Best AppSumo Deals Sept 2024: Legitt, GoZen Forms, Ranklytics & Notch

This Week's Taco Truck Roundup

The Taco Truck Roundup is Dave's weekly format for condensing full-length lifetime deal reviews into bite-sized summaries, complete with viewer feedback and final scores. This edition covers four AppSumo deals from late September 2024: Legitt (document signing), GoZen Forms (form and survey builder), Ranklytics (SEO content tool), and Notch (document creation and signing platform).

Scores this week range from a disappointing 5.2 all the way up to an impressive 8.8, so there's a wide spread in quality. Each tool gets a quick feature rundown, honest takes on what works and what doesn't, and answers to real viewer questions from the full-length reviews.

Legitt: Document Signing with Blockchain — But Some Deal-Breaking Gaps

Legitt is a document signing and contract management tool with AI assistance baked in. You can create proposals, contracts, and other sales documents, then get them signed — all within a single platform. There's even a blockchain-based smart contract option for those interested in that space.

One surprising discovery is that Legitt includes a full CRM, though it's clearly still in its early stages. Basic functionality like dragging cards between pipeline columns wasn't available at the time of review, which feels like table stakes for any CRM. It's marked as "new" in their interface, suggesting the team may be expanding Legitt's scope beyond pure document signing.

The biggest issue for US-based users is the date format. Legitt only supports the day/month/year format with no option to switch. While that format is logical (smallest to largest unit of time), it creates real confusion when working with American clients. If a document reads "1-10-24," most Americans will read that as January 10th rather than October 1st. Simply adding a format selector would solve this, but the option doesn't exist yet.

Beyond the date issue, the overall editing experience felt clunky. Dave recommends uploading your own documents rather than trying to create them inside Legitt's editor. The tool also seems geared more toward medium and larger businesses rather than freelancers or small shops. Final score: 5.2 out of 10.

GoZen Forms: A Solid Form Builder with Great Templates

GoZen Forms is an AI-powered form, survey, and quiz builder. Type in the kind of form you need, and the AI generates it with pre-built questions — a nice time-saver for getting started quickly. The interface has a clean, zen-like feel that makes the building process pleasant.

The template library is one of GoZen Forms' strongest selling points, with over a hundred templates covering a wide variety of use cases. Even if you prefer the AI generation route, browsing templates gives you proven question structures to work from. The conditional logic visualization is another standout feature — a clear flowchart shows exactly how the form branches based on different answers, making complex logic easy to understand at a glance.

There were some rough edges during testing. Phone number fields had trouble retaining the correct country code, and a state/country selector dropdown on one of the templates simply didn't appear. For a pre-built template, that's the kind of thing you'd expect to work out of the box. GoZen Forms does support CNAME records for custom domains, website embedding, and has a dedicated WordPress plugin — all practical touches for real-world deployment.

A viewer asked about quiz functionality, which GoZen Forms handles through a scoring system within the standard form editor. You create the form as usual, then assign point values to individual answers in the editor tabs. It's not a separate quiz interface, but it gets the job done. There's also a signature field available for those who need it. Final score: 6.8 out of 10 — one of the better form builder lifetime deals available, though not an absolute slam dunk.

Ranklytics: Comprehensive SEO Tools at a Fraction of the Cost

Ranklytics is an SEO content generation and analysis platform that covers a surprisingly wide range of functionality. It handles keyword research, content idea generation, full AI article writing, and can even auto-publish directly to WordPress. Higher AppSumo tiers unlock autopilot publishing — six to ten articles per month without any manual intervention.

Where Ranklytics really shines is in its analysis capabilities. The tool offers technical SEO audits, existing content audits, and content gap analysis where you can input competitor URLs and discover keywords they rank for that you might want to target. For small businesses or those just getting started with SEO, this bundle of tools at a lifetime deal price is hard to beat compared to monthly subscriptions for tools like SEMrush or Ahrefs.

The AI article writing, however, is a weaker point. One viewer reported issues with dead links, incorrect product references, and overuse of quotes in the generated articles. Dave's take is that for AI-driven content creation, dedicated tools like Claude still produce better results. The articles from Ranklytics are serviceable but don't quite hold up to more specialized writing tools, and the workflow of having AI write articles purely from keywords doesn't suit everyone.

The keyword research interface could also use improvement. Right now, it's difficult to quickly surface keywords with high search volume but low competition — the kind of filtering that helps you find realistic ranking opportunities based on your site's current authority. Despite these critiques, the overall package earned an 8.2 out of 10, making it a strong recommendation for anyone who wants to get serious about SEO without spending thousands per year on enterprise tools.

Notch: The Standout Deal for Document Creation and Signing

Notch is a document creation and signing platform that combines elements of Google Docs, Notion, and DocuSign into a single tool. While it sounds similar to Legitt on paper, the execution is completely different. Notch is polished, user-friendly, and genuinely enjoyable to build documents in — you create everything right inside the platform rather than uploading external files.

There's a slight learning curve around Notch's organizational structure, particularly the concept of "spaces," but once it clicks, the system makes a lot of sense. The document editor offers a wide range of elements and layout options that are easy to access, and once you've nailed a design, you can save it as a template for rapid future use. This makes Notch particularly powerful for agencies or freelancers who send similar proposals to multiple clients.

Viewers asked how Notch compares to SuperOK and BunnyDoc. SuperOK is more of a client portal tool, while Notch is laser-focused on document creation and signing. The two actually complement each other well — create your documents in Notch, then link to them inside your SuperOK client portal. BunnyDoc, on the other hand, takes the traditional approach of uploading a PDF and marking signature locations. Notch's built-in creation approach is more flexible, though businesses with existing PDF libraries may still want a traditional signing tool alongside it. Dave also recommends BreezeDoc from the AppSumo team as a reliable traditional option.

The main gaps right now are the lack of post-signature automations (no Zapier or Make triggers when a document gets signed) and the absence of role-based permissions for team members. Both are on the roadmap, and Dave advises buying a tier high enough to include integrations so you're covered when they launch. Currently, only Salesforce, HubSpot, and Slack integrations are available. Final score: 8.8 out of 10 — one of Dave's highest-rated lifetime deals in recent memory, and it doesn't even have AI in the name.

Final Scores and Recommendations

Here's the quick scorecard for this week's Taco Truck Roundup. Legitt came in at 5.2 out of 10 — the date format issue and clunky editor hold it back, especially for US-based users. GoZen Forms scored a 6.8 out of 10, making it a solid pick if you need a form builder right now, though Dave's advice is to wait until you actually need one rather than collecting tools. Ranklytics earned an impressive 8.2 out of 10 thanks to its comprehensive SEO toolkit at a fraction of what enterprise tools charge. And Notch topped the list at 8.8 out of 10 as a genuinely delightful document creation platform.

The overarching theme this week is that software has become increasingly commoditized — there are dozens of form builders and document signing tools on the market. What separates the good from the great is execution, user experience, and how well a tool fits into your existing workflow. Notch and Ranklytics both excel in those areas, while Legitt and GoZen Forms have room to grow.

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