DocuSign pricing 2026: what the four plans really cost
DocuSign publishes a clear grid, but the advertised price is not the price paid: two of the four plans are billed per user, the included envelopes are capped annually rather than monthly, and the qualified signature — the one public administrations require — is charged on top of the subscription. This page reproduces the grid as published, then works out the cost per signature that follows from it. The amounts are DocuSign's euro grid for the European market.
The pricing grid, plan by plan
Prices excluding tax, as published in euros for the European market. DocuSign advertises up to 44% savings on an annual commitment compared with paying monthly.
| Plan | Per month | Per year | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | 9 € | 108 € | A single user, 5 envelopes per month |
| Standard | 23 € per user | 276 € per user | Unlimited users, 100 envelopes per user per year |
| Business Pro | 38 € per user | 456 € per user | Unlimited users, 100 envelopes per user per year |
| Enhanced plans | On quotation | On quotation | Custom envelope volume, routed through a sales representative |
Two details change the arithmetic more than the headline price does. First, Standard and Business Pro are billed PER USER: a team of three on Standard is 828 € a year, not 276 €. Second, their envelope cap is ANNUAL — 100 per user per year, roughly eight a month — whereas Personal counts in 5 per month.
Is DocuSign free?
Yes to sign, no to have others sign. That distinction is the whole answer, and it explains most of the confusion on the subject.
- Signing a document someone sends you is free, and does not even require an account. DocuSign says so on its own pricing page: the recipients of an agreement do not need an account to sign. If you are on the signer's side — a lease, an employment contract, a quote from a supplier — you will never pay anything.
- Sending a document to be signed is paid, without exception. There is no permanent free tier: all four plans are subscriptions, starting at 9 € a month for a single user and 5 monthly envelopes.
- A free trial lets you test sending. Its length varies with current commercial offers, and it ends by switching you to a paid plan: it is a trial, not an offer.
On this specific point several competitors are more generous: Yousign, now Youtrust, maintains a permanent free tier — limited to one user and two signature requests a month — and Certyneo offers one as well. If what you need is to send a few documents a month with no budget, that is where to look, not at DocuSign.
What the subscription does not cover
Three items are billed outside the subscription, and the first is the one that catches people out most often.
- The eIDAS qualified signature — the level required by company registries and public procurement buyers across Europe — is billed at 10 € per recipient, on top of the subscription, whichever plan you are on.
- Enhanced identity verification starts at 2,35 € per verification, also on top.
- The API, by contrast, is included in every plan, with a free developer account — this is a point where DocuSign is generous and it deserves saying.
The real cost per signature
A subscription is not judged on its monthly price but on the price of actual use. Here is that division, assuming you consume your entire quota — the assumption most favourable to DocuSign.
| Plan | Annual quota | Cost per envelope |
|---|---|---|
| Personal, annual commitment | 60 envelopes | 1,80 € |
| Standard, annual commitment | 100 envelopes per user | 2,76 € |
| Business Pro, annual commitment | 100 envelopes per user | 4,56 € |
These figures are the floor. Use only half your quota and the unit cost doubles; an unused quota does not roll over. And if what you need is a qualified signature, add 10 € per recipient to every line above.
When DocuSign is the right choice
A page written by a competitor has to say what works in the other party's favour, or it is worth nothing. DocuSign is hard to beat on three fronts: high, steady volumes, where the unit cost falls and the annual commitment becomes rational; organisations that need fine-grained governance of users and templates; and integrations, with a mature ecosystem and an API included from the entry plan onwards.
The reasoning inverts as soon as usage becomes occasional. An annual subscription for three signatures a year costs more than the signatures themselves, and that is the most common situation among freelancers and very small companies.
The point of comparison, figures in hand
At Certyneo, the qualified signature is billed 9,90 € per signature, pay as you go, from any plan including the free one. Against DocuSign's 10 € per recipient, the gap on the unit is negligible: that is not where the difference lies. It lies in what you have to pay BEFORE you can reach it — a subscription with one, nothing with the other.
Put another way: if you sign every day, compare the subscriptions. If you sign three times a year, compare what access costs.
Frequently asked questions about DocuSign pricing
- Is DocuSign a paid product?
- Yes for regular use. DocuSign offers a 30-day free trial, after which access runs through one of the four plans, starting at 9 € a month for a single user and 5 monthly envelopes. There is no permanent free tier.
- How much does a qualified signature cost with DocuSign?
- 10 € per recipient, billed on top of the subscription. This is the level European company registries require for changes to or closure of a company, as well as many public procurement procedures: it is not a marginal option for anyone carrying out those formalities.
- Is the Personal plan enough for a company?
- It is limited to one user and 5 envelopes a month. As soon as a colleague needs to send documents too, you move to Standard, billed per user — the tipping point that takes a small business from 108 € to several hundred euros a year.
- Can you pay DocuSign per signature, without a subscription?
- No. All four plans are subscriptions, monthly or annual; pay-as-you-go billing does not exist in the published grid. Options such as the qualified signature or identity verification are billed per unit, but they are added to a subscription, they do not replace it.
- Which costs do people discover after the fact?
- Three mainly: per-user billing on Standard and Business Pro, the envelope cap counted annually and not carried over from one year to the next, and the 10 € per recipient supplement for the qualified signature. None is hidden — all three appear on the grid — but all three are easy to miss when comparing two monthly prices.
- Are these prices current?
- They were taken from DocuSign's public eSignature grid on 10 September 2026, in euros and excluding tax, as published for the European market. Prices in other regions are set separately and are not a currency conversion of these. DocuSign revises its grid regularly and runs seasonal promotions: check the official grid before committing. This page is updated whenever a change is observed.
Sources and method
Every amount on this page comes from DocuSign's public eSignature plan grid, in euros excluding tax as published for the European market, consulted on 10 September 2026. Costs per envelope are calculated by dividing the annual price by the announced quota, with no added assumption. No figure comes from a third-party comparison site.