Secured Signing vs signNow (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, signNow grades higher than Secured Signing: 2.6 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
signNow grades higher on the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Secured Signing
Digital signatures and online notarization with ID verification
signNow
E-signatures with unlimited users and a yearly invite allowance
Which one is for you
Pick Secured Signing if
- Fits if you place candidates or handle legal paperwork and want ID checks
- Makes sense if you send few documents and want a monthly rate
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try it free, because there is no free plan or trial
- Pricey if you send many documents, since each costs $1.50 on the pay-as-you-go rate
- Watch out: prepaid annual plans are priced by a calculator, and Enterprise has no published price
- Watch out: notary pricing is separate and not shown with the signing prices
Pick signNow if
- Fits if several people send a few documents each and you'd rather not pay per seat
- Works for signing at a front desk, with kiosk mode on Business
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you send more than about 8 documents a month, as plans include 100 invites a year
- Watch out: extra invites are sold on top at a price the pricing page doesn't give
- Not for you if you need Salesforce, NetSuite, Dynamics 365, SSO or the full API, which all mean Enterprise
- Skip it if you want a long look first, as the trial is only 7 days
- Pricey if you want branding, SMS sending or signer checks, which need Advanced at $30 a month billed yearly, or $50 monthly
How we grade them
| 1.8GPASecured SigningWeak | 2.6GPAsignNowGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$9.95 per user a month plus $1.50 a document: one person sending 10 documents pays about $25 a month, in the middle of the category. | CBusiness is $15 a month for the whole team, billed yearly ($30 monthly), so $5 a head for three. But it includes 100 invites a year and you'd send about 240. Extra invites have no published price, and Enterprise at $1.50 an invite comes to about $30 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial on record anywhere on its pages. | CNo free plan, and the free trial lasts 7 days; the listing doesn't say it needs a card. There's a 30-day money-back guarantee too, but that isn't a trial. |
| Features | CUnlimited signatures and invitees, templates, bulk sending, ID checks and video signing. The page lists integrations as limited on Business. | BSigning order, reminders and unlimited templates on Basic; bulk send, signing links, payments and kiosk signing on Business; conditional fields, approvals, SMS and signer checks on Advanced. That covers the whole job across its plans. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Templates and integrations have to be set up. | B4.47 from about 18,100 App Store ratings, below the top of this category but from a large number of ratings. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Bullhorn, JobAdder, Clio, Salesforce, SharePoint and other integrations. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Google Workspace, Gmail, ChatGPT and Claude. Salesforce, NetSuite, Dynamics 365 and the full API need Enterprise, and there's no desktop app, so it's a B. |
| Best for | recruiters and lawyers who need ID-checked signing | one plan price shared by the whole team |
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: Secured Signing and signNow. How we grade
Price against what you get
Secured Signing starts at $9.95 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. signNow starts at $8 a month and scores 3.0.
signNow scores higher and starts $1.95 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 3 score higher than Secured Signing for less, and none scores higher than signNow 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
- Secured Signing also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Secured Signing | signNow | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $9.95 per user / month, plus $1.50 per document | $8 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Secured Signing | airSlate |
| Price read from | securedsigning.com | signnow.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Secured Signing
- The $9.95 and $1.50 figures are the monthly pay-as-you-go rates; prepaid annual plans are priced by users and documents and shown by a calculator.
- Enterprise has no published price.
- Notary pricing is separate from digital signing pricing and is not covered here.
- The page lists integrations as limited on the Business plan.
signNow
- Basic, Business and Advanced each include 100 signature invites a year; more invites are sold on top, at a price the page does not give.
- Salesforce, NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrations, SSO and the full API need Enterprise, billed per invite from $1.50.
- The trial lasts 7 days; the pricing page also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Key features
Secured Signing
- Unlimited signatures and invitees
- The Business and Enterprise plans list unlimited signatures and unlimited invitees. Invitees pay nothing to sign.
- Form filler templates
- Document templates with fillable fields, plus bulk sending and broadcasting of one document to many recipients.
- Identity checks and video signing
- Advanced features listed include ID verification, SMS authentication signing, video signing and video confirmation, and a qualified electronic signature option.
- Recruitment and legal integrations
- Connectors are listed for Bullhorn, JobAdder, FastTrack360, finPOWER Connect, Clio, NetDocuments, Salesforce and SharePoint.
- Enterprise administration
- An admin portal, management reports, user account management, single sign-on and private labelling on the Enterprise plan.
- Online notarization
- A separate notary platform for remote online notarization, including a UK notarisation product, with its own pricing.
signNow
- Unlimited users per plan
- Team members can be added to any plan for free; the plan's yearly allowance of signature invites is what limits use.
- Signing order and tracking
- Send to several recipients in a set order or all at once, with an audit trail, reminders and a dashboard of document status.
- Bulk send and signing links
- From Business, send one document to a list of recipients for their own copies, or share a link anyone can use to sign.
- Payments and form fields
- Business adds payment collection at signing, drop-down and radio fields, CSV pre-fill and exportable form responses.
- Mobile and in-person signing
- iOS and Android apps sign, send and track documents, and scan paper to sign it; Business adds a kiosk mode for signatures at a desk.
- Advanced signing flows
- The Advanced plan adds conditional and formula fields, signer attachments, approval steps, SMS delivery and signer authentication.
Plans
Secured Signing
Business$9.95
per user / month, plus $1.50 per document (pay as you go)
Unlimited signatures and invitees, templates, bulk sending, reminders and branding. Prepaid monthly or annual plans are also sold.
EnterpriseCustom
For companies over 100 employees: admin portal, reports, single sign-on, private labelling and one bill. Priced through sales.
signNow
Basic$8
per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
Unlimited users and 100 signature invites a year, with unlimited templates, signing order, reminders and the mobile apps.
Business$15
per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
Adds bulk send, signing links, payment collection, scheduled sending, shared templates and team reports; 100 invites a year.
Advanced$30
per month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)
Adds custom branding, SMS sending, signer authentication, formula and conditional fields, and approval workflows; 100 invites a year.
EnterpriseCustom
Billed per signature invite from $1.50, falling with volume: full API, Salesforce and NetSuite, SSO and HIPAA compliance.
Ways to pay less
Secured Signing
No public discounts listed.
signNow
- Annual discount
Save up to 60% with annual billing
signNow's pricing page lists Basic at $8 a month billed annually against $20 monthly, Business at $15 against $30 and Advanced at $30 against $50.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Secured Signing or signNow?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Secured Signing starts at $9.95 per user / month, plus $1.50 per document, and signNow starts at $8 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Secured Signing or signNow?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Secured Signing nor signNow has a free plan. signNow has a free trial.
Which platforms do Secured Signing and signNow run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only signNow lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.