Docusign vs Skribble (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 Skribble if

• Fits if you need qualified signatures under EU or Swiss law
• Works for teams that sign inside Word or SharePoint

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you sign many documents at the advanced or qualified level, since Team includes 72 per user a year
• Watch out: prices are in euros and exclude VAT
• Tight if you want branding or single sign-on, which are extra on Pro
• Skip it if you have more than 20 users, as Team stops there and Scale goes through sales
• Skip it if you want an API on a cheaper plan, because it starts on Pro at EUR 36

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.

Skribble

• Prices are listed in euros and exclude VAT; the page shows €/CHF for the per-signature fees.
• Advanced and qualified signatures beyond the yearly allowance cost €2 to €3 each for AES and €4 to €5 each for QES.
• Company branding and single sign-on on Pro are charged extra, and Scale is sold through sales.
• The Team plan caps at 20 users.

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.

Skribble

Three signature standards

Simple (SES), advanced (AES) and qualified (QES) signatures are all available, chosen by the legal risk of the document.

Signers need no account

External parties sign without a Skribble account, and the party that invites them covers the cost of any AES or QES.

Compliance and hosting

The vendor cites ZertES, eIDAS, UETA and ESIGN validity, Adobe-approved trust list support, and hosting in Switzerland.

Signing inside other tools

Sign from Word, Excel, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Google Drive, with Salesforce, Zapier and many industry connectors.

Audit and signing controls

Set signing order, add observers and attachments, send reminders and download a signature protocol as proof.

API

An API on Pro lets companies embed signing in their own systems.

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.

Skribble

• Starter€1

  per simple signature, no subscription

  Pay per signature for one user: €1 simple, €3 advanced (AES), €5 qualified (QES). Excludes VAT.

• Team€23

  per user / month, billed yearly (€29 billed monthly)

  Up to 20 users, unlimited simple signatures and 72 AES or QES per user a year, pooled across the company.

• Pro€36

  per user / month, billed yearly (€49 billed monthly)

  Everything in Team with 120 AES or QES per user a year, auto-delete of documents, API, and Word, Excel and SharePoint signing.

• ScaleCustom

  For 20 or more users or high volumes: custom bundles, cost centres, Salesforce signing and restricting signature standards.

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).

Skribble

• Annual discount

  3 months free with yearly billing

  The pricing page offers '3 months for free' on yearly billing: Team at €276 a year instead of €348, Pro at €432 instead of €588.