What's the Difference Between a Reviewer and an Approver?

In Approver.com, there are reviewers and approvers. A reviewer is a friend or colleague who you'd like to look over a document. An approver is a person who must unequivocally approve a document. A document is not approved until all the people you've designated as approvers have approved the document.

We make a distinction between reviewers and approvers to give you flexibility. In some situations, like an internal memo, there might be one approver (maybe your boss or a corporate executive). In other situations, there might be several approvers (like two or more parties who are trying to come to terms on a contract).

You may find that your document is strictly collaborative, in which case there may be no approvers — you might just be doing some brainstorming and you're looking for colleagues to give you feedback, but you want to wait on a formal approval step until later.