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

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

Pick Legalesign if

• Fits if you need witnessed or qualified signatures and work with UK or European paperwork
• Works for a single user who wants to pay per document with no subscription

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want witnessing or qualified signatures, which need Solo Pro at £25 a month
• Skip it if you want dollar prices: the page shows pounds ex VAT and we couldn't read the dollar amounts
• Watch out: Solo plans have a fair-use limit of 20 or 100 documents a month
• Watch out: the page doesn't say whether the monthly price is billed monthly or yearly
• Not for you if you want a free plan, as the entry is a 14-day trial

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.

Legalesign

• Prices are shown in pounds ex VAT; a USD option exists on the page but its amounts could not be read.
• Solo plans carry a fair-use document limit, and the page does not say whether the monthly price is billed monthly or yearly.
• Qualified signatures, witnessing, SMS verification, branding and bulk send need Solo Pro or higher; Pay As You Go and Solo Basic exclude witnessing.
• No free plan is listed; the entry is a 14-day trial.

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.

Legalesign

Electronic signatures

Documents are prepared, sent, signed and tracked in a web app. Every plan lists advanced electronic signatures, and qualified signatures start on Solo Pro.

Forms and data collection

Forms collect the details a workflow needs, with text tags and PDF field import for building templates.

Online witnessing

Agreements can be witnessed remotely. The pricing table lists witnessing from Solo Pro upward.

Bulk send and self-service links

Personalised agreements can go to many recipients at once, or recipients can start a signing themselves from a link.

API and components

A REST and GraphQL API, webhooks and embeddable components add signing to your own software. API access is on every plan.

Workflow automation

Batch documents and saved workflows chain several signing steps together, with integrations to Salesforce and Microsoft Power Automate.

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.

Legalesign

• Pay As You Go£1.50

  per sent document (ex VAT), no subscription

  For occasional use: 1 user, 5 templates, advanced electronic signature, forms and API.

• Solo Basic£10

  per month (ex VAT), billing period not shown

  Single user, fair use of 20 documents a month, 10 templates, advanced electronic signature, forms and API.

• Solo Pro£25

  per month (ex VAT), billing period not shown

  Single user, fair use of 100 documents a month, unlimited templates, qualified signatures, witnessing, SMS verification, branding and bulk send.

• Team£15

  per user / month (ex VAT), for 2 to 5 users

  Fair use of 100 documents per user a month, with the Solo Pro features plus users and permissions.

• 5+ users & EnterpriseCustom

  Per-document or per-user pricing for larger teams, with SSO, multiple teams, an SLA and implementation management.

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).

Legalesign

No public discounts listed.