Xodo Sign (formerly eversign) vs Youtrust (formerly Yousign)
An independent, review-free comparison compiled by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Both products are profiled in full, and neither can pay for placement here.
The short answer
Both sides assessedXodo Sign (formerly eversign) compared with Youtrust (formerly Yousign)
Youtrust is a qualified trust service provider on the EU Trusted List that issues eIDAS advanced and qualified signatures directly, and charges accordingly at 23 euros per user for unlimited simple signing. Xodo Sign costs $16 and stops at standard electronic signatures. If a European counterparty asks what signature level your contract carries, only Youtrust has an answer; for everyone else Xodo Sign does the same practical job for meaningfully less.
Youtrust (formerly Yousign) compared with Xodo Sign (formerly eversign)
Xodo Sign, the Vienna-born product formerly called eversign, gives unlimited documents for $10 to $16 per user per month and throws in a real PDF editor, which is roughly a third of what Youtrust charges for unlimited simple signing. What it cannot do is issue an advanced or qualified eIDAS signature. Take Xodo Sign for cheap everyday signing; take Youtrust when the signature level itself is a requirement.
Choose Xodo Sign (formerly eversign) if
Small businesses that want unlimited document sending at the lowest credible per-seat price, teams who also need real PDF editing alongside signing, and anyone running several business entities from one account, particularly buyers weighing Dropbox Sign and SignWell who want a third quote.
Choose Youtrust (formerly Yousign) if
European businesses of any size that need eIDAS advanced or qualified electronic signatures without an enterprise contract, companies wanting EU-sovereign hosting and a French-regulated trust provider, and any small team whose counterparties or regulators ask what level of electronic signature a document carries.
Side by side
13 attributes| Attribute | Xodo Sign (formerly eversign) | Youtrust (formerly Yousign) |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Proposals | Proposals |
| Starting price | $0 (free plan), then $10 per user per month billed annually (Basic) (free plan available) | Free, then 9 euros per month (One) (free plan available) |
| Pricing model | Per-seat subscription with unlimited documents on paid plans, credit metering for bulk sending and SMS, and a separately priced API product sized by monthly API documents. | Per-user subscription with monthly signature request allowances on the lower tiers and unlimited requests above, plus per-signature metering for advanced and qualified electronic signatures. |
| Free plan | Three documents per month for one user with basic e-signature capability. | Two signature requests per month for one user, with unlimited self-signing, an inbox, automatic reminders, and basic tracking. |
| Free trial | 7-day Professional trial with no credit card required, plus a free API sandbox | 14-day free trial, alongside a permanently free plan |
| Best for | Small businesses that want unlimited document sending at the lowest credible per-seat price, teams who also need real PDF editing alongside signing, and anyone running several business entities from one account, particularly buyers weighing Dropbox Sign and SignWell who want a third quote. | European businesses of any size that need eIDAS advanced or qualified electronic signatures without an enterprise contract, companies wanting EU-sovereign hosting and a French-regulated trust provider, and any small team whose counterparties or regulators ask what level of electronic signature a document carries. |
| Setup time | Fifteen minutes to send a first document. An afternoon to rebuild your routine documents as templates, which is worth doing properly on Professional where templates are unlimited. | Twenty minutes to send a first simple signature request. Qualified signature workflows take longer, because signer identity verification has to be understood and explained to counterparties who have not encountered it before. |
| Learning curve | Low for sending and effectively zero for signers, who need no account. The PDF editing layer takes a little more exploration, and the credit system for bulk sending and SMS is the one thing worth understanding before you rely on it. | Low for simple signing. Choosing correctly between simple, advanced, and qualified levels is the genuine learning curve, and it is a legal question as much as a product one; the documentation is good on this and it repays reading before you commit. |
| Platforms | Web, Mobile signing on any device, Google Docs and Drive integrations, Salesforce and Zoho integrations | Web, Mobile browser signing, API-driven sending, HubSpot integration |
| Compliance | Legally binding electronic signatures meeting United States and European authentication requirements, ESIGN Act and UETA for US agreements at the standard electronic signature level, eIDAS alignment for European agreements at the simple electronic signature level, Long-term validation (LTV) support, No eIDAS qualified or advanced electronic signature capability | eIDAS, as a qualified trust service provider on the European Union Trusted List, Qualified by ANSSI, the French national cybersecurity agency, Simple, advanced, and qualified electronic signatures (SES, AES, QES), Electronic seals (eSeal), ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, ESIGN and UETA for US-facing agreements at the simple signature level |
| Founded | 2015 | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria, with Apryse headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States | Caen, Normandy, France |
| Ownership | Owned by Apryse, the document technology company behind the PDFTron SDK and Xodo apps | Venture-backed private company |
Strengths and limitations
Xodo Sign (formerly eversign)
Strengths
- Unlimited documents on both paid tiers at $10 and $16 per user billed annually, which is among the cheapest unmetered signing available anywhere.
- Advanced PDF editing on Apryse's document engine, so one subscription covers both editing and signing where most teams pay for two.
- Multiple business entities under one login, which is rare at any price and genuinely valuable for accountants, agencies, and multi-company founders.
- Explicit retention controls: auto-expiration, export, and permanent deletion of signed documents, published more clearly than most competitors bother to.
Limitations
- No proposal creation of any kind: no editor for sales documents, no content library, no pricing tables, no engagement analytics.
- Bulk sending and SMS are credit-metered, with only ten of each on Professional and volume credits reserved for Enterprise, which is the hidden cap in place of a document limit.
