Authentisign vs Docusign (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Authentisign if

• Fits if you already pay for Lone Wolf Transactions
• Works for real estate agents who need signing that matches their forms

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price before talking to anyone, because none is published
• Not for you if you are outside real estate, as the site frames it for that market
• Too light for a general signing need, since it ties into Lone Wolf
• Watch out: agents outside the Transactions editions are sent to a separate sign-up path

Pick Docusign if

• Fits if your clients and partners already expect a Docusign envelope
• Works for teams that want web forms and payment at signing on one plan, Business Pro

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're a small team, at $25 a head a month even paying the year upfront
• Tight if you send a lot, as each user gets 100 envelopes a year, or 10 a month on monthly plans, and extras are billed one by one
• Skip it if you might cancel early, as the annual plan billed monthly holds you to the year after 30 days
• Watch out: SMS delivery is from $0.36 a message and ID checks from $2.40 each after the first five
• Not for you if you need SSO, Salesforce, HIPAA or data residency, which are sold only on custom Enhanced plans

Authentisign

• No price is published on the pages read; pricing here is unverified and handled through Lone Wolf sales or the Transactions edition purchase.
• The vendor says it complies with ESIGN and UETA and is approved by Fannie Mae and FHA; the site frames it for real estate.
• Agents outside the Transactions editions are pointed to a separate sign-up path.
• The site is rendered with JavaScript and gave no plan table to confirm limits.

Docusign

• Standard and Business Pro include 100 envelopes per user a year on annual plans, or 10 a month on monthly plans; envelopes past the allowance are billed one by one.
• Annual plans paid monthly are a one-year commitment: cancelling after the first 30 days means paying the rest of the year.
• SMS delivery costs from $0.36 a message and ID verification from $2.40 an attempt, after five of each included once on Standard and Business Pro.
• SSO, Salesforce and NetSuite integrations, HIPAA support and data residency are sold only with the custom Enhanced plans.

Authentisign

Automatic field placement

Signature blocks are placed automatically and fields are pre-filled to reduce errors when preparing a document.

Signing on any device

Clients follow an invitation link and are walked through signing; the vendor says documents can be prepared, sent and signed from a phone.

Tracking and certificate

Reminders, progress tracking and a signing certificate show when a document was signed, by whom and where, with an audit trail on every transaction.

Lone Wolf Transactions link

It is built into Lone Wolf Transactions, the zipForm and TransactionDesk editions, so documents move from a deal file to signing.

Team permissions

Teams and brokers can share documents, assign permissions and reuse workflows for high volumes.

File types and languages

PDF, Word, Excel and common image formats are supported, with full functionality in English, French and Spanish.

Docusign

Send and sign

Upload a document, drag on signature and form fields, set a signing order and send it. Signers do not need a Docusign account.

Templates

Reusable templates on every plan; Standard adds templates shared across the team, and Business Pro adds locked templates.

Audit trail and reminders

Each envelope keeps a real-time audit trail and shows whether it was sent, delivered or completed, with automatic reminders to signers.

Web forms and payments

Business Pro adds mobile-friendly web forms that feed a signing flow, payment collection at signing and bulk sending to many recipients.

AI help for signers

AI-generated summaries and a question-and-answer panel explain an agreement to signers, and AI can suggest where fields should go.

Integrations and API

Cloud storage and Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace links on every plan; the API and over 1,000 partner integrations start at Business Pro.

Authentisign

Pricing could not be confirmed. See authentisign.com.

Docusign

• Personal$11

  per month, annual plan billed monthly ($132 a year)

  One user and 5 envelopes a month, with reusable templates, an audit trail and AI summaries for signers.

• Standard$30

  per user / month, annual plan billed monthly ($360 a year)

  Up to 50 users and 100 envelopes per user a year, with shared templates, comments, custom branding and delegated signing.

• Business Pro$45

  per user / month, annual plan billed monthly ($540 a year)

  Adds web forms, payment collection, bulk sending, conditional fields, locked templates and API access, still 100 envelopes per user a year.

• EnhancedCustom

  Sold through sales for more than 50 users: custom envelope limits, SSO, organization management and Salesforce document generation.

Authentisign

No public discounts listed.

Docusign

• Annual discount

  Save up to 33% on an annual plan

  Docusign's pricing page says the annual plan billed monthly saves up to 33% against month-to-month billing, which has a lower envelope allowance.

• Annual discount

  Lower price for paying the year upfront

  Docusign's eSignature page lists Personal at $10, Standard at $25 and Business Pro at $40 per user a month when billed annually ($120, $300 and $480 a year).