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01Alternative to Crossware

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Signivo manages email signatures centrally for whole organisations within Google Workspace and Outlook. Two minutes to set up, EU-hosted, flat €1 per user per month.

Signivo is the Google Workspace-first, EU-hosted alternative to Crossware: flat €1 per user per month, two-minute setup, hosting in Frankfurt only. 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:
June 1, 2026
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5 min read

14-day trial · No credit card · EU-hosted · No Workspace changes during trial

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 (Frankfurt, Germany)
Platform
Google Workspace + 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 (AU, US, CA, FR, EU, UAE, Qatar)
Platform
Microsoft 365, Exchange Server, Google Workspace, HCL Domino
Best for
Microsoft- or Domino-heavy mid-market and enterprise
03See it in action

Setup in real time

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

2 min walkthrough
04
Who we are

Who is ?

Signivo is a centralized email signature manager built for teams using Google Workspace and Outlook. One account connects your entire directory — names, titles, departments, photos, the lot — and publishes consistent, on-brand signatures across your organization. There's one plan with all features included. Our servers are hosted entirely in Frankfurt, Germany.

Built in 2026 by a small team that had spent years frustrated with the choice in this category: enterprise platforms with month-long rollouts on one end, hobby tools with no governance on the other. Signivo is the missing middle — fast enough to deploy within an hour, structured enough to run an organization on. No forced sales process, no implementation package required — start self-serve and involve IT only where it makes sense. Support goes straight to the product team — response within one business day.

05Who they are

Who is Crossware?

Crossware is a New Zealand-based company. It was the first solution sold on Microsoft AppSource, and was the first to introduce an email signature solution for Microsoft Office 365.

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 Australia, the US, Canada, France, the broader EU, 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 uniquely supports HCL Domino alongside Microsoft 365, Exchange and Google Workspace, with multi-region smart hosts. Signivo is the Google Workspace-first option with flat-rate pricing, EU-only Frankfurt hosting and a two-minute setup. Pick Crossware for mixed Microsoft and Domino estates. Pick Signivo for Google Workspace teams that want EU residency and self-serve speed.

06Side by side

Detailed comparison

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

Pricing

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.

Competitor pricing is linked rather than quoted - figures change regularly.

Setup & onboarding

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

Signivo: Two-minute Google Workspace OAuth. 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.

Features

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
Directory-driven field population
Setup in 2 minutes
Per-department / per-group templates
Self-serve setup, no sales call required
Direct access to the product team
Legal disclaimers
Flat rate - all features in one plan
HTML-exportable templates
EU-only hosting, no replication outside EU
HCL Domino, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace in one tool
Multi-region smart hosts including UAE and Qatar
On-premise deployment option

Integrations

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

Signivo: Native Google Workspace and 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.

Support

Verdict: Signivo offers direct product-team access. Crossware offers email and chat support with regional sales teams in Auckland, London and Florida.

Signivo: Direct access to the product team. Crossware: Email, phone and ticket support via regional sales teams in Auckland, London and Florida.

Security & compliance

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

Signivo: EU-only Frankfurt hosting, no replication. Crossware: Multi-region smart hosts across Australia, the US, Canada, France, the EU, 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

When to choose which

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, Microsoft 365 and want one tool that handles signatures whichever you use
  • 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 value a 30-day full-feature free trial with no credit card
  • You have an existing Crossware Domino install you want to migrate to M365
08Switching over

Migrating 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-time OAuth with your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 admin. Directory syncs automatically. About two minutes, start to finish.

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?
What happens after the 14-day trial?
Where is my data hosted and is Signivo GDPR compliant?
What happens when I cancel?
10Also comparing

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