eSignature tools let you send documents for signature, collect legally binding signatures and store executed copies — from a freelancer's first NDA to an enterprise agreement-lifecycle operation. We evaluate the free or entry tier, how the bill scales (per seat, per envelope, or quote-only), what compliance and authentication the tier actually carries, and whether signing is the whole product or one feature inside a document-automation or contract-management platform.
5 eSignature tools are tracked in this index. 2 of them ship a free plan (PandaDoc, Dropbox Sign). and 3 offer a trial instead (DocuSign, airSlate, Juro). The lowest published entry price in the category is $0/mo (Free eSign) · $19/user/mo (Starter, annual) (PandaDoc). Across the 5 scored eSignature entries, the index average is 4.1/5, led by DocuSign at 4.4/5. Most common tags on this page: eSignature (5 tools), Compliance (2 tools), Agreement Management (1 tool), Contract Lifecycle (1 tool). Pricing figures behind these entries were last checked between 2026-09-20; every tool page carries its own check date.
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The full set of eSignature entries, with the plan shape each vendor actually publishes:
Every price point above is copied from the vendor's own pricing page and carries the date it was checked on the individual tool page — we do not fill gaps from third-party roundups. Where a figure could not be verified against an official source, the tool page says so instead of guessing.
DocuSign is the e-signature market standard — legally binding in 180+ countries with the broadest enterprise integrations, compliance depth and agreement-lifecycle reach, priced per seat with annual-billing discounts.
PandaDoc pairs document automation (proposals, quotes, sales docs) with built-in e-signature and payment collection, a genuinely free e-sign tier, and deep CRM integrations — priced per user with an annual-billing discount.
airSlate's signNow is the mid-market value play: SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA-grade compliance at about a third of DocuSign's price, per-seat plans from $8/user/mo on annual billing, with a 100-invites-per-user annual cap and separately priced API and WorkFlow automation.
Juro is a browser-native contract-lifecycle platform: no Word dependency, native e-signature, template library and a repository that tracks signed docs, with unlimited users on all plans — priced quote-only through a calculator, with no self-serve tiers.
Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign) is the simple, affordable e-signature tool that saves signed docs straight into Dropbox: unlimited signatures on the paid plans, a free 3-requests/month tier, and a per-seat entry at $15/user/mo — with API and embedded signing billed on a separate track.
When you compare eSignature tools, the fields that decide the outcome are the ones this index actually stores: whether a free plan exists and what it limits, the published entry price and how it bills (per seat, per month, per workspace), what the trial covers, which of the six index dimensions the tool scores on, when each figure was last checked against the official page, and which alternatives sit in the same category. Each tool page prints those fields with its own verification date, the eSignature comparison pages put two products side by side on the same fields, and the list pages rank the category against the rest of the index — so you can move from a shortlist to a decision without opening a vendor's sales page.
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5 tools are tracked here, 2 of them with a free plan, and paid entry pricing starts at $0/mo (Free eSign) · $19/user/mo (Starter, annual) (PandaDoc). eSignature tools let you send documents for signature, collect legally binding signatures and store executed copies — from a freelancer's first NDA to an enterprise agreement-lifecycle operation. We evaluate the free or entry tier, how the bill scales (per seat, per envelope, or quote-only), what compliance and authentication the tier actually carries, and whether signing is the whole product or one feature inside a document-automation or contract-management platform
PandaDoc, Dropbox Sign list a free plan in this index; PandaDoc paid plans start at $0/mo (Free eSign) · $19/user/mo (Starter, annual).
PandaDoc has the lowest published entry price on this page at $0/mo (Free eSign) · $19/user/mo (Starter, annual) (Per-user billing; annual saves ~46%. Free eSign plan is unlimited signatures with a 5-document/month cap. Starter ($19/user/mo annual) adds unlimited documents; Business ($49/user/mo annual) unlocks CRM integrations, custom branding and payments. Enterprise is quote-only (SSO, API, CPQ)). PandaDoc also lists a free plan.
Every price point above is copied from the vendor's own pricing page and carries the date it was checked on the individual tool page — we do not fill gaps from third-party roundups. Where a figure could not be verified against an official source, the tool page says so instead of guessing.
DocuSign leads this category at 4.4/5 — DocuSign is the e-signature market standard — legally binding in 180+ countries with the broadest enterprise integrations, compliance depth and agreement-lifecycle reach, priced per seat with annual-billing discounts. The category average across 5 scored entries is 4.1/5.