You choose an e-signature tool that fits a small team and a smaller budget than DocuSign. Five verified alternatives with entry price, free option and per-user or per-envelope limits.
Small teams usually leave DocuSign over price, per-seat licensing or features they do not use. The five tools here came from our verified catalogue: BoldSign, Signeasy, Foxit, airSlate and Oneflow. They do not solve the same problem. BoldSign and Signeasy are signing products with published prices. Foxit is a PDF suite with AI features and a free credit allowance. airSlate and Oneflow are workflow and contract-lifecycle platforms with no public price. Read the limits: a free plan is capped by envelopes or seats, and several vendors publish prices per user. Legal validity of e-signatures depends on your country and document type, so check requirements before replacing your current tool.
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Signing product with web and mobile apps, an API, bulk send, audit trail and a free Essential plan with 25 envelopes a month; paid from $15/mo.
When to pick it: Pick it if you want a free tier to start and developer API access; 30-day free trial on paid plans.
Send, sign and store contracts with templates, a repository and AI search; Personal plan is $10 per seat a month.
When to pick it: Pick it if you want simple per-seat pricing and a 14-day trial; recipients need no account to sign.
PDF editor with an AI Assistant; every account gets 300 free AI credits a month, paid AI is €4.15 per user per month billed yearly.
When to pick it: Pick it if you edit and sign PDFs and want AI summarising or translating them; 14-day trial of PDF Editor+; check the vendor's site for e-signature scope.
Suite for PDF editing, eSignatures and workflow automation with 85,000+ legal forms.
When to pick it: Pick it if you need document workflows and forms, and are ready to ask sales for a quote.
Contract lifecycle platform where agreements are collaborated on, approved and signed in one HTML document.
When to pick it: Pick it if you negotiate contracts with several parties, not just collect signatures.
None of these tools has a free plan.
| Criterion | BoldSign | Signeasy | Foxit | airSlate | Oneflow | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From (price/mo) | $15/mo source | custom, not published source | custom, not published source | price on request source | price on request source | |
| Free plan / trial | yes; trial: 30-day free trial source | no; trial: 14-day free trial source | yes; trial: 14-day free PDF Editor+ trial source | no source | no source | |
| Key capability | Free plan, audit trail, API, bulk send source | Templates, contract repository, API source | PDF editing + AI assistant source | eSignatures + workflow automation + legal forms source | Contract lifecycle, in-document collaboration source | |
| Main limit | Essential capped at 25 envelopes and 2 templates; Growth and Business priced per user source | No free plan; Personal allows 5 contracts a month source | Free credits are individual; price shown is for the AI add-on, not e-signature source | Pricing not published; no free plan source | Pricing not published; no free plan or trial source |
Facts from the vendors' official pages, checked on the date in the last column. Prices are what the vendor published on that date.
Count envelopes per month, signers per document and whether you need templates or bulk send.
BoldSign counts envelopes and seats, Signeasy counts seats and contracts, Foxit counts AI credits. Convert each to a monthly cost for your volume.
Use the BoldSign free plan or the 14–30 day trials to send a real document to a client.
BoldSign lists Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier and SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA; confirm yours before migrating.
Export signed PDFs and audit trails from DocuSign before cancelling.
BoldSign has a free Essential plan with 25 envelopes a month and 2 templates. Foxit gives 300 free AI credits a month, which covers its AI assistant rather than e-signing.
BoldSign and Signeasy publish prices and suit small teams: BoldSign from $15/mo, Signeasy Personal $10 per seat per month.
On verified cards the lowest paid signing price is Signeasy Personal at $10 per seat per month (5 contracts/mo), then BoldSign from $15/mo.
BoldSign Essential is free for 25 envelopes a month. Check legal requirements for your documents; this is not legal advice.
Our verified catalogue has no open-source e-signature tool; options exist (OpenSign, DocuSeal per the SERP) but need separate verification.
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