# Anvil review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Document automation and e-signature APIs for developers Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Anvil is a document automation platform with APIs for filling and generating PDFs, collecting data through web forms and gathering e-signatures through its Etch product. Signing can be embedded and white-labeled inside another app. It also offers Document AI, which turns an uploaded PDF into a template with fields found automatically. - **Category:** E-Signatures & Proposals - **Made by:** Anvil - **Website:** https://www.useanvil.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want white labeling, which is on Product Pack at $425 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Anvil has a free plan, and paid plans start at $99 per month (AI Pack, billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 2 users, unlimited templates and UI use, multiple signers, embedding and a sandbox. API keys need a card or a paid plan. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 2 users, unlimited templates, Document AI in the UI, audit trail and sandbox. API access needs a card on file. | | AI Pack | $99 per month, billed monthly | 5 users, programmatic Document AI, 50 pages per AI-tagged PDF and a 40 requests/second limit. | | Product Pack | $425 per month, billed monthly ($340 billed annually) | AI Pack plus white labeling, interactive, progressive, parallel and in-person signing. | | Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited users, single sign-on, HIPAA and DPA terms, embedded builders and priority support. | Read from https://www.useanvil.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Anvil before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off annual plans** (Annual discount): The pricing FAQ says annual plans are discounted 20%, giving $340 a month for Product Pack instead of $425. Source: https://www.useanvil.com/pricing ## Key features - **Etch e-signature API:** One API call creates a signature packet with signers, fields and order. Signing is URL-based and works in a phone or desktop browser. - **Embedded, white-labeled signing:** Signers can sign inside an iframe in your own product, with CSS styling to match your brand. White labeling is on Product Pack and above. - **Document AI:** Upload a PDF and Anvil identifies input and signature fields and signers, producing a template ready to send. - **PDF fill and generation:** APIs fill PDF templates with data or generate PDFs from HTML or Markdown. - **Webforms and Workflows:** Mobile-friendly forms collect data and feed Workflows that fill documents and route them for signature. - **Sandbox and audit trail:** Every plan includes a sandbox for test packets, and each completed packet has an audit trail with timestamps, IP address and a document hash. ## Good for - Product teams embedding signing in their own app - Developers who also need PDF filling and form collection - Healthcare and insurance teams that need a signed BAA and SOC 2 (vendor's claim) ## Worth knowing - Usage beyond included credits is metered: $1.50 per completed Etch e-sign packet, $0.10 per PDF fill and $1.00 per Workflow submission. - The monthly figures shown are for monthly billing; annual billing takes 20% off ($340 a month for Product Pack). - White labeling and interactive, progressive and in-person signing over the API need Product Pack or Enterprise. - Native Salesforce and HubSpot integrations are listed as coming soon; Zapier is the current route. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Anvil offers e-signature, PDF filling and document AI as APIs, with a free plan for 2 users. API keys need a card on file or a paid plan, and the paid packs jump to $99 a month for AI Pack and $425 for Product Pack. Usage over the included credits is metered. - **Value for money: D.** AI Pack is $99 a month and Product Pack $425 monthly ($340 yearly), several times the category's $20 middle. White labeling and in-person signing sit on the dearer one. - **Free plan and trial: B.** A free plan for 2 users with unlimited templates, the UI, an audit trail and a sandbox. API access needs a card on file. - **Features: C.** E-signature API, white-labeled signing, document AI, PDF fill, web forms and workflows. White labeling and several signing modes need Product Pack, and Salesforce and HubSpot links are listed as coming soon. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and the product is aimed at developers who build workflows and call an API. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web and API, with Zapier as the current connector. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Anvil's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among e-signature and proposal tools - Anvil's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 38 of the 78 other e-signature and proposal tools we grade, and level with 19. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 73 of 78) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $99 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 49 of the 54 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 15 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/e-signatures ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Anvil you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $1,188 a year. - You could make: Templates and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Zapier **Tags:** Public API, Templates, Forms, AI features, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [SignatureAPI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/signatureapi): E-signature API for developers, with a no-code connector. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anvil-vs-signatureapi) - [Firma](https://toolgpa.com/tools/firma-dev): Pay-per-envelope e-signature API for SaaS products. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anvil-vs-firma-dev) - [BoldSign](https://toolgpa.com/tools/boldsign): Low-cost e-signature app and API from Syncfusion. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anvil-vs-boldsign) - [DocuSeal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/docuseal): Open-source document signing, in the cloud or on your servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anvil-vs-docuseal) - [eSignatures.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/esignatures-io): Pay-per-contract e-signatures with an API and no monthly fee. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anvil-vs-esignatures-io) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.useanvil.com/pricing - https://www.useanvil.com - https://www.useanvil.com/products/etch Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/anvil Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).