01COUNTERSIGNED VS DOCUSIGN
DocuSign’s cheapest sending plan is $11 a month with an annual commitment ($132 a year), for 5 envelopes. Countersigned gives you 20 envelopes every month and up to 20 reusable templates for $0, with the essentials you actually use: signing order, reminders, an audit trail and a completed PDF.
20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates. Free forever.
02SIDE BY SIDE
Countersigned Free against DocuSign’s own published plans. A free DocuSign account can sign what it receives, but sending needs a paid plan or a trial.
| Feature | Countersigned Free | DocuSign |
|---|---|---|
| 01Price to start sending | $0, forever | $11/mo with an annual commitment Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 02Envelopes on the entry plan | 20 a month | 5 a month (Personal) Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 03Free plan for senders | Yes, no time limit | No. Free accounts sign only Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 04Reusable templates | Up to 20 on Free | From Personal ($11/mo) Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 05Dropdown and radio fields | Included | Business Pro ($45/user/mo) Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 06Signer attachments | Included | Business Pro ($45/user/mo) Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 07Audit trail and completion certificate | Included | Included on every plan Advantage: Even. |
| 08Recipients need an account | No | No Advantage: Even. |
| 09Mobile apps | Browser only | Mobile app on every plan Advantage: Them. |
| 10Integrations | None yet | Cloud storage on every plan; 1,000+ from Business Pro Advantage: Them. |
| 11Security attestations | Safeguards in our Trust Center | ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II Advantage: Them. |
DOCUSIGNPUBLISHED SELF-SERVE PLANS
03DO THE MATH
Pick how many agreements you send a month. We’ll find DocuSign’s cheapest published plan that covers it, and ours.
One sender, cheapest self-serve DocuSign 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 need certifications, deep integrations or regulated signing, DocuSign is built for that. If you send agreements and need them signed, you don’t need to pay for it.
A mobile app on every plan, and signing in 44+ languages.
A deep integration catalog: Slack, Teams and Zoom from Standard, and 1,000+ partner integrations plus API access on Business Pro.
ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II on every plan.
Bulk Send, PowerForms, web forms and payment collection on Business Pro.
SMS delivery and ID verification add-ons for higher-assurance signing.
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
For most individuals, yes. Countersigned Free includes 20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates at $0, with no trial period and no card. DocuSign’s cheapest sending plan, Personal, is $11 a month with an annual commitment ($132 a year), for 5 envelopes a month. Standard and Business Pro include 100 envelopes per user per year on annual plans.
There’s no automatic import yet. Upload the same PDF, place the signer fields and save it as a template; most take a few minutes to rebuild. Completed agreements stay in your DocuSign account, so download the ones you want to keep before you cancel.
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
