Professional eSignatures without the price tag

Yes. The Free eSign plan allows users to send and sign up to 60 documents per year at no cost. This plan is ideal for users who need occasional, no-hassle e-signing without a subscription or fee.

Users on the free e-sign plan will have access to a limited set of document tools — primarily document fields — but access to the full suite of content creation tools is restricted. Requests for signatures can also only be sent via email, rather than from sharable links, and integrations (including payment processing) aren’t available.

However, every e-signature captured through the Free eSign plan is held to the same standards as e-signatures found in our paid plans. At the end of the signing process, signers will receive a unique digital certificate with information proving the validity of every signer.

An electronic signature is a digital method of showing agreement to the contents of a document. Rather than signing with a pen on paper (called a wet signature), signers apply an electronic mark to a document using a secure platform.

Electronic signatures are widely used for contracts, agreements, approvals, and other business documents because they save time and reduce manual steps. When using a secure signing platform like PandaDoc, these signing methods also create a clear record of signer intent, which helps in the event of a legal dispute.

Yes, if created using secure, legally compliant platforms like PandaDoc and follows modern security practices.

Our documents are protected using industry-standard encryption while they are sent and when they are stored. Each document also includes a certification of completion that records identifying information for all signers.

These safeguards help protect documents from unauthorized access and ensure that signatures are both secure and legally valid.

Yes! PandaDoc e-signatures (including free e-signatures) are built with legality in mind and are compliant with the ESIGN ACT, UETA, eIDAS, and other regulations.

It’s a common misconception that the act of drawing a signature on an electronic document is the same as an e-signature, but that’s not the case. Secure signing platforms like PandaDoc use information such as IP addresses, timestamps, recipient emails, unique signing links, and secure encryption to verify that signers are valid and authentic.

The Free eSign plan is focused on basic document signing and includes the following defined limitations:

• 60 documents per calendar year.
• Up to 5 templates.
• 2 recipients per document.
• Limited access to document editor.
• No integrations.
• No advanced user roles.

Paid plans are designed for teams with higher volume or more complex workflows. Every paid plan includes unlimited documents and reusable templates, automated workflows, integrations with other tools, and contract management capabilities.

For a full breakdown of paid plans, check our pricing page.

The Free eSign Plan supports signing common business file formats, including PDF, PNG, JPG, and DOCX.

However, keep in mind that access to the document editor is limited. Where paid plan users can fully customize DOCX files or create new documents from scratch, Free eSign Plan users will only be able to add fields in a limited capacity.

Access to all the features in the editor requires a paid plan.