Why is a team plan cheaper than paying per user?

DocuSign prices most plans per user, so cost grows with every colleague who sends. Our plans include seats: Starter has 3, Plus has 10 and Pro has 25. You pay for the plan and a monthly envelope quota, not for each person.

Can I move my DocuSign templates?

Templates are not exported between vendors in a common format, so you rebuild them once. Upload the same PDF, drag the fields onto the page, assign roles such as Client and Director, and save it as a template. Most templates take a few minutes. See how templates work.

Do my signers need an account?

No. Signers open the link in their email on any device, review the document, consent to electronic records and sign. Only the people who send documents need seats.

Are signatures made with SignElectronically legally binding?

In the United States, electronic signatures are valid under the ESIGN Act and UETA when the signer intends to sign, consents to electronic records, and the record is kept. In the EU every signature is a simple electronic signature under eIDAS. Read the details and the excluded document types on legal validity.

What happens to my documents if I cancel?

Your sealed PDFs and certificates stay available until the end of the paid period. You can download every completed envelope as a ZIP before then.

DocuSign alternative

DocuSign Alternatives for Business Teams

The most practical DocuSign alternative for a team is a tool with the same core, signing order, reminders, audit trail and sealed PDF, priced as one plan instead of per user. SignElectronically does that: Plus covers 10 seats for $74 a month on yearly billing.

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Monthly cost for 10 people who send

DocuSign Business Pro, 10 users $450/mo

$45 per user per month

DocuSign Standard, 10 users $300/mo

$30 per user per month, no bulk send

SignElectronically Plus, 10 seats $74/mo

$888 billed yearly, bulk send and webhooks included

Public list prices, annual billing, checked 2026-10-10.

Side by side

SignElectronically and DocuSign compared

Public list prices for annual billing, checked on 2026-10-10. DocuSign also sells Personal and custom Enhanced plans, which are left out because they do not fit a team of several senders.

SignElectronically compared with DocuSign plans
What you get	SignElectronically	DocuSign Standard	DocuSign Business Pro
Pricing model	Plan with seats included	Per user	Per user
Entry price for a team	$24/mo yearly, 3 seats	$30 per user/mo (Standard)	$45 per user/mo (Business Pro)
Cost for 10 senders, yearly billing	$74/mo (Plus)	$300/mo	$450/mo
Envelope allowance	500 per month on Plus	About 100 per user per year	About 100 per user per year
Signing order and CC	Included	Included	Included
Reminders and expiry	Included	Included	Included
Audit certificate with hashes	Included	Included	Included
Bulk send	From Plus	Not included	Included
Webhooks	From Plus	API plans	API plans
REST API and embedded signing	Pro	Separate API plans	Separate API plans
Public page to verify a signed PDF	Included	Not included	Not included
Qualified signatures (QES)	Not included	Add-on	Add-on

DocuSign figures come from its public pricing page on 2026-10-10 and can change. Envelope allowances on DocuSign plans are stated per user per year. Check the vendor page before you decide.

Where the money goes

Per user pricing grows with every hire

Most teams that look for a DocuSign alternative are not unhappy with signing itself. They are unhappy with the invoice. When sales, HR and operations all need to send, a per user price turns a simple tool into one of the larger software lines in the budget.

With SignElectronically you pick the plan that matches how many documents you send. Seats are included, signers never pay, and the envelope quota is stated per month on every plan. If you outgrow it, you move up a plan and pay only the difference for the rest of the period.

Starter, 3 seats and 50 envelopes a month, $24/mo billed yearly
Plus, 10 seats and 500 envelopes a month, $74/mo billed yearly
Pro, 25 seats and 2,000 envelopes a month with the API, $249/mo billed yearly
Enterprise from 50 seats with a seat calculator and checkout, no sales call

Operations manager comparing printed invoices with figures on a laptop and a calculator

Client agreement, signing order

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1. Maya Ross, client
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2. Dan Lee, director
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3. Priya Kaur, finance
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Reminder every 2 days, expires in 14 days

What stays the same

The workflow your team already knows

Upload and place fields

Drop a PDF, Word file or image, then drag signature, initials, date, text, checkbox, name, email and company fields onto the page.

Signing order

Send in sequence, in parallel, or in groups. The second signer gets the email only when the first has signed.

Reminders and expiry

Set a reminder every few days and an expiry date. Nobody on your team has to chase signatures by hand.

Audit certificate

Every completed envelope gets a certificate with UTC timestamps, IP addresses and SHA-256 hashes. Read more about the electronic signature audit trail.

Bulk send

Send one template to up to 200 people from a CSV on Plus, each getting their own envelope. See bulk send.

API and webhooks

Webhooks from Plus, REST API and embedded signing on Pro. The eSignature API page has real request examples.

Be fair to both

When DocuSign is still the better choice

DocuSign is a mature product with a very large catalogue. If your work depends on one of the things below, keep it, or run both tools side by side for different teams.

You need qualified electronic signatures (QES) for EU documents that legally require them
You rely on notary features or industry specific add-ons
Your contracts go through a contract lifecycle suite that is built around DocuSign
Your counterparties insist on a named vendor in procurement

A simple way to decide

1. Count your senders. If more than three people send documents, per user pricing is usually where the cost is.
2. Count envelopes per month. Pick the plan whose monthly quota covers your busiest month.
3. Check your document types. Wills, court orders and a few others are excluded from eSignature laws everywhere. Our ESIGN and UETA guide lists them.
4. Try the signing yourself. Sign a PDF on the homepage without an account and look at the sealed result.

Questions

DocuSign alternative FAQ

For the everyday work of a business team, yes. You upload a PDF, place signature and form fields, send it to several signers in a fixed order, and get a sealed PDF with an audit certificate. Templates, reminders, bulk send, webhooks and an API are included in the plans listed on the pricing page. We do not offer qualified electronic signatures (QES) or notary workflows.

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