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Both cover legal & contracts. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Docusign | signNow | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $11 | From $8 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Annual only | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
| Covers | Legal & Contracts, Creator Finance | Legal & Contracts, Project Management |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
The e-signature everyone already accepts
Docusign's advantage is not the product, it is that a brand's legal team has already approved it. For a creator signing sponsorship agreements that is worth more than a cheaper competitor. The personal plan's five envelopes a month is the constraint to check before subscribing.
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E-signatures with unlimited users on every plan
signNow sends documents for signature and charges by the plan rather than by the seat, so adding a collaborator does not change the bill. That is the whole reason a small team picks it over the incumbent. Templates, bulk sending and an API that will fire signature requests from your own software are all there; the interface is plainer than the market leader's and costs a quarter as much.
Our note
Against Docusign this is a quarter of the price for the same job, and the unlimited-users line is what makes it cheaper again for a team. The reason to pay Docusign instead is that clients recognise the name on the email.
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