Dropbox Sign vs Signable
We give Dropbox Sign a 2.0 GPA and Signable a 2.2, out of 4.0. Signable grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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
Signable
UK e-signature service priced by envelopes, with unlimited users
How we grade them
| 2.0GPADropbox SignFair | 2.2GPASignableFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. To be fair, requests are unlimited with no overage fees, so a busy month never costs more. One person alone pays $15 on Essentials. | C£40 a month billed yearly, plus VAT, for unlimited users and 300 envelopes a year. Split five ways, that's around this category's middle per head once pounds become dollars. One person alone pays the full £40, and going over the allowance costs a fee per envelope. |
| 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. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial with no card needed. Pay As You Go skips the subscription, from £2.60 an envelope, which suits the odd document but isn't free. |
| 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. | CUnlimited users and templates, advanced signatures, an eSeal, two-factor checks for signers, reminders, signing order and AI field placement. The gaps the listing names: bulk send, teams, the API and qualified signatures start on Business, sold through sales. |
| 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 no phone app. It's a web app where you set up templates, users and roles before it runs smoothly. |
| 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. | BWeb only, but it connects to Google Drive, Google Docs, Dropbox, HubSpot, Slack, Zapier and Make. No phone or desktop app is listed, and text-message checks for signers work in the UK only. |
| Best for | unlimited signature requests from a familiar name | UK teams with many senders and few envelopes |
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 Signable. 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. Signable starts at about $52.88 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Dropbox Sign starts $37.88 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 8 score higher than Dropbox Sign for less, and 9 score higher than Signable 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
- Dropbox Sign starts at $15 per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly). Signable starts at £40 per month for 300 envelopes a year, billed annually, plus VAT.
- Dropbox Sign has a free plan. Signable does not, though it has a free trial.
At a glance
| Dropbox Sign | Signable | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly) | £40 per month for 300 envelopes a year, billed annually, plus VAT |
| Free plan | One sender and up to 3 signature requests a month. | None |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of the paid plans | 14-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Dropbox | Signable Ltd |
| Price read from | sign.dropbox.com | signable.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Dropbox Sign
- Freelancers and small teams who send many agreements and want no per-envelope limit
- Dropbox users who keep their contracts in Dropbox already
- Anyone who signs only now and then: 3 requests a month are free
Signable
- UK businesses that want data held in the UK and UK-based support
- Organizations with many people sending documents but modest volumes
- Teams that need qualified electronic signatures under UK and EU rules
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.
Signable
- Prices are in pounds, exclude VAT and are billed yearly; the envelope allowance is a yearly total available upfront.
- Pay As You Go has no subscription and charges from £2.60 per envelope; going over a plan's allowance without a bundle adds a fee per envelope.
- The API, teams, bulk send and qualified signatures start at Business, which is sold through sales; SSO is Enterprise only.
- Two-factor checks for signers by text message work in the UK only.
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.
Signable
- Unlimited users
- Plans charge by envelopes, not seats, so a whole organization can be added at no extra cost, with user roles and teams to split it up.
- AES and QES signatures
- Advanced electronic signatures and an eSeal on every plan; qualified electronic signatures, for documents that need verified identity, from Business.
- Templates, reminders and bulk send
- Reusable templates with pre-filled fields and field tags, automatic reminders and expiry, signing order, and bulk send from Business.
- AI-assisted fields
- Suggests where signature fields and other inputs belong in a document before it is sent.
- API and embedded signing
- The Signable API, from Business, lets other software send envelopes and embed the sending and signing pages inside its own app.
- UK hosting and compliance
- Data is hosted in the UK on AWS; Signable is ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certified and follows eIDAS, ESIGN and UETA.
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.
Signable
Essentials£40
per month for 300 envelopes a year, billed annually, plus VAT
Unlimited users and templates, advanced electronic signatures, digital signing, signer two-factor checks and your branding.
Business£100
per month and up, billed annually, plus VAT
Sold through sales, from 1,200 envelopes a year. Adds the API, teams, bulk send, IP allowlists, qualified signatures and onboarding.
Enterprise£250
per month and up, billed annually, plus VAT
Sold through sales, from 5,000 envelopes a year. Adds SSO, an account manager, template and branding set-up and premium support.
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.
Signable
- Nonprofit
10% off the first year for UK charities
UK-registered charities can get 10% off their first year on any annual Signable plan.
