Separate the click from the acknowledgement.
A click means “they opened it.” An acknowledgement means “they read it and understood it.” Listor logs both events independently, and an auditor sees which is which.
Policy Acknowledgement Software that proves they read it.
Hand Listor the URL. What comes back is a tracked acknowledgement, with renewal reminders as standard and a full audit log carrying an IP and user-agent on every confirmation, while the policy itself never leaves wherever you keep it. PowerDMS and NAVEX over-charge the under-1000-employee orgs; this is priced for them.
$2 / user / month. Free for 10 assigned people. No card.SOC 2 and ISO 27001 in flight · No DPA needed · Self-serve
The modal is the whole interaction. Everything after it happens on the server.
The bar
Three behaviors worth insisting on.
Most spreadsheets and e-signature tools fail at least one of these. Listor was built to clear all three by default.
Keep every round on the record.
When the policy changes, every prior acknowledgement is preserved against the round it was given in, and a new round is triggered. Audit trails never show “acknowledged” against a round the employee never took part in.
Renew on a cadence, not on memory.
Annual? Every six months? Per-policy? Set it once and Listor emails the right people, and tracks the new acknowledgement window. Nothing on your calendar.
The alternatives
Most shortlists have four things on them.
Here is where each one shines, and where Listor fits.
| Listor | PowerDMS | DocuSign | Spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per-seat price visible on the site | ✓ | - | - | - |
| Free tier (real, not trial) | ✓ | - | - | - |
| Doesn't host your documents | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| Renewal sweeps + reminders | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Audit log export (CSV + JSON) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| IP + user-agent capture per attestation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Built for under-1000-employee orgs | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-serve setup (no demo gate) | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
Who buys this.
Law firms, accounting firms, education, manufacturing, hospitality, SaaS. Anyone with policies but no GRC budget.
The e-signature question, and six others.
What's the difference between policy acknowledgement software and an e-signature tool?
An e-signature tool signs a single document at a single point in time. Policy acknowledgement software tracks acknowledgement across many people, many documents, over time, with renewal cadences, repeat acknowledgement rounds, and an audit log designed for an annual auditor. Listor is the latter.Does Listor work for both UK (acknowledgement) and US (acknowledgment) policies?
Yes. The product is identical in both spellings: the URL and copy use the UK spelling because it ranks better, but the buyer in Boston or Boulder uses Listor exactly the same way.Can we re-acknowledge a policy when it changes?
Yes. That's the force-reattestation flow. Edit the policy, mark it changed, and Listor emails everyone targeted, opens a fresh acknowledgement round, and writes the change to the audit log.What happens when a new hire joins?
If you target documents to a group (e.g. 'All Employees'), Listor auto-adds the new hire's reading list the moment they join the group. No manual onboarding pack.How is this different from posting policies in Notion or Confluence?
Notion and Confluence tell you the page was viewed. They don't tell you the policy was read and understood, they don't give you renewal reminders, and they don't give an auditor a CSV. Listor adds those three things and points back at your existing wiki. You don't migrate.What's the smallest team that needs this?
If you've ever had to prove who read a handbook to an insurer, an auditor, or a board, you need it. Many teams start at 15 to 30 people, right when annual compliance reviews stop being informal.Do you need IT to set it up?
No. The admin who buys it sets it up (under 10 minutes, no IT ticket). Listor never sees the policy itself, so there is no DPA gate.
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