Hello stacey3. I have been a RON since 2020 when COVID hit. I have tried the following platforms for my work as an independent notary:
DocVerify
OneNotary
Notarize
Pavaso
NotaryCam
I settled on Notarize both as an on-demand notary and for my own independent RON business for 99% of my work because it just works almost seamlessly and has a really good chat support feature that you can use during your sessions if you need it for technical issues. Their training as an on-demand notary made the platform very easy to work with. They start you out with single document signings and progress to Title, then to Mortgage transactions as you gain experience. If you have your own clients, their platform fees overall are the least expensive as an independent notary.
My second choice has been OneNotary. There are a couple of things I am not able to do successfully as an independent notary on the Notarize platform when it comes to using multiple witnesses and credible witnesses that I can get done on OneNotary. They supply you with 3 free sessions per month without having to sign up for their $25 per moth fee which will work good as your business grows. Both free and monthly options charge fees for number of signers and number of seals but the fees are lower if you invest in the monthly fee.
I started out with DocVerify for my first year as a RON but found the platform outdated and difficult to work with and the most expensive. I dropped it when I found OneNotary
Pavaso didn’t work for me after I found out they are a platform for title and mortgage companies to use so you won’t get any work there unless one of the companies who use the platform uses you.
NotaryCam was disappointing to me as their training was cumbersome which made it difficult to work with. I dropped them during the first week of training.
I heard of BlueNotary and have just begun to explore it as a platform so I would not have working knowledge of what it is like to use the platform but my initial impressions are that they could be a viable alternative for OneNotary
I hope this helps