E-Signatures & Proposals

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02The best gradedThe three with the highest grades, and who each suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the E-Signatures & Proposals page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 17, 2026.

Send a contract, quote or proposal, get it signed online and see when it was opened.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about e-signature and proposal tools, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 14 e-signature and proposal tools

   8 of them are free or have a free plan, and 6 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $11.50 a month in the middle

   From $5 (BoldSign) to $34 (Jotform Sign), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: Zoho Sign, signNow and BoldSign

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   6 of 14 have iPhone and Android apps

   14 run in a web browser and 1 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.5

   2 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is BoldSign, at 3.0.

6. 6

   Best free option: BoldSign

   BoldSign has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.0. Low-cost e-signature app and API from Syncfusion.

7. 7

   9 worth keeping, 1 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 9 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 1 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 4 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

The best graded

The three with the highest grades, and who each suits

The three e-signature and proposal tools with the highest grades. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.0GPA

   BoldSign

   Free plan · from $5/mo

   For: cheap e-signatures with a generous free plan

   BoldSign is the bargain of this category. The free plan gives one person 25 envelopes a month, and three people on Growth pay $15 a month billed yearly for 50 envelopes each. The trade-offs: SMS, bulk send and ID checks are add-ons charged on use, and there's no store rating on record yet.

   The BoldSign Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   3.0GPA

   Zoho Sign

   Free plan · from $10/mo

   For: per-user signing with digital certificates

   Zoho Sign is a solid all-rounder at a fair price: $10 a user a month billed yearly for 25 envelopes each, with apps on every device, Mac and Windows included. It handles digital certificates, even your own. Watch the credits, though: SMS, ID checks, bulk send and integrations use them, bought on top below Enterprise.

   The Zoho Sign Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   2.6GPA

   Docusign

   Free trial · from $11/mo

   For: signing with the name every client knows

   Docusign is the e-signature name most clients already know, with a phone app rated 4.9, web forms, payments and a huge list of integrations. It's also one of the dearest here: three people on Standard pay $75 a month, paid yearly, and that buys 100 envelopes each a year, not unlimited.

   The Docusign Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, Zoho Sign, signNow and BoldSign give the most for the money among e-signature and proposal tools: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $11.50 a month across the 14 that charge, from $5 (BoldSign) to $34 (Jotform Sign).

6 of the 14 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 6 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded e-signature and proposal tools, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
BoldSign	A	B	B	C	B	3.0
Zoho Sign	B	C	B	B	A	3.0
Docusign	D	C	B	A	B	2.6
OpenSign	C	A	C	C	B	2.6
Signeasy	C	C	C	A	B	2.6
signNow	C	C	B	B	B	2.6
SignWell	B	C	B	C	B	2.6
Prospero	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
Better Proposals	C	C	C	C	B	2.2
Documenso	C	C	C	C	B	2.2
Jotform Sign	D	C	C	B	B	2.2
Dropbox Sign	D	C	C	C	B	2.0

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where e-signature and proposal tools land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 9

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 4

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 1

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every e-signature and proposal tool we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1BoldSignFree plan · from $5/mo3.0
2. 2Zoho SignFree plan · from $10/mo3.0
3. 3DocusignFree trial · from $11/mo2.6
4. 4OpenSignFree plan · from $9.99/mo2.6
5. 5SigneasyFree trial · from $10/mo2.6
6. 6signNowFree trial · from $8/mo2.6
7. 7SignWellFree plan · from $10/mo2.6
8. 8ProsperoFree trial · from $12/mo2.4
9. 9Better ProposalsFree trial · from $13/mo2.2
10. 10DocumensoFree plan · from $25/mo2.2
11. 11Jotform SignFree plan · from $34/mo2.2
12. 12Dropbox SignFree plan · from $15/mo2.0
13. 13PandaDocFree plan · from $19/mo2.0
14. 14Adobe Acrobat SignFree trial · from $16.99/mo1.6

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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