Docusign vs SigniFlow (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 SigniFlow if

• Fits if you want signing wired into Microsoft 365 and workflows
• Makes sense if you must keep documents on your own servers

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay on SignFree, which stops at 1 user, 3 workflows and 50 documents
• Pricey if you need biometric checks or QES certificates, both marked as extra cost
• Skip it if you want a private tenant price, as those are quoted on request
• Watch out: the page does not say if the $15 price is available monthly, and the trial length is not stated

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.

SigniFlow

• The Business Cloud price is shown as $15 per user a month and $180 a year; the page does not say whether monthly billing is offered.
• 3D facial biometric liveness checks, AES and QES certificate support and 2FA mobile authentication are marked as extra-cost items.
• Private tenant licenses have no published price and are quoted on request.
• The pricing page offers a currency switch; the dollar figure here is the US$ view.

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.

SigniFlow

eSign workflow

Route documents for signing or approval with multiple signatories, approvers, viewers, proxy signing, automatic reminders and expiry.

Built-in digital signatures

Digital signatures with a timestamp from a timestamp authority are built in, alongside simple eSignatures. AES and QES certificate support is a paid add-on.

Forms designer

Build forms that feed into workflows. The Business Cloud plan lists unlimited built-in forms.

Deployment choices

Run in the vendor's cloud, in a hosted private tenant, or self-hosted on premises or in a public or private data center.

Microsoft 365 connectors

A SharePoint connector and Office 365 connectors for Word, Excel and Outlook are listed on the Business Cloud and enterprise licenses.

Digital Signing Service

A service for generating large volumes of digital signatures or seals for an organization, an application or individuals.

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.

SigniFlow

• SignFree$0

  Single user with 3 workflows, built-in eSignature and digital signature, and 50 documents of storage.

• Business Cloud$15

  per user / month ($180 a year; billing basis not stated)

  Unlimited workflows and signatures, 200 documents of storage per user, forms designer, Microsoft 365 connectors and 24/7 support.

• Private Tenant SaaSCustom

  Flat-rate enterprise license hosted by SigniFlow, in tiers from 50 users to unlimited users, with SSO and full API access.

• Private Tenant Self HostedCustom

  Flat-rate license you host on premises or in any data center, with the same features as the hosted tenant.

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).

SigniFlow

No public discounts listed.