9 Best DocuSign Alternatives for 2021

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The right eSignature solution changes the way you do business. It can eliminate cumbersome and environmentally-unfriendly paperwork. It can streamline deal closing, contract-signing and other transactions. And it can save you and your team time, money and frustration.

Many companies default to the most familiar name when they need an eSignature tool: DocuSign - While DocuSign is a capable tool and one of the original eSignature pioneers, it isn’t the best option for everyone.

There are DocuSign competitors that...

• Are more affordable and scalable
• Offer broader feature sets, including PDF creation and editing
• Serve specific industries with targeted features, integrations and security provisions

That’s why it’s more than worth the time to consider which eSignature solution is actually best for your team, your needs and your budget.

To help, we pulled together the top nine DocuSign alternatives, along with details on pricing, features and user satisfaction. Then, we share our high-level judgment on the type of company each tool is best suited for.

Note: You can skip to our summary for the TL;DR version.

Every eSignature tool below includes the basic eSignature features you need—like extensive file type support, basic signature and data fields and signer routing.

Beyond features, every tool meets the standard compliance certifications to produce legally valid eSignatures and basic privacy requirements for the U.S. and EU. Plus, we’ve only included competitors with a minimum 4 out of 5 star rating on third-party reviews sites like G2.

1. Nitro Sign®
2. PandaDoc
3. HelloSign
4. SignNow
5. Adobe Sign
6. Dotloop
7. RightSignature
8. DocHub
9. SignEasy

Nitro was founded in 2005 in Melbourne, Australia with a goal of building better tools for everyday work—because the things you do everyday should be easy, and the tools you use everyday should just work. Since 2005, we’ve grown to serve over 13,000 businesses—including more than half of the Fortune 500—and 2.8 million users.

Nitro Sign, our eSignature platform, is a formidable alternative to DocuSign. It combines the robust enterprise-grade eSignature features of tools like DocuSign with access to the additional PDF creation and editing features modern teams need. Nitro Sign includes crucial features like:

• Unlimited eSigning, Bulk Signing, Custom signing order, and more.
• Cloud storage, automation and workflow integrations for easy collaboration
• PDF quick tools within Nitro Sign, or with Nitro PDF powerful productivity solution.

All Nitro Sign plans include unlimited eSignatures, meaning you’ll never have to upgrade or pay more just to get additional signatures.

And we charge a lot less than DocuSign and many other competitors. The Nitro Sign Essentials plan starts at just $9.99 USD per user per month—or you can get the full Nitro Productivity Platform bundle for the same price.

Nitro Sign price: Plans start at just $9.99 USD per user per month for unlimited eSigning; eSignature and PDF Productivity platform discounts are available for the Essentials, Advanced and Enterprise on the Nitro Productivity Platform plans.

G2 rating: 4.5

Best for: Nitro is a great option for companies that need unlimited eSigning and PDF editing all-in-one.

PandaDoc offers a solution complete with both all-in-one document creation and eSignature features. The company was founded in 2011 with a goal to streamline and automate document handling from creation to eSignature.

Today, PandaDoc serves more than 23,000 customers and the eSignature tool includes nearly 40 integrations with popular business apps. Deloitte even ranked the company on their 2019 list of fastest growing companies in North America.

PandaDoc includes full document creation and editing features, alongside eSign, which makes it a more holistic tool than DocuSign. Beyond that, it’s clear the company has prioritized the payments feature, making it as seamless as possible to collect payments as part of your eSigning workflow. Business plan users can even integrate PandaDoc with invoicing tools like QuickBooks and Freshbooks.

In exchange for those extra features, PandaDoc’s paid plans run a bit higher than DocuSign’s pricing. They all include unlimited eSignature requests, though, so usage isn’t capped and you’ll never have to spend more—on top of your monthly plan—to buy additional signature allowances.

G2 rating: 4.7

PandaDoc price: PandaDoc offers a limited free plan; paid plans start at $19 per user per month and include unlimited eSigning and signature requests; custom enterprise plans available

Best for: PandaDoc is a great option for companies that need a full document automation solution.

Since launching in 2011, HelloSign has worked with more than 80,000 customers—most of whom love the tool and have propelled it to a 4.7 out of 5 star rating on third-party sites like G2.

Today, the company offers a number of robust cloud storage integrations, including with Dropbox, its parent company. Those connections make it super quick and easy to pull documents in from our storage solution and to re-save them once signed. And it isn’t just Dropbox—HelloSign works the same with Google Drive, Box, OneDrive and even Evernote.

