Docusign vs Foxit eSign
We give Docusign a 2.6 GPA and Foxit eSign a 2.4, out of 4.0. Docusign grades higher on ease of use. Foxit eSign grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Docusign
E-signature service for sending, signing and tracking agreements
Foxit eSign
E-signatures with payments, notary and storage, priced per user a year
How we grade them
| 2.6GPADocusignGood | 2.4GPAFoxit eSignFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$75 a month for three on Standard, paying the year upfront ($25 a head, or $30 on the annual plan billed monthly). That's this category's dearest tenth, for 100 envelopes each a year, so your 240 fit with a little to spare. Web forms, payments and bulk send need Business Pro at $40. | C$120 a person a year on Essentials, $10 a month, right at this category's middle, with 250 envelopes and 10 templates a year. Unlimited sending needs Business at $300 a person a year, and that's sold in 5 licenses or more. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 30-day free trial, and the listing doesn't say it needs a card. After that even Personal is one user and 5 envelopes a month. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial of Essentials with no card needed. The free signing tool on Foxit's site isn't legally binding, so it doesn't count. |
| Features | BTemplates, signing order, an audit trail, reminders and AI summaries for signers, then web forms, payment collection and bulk send on Business Pro. It covers the whole job. SSO, HIPAA and Salesforce wait for the custom Enhanced plans, which a small team won't miss. | BTemplates, signing order, bulk send, Foxit Pay for collecting payment, an online notary, knowledge-based and qualified signatures, unlimited storage, and HIPAA and 21 CFR Part 11 support. It covers the whole job across its plans; the notary costs extra. |
| Ease of use | A4.9 from about 830,000 App Store ratings, the biggest following in this category by miles. Signers don't need an account either, which saves your clients a step. | CThere's an iPhone app but no store rating on record. It's a web app where you set up templates and workflows first, and the team features wait for Business. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox and Box on every plan, and 1,000+ integrations plus the API from Business Pro. There's no desktop app, so it stops at a B. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Microsoft Teams, Dynamics, Zapier, WordPress and Salesforce, and you can sign from inside Foxit PDF Editor. No desktop app of its own. |
| Best for | signing with the name every client knows | signing with payments and a notary built in |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Docusign and Foxit eSign. How we grade
Price against what you get
Docusign starts at $11 a month and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Foxit eSign starts at $10 a month when paid by the year for each person and scores 2.7.
Docusign scores higher, and starts $1 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, none scores higher than Docusign for less, and 1 scores higher than Foxit eSign for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Docusign starts at $11 per month, annual plan billed monthly. Foxit eSign starts at $120 per user / year.
- Foxit eSign also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Docusign | Foxit eSign | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $11 per month, annual plan billed monthly | $120 per user / year |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial | 14-day free trial of eSign Essentials, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Docusign, Inc. | Foxit Software Incorporated |
| Price read from | ecom.docusign.com | foxit.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Docusign
- Companies whose customers or partners already expect a Docusign envelope
- Sales and operations teams sending a steady volume of standard agreements
- Larger organizations that need SSO, compliance options and Salesforce links
Foxit eSign
- Teams already using Foxit PDF Editor for their PDFs
- Businesses that collect a payment or need a notary when a contract is signed
- Regulated teams that need HIPAA or 21 CFR Part 11 support
Worth knowing
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.
Foxit eSign
- Essentials covers one user with 250 envelopes and 10 templates a year; web forms, integrations and unlimited sending need Business.
- eSign Business requires a minimum of 5 licenses, and both plans are priced by the year.
- Online notary and Foxit Connectors for HR, ATS and storage apps cost extra; the free signing tool on Foxit's site is not legally binding.
- Editing PDFs needs Foxit PDF Editor, a separate product; eSign can be used from inside it.
Key features
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.
Foxit eSign
- Templates, workflows and bulk send
- Reusable templates, signing order and workflow rules, tracking and reminders, and bulk sending, which is capped at 250 a year on Essentials.
- Foxit Pay
- Collects a payment from the signer as part of signing an agreement, on both plans.
- On-demand notary
- Books an online notary for documents that need notarizing, charged as an extra on top of either plan.
- Signer identity checks
- Passcodes, two-factor and multi-factor checks, knowledge-based authentication and qualified electronic signatures, with SSO for staff.
- Storage for signed records
- Every paid plan includes unlimited storage in Foxit's document management system for completed agreements.
- Compliance support
- Supports HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11 and FERPA workflows, follows ESIGN, UETA and eIDAS, and has a SOC 2 Type 2 report.
Plans
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.
Foxit eSign
eSign Essentials$120
per user / year
One user, 250 envelopes and 10 templates a year, Foxit Pay, multi-document envelopes, audit trails, mobile app and signing in Foxit PDF Editor.
eSign Business$300
per user / year
Sold in 5 licenses or more: unlimited envelopes and templates, branding, web forms, Teams, Dynamics and Zapier, bulk sending and advanced authentication.
Volume LicensingCustom
Quoted for 16 or more licenses, with volume discounts and one renewal date, and can mix eSign with PDF Editor licenses.
Ways to pay less
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).
Foxit eSign
- Other savings
Volume discounts from 16 licenses
Foxit's pricing page offers volume licensing for 16 or more licenses, with discounts that grow with quantity, quoted by its sales team.
