Barecopy VS CobbleStone Software

Barecopy's answer

Barecopy does 100% of its work in your browser. Files are read, analyzed, and cleaned locally — nothing is ever uploaded to a server. Most "metadata remover" tools online quietly upload your document to their backend to process it, which is exactly the wrong trust model for a privacy tool handling sensitive files. Barecopy's entire app is a single static page with self-hosted libraries and zero external requests, so even on locked-down corporate networks (which block CDNs) it works — and there's no server that could leak your data.

CobbleStone Software's answer:

CobbleStone provides a CLM solution that is highly configurable and user-friendly. On top of that, CobbleStone has over 20 years of experience successfully implementing contract management software.

Barecopy's answer

Privacy-conscious professionals who share documents and photos: lawyers, journalists, HR and recruiters, real-estate and finance staff, consultants, and anyone in a corporate environment who needs to strip author names, company info, edit history, or GPS location before sending a file out. The corporate-network-friendly, no-upload design specifically targets people whose employers block cloud tools.

CobbleStone Software's answer:

CobbleStone's primary users are legal teams, procurement teams, compliance teams, sales teams, and finance teams. Users from throughout the organization can request contracts and view status.

Barecopy's answer

• Plain HTML/CSS/JavaScript — no framework, no bundler, no build step; one static page.
• Client-side libraries, self-hosted: JSZip (OOXML unzip/rezip), pdf-lib (PDF metadata), exif-js (EXIF).
• Browser-native APIs for byte-level image metadata stripping.
• Hosting: Vercel (static), with a single serverless function only for the contact form (SMTP via nodemailer).
• Payments: Polar for the Pro subscription.

CobbleStone Software's answer:

CobbleStone Contract Insight is a web-based CLM application that can be accessed via desktop and native mobile app available on the Apple iOS and Android app stores. CobbleStone Contract Insight can be provided as a SaaS/cloud application or it can be installed on clients' server(s).

Barecopy's answer

• Truly private by design — not a promise, an architecture. There's no upload endpoint.
• Broad format coverage — Word/Excel/PowerPoint (DOCX/XLSX/PPTX), PDF, and JPG/PNG/WebP photos, all in one tool.
• Lossless photo cleaning — strips EXIF/GPS while copying pixels untouched (no re-compression).
• Deep cleaning, not just the obvious fields — clears document core/app/custom properties, thumbnails, PDF info dict + XMP metadata.
• Verifiable results — an optional on-brand PDF report records what was found and removed per file, including the SHA-256 of the clean copy.
• Honest, fair pricing — free for up to 3 files at a time; Pro is €4/mo.

CobbleStone Software's answer:

CobbleStone Contract Insight is the preferred contract lifecycle management software solution for clients that want an easy-to-use system that has been selected by thousands of users worldwide.

Barecopy's answer

Barecopy grew out of a real, recurring problem: hidden metadata leaking sensitive information — an author's name, a company, revision history, or the GPS coordinates baked into a photo. Existing online cleaners solved this by uploading your file to their servers, which defeats the purpose. Barecopy was built on the opposite principle — your files never leave your machine — after CDN-blocking corporate networks repeatedly broke server-dependent tools. It's a deliberately simple, self-hosted, single-page app so that the privacy guarantee is provable, not just marketing.

CobbleStone Software's answer:

CobbleStone's mission is to provide the most advanced, cost-effective, and user-friendly contract and procurement management software applications that enable employees to do their best work.

Our software products and staff go above and beyond the expectations of each other and our clients. -We take a pledge to follow our Code of Conduct. -We take a pledge to respect our clients, our co-workers, our environment, and ourselves. -We strive to be successful by exemplifying sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, and charity. -Our products and software solutions should continue to evolve to meet modern-day business needs.

CobbleStone Software has a proven track record providing contract management software with industry-leading flexibility and features designed to meet the unique needs of your organization. Our solutions are the result of millions of dollars of research and development, thousands of hours, client feedback, and industry "know-how". CobbleStone Contract Insight's® features set in the contract management software marketplace are unprecedented. It is about thinking long term, being responsive, and understanding the power of organization governance. We believe this is the right way to do business, and our satisfied customers would surely agree.

The need for our contract software solution began with a situation whereby a leading company violated an agreement and had to settle the dispute for over two million dollars. In that instance, our mission was created to help organizations avoid violations of agreements while providing a better solution to manage contracts & obligations.

Founded in 1995, CobbleStone was among the first and most experienced companies to offer a contract management software product, and we continue to be a leader with full contract lifecycle management and e-Procurement software.

Contact a CobbleStone Representative today to learn more!

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Barecopy's answer

Barecopy is used by privacy-conscious individuals and professionals across legal, journalism, HR, and corporate roles. By design it processes files entirely on the user's device and collects no data, so it keeps no customer list.