- The API is a separate subscription starting at $50 a month for 50 documents, which is expensive against per-contract vendors and against PandaDoc's free-plan API.
- Custom branding is Professional-only, so $10 Basic customers send unbranded documents to their clients.
Youtrust (formerly Yousign)
Strengths
- An EU-regulated qualified trust service provider, qualified by ANSSI and on the European Union Trusted List, issuing qualified signatures directly rather than through a partner.
- Qualified electronic signatures sold by the unit at roughly 10 to 15 euros, which puts eIDAS QES within reach of a small business for the first time.
- All three eIDAS signature levels available in one product, so the level can be chosen per document rather than per contract with the vendor.
- A signature request carries up to 50 documents, making the monthly allowances far more generous in practice than an envelope count suggests.
Limitations
- No proposal creation at all: no editor, no content library, no pricing tables, no engagement analytics.
- Expensive for simple signatures; Plus at 23 euros per user is roughly double Dropbox Sign or Zoho Sign Professional for unmetered ordinary signing.
- Qualified and advanced signatures are metered on top of the subscription, so heavy QES use becomes the dominant line item quickly.
- The One plan's ten requests a month and one-user limit make it strictly a solo plan.
Pricing compared
Xodo Sign (formerly eversign)
Per-seat subscription with unlimited documents on paid plans, credit metering for bulk sending and SMS, and a separately priced API product sized by monthly API documents.
- Free$0
- Basic$10
- Professional$16
- EnterpriseQuoted
At 20 documents a month, Basic at $10 per user billed annually covers it with room to spare, matching Dropbox Sign Essentials and undercutting DocuSign Standard by two thirds. At 200 documents a month nothing changes, because paid plans are unmetered, so a single Professional seat at $16 still covers the lot while DocuSign would need roughly two dozen seats to supply the equivalent envelope allowance and signNow would add over $2,000 a year in overage. That unmetered behaviour is the core of the value case and it holds at any volume a small business will reach. Two things pull the other way. Bulk sending and SMS are credit-metered rather than included, so a business whose volume is concentrated in mass sends will hit a wall the document count never shows. And the API at $50 a month for 50 documents is poor value against eSignatures.com's $0.49 per contract, so machine-driven signing belongs elsewhere. Judged as a human-operated unlimited signing tool with a PDF editor attached, it is one of the best-value products on this page.
Youtrust (formerly Yousign)
Per-user subscription with monthly signature request allowances on the lower tiers and unlimited requests above, plus per-signature metering for advanced and qualified electronic signatures.
- Free0 euros
- One9 euros
- Plus23 euros
- Pro38 euros
At 20 documents a month, Plus at 23 euros per user is roughly double Dropbox Sign's unlimited seat or Zoho Sign Professional, and if all you need are simple electronic signatures that premium buys you nothing you can point at. At 200 documents a month the comparison holds steady, since Plus and Pro are unmetered, so Youtrust remains competitive against allowance-based vendors like DocuSign and signNow while still losing on raw price to the cheapest unlimited plans. The calculation changes completely the moment qualified signatures enter the picture. Ten euros per qualified signature on an ordinary 23-euro subscription is a fraction of what enterprise QES arrangements cost, and unlike Zoho Sign it is issued directly by a listed EU trust service provider rather than routed through a partner. Buy Youtrust for the trust status, the EU sovereignty, and the ability to buy qualified signatures by the unit. Do not buy it as a cheap way to collect simple signatures, because it is not one.
Editorial verdict on each
Xodo Sign (formerly eversign)
Xodo Sign is the quiet third quote a small business should get when it is deciding between Dropbox Sign and SignWell, and it often wins. Ten dollars a seat billed annually for unlimited documents is as cheap as unmetered signing gets, and $16 adds unlimited templates, custom branding, in-person signing, and, uniquely at this price, a genuine PDF editor running on Apryse's engine plus an AI contract summarizer. Multiple business entities under one login is a small feature that will decide the purchase outright for accountants and multi-company founders. Two caveats keep it off the top of the list. Bulk sending and SMS are credit-metered, so mass senders hit a ceiling the unlimited document count conceals, and the API at $50 a month for 50 documents is poor value next to per-contract vendors. The published compliance dossier is also thinner than DocuSign's or eSignatures.com's, so if a procurement checklist is coming, check what you need is actually documented. As a human-operated signing tool for a small team that also wrangles PDFs, it is excellent value.
Read the full Xodo Sign (formerly eversign) profileYoutrust (formerly Yousign)
Youtrust is a specialist purchase and it should be evaluated as one. If you are a US business signing ordinary commercial agreements, 23 euros per user for unlimited simple signatures is roughly double what Dropbox Sign or Zoho Sign Professional charge for the same outcome, and you should buy one of those instead. If you are European, or if you sell into Europe and have ever had a legal team ask what level of electronic signature your contract carries, Youtrust is one of the very few affordable products with a real answer: it is a qualified trust service provider on the EU Trusted List, it issues advanced and qualified signatures directly rather than through a partner, and it sells them by the unit at roughly 10 euros rather than behind an enterprise contract. Add EU-sovereign hosting, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, and an identity verification and fraud screening layer in the same platform, and it becomes the obvious European answer in this category. Just remember that it signs documents and does not write them, and that the rename from Yousign means half the internet still calls it something else.
Read the full Youtrust (formerly Yousign) profileXodo Sign (formerly eversign) profile last reviewed 2026-08-22; Youtrust (formerly Yousign) last reviewed 2026-08-22. Pricing is compiled from public sources and can change without notice. See our methodology.