E-signature prices look small on a pricing page – $11 here, $19 there – and then grow with every seat, envelope and add-on. Below are the list prices of the tools most US and UK teams consider, read on the vendors’ own pages on 10 November 2026, the free options and their catches, and a worked example of what a five-person team really pays.
List prices in USD before tax, read on each vendor’s pricing page on 10 November 2026 (the data behind our e-signature comparison). Vendors change prices often; check before you buy. Disclosure: HelpRange is our product.
| Tool | Entry plan | Business plan | How it is billed | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DocuSign eSignature | Personal $11/month (1 user, 5 envelopes a month) | Standard $30, Business Pro $45 per user a month | per user, annual commitment; 100 envelopes per user a year | no |
| Adobe Acrobat for teams | Standard $16.99 per licence a month | Pro $23.99, Studio $29.99 per licence a month | per licence, annual plan billed monthly | no (trial) |
| Dropbox Sign | Essentials $15/month ($10.05 billed annually) | Standard $25 per user ($17.50 billed annually) | per user | yes, limits not published |
| PandaDoc | Starter $19 per seat a month | Business $49 per seat a month | per seat, billed annually | yes, 5 documents a month |
| HelpRange | Pro $39 a month ($31 billed yearly) | Max $87, Unlimited $174 a month | per team, any number of users, no envelope fees | no (3-day trial) |
Full feature notes for each tool are in the e-signature tools comparison. SignNow is missing because its pricing page loads prices from a checkout script we could not read on the check date.
Signing is free: if someone sends you a DocuSign envelope, you sign without paying or creating an account. Sending is not. DocuSign’s pricing page lists no free plan on 10 November 2026; the cheapest option is Personal at $11 a month for one user and 5 envelopes a month. Standard ($30) and Business Pro ($45) are per user on an annual commitment and include 100 envelopes per user a year; annual plans come with a 30-day refund window rather than a free tier.
The add-ons are where budgets slip: ID verification from $2.40 per attempt, SMS delivery from $0.36, and EU advanced or qualified signatures sold through sales without a public price. Bulk send and the API sit in Business Pro. If you need those, DocuSign is a strong product; if you mostly send NDAs and contracts to a handful of people, you are paying for capacity you will not use. Our HelpRange vs DocuSign page goes through the differences.
Free options exist, and for one-off signing they are enough:
The catch with free tools is evidence. If a signer later disputes a contract, a picture of a signature in a PDF proves little. A paid service records the e-mail confirmation, consent, times, IP addresses and devices, and seals the file. For the legal side of that, see types of electronic signature.
Most e-signature tools charge per user, so the price that matters is the monthly price multiplied by everyone who sends documents. For a team of five, at the list prices above:
| Tool and plan | Monthly cost for 5 senders | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DocuSign Standard | $150 | 100 envelopes per user a year |
| DocuSign Business Pro | $225 | bulk send, API |
| Adobe Acrobat Standard for teams | $84.95 | Acrobat included |
| Dropbox Sign Standard (annual) | $87.50 | $25 per user billed monthly |
| PandaDoc Starter / Business (annual) | $95 / $245 | document editor included |
| HelpRange Pro | $39 ($31 billed yearly) | whole team, no envelope fees |
Over a year that is $1,800 for DocuSign Standard against $372 for HelpRange Pro billed yearly. The comparison is only fair if you need what HelpRange offers: a simple electronic signature (SES) with an e-mail code, audit trail, certificate of completion and sealed PDF, up to 20 signers per request, reminders and signing in 25 languages. HelpRange has no bulk send, no reusable templates, no ID or bank checks, no SMS codes and no native CRM integrations.
If a counterparty or a law requires an advanced or qualified electronic signature, budget for it per signature. In the US this rarely comes up; in the EU it does for documents that need written form. Prices depend on the provider and include a one-off identity verification for each signer. Among the tools above, DocuSign sells EU advanced and qualified signatures through sales, Adobe through partner trust service providers in Acrobat Sign Solutions, and PandaDoc offers qualified signatures on Business and Enterprise annual plans – none publish a per-signature price on the pricing pages we read.
HelpRange does not sell advanced or qualified signatures. If most of your contracts need a simple signature and a few need a qualified one, a common setup is a team plan for the everyday documents and a pay-per-signature qualified provider for the exceptions.
Signing a document someone sends you is free. Sending is paid: DocuSign listed no free plan on 10 November 2026, and the cheapest plan, Personal, cost $11 a month for one user and 5 envelopes a month.
For one sender, entry plans cost about $10 to $19 a month (Dropbox Sign Essentials billed annually, DocuSign Personal, Adobe Acrobat Standard, PandaDoc Starter). Business plans cost $25 to $49 per user a month. HelpRange Pro costs $39 a month for the whole team.
Yes, with limits. PandaDoc Free allows 5 documents a month, Dropbox Sign has a free plan with unpublished limits, and free PDF readers and the HelpRange Sign PDF tool let you sign a PDF yourself without any record of who signed.
For a team, a per-team price beats per-user plans. HelpRange Pro costs $39 a month ($31 billed yearly) for any number of users with no envelope fees, compared with $150 a month for five users on DocuSign Standard. It offers a simple electronic signature with an audit trail, but no bulk send, templates or ID checks.
No. In DocuSign, Adobe, Dropbox Sign, PandaDoc and HelpRange the person who signs does not pay and does not need an account; only the sender needs a plan.
It depends on the provider and usually means a fee per signature plus a one-off identity check. DocuSign, Adobe and PandaDoc did not publish per-signature prices on the pricing pages we read on 10 November 2026. HelpRange does not offer qualified signatures.
E-mail code for every signer, consent, audit trail, certificate of completion and a sealed PDF. From $39 a month for the whole team.
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