Ranked by a stated rule · 9 price files
Best e-signature software, ranked by price
The short answer. On 25 Oct 2026, the lowest paid entry price on file for e-signature and contract tools was SignNow Basic at $8 a month billed annually. Docusign Personal, SignWell Light and Zoho Sign Standard followed at $10 a month on annual billing. The ranking uses each vendor's cheapest paid plan as a monthly figure and does not judge quality.
Every tool below has a dated price file read off its own pricing page. The list covers the whole contracts and signing drawer, including proposal and client management tools that send contracts for signature, ranked by the cheapest paid plan as a monthly figure, lowest first.
How this list is ranked
Lowest published paid price. Every tool in this category that publishes a price, ordered by its cheapest paid plan as a monthly figure (a yearly price is divided by 12), lowest first. Tools that publish no price are listed after the table, unranked. Per-user and flat prices are different units; the Billed column says which. No placement is paid for. A tool joins this list when its price file is published and leaves it if the file is not re-checked within 45 days.
The ranking
| # | Tool | Cheapest paid plan | Billed | Free plan | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SignNow | $8/mo (Basic) | billed annually | No | |
| Basic at $8 a month billed annually ($96 a year) allows unlimited users but 100 invites per year. | |||||
| 2 | Docusign | $10/mo (Personal) | billed annually upfront ($120/yr) | No | |
| Personal at $10 a month billed annually upfront ($120 a year) allows 5 envelopes per month. Billed month to month it is $15. | |||||
| 3 | SignWell | $10/mo (Light) | billed yearly, 1 sender included | Yes | |
| Light at $10 a month billed yearly includes 1 sender, and each additional sender costs extra. A Free plan allows 3 documents a month. | |||||
| 4 | Zoho Sign | $10/user/mo (Standard) | per user per month, billed annually | Yes | |
| Standard is $10 per user per month billed annually, capped at 25 envelopes per user per month. A Free plan covers a single user. | |||||
| 5 | Dropbox Sign | $15/mo (Essentials) | billed yearly ($180 a year), 1 user | No | |
| Essentials at $15 a month billed yearly is for one user. Standard has a 2-user minimum, starting at $600 a year. | |||||
| 6 | PandaDoc | $19/seat/mo (Starter) | billed annually | Yes | |
| Starter is $19 per seat per month billed annually ($35 monthly). A Free plan is capped at 5 documents a month. | |||||
| 7 | Proposify | $19/user/mo (Basic) | billed annually | No | |
| A proposal tool with e-signatures. Basic is $19 per user per month billed annually ($29 monthly); Team cannot be paid monthly. | |||||
| 8 | Dubsado | $335/yr (Starter) | billed yearly | No | |
| A client management tool that includes contracts. Starter is $335 a year as one yearly charge; extra brands cost $10 a month each. | |||||
| 9 | HoneyBook | $29/mo (Starter) | billed yearly | No | |
| A client management tool that includes contracts. Starter at $29 a month billed yearly includes no team members; a second person means Essentials at $49. | |||||
Reading the ranking
The order is the price of each tool's cheapest paid plan, not the plan a team usually needs. For signing, the note under each row matters as much as the figure: entry plans cap envelopes, invites or documents, and some are priced per sender or per seat, so a team of five pays several times the headline. Most prices here are annual-billing rates; each price file shows the monthly rate where the vendor publishes one.
HoneyBook, Dubsado and Proposify sit in the same drawer because they send contracts and proposals for signature, but their plans also cover invoicing, client portals or proposal building.
Where to read more
Every file sits in the contracts and signing drawer. Pairs are compared side by side in Docusign vs SignNow, Docusign vs PandaDoc and PandaDoc vs Proposify.
Questions
- What is the cheapest e-signature software?
- By published entry price on 25 Oct 2026, SignNow Basic at $8 a month billed annually, with a limit of 100 invites per year. Docusign Personal, SignWell Light and Zoho Sign Standard follow at $10 a month on annual billing.
- Is there free electronic signature software on this list?
- Yes. SignWell, Zoho Sign and PandaDoc each list a free plan with a monthly cap: 3 documents on SignWell, 5 envelopes on Zoho Sign and 5 documents on PandaDoc. Dropbox Sign also lists a free plan.
- How is this list ranked?
- By each tool's cheapest paid plan as a monthly figure (a yearly price divided by 12), lowest first, taken from its dated price file. Tools with no published price are listed after the ranked ones. No placement is paid for.
- Why can the entry price cost more than it looks?
- Entry plans carry volume and seat limits: SignNow Basic allows 100 invites per year, Docusign Personal 5 envelopes per month, and Dropbox Sign Standard needs at least 2 users. Monthly billing also costs more than the annual rate.
Every price above is read from the price files when this page loads, so the ranking moves when a vendor's price does. Prices change without notice; check before buying.