DocuSign alternatives are sought by people who pay per user and per envelope and find the plans dear or tight for what they send. Small teams look for cheaper flat or free tiers, sales teams for signing bundled with proposals, and European organisations for qualified signatures and eID built in rather than reserved for a quoted plan. They move to lower-priced US tools or to European providers that price by signature.
Sebastiaan SmitsFounderShort answer: Looking for a replacement for DocuSign eSignature? BoldSign, Zoho Sign and Signaturit come first in our electronic signature ranking. We open the ranking with smaller vendors and put the established brands from fourth place onward. Start with BoldSign if you want the same kind of seat plan at a fraction of the price. These 12 products are all in Best eSignature Software in 2026; the notes say how each one compares with DocuSign eSignature.
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DocuSign's own plan page lists Personal at 5 envelopes a month for one user, and Standard and Business Pro at 100 envelopes per user per year, each with a limit of 50 users. The price therefore scales with headcount and with volume at the same time. A team that sends a few contracts a week can reach the allowance before the year ends and then has to talk to sales.
On the page we checked, bulk sending, web forms and payment collection are listed for Business Pro only, at a higher per-user price than Standard. Standard includes branding and shared templates but not those three. Teams that bought Standard for simple signing and later needed forms or bulk sends face a step up in price for every seat, not only for the person who needs the feature.
DocuSign lists AES and QES support, SSO and organisation-wide management under its Advanced plans, priced on request and aimed at 50 or more users. A European company that needs a qualified signature for a few regulated documents cannot buy that on a card. Providers that publish a per-signature charge for qualified signatures are the usual next step.
| Alternative | Headquarters | Free option | Pricing model | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoldSign | United States | Yes | Published | you want the same kind of seat plan at a fraction of the price | #7 |
| Zoho Sign | India | Yes | Published | you already run other Zoho applications and want signing inside them | #6 |
| Signaturit | Spain | No free tier | Published | you need occasional qualified signatures at a published price | #4 |
| SignWell | United States | Yes | Published | a few people send and many only sign or view | #9 |
| SignNow | United States | No free tier | Published | many staff need to send documents but volume per person is low | #8 |
| Dropbox Sign | United States | No free tier | Published | your documents already live in Dropbox and volume is small | #14 |
| Adobe Acrobat Sign | United States | No free tier | Published | your staff already hold Acrobat licences and sign PDFs daily | #13 |
| Skribble | Switzerland | No free tier | Published | qualified signatures with Swiss hosting are the main requirement | #1 |
| Dokobit | Lithuania | Yes | Published | you sign many qualified signatures in the Baltic or Nordic countries | #2 |
| Scrive | Sweden | No free tier | Published | Nordic eID login and signing is part of your onboarding flow | #5 |
| Penneo | Denmark | No free tier | Published | an audit or accountancy firm signs in bulk with national eIDs | #3 |
| GetAccept | Sweden | No free tier | Published | your sales team sends proposals and wants to see buyer activity | #11 |
United States · Published
BoldSign publishes a free plan with 25 envelopes a month and a Growth plan at $5 per user with 50 envelopes per user monthly, against DocuSign's annual per-user allowances. Business at $15 per user (yearly) removes the envelope cap. Its API plans are separate, starting at $30 a month.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if you want the same kind of seat plan at a fraction of the price.
India · Published
Zoho Sign has a free plan of 5 envelopes a month for one user and paid tiers that go up to unlimited envelopes on Professional, with bulk sending, payment collection and qualified signature options on Enterprise. We could not read its per-user prices from the page, so check them before you commit.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if you already run other Zoho applications and want signing inside them.
Why Zoho Sign is #6 among 22 electronic signature products →
Spain · Published
Signaturit prices seats at €9 for one user (5 transactions), €23 per user with 10 transactions per user, and €38 per user for unlimited. Advanced signatures cost €2.50 each and qualified signatures start at €10, both published, so the stronger signature types are bought per use rather than quoted.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if you need occasional qualified signatures at a published price.
United States · Published
SignWell prices by the number of senders, not by every user who touches a document: Light at $12 a month billed annually for one sender with unlimited documents, Business at $36 for three. Bulk send and custom branding are listed on all paid plans. The free plan stops at three documents a month.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if a few people send and many only sign or view.
SignWell review, listed at 9 of 22 electronic signature products →
United States · Published
airSlate signNow states that all plans include unlimited users, which reverses DocuSign's per-seat charging, and it offers a site licence where you pay per signature invite sent. It publishes a 7-day trial. We could not read the plan prices from its pages, so compare the quote with DocuSign's.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if many staff need to send documents but volume per person is low.
Where SignNow stands: place 8 of 22 in the electronic signature ranking →
United States · Published
Dropbox Sign sells Standard at $25 per user a month ($17.50 billed yearly) with SMS authentication and SSO, a 30-day trial and a Premium tier by quote. It is sold under the Dropbox domain. The Standard plan lists 15 signature requests, a lower figure than some competitors' free tiers.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if your documents already live in Dropbox and volume is small.
