# Contract lifecycle management and e-signature for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "contract lifecycle management platform" and as "e-signature and contract management tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/revops/contract-lifecycle-management-and-e-signature/enterprise/

**Standing:** Ironclad leads with 22% of first choices; verdict contested. 40 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ironclad | 22% | 26% | 54 |
| 2 | Sirion | 12% | 15% | 33 |
| 3 | Agiloft | 10% | 10% | 41 |
| 4 | Icertis | 10% | 19% | 47 |
| 5 | DocuSign CLM | 5% | 33% | 42 |
| 6 | Juro | 2% | 42% | 12 |
| 7 | Conga CLM | 0% | 24% | 37 |
| 8 | LinkSquares | 0% | 27% | 15 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Ironclad; alternatives Agiloft, LinkSquares, SAP Ariba
- GPT-5.4 mini: DocuSign CLM, Icertis; alternatives Conga CLM, Ironclad, Sirion
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Ironclad; alternatives Agiloft, Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM, Icertis
- Perplexity Sonar: Sirion; alternatives Conga CLM, Icertis, Ironclad
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Ironclad; alternatives Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM, Sirion
- Mistral Small: Sirion; alternatives Agiloft, Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM, Icertis
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Ironclad; alternatives Icertis, Sirion
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Ironclad; alternatives Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM
- Kimi K2: Icertis, Sirion; alternatives Agiloft, Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM, Ironclad
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Sirion; alternatives Agiloft, Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM, Ironclad
- MiniMax M2.5: Icertis, Sirion; alternatives Agiloft, Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM, Ironclad

## Sources the answers cite

22 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- sirion.ai: 11 answers, 20 citations
- bindlegal.com: 8 answers, 12 citations
- ironcladapp.com: 8 answers, 9 citations
- gartner.com: 6 answers, 14 citations
- getaccept.com: 6 answers, 7 citations
- juro.com: 5 answers, 5 citations
- techfundingnews.com: 5 answers, 5 citations
- aline.co: 4 answers, 5 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://ironcladapp.com/journal/contract-management/best-contract-management-tools (7 answers)
- https://bindlegal.com/resources/best-software/best-enterprise-clm (5 answers)
- https://getaccept.com/blog/best-contract-management-software (5 answers)
- https://juro.com/learn/clm-contract-lifecycle-management-software (5 answers)
- https://techfundingnews.com/9-best-contract-lifecycle-management-platforms-for-procurement-teams-2026 (5 answers)
- https://conga.com/resources/blog/contract-management-tools (4 answers)
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/contract-life-cycle-management (4 answers)
- https://quickbase.com/blog/best-contract-lifecycle-management-software (4 answers)
- https://sirion.ai/library/clm-platform/contract-management-software (4 answers)
- https://summize.com/clm-hub/best-clm-software (4 answers)

## Warned against

- Ironclad: 14 of 54 labels negative. "What to avoid at your scale - Per-seat-first vendors (Ironclad, DocuSign CLM, Conga):" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Conga CLM: 9 of 37 labels negative. "What to avoid at your scale - Per-seat-first vendors (Ironclad, DocuSign CLM, Conga):" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- DocuSign CLM: 14 of 42 labels negative. "What to avoid at your scale ... DocuSign CLM runs $200K–$500K+ above 100 users" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Icertis: 9 of 47 labels negative. "the most expensive ... the least friendly for wide, cost-predictable rollouts" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.