Proposals & E-signature
Proposal and e-signature tools turn quotes, statements of work, and contracts into trackable documents that a buyer can review and legally sign in a browser.
The gap between a verbal yes and a countersigned contract is where small deals die. This category closes it: templated proposals, live pricing tables, view analytics that show what the buyer actually read, and binding electronic signatures. Startups care most about per-document and per-seat costs, since the incumbents price signature volume as if every company were an enterprise procurement department.
Better Proposals
The cheapest serious proposal tool, with unlimited seats from the second tier up
Documenso
MomentumAGPL-licensed e-signature you can self-host, read the source of, and embed in your own product
Proposify
Proposal software built around control: approved content, locked pages, and a send meter
Qwilr
InnovationTurns the sales proposal into a tracked web page with quoting, e-sign, and payment built in
SignWell
Best ValueBootstrapped e-signature at a tenth of DocuSign's price, with the cheapest API in the category
DocuSign
The default e-signature standard, sold to small teams by the envelope
Dropbox Sign
Unlimited signature requests at a flat seat price, with the developer API sold separately
PandaDoc
Category LeaderProposal builder and e-signature in one account, with the useful half behind the Business tier
signNow
Eight dollars a seat for compliant e-signature, with an invite quota you have to watch
Zoho Sign
Cheap, unlimited-envelope e-signature that reaches qualified EU signatures at the top tier
Signaturely
A deliberately simple e-signature tool from a bootstrapped team, with a separately priced API
Bonsai
Proposals and signed contracts as two modules of a whole freelance back office
eSignatures.com
Forty-nine cents a contract, no seats, no subscription, API first
Prospero
One flat plan for unlimited proposals, aimed squarely at freelancers
Xodo Sign (formerly eversign)
Unlimited documents from ten dollars a seat, now with Apryse's PDF engine behind it
Youtrust (formerly Yousign)
A European qualified trust service provider that sells qualified signatures by the unit
Profiles are listed in editorial order. Placement cannot be purchased; see our methodology.