Foxit eSign vs PandaDoc
We give Foxit eSign a 2.4 GPA and PandaDoc a 2.0, out of 4.0. Foxit eSign grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Foxit eSign
E-signatures with payments, notary and storage, priced per user a year
PandaDoc
Proposals, quotes and contracts with e-signatures and tracking
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAFoxit eSignFair | 2.0GPAPandaDocFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$120 a person a year on Essentials, $10 a month, right at this category's middle, with 250 envelopes and 10 templates a year. Unlimited sending needs Business at $300 a person a year, and that's sold in 5 licenses or more. | D$57 a month for three on Starter, billed yearly ($19 a head, $35 monthly), for unlimited documents but only 5 templates. What you'd pick PandaDoc for, pricing tables, auto reminders and analytics, needs Business: $147 a month for three, four times this category's middle. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial of Essentials with no card needed. The free signing tool on Foxit's site isn't legally binding, so it doesn't count. | CFree eSign covers 5 documents a month, 2 recipients each and 5 templates, with no integrations. Fine for a freelancer now and then; a team sending 20 a month is past it in the first week. The 14-day Business trial allows 50 documents. |
| Features | BTemplates, signing order, bulk send, Foxit Pay for collecting payment, an online notary, knowledge-based and qualified signatures, unlimited storage, and HIPAA and 21 CFR Part 11 support. It covers the whole job across its plans; the notary costs extra. | CThe editor, Word import, Stripe payments and, on Business, quotes, pricing tables, approvals and analytics. That's a lot. But bulk send, forms and recipient verification are add-ons priced through sales, where plain signing apps include them. |
| Ease of use | CThere's an iPhone app but no store rating on record. It's a web app where you set up templates and workflows first, and the team features wait for Business. | CThere's an iPhone app but no store rating on record. The editor does a lot, and there's real setting up before it pays off: templates, pricing tables and a content library to build. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Microsoft Teams, Dynamics, Zapier, WordPress and Salesforce, and you can sign from inside Foxit PDF Editor. No desktop app of its own. | BWeb and iPhone, with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics, Stripe, QuickBooks, Slack and Canva, Salesforce as an add-on, an API and links to ChatGPT and Claude. No Android or desktop app is listed. |
| Best for | signing with payments and a notary built in | proposals and quotes that get signed and paid |
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: Foxit eSign and PandaDoc. How we grade
Price against what you get
Foxit eSign starts at $10 a month when paid by the year for each person and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. PandaDoc starts at $19 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Foxit eSign scores higher and starts $9 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Foxit eSign for less, and 8 score higher than PandaDoc 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
- Foxit eSign starts at $120 per user / year. PandaDoc starts at $19 per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly).
- PandaDoc has a free plan. Foxit eSign does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Foxit eSign lists an Android app.
- Foxit eSign also covers workflow automation and forms.
At a glance
| Foxit eSign | PandaDoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $120 per user / year | $19 per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free eSign plan: 5 documents a month with up to 2 recipients each, 5 templates and basic fields, with no third-party integrations. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of eSign Essentials, no credit card required | 14-day free trial on the Business plan: up to 50 documents with a business email |
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| Made by | Foxit Software Incorporated | PandaDoc |
| Price read from | foxit.com | support.pandadoc.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Foxit eSign
- Teams already using Foxit PDF Editor for their PDFs
- Businesses that collect a payment or need a notary when a contract is signed
- Regulated teams that need HIPAA or 21 CFR Part 11 support
PandaDoc
- Sales teams that send proposals and quotes and want to see when they are read
- Agencies and service firms that take payment as the client signs
- Occasional senders: the free plan covers 5 documents a month
Worth knowing
Foxit eSign
- Essentials covers one user with 250 envelopes and 10 templates a year; web forms, integrations and unlimited sending need Business.
- eSign Business requires a minimum of 5 licenses, and both plans are priced by the year.
- Online notary and Foxit Connectors for HR, ATS and storage apps cost extra; the free signing tool on Foxit's site is not legally binding.
- Editing PDFs needs Foxit PDF Editor, a separate product; eSign can be used from inside it.
PandaDoc
- Starter keeps the 5-template limit of the free plan; unlimited templates, pricing tables and analytics start at Business, $49 per user / month billed annually.
- The Salesforce integration, bulk send, forms and recipient verification are paid add-ons priced through sales.
- SSO, custom roles and webhooks need the Enterprise plan, which is priced through sales.
- The free plan has no third-party integrations and limits each document to 2 recipients.
Key features
Foxit eSign
- Templates, workflows and bulk send
- Reusable templates, signing order and workflow rules, tracking and reminders, and bulk sending, which is capped at 250 a year on Essentials.
- Foxit Pay
- Collects a payment from the signer as part of signing an agreement, on both plans.
- On-demand notary
- Books an online notary for documents that need notarizing, charged as an extra on top of either plan.
- Signer identity checks
- Passcodes, two-factor and multi-factor checks, knowledge-based authentication and qualified electronic signatures, with SSO for staff.
- Storage for signed records
- Every paid plan includes unlimited storage in Foxit's document management system for completed agreements.
- Compliance support
- Supports HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11 and FERPA workflows, follows ESIGN, UETA and eIDAS, and has a SOC 2 Type 2 report.
PandaDoc
- Drag-and-drop document editor
- Build proposals and contracts from blocks, import Word files and apply design themes; from Business, reuse sections from a content library.
- Quotes and pricing tables
- Business adds a quote builder, pricing tables with optional items and a product catalog that can pull products in from a CRM.
- Payments at signing
- Recipients can pay as they sign through Stripe on every paid plan, and through PayPal, Square, Authorize.net or QuickBooks Payments from Business.
- Document analytics
- Business shows when a document was opened and how far it got, with an activity timeline, reporting and automatic reminders.
- Approval workflows
- From Business, route a document to approvers, in order or as groups, before it goes out; conditional approvals cost extra on Business.
- AI assistant
- An AI assistant can edit document text, and PandaDoc connects to ChatGPT and Claude through its own app and connector.
Plans
Foxit eSign
eSign Essentials$120
per user / year
One user, 250 envelopes and 10 templates a year, Foxit Pay, multi-document envelopes, audit trails, mobile app and signing in Foxit PDF Editor.
eSign Business$300
per user / year
Sold in 5 licenses or more: unlimited envelopes and templates, branding, web forms, Teams, Dynamics and Zapier, bulk sending and advanced authentication.
Volume LicensingCustom
Quoted for 16 or more licenses, with volume discounts and one renewal date, and can mix eSign with PDF Editor licenses.
PandaDoc
Free eSign$0
5 documents a month, 2 recipients per document, 5 templates and basic fields; no integrations and only admin roles.
Starter$19
per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
Unlimited documents and e-signatures, the drag-and-drop editor, design themes, Word import, up to 5 templates and Stripe payments.
Business$49
per user / month, billed annually ($65 billed monthly)
Unlimited templates, quote builder and pricing tables, approvals, document analytics, branding, auto reminders and CRM links.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales: SSO, custom roles, redlining, conditional content for senders, webhooks and multiple workspaces.
Ways to pay less
Foxit eSign
- Other savings
Volume discounts from 16 licenses
Foxit's pricing page offers volume licensing for 16 or more licenses, with discounts that grow with quantity, quoted by its sales team.
PandaDoc
- Annual discount
Lower price with annual billing
PandaDoc's plan comparison lists Starter at $19 per user a month billed annually against $35 monthly, and Business at $49 against $65.
