Docusign eSignature vs SignWell

Compared on	Docusign eSignature Free trial · from $10/mo VisitRemove	SignWell Free plan · from $10/mo VisitRemove
What it is	E-signature priced per user with envelope allowances, plus IAM plans adding AI agreement search and workflows	E-signature tool priced by sender, with unlimited documents on paid plans and 25 free API documents a month
Free plan	No	1 sender, 1 template, 3 documents a month, API included, audit trail and tamper-proof documents
Cheapest paid plan	$10/mo billed annually (Personal)Docusign eSignature pricing	$10/mo billed annually (Light)SignWell pricing
What it covers	1 user, 5 envelopes a month. $120 a year billed upfront, or $11 a month on an annual plan paid in monthly instalments ($132 a year).	1 sender, 5 templates per sender, unlimited documents; additional senders $10 a month each on yearly billing or $12 on monthly.
Free trial	Free trial of eSignature; the pages read do not state its length	None stated
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API, CLI
Integrations (vendor's figure)	1,000+ pre-built integrations, including Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and HubSpot	Native integrations with Close, QuickBooks Online and Xero, plus 9,000+ apps through Zapier
Open source	No	No
Good for	Sending a handful of contracts a month as a sole trader Collecting payments and form data as part of signing Searching and analysing a library of signed agreements with AI	Freelancers who send a few contracts a month Small teams that want unlimited documents without per-envelope pricing Developers who want usage-based API pricing with no monthly minimum
Watch out for	Envelope allowances: Personal 5 a month; Standard and Business Pro 100 per user per year on annual plans, with extra envelopes billed pay-as-you-go Payment collection, web forms and bulk send need Business Pro or an IAM Professional or higher plan No free plan for sending; the free developer account is a demo environment whose envelopes are not legally valid	Free plan: 1 sender, 1 template and 3 documents a month Light lacks custom branding, conditional fields, attachments and in-person signing, which need Business API documents beyond 25 a month are billed per document, from $0.85
Made by	Docusign, Inc.	Docsketch, LLC (DBA SignWell)

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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