Electronic signatures · Comparison
DocuSeal vs DocuSign eSignature
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | DocuSeal | DocuSign eSignature |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the priceA full signing app with unlimited web sending, SSO and an API for a $20 seat, with open-source code you can also run yourself. | Compliance includedA signing workflow with the audit trail, tamper seal and company-wide certifications that many legal and security reviews already expect. |
| Overall score | 8.8Best | 6.6 |
| Free option | Free plan | 14-day free trial |
| Card to start | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $20/user/mo | $10/mo |
| Pricing model | Seat + usage | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per web-app user (sender seat), plus per-use fees for API, SMS, bulk send and ID checks | Per user per month, with an envelope allowance per seat |
| Envelope allowance | Basic 10 request emails a month; Pro unlimited signature requests from the web app | Personal 5 a month; Standard and Business Pro 100 per user per year, shared; IAM Standard unlimited from the web app |
| Free option | Free Basic plan, 10 request emails a month, no card; free self-hosted open-source edition | Free signing of documents you receive; trial of about 14 days, no card |
| Reference scenario (3 senders, 90 envelopes/mo) | $50 on Pro annual (3 × $200 a year), computed | $135 on IAM Standard (3 × $45); $270 on Standard with extra envelopes, computed |
| API entry price | $20/mo for one Pro seat, plus $0.20 per completed document; free sandbox, no card | $50/mo billed annually for 40 envelopes a month; free developer account |
| EU signature levels (eIDAS) | SES included; AES $2 and QES from $0.20 per signature on the EU cloud (docuseal.eu) | SES on self-serve plans; AES and QES on Enhanced (sales) |
| Signer ID checks | SMS and phone 2FA (20 a month, then $0.20 each); ID check $2 and KBA $2, both enabled by support | ID verification from $2.40 per attempt; SMS/phone authentication and KBA by sales |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | Own SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 stated; documents on request in the Trust Center | Own SOC 2 Type II; ISO 27001:2022 |
| HIPAA BAA | Pro Annual, by emailing support | Enhanced plans, by sales |
| SSO | SAML SSO on Pro ($20/user/mo) | IAM Professional (3-user minimum); otherwise by sales |
| Storage regions | US (AWS Virginia) or EU (AWS Dublin), by signing up on docuseal.com or docuseal.eu | US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan; choice through a Docusign representative |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, DocuSeal pairs a low per-seat price for unlimited web sending with an API billed per completed document, its own SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and an open-source edition. Usage fees and support-enabled add-ons need planning. | From its public pages, DocuSign eSignature has the longest certification list of the five and evidence features on every plan. It is priced per seat with an envelope allowance, so steady volume costs more than with the flat-rate rivals, and SSO and HIPAA sit on higher or sales-led plans. |
Evidence: DocuSeal: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; DocuSign eSignature: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- DocuSealPro (Cloud)$20/user/moMonthly billing; $200 per user a year on the annual plan; a user is a web-app seat, not a signer
- Unlimited signature requests
- SAML SSO, user roles, teams and private templates
- Webhooks; API, embedding and Zapier/Make/n8n at $0.20 per completed document
- 20 SMS and 50 bulk-send completions a month included, then $0.20 each
- ID check $2, KBA $2, EU qualified signature listed at $2-$4
- Custom domain and HIPAA BAA on the annual plan
- DocuSign eSignatureLowest pricePersonal$10/mo1 user, 5 envelopes a month; billed upfront ($120 a year); $11 annual billed monthly, $15 monthly
- Reusable templates
- Audit trail and certificate of completion
- Tamper-sealed documents
- No extra envelopes on Personal
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: DocuSeal 2026-10-15, DocuSign eSignature 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- DocuSealSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (8.8/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- DocuSealFree plan, no card needed; scored 8.8/10.
- Lowest starter price
- DocuSign eSignature$10/mo for the Personal plan.
- Highest overall score
- DocuSeal8.8/10 (Excellent). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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