Automate Basics

signNow vs Docusign eSignature

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

Written head to head: Docusign eSignature vs signNow, with when to choose each side.

Compared on
signNow

Free trial · from $8/mo

Docusign eSignature

Free trial · from $10/mo

What it isE-signature plans priced per account with unlimited users, capped by signature invitesE-signature priced per user with envelope allowances, plus IAM plans adding AI agreement search and workflows
Free planNoNo
Cheapest paid plan$8/mo billed annually (Business)signNow pricing$10/mo billed annually (Personal)Docusign eSignature pricing
What it coversPer account with unlimited users; 10 signature invites a month on monthly billing or 100 a year on annual billing, then pay-as-you-go.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).
Free trial7-day free trial; 30-day money-back guaranteeFree trial of eSignature; the pages read do not state its length
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, APIWeb, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)40+ integrations with apps and CRM systems1,000+ pre-built integrations, including Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and HubSpot
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Teams that want many senders without paying per seat
  • Collecting payments with signatures on a small budget
  • Sending documents for signature from Claude or ChatGPT
  • 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
Watch out for
  • Plans include 10 signature invites a month (monthly) or 100 a year (annual); more are billed pay-as-you-go
  • No free plan; a 7-day free trial only
  • Custom branding and SMS delivery need the Enterprise plan
  • 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
Made byairSlate Inc.Docusign, Inc.

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.

Every tool in e-signature and proposal tools is on its category page, with the written head-to-heads on Compare.