Dropbox Sign vs Zoho Sign
We give Dropbox Sign a 2.0 GPA and Zoho Sign a 3.0, out of 4.0. Zoho Sign grades higher on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan.
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
Zoho Sign
Per-user e-signature app from Zoho with a free single-user plan
How we grade them
| 2.0GPADropbox SignFair | 3.0GPAZoho SignVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | B$30 a month for three on Standard, billed yearly ($10 a head, $12 monthly), with 25 envelopes each a month, so 20 between you is easy. That's inside this category's cheapest quarter. Watch the credits: SMS, ID checks and integrations use them, bought on top. |
| 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. | CThe free plan is one user and 5 envelopes a month, with workflows, reminders, the audit trail and the apps. Good for the odd document, not 20 a month. A 14-day trial with no card covers the Enterprise features. |
| 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. | BSigning order, approvals, witnesses, delegated signing, AI field detection and signer checks from Standard, then bulk send, SignForms and payments on Enterprise. It signs with digital certificates too, including your own USB token. It covers the whole job. |
| 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. | B4.8 from about 870 App Store ratings. Very good, but short of the 1,000 ratings we need for an A. |
| 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. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, the widest spread in this category, with Zoho WorkDrive, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and WhatsApp Business, plus an API. |
| Best for | unlimited signature requests from a familiar name | per-user signing with digital certificates |
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 Zoho Sign. 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. Zoho Sign starts at $10 a month for each person and scores 3.3.
Zoho Sign scores higher and starts $5 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Dropbox Sign for less, and none scores higher than Zoho Sign 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). Zoho Sign starts at $10 per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly).
- Only Zoho Sign lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Zoho Sign also covers forms.
At a glance
| Dropbox Sign | Zoho Sign | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly) | $10 per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | One sender and up to 3 signature requests a month. | One user and 5 envelopes a month, with signature workflows, reminders, an audit trail, cloud storage import and the apps. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of the paid plans | 14-day free trial, no credit card required |
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| Made by | Dropbox | Zoho |
| Price read from | sign.dropbox.com | zoho.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 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
Zoho Sign
- Solo users who sign a handful of documents a month for free
- Teams that want unlimited envelopes for a per-user price
- Regulated teams that need digital certificates or 21 CFR Part 11 controls
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.
Zoho Sign
- Standard caps each user at 25 envelopes a month; unlimited envelopes start at Professional, $16 per user / month billed yearly.
- SMS delivery, ID checks, timestamping, bulk send and integrations use Zoho Sign credits, bought on top except for Enterprise's 50 per user a month.
- An API plan for developers costs $0.50 per envelope, with no monthly or annual commitment.
- Custom domain and white labelling on Enterprise are only for organizations with 10 or more licensed users.
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.
Zoho Sign
- Signature and approval workflows
- Set a signing order with reminders and an audit trail; paid plans add approver and manager steps, witnesses and delegated signing.
- Digital signature certificates
- Sign with Zoho's cloud certificate on every plan, or from Standard with your own USB token or PFX file and trusted providers.
- Automatic field placement
- AI-based detection and text tags add signer fields to a document, and a Zia AI assistant is included from Standard.
- SignForms and bulk send
- Enterprise turns templates into public signing forms, sends one document to many recipients and collects payment through Zoho Checkout.
- Signer verification
- From Standard, check signers by one-time password, government ID, knowledge-based questions or Stripe Identity, paid for in credits.
- Apps and cloud storage
- Apps for iOS, iPadOS, Android, macOS and Windows, with import and export to Zoho WorkDrive, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and Box.
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.
Zoho Sign
Free$0
Single user and 5 envelopes a month, with signature workflows, reminders, audit trail and Zoho's cloud signing certificate.
Standard$10
per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly)
25 envelopes per user a month, approval workflows, delegate and witness signing, AI field detection and app integrations.
Professional$16
per user / month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly)
Unlimited envelopes and templates, branding, signer attachments, multi-language signing and reports.
Enterprise$22
per user / month, billed yearly ($28 billed monthly)
Adds bulk send, SignForms, in-person signing, conditional fields, payment collection, QES, APIs and 50 credits per user a month.
CustomCustom
Sold through sales for high-volume automated workflows, with custom envelope limits and user counts.
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.
Zoho Sign
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Zoho Sign's pricing page offers 20% off for yearly billing: Standard is $10 per user a month billed yearly against $12 monthly.
