In 2026, Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) remains the "Titan" of the market, designed for Global 2000 companies to manage millions of agreements.
But for many scaling teams, that power feels like "overkill." Most teams leaving Icertis aren't looking for fewer features—they’re looking for a contract lifecycle management platform that is easier to deploy and actually gets adopted by their sales and procurement teams.
Here are the 9 best Icertis alternatives to consider in 2026:
- Ironclad: The leader in modern enterprise UX and automated workflows.
- DocuSign CLM: The "Safe Bet" for global scale and signature integration.
- Agiloft: The "No-Code" customization king for complex business logic.
- Sirion: The AI-native engine for post-signature obligation tracking.
- Coupa CLM: The procurement choice for linking contracts to business spend.
- Aline: The rising star for AI playbooks and automated legal review.
- Juro: The fastest tool for browser-native, collaborative negotiation.
- HyperStart CLM: The "no-brainer" alternative for fast, AI-first implementation.
- Conga CLM: The favorite for teams that live entirely within Salesforce.
Modern teams prioritize speed, browser-native collaboration, and self-service.
If your goal is to let Sales and Ops generate their own contracts without waiting on Legal, look here.
- Aline: A rising favorite for teams that want "AI Playbooks." Aline's AI acts like a digital legal assistant that reviews third-party paper against your specific rules in seconds, allowing your team to automate the work they used to send to outside counsel.
- Juro: If your modern team is tired of passing Word docs back and forth, Juro is the logical next step. It is 100% browser-native, meaning you negotiate and redline in real-time like a Google Doc. It’s built to help you close deals 10x faster.
- Ironclad: The absolute leader for the "Self-Service" model. Their Workflow Designer allows Legal to build the guardrails so the rest of the business can hit "Go" on a contract themselves while staying 100% compliant.
If you like the idea of Icertis' intelligence but want a faster or more specialized AI engine, these are your top targets.
- Sirion: Compared to Icertis, this is the best choice for Obligation Management. While Icertis has a strong template score (8.3), Sirion is arguably better at tracking what happens after the signature. It uses "Agentic AI" to autonomously flag when a vendor misses a deadline or a rebate is due.
- HyperStart CLM: The "no-brainer" for mid-market teams. It uses advanced AI to ingest legacy contracts with 95% accuracy, essentially doing the heavy lifting that Icertis implementation partners usually charge six figures for.
- Conga CLM: Best for teams that treat Salesforce as their single source of truth. It offers the deepest connectivity to your sales pipeline, making contract intelligence part of your revenue operations.
If you need a tool that can scale globally and handle the most complex, multi-layered organizational structures, these are the heavyweights.
- DocuSign CLM: The most recognized name in the industry. It actually beats Icertis in Database Management (8.9 vs 8.7). If you are already using DocuSign for e-signatures, their CLM is the path of least resistance for a global rollout.
- Agiloft: The "No-Code" customization king. If you have unique business logic that doesn't fit into a standard box, Agiloft is the answer. It is famous for its granular security and the ability for admins to change workflows without needing a developer.
- Coupa CLM: The "Spend Management" choice. Is Coupa better than Icertis? For Procurement, yes—it links contracts to budgets and invoices. However, remember the Template Gap: Icertis leads with an 8.3 score for templates, while Coupa lags at 6.7.
And there you have it!
Whether you are an agile modern contract team looking for the speed of Juro or a global organization needing the deep enterprise management of DocuSign or Agiloft, there is a better way to manage your agreements.
If you’re still not sure which of these 9 is right for you, feel free to book a demo with us today!
