RON platforms
7 comparisons, 7 guides
The platform is the room the remote act happens in: the video session, the identity checks, the recording, and often the journal and the certificate as well. Each comparison here reads the platforms against what a state rule asks of that technology, not against the feature list on the vendor's home page.
The field is split by the work you do, because a solo commission, a signing agent's loan packages and a title office's closings need different things from the same software. The guides in this section explain the requirement rows once, so a cell means the same thing on every table.
Comparisons outside this section, of journals, seals and E&O policies, sit with these on the full list of comparisons, and every guide, section by section, is on the guides index.
Fig. 1Comparisons
- E-signature platforms with a notary feature, comparedFor an office that already signs electronically: which e-signature suites add remote notarization, and what you still need.Checked
- Electronic notary software (RON and in-person electronic), comparedWhich tools cover remote acts, in-person electronic acts or both, and what each leaves the notary to bring.Checked
- RON platforms that send notaries signings, comparedPlatforms that route signers to notaries versus bring-your-own-signers platforms, and what each asks of you to join.Checked
- RON platforms for a solo notary, comparedFor an independent notary: own signers, a journal and recording kept for your state's period, and the state lists each is on.Checked
- RON technology providers on state lists: who sits on the mostOne table of providers against the state lists, dated, each linked to the state's own list.Checked
- RON and eClosing platforms for title and escrow notaries, comparedPlatforms built for real-estate closings, the title and lender workflows they support, and whether an in-house notary can use them.Checked
- RON platforms for notary signing agents, comparedWhich platforms run loan-signing packages remotely, which accept independent signing agents, and which are lender-side only.Checked
Guides
- RON vs IPEN: remote and in-person electronic notarizationThe two acts side by side: who is where, which software each needs, and which states approve platforms separately.
- Identity proofing in RON: credential analysis and KBAWhat the two checks are, what states require of each, and what the notary still decides.
- Remote ink notarization vs RONRemote ink-signed notarization and remote online notarization, from the notary's side of the call.
- MISMO RON standards for notariesThe mortgage industry's RON standards, and what they mean for a notary doing title and lender work.
- What state rules ask of a RON platformThe requirement rows every comparison on this site uses, explained once, with the state source for each.
- Using more than one RON platformWhether a notary may work on several platforms, and the notice each state asks for per technology.
- RON for loan signingsHow a remote loan signing runs for a signing agent, and which platforms and workflows it depends on.
Other sections
- State rules and approved listsEach state's own approved-platform list and the rules a remote notary works under, dated.
- Journals, records and e-sealsThe electronic journal, the session recording, the digital certificate and the e-seal you keep.
- Running a remote notary businessCommission to invoice: authorization, bond and E&O, fees and the tools a one-person practice runs on.