Professional eSignatures without the price tag

Yes. The PandaDoc Free eSign plan lets you send and sign up to 60 documents per year, at no cost. No subscription or credit card is required.

The plan is designed for occasional e-signing and includes basic document fields, reusable templates, email delivery, and a certificate of completion for every completed document. Advanced document creation, integrations, payments, and team workflow capabilities require a paid plan.

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.

The Free eSign plan is a good fit if you send up to five documents per month and only need basic electronic signature tools. Consider a paid PandaDoc plan when your team needs:

• Unlimited document sends

• More reusable templates and content

• Multiple users or advanced user roles

• CRM integrations

• Approval workflows

• Bulk sending

• Payment collection

• Workflow automation

These capabilities help growing teams standardize how agreements are created, approved, sent, tracked, and managed. Explore electronic signature software for teams

No. The PandaDoc Free eSign plan costs $0 and does not require a credit card. It includes up to 60 documents per year.

You will only pay if you choose to upgrade to a paid plan. Before upgrading, review the selected plan’s billing frequency, included features, optional features, and any applicable taxes on the PandaDoc pricing page.

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 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.

PandaDoc and DocuSign both let individuals sign documents at no cost, but their free offerings are structured differently.

PandaDoc Free eSign allows users to send up to 60 documents per year to collect electronic signatures. It also includes up to five templates and supports up to two recipients per document.

DocuSign’s free account is primarily designed for individuals who need to sign, store, and return documents. DocuSign limits free sending to 3 envelopes (lifetime cap) when users need to collect signatures from other people and may direct those users to a trial or paid plan.

If you regularly send documents for signature or need team workflows, explore PandaDoc’s comprehensive electronic signature software solution.