01COUNTERSIGNED VS YOUTRUST
Youtrust, the new name for Yousign, has a thoughtful free plan with signing order, reminders and expirations, but it stops at 2 signature requests a month and no templates. One adds 10 requests and a single template for $8 a month billed yearly. Countersigned Free sends 20 envelopes a month and keeps up to 20 templates.
20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates. Free forever.
02SIDE BY SIDE
Countersigned Free against Youtrust’s own published plans. Youtrust Free covers 2 signature requests a month, with no templates.
| Feature | Countersigned Free | Youtrust |
|---|---|---|
| 01Signature requests on the free plan | 20 a month | 2 a month Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 02Templates on the free plan | Up to 20 | None (1 on One) Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 03Signers per request on the free plan | Up to 10 | Up to 5 Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 04Text fields and checkboxes | Included | From One ($8/mo, yearly) Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 05Signer document uploads | Included | Pro ($38/user/mo, yearly) Advantage: Countersigned. |
| 06Signing order, reminders and expiration | Included | Included on Free Advantage: Even. |
| 07Advanced and qualified signatures | Simple e-signatures | AES and QES add-ons (eIDAS) Advantage: Them. |
| 08Hosting and trust status | AWS, United States | EU hosting; EU trusted list Advantage: Them. |
YOUTRUSTPUBLISHED SELF-SERVE PLANS
03DO THE MATH
Pick how many agreements you send a month. We’ll find Youtrust’s cheapest published plan that covers it, and ours.
One sender, cheapest self-serve Youtrust 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 qualified signatures or EU-hosted data, Youtrust is built for European compliance. If you need simple e-signatures and more than 2 a month, Countersigned covers 10 times that for free.
Advanced (AES) and qualified (QES) eIDAS signatures, and a place on the EU trusted list.
EU hosting and ISO 27001 for its trust-services system.
SMS one-time codes, identity and document checks, and electronic seals.
Bulk send, approvals, Zapier and HubSpot on paid plans, plus an API.
Up to 100 signers per request on paid plans.
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
Yes. Yousign renamed itself Youtrust in 2026; yousign.com now redirects to youtrust.com. Its plans and pricing carry over under the new name.
2 signature requests a month for one user, up to 5 signers per request, with signing order, reminders, expirations, email codes and an audit trail, but no templates. Countersigned Free includes 20 envelopes a month and up to 20 templates.
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
