Docusign vs OpenSign
We give Docusign and OpenSign the same GPA: 2.6 out of 4.0. Docusign grades higher on features and ease of use. OpenSign grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on 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
OpenSign
Open-source PDF signing with unlimited free signatures
How we grade them
| 2.6GPADocusignGood | 2.6GPAOpenSignGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CTeams is $19.99 a user a month billed yearly ($39.99 monthly), so about $60 a month for three. That's the dearer end of this category, for shared templates and your own storage. The free cloud plan covers 20 documents a month if you can do without sharing; self-hosting doesn't count. |
| 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. | AThe free cloud plan has unlimited signatures and templates, 14 field types, signing order and completion certificates, with no cap a normal person would reach. Automatic reminders and the API are the paid bits. |
| 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. | CTemplates, signing order, expiry dates, decline, sealed completion certificates, plus API, webhooks, Zapier and embedded signing on paid plans. The gaps: custom branding needs Enterprise, there's no mobile app, and payment requests are still listed as coming soon. |
| 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. | CNo store rating on record. The cloud version is a web app with templates to set up; hosting it yourself means following the self-host guide and running a server. |
| 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 only, with Zapier, Dropbox and Gmail, and an API, webhooks and embedded signing on paid plans. No phone app yet, so it's web with integrations. |
| Best for | signing with the name every client knows | unlimited free e-signatures |
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 OpenSign. 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. OpenSign starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.3.
Docusign scores higher, and starts $1.01 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 2 score higher than OpenSign 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. OpenSign starts at $9.99 per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly).
- OpenSign has a free plan. Docusign does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Docusign lists iOS and Android apps.
- OpenSign is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Docusign also covers forms.
At a glance
| Docusign | OpenSign | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $11 per month, annual plan billed monthly | $9.99 per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | OpenSign Free (cloud): unlimited signatures and templates, signing order, completion certificates, Dropbox import and email notifications. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Docusign, Inc. | OpenSignLabs |
| Price read from | ecom.docusign.com | opensignlabs.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 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
OpenSign
- Individuals and small businesses that want unlimited signatures at no cost
- Developers who want to host an open-source signing tool themselves
- Teams that need API sends and webhooks for a low yearly price
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.
OpenSign
- API sends, public links and bulk sending use premium credits: 240 a year on Professional yearly, 100 a month on the monthly plan.
- SSO, custom branding, a custom domain and an uptime SLA come only with Enterprise, priced on request.
- Support for free users is through GitHub issues and Discord; official support comes with the cloud plans.
- Payment requests and a mobile app are listed as coming soon on the Teams plan.
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.
OpenSign
- Unlimited free signatures
- Both the free cloud plan and the self-hosted version allow unlimited signatures, requests to others and templates.
- Open source and self-hostable
- The code is on GitHub under the AGPL-3 license and can be installed on your own servers by following the self-host guide.
- Completion certificates
- Signed files are sealed with a certificate, so any later change breaks the signature, and come with a log of access and timestamps.
- Templates and signing order
- Reusable templates, 14 field types, signing order, document expiry and an option for signers to decline.
- API, webhooks and Zapier
- Paid plans add API access, webhooks, a Zapier integration, embedded signing and your own Gmail or SMTP account for emails.
- Premium credits
- Paid plans include credits used for API sends, public signing links, bulk sends and kiosk-mode signing in person.
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.
OpenSign
OpenSign Free$0
Hosted: unlimited digital signatures and templates, 14 field types, signing order, completion certificates and public profiles.
OpenSign Professional$9.99
per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly)
Field validations, webhooks, Zapier, API access, auto reminders, embedded signing and 240 premium credits a year.
OpenSign Teams$19.99
per user / month, billed yearly ($39.99 billed monthly)
Adds teams and organizations, shared templates, your own cloud storage and 500 premium credits a year.
OpenSign EnterpriseCustom
Price on request: custom domain, custom branding, an uptime SLA, SSO and priority support.
OpenSign Self-Hosted$0
The open-source version you host yourself from GitHub, with unlimited signatures and templates.
Teams (self-hosted)$720
per year for up to 3 users, self-hosted
Paid self-hosted license with 1,500 premium credits, API access, embedded signing, public links, kiosk mode and analytics.
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).
OpenSign
- Annual discount
Lower price with yearly billing
Professional is $9.99 a month billed yearly against $29.99 monthly, and Teams $19.99 per user a month yearly against $39.99 monthly.