Our electronic signature guide puts Dropbox Sign at 14 of 22; read why →
United States · Published
Adobe sells e-signature inside its Acrobat plans, which also cover PDF editing, conversion and redaction, so you pay for a document tool you may already use. Its pricing page shows Acrobat Standard at $14.99 a month for individuals. We could not verify Sign-specific envelope limits or team prices.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if your staff already hold Acrobat licences and sign PDFs daily.
Read our review of Adobe Acrobat Sign (position 13 of 22 on the electronic signature list) →
Switzerland · Published
Skribble is hosted in Switzerland and built around qualified signatures under ZertES and eIDAS. The Starter plan has no monthly fee (SES €1, AES €3, QES €5), and Team at €23 per user includes 72 AES or QES signatures a year. A one-time €24.50 identification covers QES for five years.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if qualified signatures with Swiss hosting are the main requirement.
Lithuania · Published
Dokobit has a free plan of 3 signatures a month, Professional at €10 per user with 20 included, and Business at €22 with 30 included. Qualified signatures cost €0.33 to €0.44 each beyond that. It was acquired by Signicat in 2021 and operates mainly in the Baltics and Nordics.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if you sign many qualified signatures in the Baltic or Nordic countries.
Check Dokobit in the ranked list (2 out of 22, electronic signature) →
Sweden · Published
Scrive is a Qualified Trust Service Provider under eIDAS with a Stockholm office, and its focus is eID: national eID signing, an eID hub and ID checks, plus web forms and an API. Prices are not shown on its pricing overview, so it is a quoted purchase, with a 14-day trial.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if Nordic eID login and signing is part of your onboarding flow.
Scrive review, listed at 5 of 22 electronic signature products →
Denmark · Published
Penneo prices by annual bundle, not by envelope: Sign Essential from DKK 899 a month billed annually with 500 signatures a year, Sign Plus from DKK 1,250. It adds national eID signing, SMS verification and a Collect product for gathering documents. The terms require three months' notice to cancel.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if an audit or accountancy firm signs in bulk with national eIDs.
Check Penneo in the ranked list (3 out of 22, electronic signature) →
Sweden · Published
GetAccept is a sales tool first: its eSign plan at $25 per user a month is signing only, and the Professional plan at $49 per user (minimum 5 users) adds the digital sales room with proposals and tracking. Its site gives a San Francisco address. It is not a general signing tool for HR or legal.
Switch from DocuSign eSignature if your sales team sends proposals and wants to see buyer activity.
GetAccept review, listed at 11 of 22 electronic signature products →
DocuSign remains the safe choice when counterparties expect it and the integration list matters. It is the format your customers and legal team probably already recognise, and its Business Pro plan covers web forms, bulk sending and payment collection in one product. If your volume fits the allowance, your users are few and you are not asked to produce qualified signatures, the price difference to cheaper tools may not repay a migration.
Document templates, field placement and routing rules belong to DocuSign's own model. Plan to recreate the templates you use monthly in the new tool and leave the ones nobody touched in a year. Check how each candidate handles signing order, reminders and conditional fields before you rebuild.
Signed documents and their certificates of completion are your evidence. Download the archive you need to retain before the account lapses, and keep the audit trail files with the signed PDFs. Do not assume a new provider can validate a certificate that DocuSign issued.
Its plans charge per user and list an envelope allowance: Standard and Business Pro are 100 envelopes per user per year on the page we checked, and features like bulk send and web forms need the higher tier.
Cheaper alternatives such as BoldSign and SignWell publish lower seat prices and higher monthly allowances.
Several vendors publish free plans: BoldSign allows 25 envelopes a month, Zoho Sign 5, Dokobit 3 signatures, and SignWell 3 documents. Skribble has a Starter plan with no monthly fee but charges per signature. All are limited, so check the cap against your monthly volume.
Skribble, Dokobit, Scrive and Signaturit all publish or offer qualified signatures. Skribble and Dokobit publish per-signature prices, Signaturit starts at €10 per qualified signature, and Scrive is a Qualified Trust Service Provider that quotes prices. DocuSign lists QES only on its Advanced plans.
No. Signers need no account at DocuSign, Dropbox Sign and BoldSign; you pay for senders. What differs is how senders are counted. SignWell charges per sender, signNow states unlimited users on all plans, and Skribble and Dokobit charge per seat.
GetAccept is built for that. Its signing-only plan is $25 per user a month, and the $49 Professional plan adds a digital sales room that tracks buyer activity. A general signing tool is cheaper if you only need signatures and not proposal tracking.
No. DocuSign shows different figures by region. Its US overview lists Standard at $25 and Business Pro at $40 per month, while the euro plan page shows €23 and €38 per user (€276 and €456 a year).
Read the page for your own region before comparing.
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Checked and edited by Sebastiaan Smits, last on 9 November 2026. The editorial process explains the method.