HelloSign is a particularly great DocuSign alternative for individuals and smaller businesses. The free plan makes it easy to send and eSign up to three documents per month. Once you’re ready to scale beyond that, all of HelloSign’s paid plans come with unlimited eSigning. Plus, those paid plans come with an overall lower price tag versus DocuSign’s plans.

Beyond simple usage, HelloSign may have a harder time handling advanced workflows and use cases. This is where DocuSign, and other alternatives, outperform HelloSign thanks to more advanced eSigning features.

G2 rating: 4.7

HelloSign price: HelloSign offers a limited free plan; paid plans start at $15 per month for one user and unlimited eSigning; custom enterprise plans available

Best for: HelloSign is a great online signature tool for small businesses and individuals that may send a lot of documents, but only require a few users and standard features.

Founded in 2011, signNow is one eSignature solution that places its focus solidly on simplifying the eSigning process across any device. Using a streamlined UI and robust automation features, signNow makes it easy and quick to request signatures and eSign yourself on mobile, tablet, or desktop.

That use case is clearly a big one, which is why the company has already served more than 20 million users—who give signNow an average 4.6 out of 5 rating.

SignNow is also part of the airSlate Business Cloud, a broader suite that includes document management and automation features well beyond anything DocuSign offers.

While the company doesn’t offer a custom enterprise plan, their pricing is lower than DocuSign across the board—even for the airSlate Business Cloud plan (their largest). Combine that with more than 40 integrations to connect signNow with the other apps you use everyday, and the tool can easily become a crucial piece of your document workflow.

G2 rating: 4.6

signNow price: Plans start at $8 per user per month and include unlimited signature requests on all tiers; signNow does not offer a custom enterprise plan

Best for: signNow is a great online signature tool for smaller companies that need additional document management features.

Adobe Sign was originally founded in 2005 as EchoSign. After Adobe acquired the product in 2011, it was largely folded into the company’s Adobe Acrobat product. That means, when you buy Adobe Sign, you also get a full-fledged PDF tool (with most plans).

Adobe Acrobat comes standard on most Windows devices—Microsoft even designated Adobe Sign as their preferred eSignature partner. But with more than 100 integration partners, Adobe Sign can fit right into nearly any workflow.

Adobe Sign is also one of few eSignature tools that offers more advanced, enterprise-focused features like scanned image detection, optical character recognition (OCR), 3D rendering and rich media (including CAD and video) embedding.

As far as pricing goes, Adobe Sign is comparable to DocuSign on the lower tiers, but becomes the more affordable option as you scale. While more generous in its usage allowances across plans, Adobe does share the same consumption-based pricing model as DocuSign, allowing 150 documents per user per year across all plans.

G2 rating: 4.4

Adobe Sign price: Adobe Sign is included in most Adobe Acrobat plans, which start at $9.99 per month for one user or $16.99 per license per month for teams; full Adobe Sign is available as a custom enterprise plan

Best for: Adobe Sign is a great online signature option for enterprise businesses that need advanced document handling features.

Founded in 2009, dotloop differs from both DocuSign and the other alternatives on this list because it focuses specifically on the real estate industry. Today, the company is owned by Zillow and used by big names in the real estate world like RE/MAX and Keller Williams.

While DocuSign does offer a version of their product catered to real estate agents, the specialization doesn’t go as deep as dotloop’s. With dotloop, agents and brokers get access to several features DocuSign doesn’t offer, including:

• A document editor to edit, split and rotate PDFs
• MLS and association feeds
• A clause manager
• Easy-Offer links

Beyond features, dotloop also offers a targeted list of integrations designed to connect the tool with all of the other apps used in a real estate transaction. It connects directly with tools like Zillow Premier Agent, propertybase, BrokerSumo, Notarize, Keller Williams and EXIT Realty.

While that specialization comes at a higher price tag than DocuSign, dotloop does offer a limited free plan. It allows REALTORS® to use the tool to complete as many as 10 transactions (with unlimited eSignatures for each) for free—so there’s no reason not to give the tool a try.

G2 rating: 4.2

dotloop price: Limited free plan for REALTORS® to complete up to 10 transactions (with unlimited eSignatures); paid plans start at $29 per month; custom plans available for teams and larger enterprise needs

Best for: dotloop is a great online signature tool for real estate agents and brokerages.

Founded in 2009 and acquired by Citrix Systems in 2014, RightSignature is another capable DocuSign alternative.

While the tool offers fewer features than DocuSign, it connects seamlessly with the rest of the Citrix suite of products—including Podio and ShareFile. Connecting with those tools unlocks additional features and functionality like delivery and receipt acknowledgement, document visibility controls and PDF form conversion.

Beyond Citrix products, RightSignature also integrates with about a dozen other tools for document storage, CRM and more. Plus, it offers a robust API to connect with virtually any business tool you may use.

