01COUNTERSIGNED VS ONESPAN SIGN
OneSpan Sign is built for banks, insurers and government. There’s no free plan: after a 30-day trial, Professional is $22 per user a month, billed yearly with no refunds. If your agreements don’t need smart-card authentication, Countersigned Free sends 20 envelopes a month with up to 20 templates, for $0.
20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates. Free forever.
02SIDE BY SIDE
Countersigned Free against OneSpan Sign’s own published plans. OneSpan Sign has no free plan, only a 30-day trial.
| Feature | Countersigned Free | OneSpan Sign |
|---|---|---|
| 01Free plan | Yes, no time limit | No. 30-day trial Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 02Price to start sending | $0, forever | $22/user/mo, billed yearly Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 03Monthly billing | Pro is month to month | Yearly only, no refunds Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 04Reusable templates | Up to 20 on Free | Professional Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 05Security attestations | Safeguards in our Trust Center | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA Advantage: Them. |
| 06Signer authentication | Access codes | Q&A, smart cards; KBA and ID on Enterprise Advantage: Them. |
ONESPAN SIGNPUBLISHED SELF-SERVE PLANS
03DO THE MATH
Pick how many agreements you send a month. We’ll find OneSpan Sign’s cheapest published plan that covers it, and ours.
One sender, cheapest self-serve OneSpan Sign 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 work in a regulated industry and need strong identity checks, OneSpan Sign is built for you. If you need everyday agreements signed, you don’t need a yearly contract to start.
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA and eIDAS listed on Professional.
Q&A authentication, government smart cards and in-person signing.
Signing in 22 languages, with WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility.
Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Slack and SharePoint integrations.
KBA, government ID and biometric verification, notary, SSO and an API on Enterprise.
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
No. OneSpan offers a 30-day free trial without a card. After it ends you can’t create new transactions; Professional is $22 per user a month, billed yearly.
OneSpan Professional is billed yearly and auto-renews. Countersigned Free costs nothing, and Pro is $20 per seat, month to month.
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
