a docusign alternative with nothing monthly.
DocuSign's cheapest plan asks for $132 up front for a year you may not use. sign is $9 for 5 sends that never expire, and the first one is free.
the prices, as published
every figure below was read on the vendor's own pricing page on August 13, 2026, in US dollars. per-unit numbers are our arithmetic on their published figures. vendors change prices; check the source before you rely on it.
| who | price | what that includes | per document | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sign — 5 sends | $9 once | 5 sends, never expire | $1.80 | this page |
| sign — 100 sends | $79 once | 100 sends, never expire | $0.79 | this page |
| DocuSign Personal | $11/month, annual commitment of $132 | 5 envelopes per month | $2.20 | ecom.docusign.com |
| DocuSign Standard | $30/user/month, annual commitment of $360 | 100 envelopes per user per year | $3.60 | ecom.docusign.com |
| DocuSign Business Pro | $45/user/month, annual commitment of $540 | 100 envelopes per user per year | $5.40 | ecom.docusign.com |
| Dropbox Sign Essentials | $20/month, or $15/month billed yearly | unlimited signature requests, 5 templates | depends on volume | sign.dropbox.com |
| PandaDoc Free | $0 | 60 documents per year, 5 per month | $0 to the cap | pandadoc.com |
| Adobe, free account | $0 | 2 e-signature requests every 30 days | $0 to the cap | adobe.com |
| Adobe Acrobat Standard | $14.99/month | cheapest Adobe tier that collects e-signatures | depends on volume | adobe.com |
| Signeasy Personal | $10/month/seat, $120 billed yearly | 5 contracts sent for signature per month | $2.00 | signeasy.com |
| SignWell Free | $0 | 3 documents per month, 1 sender | $0 to the cap | signwell.com |
| SignWell Light | $10/month billed yearly, $12 monthly | unlimited documents, 1 sender | depends on volume | signwell.com |
| esignatures.com | $0.49 per contract | no monthly fee, no limit | $0.49 | esignatures.com |
| eSignToday | $0.50 per signature | no monthly fee | $0.50 | esigntoday.com |
two things we will not print because we could not verify them on the vendor's own page: DocuSign's month-to-month rate, and DocuSign's per-envelope overage charge. blogs quote numbers for both. we only publish what we read at the source.
the difference that is not price
every tool in that table is built for the person sending. you place fields, they get tagged, the signer hunts for the yellow arrow. the thing that actually delays a signature is that the signer does not understand what they were sent.
sign opens the signing page with a plain-English summary of the document: who the parties are, what each side agrees to do, money, dates, how it ends. 6 or 7 short sentences, then the document itself. no account for the signer, no password, no marketing on that page.
the summary describes what the document says. it never calls a clause risky or unusual, never recommends anything, and is not legal advice. the document is what gets signed.
where sign is the wrong choice
- you need several signers on one document. sign takes one signer per send today.
- you need templates, bulk send, Salesforce, or SOC 2 paperwork for procurement.
- you need field types beyond a signature and a date.
- your documents are not PDFs, or are larger than 4 MB.
if any of those is you, the incumbents are better and we would rather say so than take $9.
try it on a real document
first send free. no card, no signup screen, no password. the packs