RightSignature uses a similar consumption-based pricing model to DocuSign, but its allowances are a lot more generous. Each plan includes up to 100 documents per user per month, and usage isn’t capped at the individual level. So, if you have three users, you get 300 documents per month, which can be split among users however you need.

G2 rating: 4.5

RightSignature price: Plans start at $12 per month for one user and $60 per month for up to three users and additional features; custom enterprise plans available for more than three users

Best for: RightSignature is a great online signature tool for smaller businesses with high volume needs.

DocHub launched in 2014 as part of Macroplant—its parent company. In just a few years since then, the company has grown to serve millions of active users every month and process more than 2.5 billion digital documents. Plus, according to third-party reviews, DocHub boasts the same average rating (4.5 out of 5) as DocuSign.

DocHub doesn’t officially list any integrations on their website, but help docs show the tool does connect with common cloud storage tools like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and Box, along with a few other Google tools (Gmail and Chrome). We’ve also seen many DocHub customers request a Zapier integration, which would open up connections with thousands of other apps if the DocHub team does add it.

As an alternative to DocuSign, DocHub’s main advantage is affordability. The company offers a limited free plan, while the paid plan comes in at only $4.99 per user per month—well below even DocuSign’s most affordable plan (Personal). Plus, that cost includes some basic PDF editing features that DocuSign doesn’t offer at all.

G2 rating: 4.5

DocHub price: Limited free plan available; paid plan is $4.99 per user per month and includes unlimited documents, eSignatures and sign requests

Best for: DocHub is a great online signature tool for smaller businesses looking for an affordable way to get basic eSignature and PDF editing features.

Launched on the App Store in 2010, SignEasy is the first eSignature app designed specifically for mobile. Since then, the company has served over 35,000 businesses and seven million users across the globe.

While many other DocuSign alternatives work on mobile devices, SignEasy was built to be mobile-first—making it the most lightweight and streamlined experience for eSigning on-the-go. The app works so well on smartphones and tablets that Apple even featured SignEasy on their landing page for the launch of iPadOS 15.

In addition to a better mobile experience, SignEasy offers more affordable pricing as you scale—and more generous usage—versus DocuSign. Plans start at just $8 per month and the two higher tiers (Pro and Business) include unlimited documents and eSignature requests.

That said, the intentionally lightweight design of SignEasy does leave some key features out, like:

• Automatic text tagging and placement
• Conditional routing
• Bulk recipients
• PDF form conversion

Despite the limited feature set, SignEasy is beloved by customers. According to G2 reviewers, the app has an average rating of 4.7 out of 5—higher than DocuSign’s 4.5 rating.

G2 rating: 4.7

SignEasy price: Plans start at $8 per month for limited signature requests or $15 per user per month for unlimited; custom enterprise plans available

Best for: SignEasy is a great online signature tool for businesses that need the flexibility to eSign on-the-go.

Ultimately, the best eSignature solution depends on your unique business needs and workflow. With so many alternatives to choose from, it’s well worth the time to reevaluate whether DocuSign is really the right option for you and your team.

To wrap up, here’s a high-level recap based on our evaluation of each of DocuSign alternatives above:

• Nitro Sign is the best option for companies that need unlimited eSigning and PDF editing all-in-one.
• PandaDoc is a great option for companies that need a full document automation solution.
• HelloSign is great for small businesses and individuals that only have a few users and require standard features.
• SignNow is a great online signature tool for smaller companies that need additional document management features.
• Adobe Sign works well for enterprise businesses that need advanced signing features and PDF editing.
• Dotloop is a great online signature tool for real estate agents and brokerages.
• RightSignature is a good option for smaller businesses with high volume needs.
• DocHub is a good option for smaller businesses looking for an affordable solution and basic eSignature and PDF editing features.
• SignEasy is best for businesses that need the flexibility to eSign on-the-go.
  

Hopefully the information above can help you find the eSignature solution that best combines the features and workflow integrations you need, with a price that works for your budget.

If you still aren’t sure which tool to go with, we recommend learning a little more about Nitro Sign.

With Nitro, you get the best of everything: unlimited eSignature and requests included on all plans and enterprise-grade features, like customer branding, bulk signing, templates and single sign-on (SSO)—all at a lower price point than many of the tools above.

Plus, you can opt for the full Nitro Productivity Platform™ to bundle Nitro Sign with Nitro PDF Pro, combining robust PDF and eSign features into one capable tool.

Here’s a look at how we stack up as an alternative to DocuSign:

And our pricing plans are more affordable and scalable than DocuSign, too—so you can do more for less.

Interested in learning more about Nitro Sign? Schedule a personalized demowith our sales team.

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