Send 10 documents for signature every month on the free plan. No credit card, no 30-day trial clock, and your signers don’t need an account.
Yes. DocuSign has no free plan for sending documents: you get a 30-day trial, then a paid plan. SignForge’s free plan lets you send 10 envelopes a month for $0, with no time limit, and every document comes with an audit trail and a signing certificate.
| DocuSign | SignForge Free | |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start sending | Personal plan, $10/mo billed annually | $0 |
| Documents you can send | 5 / month (Personal) | 10 / month |
| After the trial | 30-day trial, then pay | No trial — the free plan doesn't expire |
| Signer needs an account | No | No |
| Audit trail + certificate | Yes | Yes, on the free plan |
| Credit card to start | Required to keep sending | Never, for the free plan |
DocuSign figures: US pricing as of October 2026, billed annually. Prices vary by region and billing cycle.
Renting a flat, selling a car, splitting a lease with a roommate, signing a school permission form — personal paperwork comes in bursts, a few documents at a time. DocuSign’s cheapest way to send them is a paid subscription for 5 envelopes a month. Occasional personal use fits comfortably inside 10 free sends.
Selling a vehicle? Start from a free vehicle bill of sale and send it for signature in the same place.
Volunteer waivers, board consents, donor and sponsorship agreements: small organisations sign a lot of paper and have little budget for software. The free plan costs $0 for any organisation, nonprofit or not — no application, no verification, just 10 sends a month.
Need a starting point? The template gallery has a liability waiver and agreement templates you can customise and send.
How the trail works: e-signature audit trail.
Pro — $15/month for 25 sends, more recipients, automatic reminders and branding removal.
Business — $80/month for 100 sends, unlimited recipients, a team workspace and larger bulk sends.
Enterprise adds SSO/SAML, volume pricing and an SLA. Compare every plan →
If you’re replacing DocuSign across a company — SSO, governance, bulk signing, advanced signatures — see the DocuSign enterprise alternative.
Only for signing. A free DocuSign account lets you sign documents other people send you; to send your own regularly you get a 30-day trial and then a paid plan (after the trial a free account can send very little), starting with Personal at about $10 a month billed annually for 5 envelopes a month (US pricing, October 2026).
It depends on what you send. If you need the core of DocuSign — upload a PDF, place fields, send it, get it back signed with an audit trail — SignForge's free plan covers 10 documents a month at $0, with no trial clock and no credit card. If you need deep enterprise integrations or qualified (QES) signatures, DocuSign is the better fit.
The free plan is free with no time limit: 10 e-signs every month, up to 3 recipients per envelope, with the audit trail and signing certificate included. Paid plans add more sends, recipients and features, but you never have to upgrade to keep using the free plan.
Electronic signatures are recognised under laws such as ESIGN and UETA in the US and eIDAS in the EU, and a free-plan document gets the same audit trail and certificate as a paid one. Whether a particular document can be signed electronically depends on the transaction and jurisdiction — some documents, like wills in many places, still need ink.
No. Your signer gets an email with a secure link, opens it on any device, and signs — no registration, no download.
Pro is $15/month for 25 sends, and Business is $80/month for 100 sends plus a team workspace. Enterprise is priced on your volume. You can see every plan on the pricing page.
10 documents a month at $0. Upload a PDF, place the fields, send — your signer just opens the link.
Send your first document freeFree plan, no time limit. No credit card required.