which is cheaper?

Verdict: Signivo is a flat, published per-user rate. Crossware does not publish pricing publicly and requires a sales contact.

Signivo: Single flat per-user rate, all features, published openly. 1 EUR per user per month, or 10 EUR per user per year when billed annually.

Crossware: Individual pricing only upon request. Subscriptions can also be purchased through Microsoft AppSource, and a 30-day free trial with full feature access is available without a credit card.

Information gathered from each vendor's website. Facts and figures may be outdated.

Which is faster to set up?

Verdict: Signivo deploys in two minutes. Crossware needs distribution groups, transport rules and a 30-minute certificate grace period.

Signivo: On Google Workspace, an admin connects the tenant once and the directory syncs automatically. On Microsoft 365, an admin grants Signivo access in Entra ID and rolls out the Signivo Outlook Add-in centrally. Either way, minutes of admin time, not an IT project.

Crossware: Microsoft 365 manual setup involves creating CrosswareMailSignatureUsers and CrosswareMailSignatureAdmins groups, configuring an outbound connector to a region-specific smart host, adding a transport rule, generating a certificate in the Crossware portal, and waiting a 30-minute grace period before enabling the rule.

What the admin does, and how long it takes: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace.

Which does more?

Verdict: Signivo focuses on signatures, disclaimers and per-group templates. Crossware adds Domino support, rules engine and Outlook add-in preview.

A like-for-like view of the capabilities mixed-stack IT teams compare in 2026.

Capability Signivo Crossware
Central signature templates ✓
Legal disclaimers & banners ✓
Job titles and details stay current automatically ✓
Setup in 2 minutes ✓
Per-department / per-group templates ✓
Self-serve setup & onboarding ✓
Direct access to the product team ✓
Flat rate - all features in one plan ✓
HTML-exportable templates ✓
EU-only hosting, no data storage outside EU ✓
HCL Domino, Microsoft 365, Exchange and Google Workspace in one tool - ✓
Multi-region smart hosts including UAE and Qatar - ✓
On-premise deployment option - ✓

Which works with Gmail and Outlook?

Verdict: Signivo integrates natively with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Crossware covers Microsoft 365, Exchange, Google Workspace and HCL Domino.

Signivo: Google Workspace via directory sync, Microsoft 365 via the Signivo Outlook Add-in. Crossware: Microsoft 365, Exchange (on-prem, hybrid and cloud), Google Workspace and HCL Domino. The Outlook add-in lets users preview signatures before sending.

Signivo covers two of those four. Permissions and rollout are spelled out for Microsoft 365 and for Google Workspace.

Who offers better support?

Verdict: Signivo offers direct product-team access. Crossware offers email and chat support from regional teams in New Zealand, London and the US East.

Signivo: AI-powered live chat, plus direct access to the product team with a response within one business day, regardless of your licence tier. Which we don't have anyway.

Crossware: Email, phone and ticket support from regional teams in New Zealand, London and the US East.

Security & compliance

Verdict: Signivo hosts EU-only in Germany. Crossware offers multi-region smart hosts and supports on-premise deployment.

Signivo: EU-hosted in Germany. GDPR compliant.

Crossware: Multi-region smart hosts across the EU, France, the US, Canada, Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, India, the UAE and Qatar. Supports on-prem deployment for customers that cannot use cloud. Crossware displays ISO and SOC (AICPA) compliance badges on its site, but its multi-region hosting is not an EU-only guarantee.

07The honest recommendation

Should you choose Signivo or Crossware?

Not every company is a Signivo company, and that's fine. Here's the clearest way we can put it.

Choose Signivo if

  • You want signatures live within minutes, not hours or days
  • Self-service, no onboarding, sales process, or implementation required
  • You're on Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, or both, and want one tool that covers either
  • You want a flat rate for the entire software; no tiered pricing, no per-seat upsells, or annoying sales reps calling you
  • EU-only hosting and zero replication outside the EU matter for your data residency posture
  • You'd rather contact the people building the product directly than navigate a support tier system

Choose Crossware if

  • You run a mixed Microsoft 365, Exchange and HCL Domino estate
  • You need multi-region smart hosts including UAE and Qatar
  • You want both cloud-hosted and on-premise deployment options
  • You prefer Microsoft AppSource billing
  • You have an existing Crossware Domino install you want to migrate to Microsoft 365
08Switching over

How do you switch from Crossware to Signivo?

Three steps, a couple of minutes. No consultants, no migration fees.

1

Export your Crossware signatures from the portal

Crossware's portal lets admins view each signature's HTML in the editor. Export every active signature, document your transport-rule scope and any region-specific smart host you use, and rebuild the templates in Signivo.

2

Connect Signivo

One approval from your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 admin. Your colleagues' details flow in on their own from the company directory. A few clicks and you are connected to Signivo.

3

Publish to your team

Upload your templates, or pick from our library, and publish company-wide in one click. Older signatures are overwritten.

09Questions we hear a lot

Frequently asked

What does the switch from another provider look like?

Can I trial Signivo while my current provider is still running?

Will employees need to install or learn anything?

Which providers does Signivo work with?

Microsoft 365 or Outlook, Google Workspace or Gmail: what is the difference?

What happens after the 14-day trial?

Where is my data hosted and is Signivo GDPR compliant?

What happens when I cancel?

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