Dropbox Sign vs Sign.com (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sign.com grades higher than Dropbox Sign: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Dropbox Sign grades higher on platforms. Sign.com grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Dropbox Sign
E-signature app from Dropbox with unlimited requests on paid plans
Sign.com
Browser-based e-signatures with a free plan and unlimited paid sending
Which one is for you
Pick Dropbox Sign if
- Fits if your contracts already live in Dropbox
- Works for teams that send many agreements and don't want to count envelopes
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're three or more, at $25 a head even billed yearly
- Tight if you lean on templates, as Essentials stops at 5 and Standard at 15
- Not for you if you have more than 5 senders, as that means Premium on a quote
- Watch out: SSO, SMS authentication, Salesforce and data residency are Premium only, and the API is priced separately
- Tight if you stay free, at 3 signature requests a month, and there's no phone or desktop app listed
Pick Sign.com if
- Fits if you sign and send a few documents a month
- Makes sense if one person needs unlimited sending for about $7 a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with 2 documents a month and no templates
- Skip it if you want custom branding or team templates, as they need Teams
- Watch out: only the yearly-billed prices were shown, so the monthly price is unknown
- Not for you if you want phone support, because it is email only
- Skip it if you want an API or apps, as none is listed
How we grade them
| 2.0GPADropbox SignFair | 2.2GPASign.comFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$75 a month for three on Standard, billed yearly ($25 a head, $30 monthly). That's this category's dearest tenth. Requests are unlimited with no overage fees, so a busy month costs the same. One person alone pays $15 on Essentials. | BPremium is $7 a month billed yearly, inside the category's cheaper quarter, which starts at $10. Teams is $6 a member. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan for one sender and 3 signature requests a month. Fine for the odd lease, nowhere near 20 contracts a month. There's also a 30-day free trial of the paid plans. | CA free plan with 2 documents a month, plus a 7-day Premium trial. The cap is one you will reach. |
| Features | CUnlimited requests, templates and template links, field validation, signer attachments, reminders, and bulk send and branding on Standard. The gaps: Standard stops at 15 templates, and SMS authentication, SSO and Salesforce all need Premium, sold through sales. | CSending, signing, tracking, reminders, templates, audit trail and sealing. No API or bulk sending is listed, and templates are paid. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, so this rests on the listing. It's a web app where you drag fields onto each document and build your templates, so there's a bit of setting up. | CNo store rating on record, and you upload a document and place fields yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but it sends from Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Word, HubSpot and Slack, and there's an API, priced separately from these plans. No phone or desktop app is listed. | CWeb only, with ChatGPT and Smallpdf connections. |
| Best for | unlimited signature requests from a familiar name | cheap browser 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: Dropbox Sign and Sign.com. How we grade
Price against what you get
Dropbox Sign starts at $15 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sign.com starts at $7 a month and scores 2.0.
Dropbox Sign scores higher, and starts $8 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, 11 score higher than Dropbox Sign for less, and 1 scores higher than Sign.com 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
At a glance
| Dropbox Sign | Sign.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly) | $7 per month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | One sender and up to 3 signature requests a month. | 2 documents a month, activity timeline, basic signing and sharing requests via link. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of the paid plans | 7-day free trial on Premium |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Dropbox | Smallpdf AG |
| Price read from | sign.dropbox.com | sign.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Dropbox Sign
- Standard covers 2 to 5 users; more than five senders means the Premium plan, priced by quote.
- SSO, SMS authentication, the Salesforce integration and data residency are Premium only.
- Dropbox storage plans include unlimited self-signing but only 3 signature requests a month.
- The Dropbox Sign API is priced separately from these plans.
Sign.com
- The free plan stops at 2 documents a month and has no templates, digital sealing or team features.
- Team management, shareable templates and custom branding need the Teams plan.
- The monthly-billing price was not shown on the pricing page; the prices above are the yearly-billed ones.
- Support is by email only; the site lists no phone line.
Key features
Dropbox Sign
- Unlimited signature requests
- Paid plans charge per user, with no monthly cap on the number of documents sent for signature and no overage fees.
- Templates and template links
- Save a prepared document as a template, or turn it into a link to share by email or on a website. Essentials allows 5 templates, Standard 15.
- Signer fields with validation
- Drag on signature blocks, text fields, checkboxes and dates, and add rules that check what signers type as they go.
- Audit trail and reminders
- Every request carries a time-stamped audit trail, and automatic email reminders chase signers who have not finished.
- Team admin and bulk send
- Standard adds an admin console with team roles, company branding, reporting and bulk send to a list of recipients.
- Integrations
- Send from Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Word, HubSpot and Slack; the Salesforce integration needs Premium.
Sign.com
- Send for signature
- Upload a PDF, Word file or image, place predefined fields, add recipients and set the signing order.
- Sign your own documents
- Draw, type or upload a signature and add it to a PDF in the browser without creating an account.
- Tracking and reminders
- Document history shows who did what and when, and automatic reminders nudge signers who have not finished.
- Templates and links
- Save frequently used contracts as templates and share a private link for each signee, who confirms with a one-time email code.
- Audit and sealing
- Sign ID, Document ID and a certificate of completion are recorded, and signed documents are digitally sealed against edits.
- Security and legality
- The vendor cites eIDAS, ESIGN Act, GDPR and ISO 27001, and offers a ChatGPT app and enhanced verification.
Plans
Dropbox Sign
Free$0
One sender and up to 3 signature requests a month.
Essentials$15
per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly)
One user, unlimited signature requests, 5 templates, data validation, signer attachments and template links.
Standard$25
per user / month, billed yearly ($30 billed monthly)
2 to 5 users and 15 templates, with an admin console, team roles, branding, bulk send and reporting.
PremiumCustom
Sold through sales for 5 or more users: unlimited templates, SSO, SMS authentication, Salesforce, data residency and multi-team admin.
Sign.com
Free$0
2 documents a month, activity timeline, basic signing and link sharing; no credit card needed.
Premium$7
per month, billed yearly
Unlimited documents, signees and templates, plus digital sealing. 7-day free trial.
Teams$6
per member / month, billed yearly
Everything in Premium plus team management, shareable templates, custom branding and ownership transfer.
Ways to pay less
Dropbox Sign
- Annual discount
Lower price with yearly billing
Essentials is $15 a month billed yearly ($180) against $20 monthly, and Standard $25 per user a month yearly against $30 monthly.
Sign.com
- Annual discount
Up to 40% off with annual billing
The pricing page's Annually option is labeled 'up to 40% off' compared with monthly billing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dropbox Sign or Sign.com?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sign.com is cheaper to start with: $7 a month, against $15 a month for Dropbox Sign. Dropbox Sign starts at $15 per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly), and Sign.com starts at $7 per month, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Dropbox Sign or Sign.com?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Dropbox Sign and Sign.com have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.