Simplify document signing with Papersign—the best alternative to DocuSign

Papersign

Papersign has two pricing tiers: a Free plan that is limited to 3 signed documents per month, and a Pro plan at $24 per user/month with unlimited e-signatures, documents, and team members (with each additional team member costing $24/month).

DocuSign

DocuSign offers a free limited plan that only allows you to sign documents, while all other features (document creation, document sending, etc.) are not accessible.

DocuSign has 4 pricing tiers, the cheapest starts at $15 per user/month and comes with a 5-document limit. It gives you access to all the basic features needed for eSignatures, such as audit trails, reminders, and templates, but for any other features you’d need to upgrade to their higher pricing plans.

You can create documents by uploading a PDF document, by building your document directly within Papersign, or a combination of both. You can also use Papersign's large library of pre-built Document Templates to get started.

You can mark up PDFs by simply clicking and adding fields, images and static content that can be dragged and dropped, resized and formatted to match your document. For documents created inside of Papersign, you can use slash commands to quickly insert fields anywhere inside your content.

Fields can be linked to specific information like the signer's name or business address so that they only have to enter it once when signing the document and have their changes reflected everywhere.

You also don’t need to worry about losing track of your contracts, proposals, and more. You’ll get instant notifications to monitor your document’s progress in real-time, and there’s also a simple dashboard to keep an eye on all of your documents at once.

DocuSign

DocuSign doesn’t have any built-in Document Editor which means if you want to build documents from scratch rather than uploading a PDF file, you’d need to build and edit your document in an external tool like Microsoft Word, or in DocuSign’s add-on tool for an extra $20 per user per month. This means the documents have fewer customization options compared to Papersign.

The signing experience is similar to Papersign. Once you’ve set up your document and signable fields, simply add the email addresses, set up the signing workflow, modify the email reminders, and send it out.

Both tools provide an audit trail to track the signing process as well as a Signed Document Certification of Completion after the document has been signed by all participants.

When it comes to security and compliance, both Papersign and DocuSign are excellent choices as they both comply with GDPR for privacy control, UETA & eSign Act to e-sign documents in the US, eiDAS Regulation to e-sign documents in the European Union and the United Kingdom, as well as the ETA & ETR regulations for Australia.

Both Papersign and Docusign have also passed System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II Audit which checks that the software and services are protected by one of the highest recognized standards of information security compliance in the world.

Papersign

Papersign doesn’t yet have any third-party integrations but has a useful built-in integration with Paperform to tie together payments, scheduling, rich data capture, and signed documents in one place.

DocuSign

DocuSign has a limited number of integrations available for most plans. You can get access to their 400+ API integrations on the Enhanced plan.

Both platforms offer 24/7 customer support via email and a large section of Help Articles on their websites. If you need your questions resolved fast, you can connect with Papersign’s Customer Support via live chat.