01COUNTERSIGNED VS BOLDSIGN
BoldSign has one of the most generous free plans around, and we’ll say so: 25 envelopes a month to our 20. Where it holds back is templates: Essential keeps 2. Countersigned Free keeps up to 20, so the agreements you send every month are ready to reuse.
20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates. Free forever.
02SIDE BY SIDE
Countersigned Free against BoldSign’s own published plans. BoldSign Essential covers 25 envelopes a month and 2 templates for one user.
| Feature | Countersigned Free | BoldSign |
|---|---|---|
| 01Templates on the free plan | Up to 20 | 2 Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 02Templates on the first paid plan | Unlimited on Pro | 10 on Growth Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 03Envelopes on the free plan | 20 a month | 25 a month Advantage: Them. |
| 04Signer attachments and reminders | Included | Included on Essential Advantage: Even. |
| 05Signers per envelope | Up to 10 | Up to 50 Advantage: Them. |
| 06Mobile apps and branding | Browser only, standard branding | Mobile apps and custom branding on Free Advantage: Them. |
| 07Unlimited sending | 200 a month on Pro ($20/seat) | Business, $15/user/mo annual Advantage: Them. |
| 08Security attestations | Safeguards in our Trust Center | SOC 2 Type II on every plan Advantage: Them. |
BOLDSIGNPUBLISHED SELF-SERVE PLANS
03DO THE MATH
Pick how many agreements you send a month. We’ll find BoldSign’s cheapest published plan that covers it, and ours.
One sender, cheapest self-serve BoldSign plan that covers your volume, at its listed monthly rate. Checked October 10, 2026.
04IN FAIRNESS
We’d rather you choose with the whole picture. If you send more than 20 one-off documents a month and rarely reuse them, BoldSign’s free plan gives you more. If your work runs on reusable agreements, Countersigned keeps 10 times as many templates free.
More free envelopes: 25 a month to our 20.
Mobile apps, custom branding and automatic field detection on the free plan.
Up to 50 signers per request, and phone support on every plan.
SOC 2 Type II and data residency in the US, EU, Canada and Australia.
Low paid tiers: $5 per user a month for 50 envelopes, $15 for unlimited, billed annually.
05HOW IT’S FREE
Free isn’t a trial or a teaser. It comes from how we build, and who builds it.
The team behind DocuPipe spent a decade building machine-learning systems. Now we write, review and test Countersigned with AI at every step. That lets a small team run a complete signing product without legacy code or a large sales floor to fund, so the essentials can stay free.
It also means we move quickly. When something you need is missing, tell us.
Countersigned is built by the team behind DocuPipe, the document-intelligence platform with ISO 27001:2022 certification, a SOC 2 Type II report and annual penetration tests. Those attestations cover DocuPipe, not Countersigned yet, but the habits came with us.
06SWITCHING
There’s no import tool yet, and you don’t need one. Your agreements are PDFs.
Email or Google. No credit card, no trial clock.
Upload the PDFs you already send, place signer fields, and save up to 20 as reusable templates.
Recipients sign in the browser without an account, and everyone gets the completed PDF.
07QUESTIONS
It depends on what you reuse. BoldSign Essential includes 25 envelopes a month and 2 templates; Countersigned Free includes 20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates. If you send many one-off documents, BoldSign gives you more envelopes. If you send from templates, Countersigned keeps 18 more of them free.
BoldSign’s paid plans are inexpensive: Growth is $5 per user a month for 50 envelopes and Business is $15 for unlimited, billed annually. Countersigned Pro is $20 per seat for 200 envelopes. Run your own volume through the calculator above.
We build with AI at every step, so a small team can run the whole product without a large sales organization to pay for. Free covers 20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates, permanently. Teams that need more pay for Pro: $20 per seat per month for 200 shared envelopes. That, not your data, is the business model.
Countersigned records each signer’s consent, signing events, IP address and browser, and produces a completed PDF with a completion record and document hashes. In the US, the ESIGN Act and UETA generally prevent a signature from being denied legal effect just because it’s electronic, but whether e-signing suits a particular agreement depends on the document and the law that applies. Countersigned doesn’t yet offer certificate-backed PDF sealing or qualified eIDAS signatures.
Sending pauses until your allowance resets on the first of the month, or you can upgrade to Pro for 200 shared envelopes at $20 per seat per month. Signing and template reuse never use up envelopes; only sending does.
No. Recipients open a private link, review the document and sign in the browser. They don’t need an account or a subscription, and everyone gets the completed PDF.
08YOUR NEXT AGREEMENT
