Docusign vs Sign.Plus
We give Docusign a 2.6 GPA and Sign.Plus a 2.4, out of 4.0. Docusign grades higher on ease of use. Sign.Plus 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
Sign.Plus
Swiss e-signature app with qualified signatures and mobile apps
How we grade them
| 2.6GPADocusignGood | 2.4GPASign.PlusFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CPersonal is $9.99 a month billed yearly ($14.99 monthly), at this category's cheaper quarter, but it's one user and 10 requests a month. A team needs Professional at $19.99 a user, past the dearer quarter, and qualified signatures are $5 a recipient on top. |
| 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. | CThe free plan lets you sign your own documents, but it's 3 signature requests in total, not per month, and one template. The 14-day trial needs a card or PayPal and turns into a paid plan unless you cancel. |
| 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 with conditional steps, bulk send, in-person signing, public forms, SMS and WhatsApp sends, ID checks and qualified signatures. It covers the whole job across its plans, though Zapier and branding start on Business. |
| 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 are iPhone and Android apps, but no store rating on record. It's a web app where you build templates and workflows before it pays off. |
| 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, sending from Google Docs, Gmail and Word and pulling files from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and Box. Zapier is on Business, the API is sold separately, and there's no desktop app. |
| Best for | signing with the name every client knows | qualified signatures and signing by WhatsApp |
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 Sign.Plus. 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. Sign.Plus starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.7.
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 1 scores higher than Sign.Plus 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. Sign.Plus starts at $9.99 per month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly).
- Sign.Plus has a free plan. Docusign does not, though it has a free trial.
At a glance
| Docusign | Sign.Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $11 per month, annual plan billed monthly | $9.99 per month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Sign your own documents, 3 signature requests in total (not per month) and one template. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial | 14-day free trial of a paid plan; a card or PayPal is required and it converts to paid unless cancelled |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Docusign, Inc. | Alohi |
| Price read from | ecom.docusign.com | sign.plus |
| 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
Sign.Plus
- Businesses in the EU or Switzerland that need qualified signatures
- Teams that want signers reached by SMS or WhatsApp as well as email
- Healthcare teams that need HIPAA with a signed BAA
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.
Sign.Plus
- The free plan allows only 3 signature requests in total, not per month, and one template.
- Qualified signatures cost $5 per recipient, bought as credits in packs of 10 to 1,000.
- Personal is one user with 10 requests a month and Professional stops at 5 users; Zapier and branding start at Business, SSO at Enterprise.
- The eSignature API is sold separately, from $75.99 a month billed yearly ($79.99 monthly) for 50 signature requests a month.
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.
Sign.Plus
- Qualified electronic signatures
- QES under the EU's eIDAS and Swiss ZertES rules is available on every plan, at $5 per recipient, alongside standard signatures under the US ESIGN Act.
- Many ways to sign
- Recipients can sign by email link, in person, through a public form or from a request sent by SMS or WhatsApp, with no account needed.
- Templates and workflows
- Reusable templates with dynamic fields, signing order and conditional steps, reminders, expiry dates and bulk send of a template to many people.
- Google, Word and cloud storage
- Send from Google apps and Microsoft Word, pull files from Google Drive, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or Box, and connect other apps through Zapier.
- Mobile apps and Scan.Plus
- Apps for iPhone and Android, and paid plans include Scan.Plus Pro, Alohi's mobile document scanner.
- Security and compliance
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2, AES-256 encryption with a key per user, and HIPAA with a BAA and a choice of data location on Enterprise.
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.
Sign.Plus
Free$0
Sign documents yourself, send 3 signature requests in total and keep one template.
Personal$9.99
per month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly)
One user, 10 signature requests a month, 5 templates, reminders, audit trail, mobile app, Gmail extension and cloud storage links.
Professional$19.99
per user / month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly)
Up to 5 users, unlimited requests, 10 templates, folders, SMS checks, in-person signing, public forms, ID checks, 10 SMS or WhatsApp sends.
Business$29.99
per user / month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly)
Any number of users, unlimited templates, document sharing, Zapier and custom branding, with 30 SMS or WhatsApp sends per seat a month.
Enterprise$49.99
per user / month, billed annually ($79.99 billed monthly)
Adds SSO, HIPAA with a BAA, PHIPA, advanced security controls, data residency, priority support and 150 SMS or WhatsApp sends per seat.
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).
Sign.Plus
- Annual discount
Save up to 40% with annual plans
Sign.Plus states savings of up to 40% on yearly billing: Business is $29.99 a user a month billed yearly against $49.99 monthly.
