Top electronic signature software compared

About Top electronic signature software compared

This ranking covers 44 e-signature brands, and it starts from the question small businesses ask before anything else: what a signing plan costs when you join, what it costs afterwards, and what sits inside the plan. Entry prices across this category run €2.64 to €149, and in this ranking the median listed price is €10.88, with a lower quartile of €9 and an upper quartile of €20.49. Opening and renewal pricing are kept apart, because that gap is where switching decisions go wrong: the median opening price across the site is €2.99 and the median renewal price is €5.99. The main trade-off is reach against a low opening bill. A free plan keeps a light signing load off the budget, and 66.7% of the brands here offer one, with 66.7% of the field leaning on trials instead. Trials here reach 30 days at the long end and 14 days at the midpoint. Support is the quieter tell, with a help centre reachable at 78.1% of the ranking, and small business the stated audience at 100%. Every brand below is built for signing documents.

How we picked

Every brand here is scored on published pricing, offer and trust signals, then sorted on the combined result. Cost carries the heaviest single weight at 40%, the offer inside the plan carries an equal 40%, and trust makes up the remaining 20%. For each brand the entry price is read as listed, the presence of a free plan or free trial is noted, and the support channels a customer can reach are recorded. Where a brand states a headquarters country or a registered legal entity, that is noted too, since it shapes invoicing for a cross-border buyer. Partner relationships never change the arithmetic. Partners are listed first; 0 brands in this ranking are partners, so every position here follows the score alone. Labels are computed rather than assigned: a brand takes the top pick label for the highest score and the lowest price from label for the smallest entry price, and every other brand carries no label at all. Open questions stay open. A brand can publish an entry price without saying what the same plan costs at renewal, and that gap is left as a question rather than filled with a guess.

Our top picks

1. 4. DocuSign

   DocuSign sits near the front of this ranking because its offer is broad rather than cheap: 1,000 integrations, support across phone, help centre and community and a 30 day free trial, with paid plans from $11 and no free plan. DocuSign trades as Docusign, Inc. and covers enterprises as well as small businesses.

   • Price from: $11
   • Free plan: No
   • Usage limits: Send 5 envelopes per month

   Pros

   • The entry plan covers Send 5 envelopes per month, enough for routine monthly contracts without a tier change.
   • Support runs on phone, help centre and community, so help is a phone call or a help centre search away.
   • With 1,000 integrations, DocuSign fits into the software a business already runs.
   • The free trial runs 30 days against a category median of 14 days.
   • Plans are aimed at small business and enterprise, so a small desk and a large legal team are both covered.

   Cons

   • DocuSign has no free plan, so any test means paying from the earliest paid period.
   • The entry plan covers Send 5 envelopes per month, so heavier sending volume moves you into a costlier tier.
   • Live chat is offered by 28.1% of e-signature tools, while DocuSign's support runs on phone, help centre and community.
   • Vchasno includes a free plan, which DocuSign does not match.

2. 9. Youtrust

   Youtrust is in this ranking for a low opening bill with a free plan attached, starting at €9 for small businesses. The free plan is where the caution sits: 2 signature requests/month covers a handful of agreements and not much more, and support is limited to a help centre. OneSpan Sign, ranked next, starts higher at $20 and offers no free plan, but it pairs a 30 day trial with an audience spanning enterprises and small businesses, so it suits teams that want a fuller rollout before paying anything.

   • Price from: €9
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Usage limits: 2 signature requests/month

   Pros

   • A free plan is available, so occasional signing can cost nothing at all.
   • Entry price of €9 sits under the category mark of €10.88.
   • Entry price of €9 lands under DocuSign at $11 and eSignly at $10 on the same measure.
   • Built around small business users rather than large organisations.

   Cons

   • A monthly cap on signature requests sits on the entry tier, so higher volume needs the paid plan.
   • Support runs on help centre only.
   • Quoted in euros, the entry price of €9 needs converting for readers who bill in other currencies.

3. 10. QuickSigner: best for QuickSigner

   QuickSigner is electronic signature software for small and medium businesses to eSign and collect legally binding signatures, and is ISO 27001 certified.

   • Free plan: Yes
   • Usage limits: first PDF free
   • Free trial length: 14 days

   Pros

   • Signers can sign without creating an account, which cuts chasing and delays
   • Certificate based signatures with tamper evident seals and full audit trails
   • Supports PDF and Word uploads plus signing on computers and mobile devices
   • Offers an embeddable interface with templates and completion notices

   Cons

   • Centers on PDF and Word files, which narrows source file choices
   • Geared toward small and medium businesses rather than large operations
   • Focuses on online signing, so paper based workflows stay outside it

What to look for

Entry price against the field

The median entry price in this ranking is €10.88, with a lower quartile of €9 and an upper quartile of €20.49. A brand under that band is cheap against its peers, while one above it needs something else to justify the figure.

Free plan or free trial

66.7% of the brands here offer a free plan and 33.3% do not, so a permanent free tier is common here but never certain. Trials account for 66.7% of the field and free plans for 56.7%, with trial length reaching 30 days at the top.

Opening price against renewal price

Across the site the median opening price is €2.99 and the median renewal price is €5.99, so the later figure is usually the one that decides a subscription. A free plan shifts the question as well, since the lowest paid tier becomes the real entry point. Keep the plan name beside every figure.

Support channels you can reach

A help centre appears at 78.1% of this ranking, email at 43.8% and phone at 34.4%. Chat covers 28.1% and a community board is rare at 6.2%. Teams that expect to call about a stalled signature should read this line first.

Audience fit

Small business is the stated audience at 100% of brands in this ranking, enterprise at 75% and beginners at 9.4%. A tool aimed only at small business will not suit a legal or procurement rollout, and one aimed at beginners will not scale with a growing operations team.

Volume inside the plan

The field holds 44 brands, and the caps attached to a free plan vary widely, from a few signature requests a month to unlimited signatures. Read the usage limit next to the plan name, since a generous cap on one tier often narrows on the tier above it.

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