# Youtrust (formerly Yousign)

> Youtrust, the French electronic signature company that traded as Yousign until July 2026, is an EU-regulated qualified trust service provider listed on the European Union Trusted List, offering legally binding simple, advanced, and qualified electronic signatures under eIDAS from 9 euros a month, alongside identity and company verification, fraud screening, and electronic seals.

- Category: Proposals & E-signature (https://saastracker.org/categories/proposals-esign)
- Website: https://youtrust.com
- Starting price: Free, then 9 euros per month (One)
- Free plan: Two signature requests per month for one user, with unlimited self-signing, an inbox, automatic reminders, and basic tracking.
- Free trial: 14-day free trial, alongside a permanently free plan
- Founded: 2013, HQ: Caen, Normandy, France, Ownership: Venture-backed private company
- Profile last reviewed: 2026-08-22
- Canonical profile: https://saastracker.org/products/youtrust

## Overview

Youtrust handles legally binding execution, not proposal creation. There is no document editor for sales collateral, no content library, no pricing tables, and no engagement analytics. What it has instead is the thing almost nothing else on this page can claim: it is itself an EU-regulated qualified trust service provider, qualified by the French cybersecurity agency ANSSI and listed on the European Union Trusted List, which means it issues eIDAS qualified electronic signatures directly rather than routing them through somebody else's trust service.

That distinction is the entire reason a small business outside France might shortlist it. Under eIDAS, a qualified electronic signature is the only kind treated as legally equivalent to a handwritten signature across every EU member state, and it carries a reversed burden of proof if challenged. Most affordable e-signature tools stop at simple electronic signatures. Zoho Sign reaches qualified signatures by partnering with third-party providers. DocuSign is a registered QTSP but charges accordingly. Youtrust sits in between, selling qualified signatures as a metered add-on at roughly 10 to 15 euros each on top of an ordinary subscription.

The company was founded in 2013 in Caen, Normandy by Luc Pallavidino and Antoine Louiset, raised roughly 3 million euros in 2018 with eFounders and a 30 million euro round in 2021 led by Lead Edge Capital, employs well over a hundred people, and serves more than 30,000 business customers across Europe. In July 2026 it rebranded from Yousign to Youtrust to reflect a broader scope: signature, identity and company verification (KYC and KYB), fraud detection and watchlist screening, and electronic seals. Existing yousign.com links redirect and pricing was unchanged through the rename.

The plan structure is conventional and reasonably priced. Free covers two signature requests a month with unlimited self-signing. One is 9 euros a month for a single user and ten requests a month. Plus is 23 euros per user with unlimited requests, SMS authentication, templates, approvals, and HubSpot and Zapier integrations. Pro is 38 euros per user and adds bulk signatures, unlimited forms, workspaces, and full custom branding. The hidden cap for small teams is the ten-request ceiling on the One plan, and unlike the annual allowances DocuSign and signNow use, it resets monthly and the fix is a plan step rather than a per-unit overage.

## How it works

1. You upload a document, place signature and data fields, and create a signature request naming your signers. A single request can carry as many as 50 documents and, depending on the plan, between five and a hundred signers, so a multi-document deal package counts once against your monthly allowance rather than several times.

2. You choose the level of signature the document needs. Simple electronic signature covers ordinary commercial agreements. Advanced electronic signature adds a stronger, verified link between the signer and the signature, billed as an extra on yearly plans. Qualified electronic signature requires verified identity and a qualified certificate, and is metered at roughly 10 euros per signature in bundles of ten or more on annual billing, or 15 euros bought individually on monthly billing.

3. Signers receive the request, verify themselves according to the level chosen (email, SMS one-time passcode, or full identity verification for advanced and qualified signatures), and sign in the browser. Automatic reminders chase anyone who has not acted, and real-time tracking shows exactly where the document sits.

4. Completed documents come back sealed with their evidence file. Because Youtrust is a qualified trust service provider, the qualified signatures it produces validate independently under eIDAS rather than relying on the vendor's own attestation. Beyond signature, the platform now covers identity and company verification, fraud and watchlist screening, and electronic seals, and connects outward through HubSpot, Zapier, and an API for teams that want signing inside their own systems.

## Best for

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.

## Not the right fit for

- Anyone who needs to build the proposal; Youtrust executes finished documents and has no editor, content library, pricing tables, or reading analytics.
- US-only businesses signing ordinary commercial agreements; the qualified signature capability that justifies the price is irrelevant if ESIGN and UETA are all your documents ever need.
- High-volume qualified signing on a budget; at 10 to 15 euros per qualified signature, a hundred of them a month costs more than most people's entire software stack.
- Teams wanting cheap unmetered signing; Plus at 23 euros per user is roughly double Dropbox Sign or Zoho Sign Professional for unlimited simple signatures.
- Buyers who need HIPAA or 21 CFR Part 11 coverage; Youtrust's compliance strength is European trust regulation rather than US healthcare or FDA frameworks.

## Features

### Signature levels and legal standing

The reason this product exists, and what separates it from everything cheaper.

- **Qualified trust service provider status**: Youtrust is qualified by ANSSI, the French national cybersecurity agency, and listed on the European Union Trusted List. It issues qualified signatures directly rather than reselling another provider's trust service, which is a materially stronger position than a partner-routed arrangement.
- **Qualified electronic signature (QES)**: The only signature level treated as legally equivalent to a handwritten signature across every EU member state under eIDAS, with a reversed burden of proof in a dispute. Metered at roughly 10 euros per signature in bundles of ten or more on annual billing, or 15 euros individually on monthly.
- **Advanced electronic signature (AES)**: A verified, uniquely-linked signature that sits between simple and qualified, sufficient for most higher-value contracts. Available as a paid extra on yearly plans.
- **Simple electronic signature (SES)**: The default level, included in every plan, legally binding under eIDAS for the overwhelming majority of commercial agreements.
- **Electronic seals**: eSeal support for authenticating documents issued by an organization rather than signed by an individual, which is a distinctly European requirement most vendors ignore.
- **eIDAS evidence file**: Completed documents come with a proof file, and qualified signatures validate independently under eIDAS rather than depending on the vendor's own attestation continuing to exist.

### Sending and signing

Conventional capability, with an unusually generous definition of a request.

- **Up to 50 documents per request**: A single signature request carries as many as 50 documents, so a full deal package counts once against your monthly allowance instead of consuming an envelope per file. Very few competitors are this generous.
- **Five to one hundred signers per request**: Multi-party agreements are handled within one request, with the signer ceiling rising by plan.
- **Unlimited self-signing**: Signing your own documents does not consume the monthly request allowance, even on the free plan.
- **Templates**: Reusable field layouts and signer roles, available from the Plus tier upward.
- **Bulk signatures**: Dispatch one document to many recipients as separate requests, on the Pro tier.
- **Automated reminders and real-time tracking**: Scheduled follow-up to unsigned recipients and a live view of where each document sits, included from the free plan.
- **Automated forms and document collection**: Self-serve forms that generate signable documents, plus structured collection of supporting files from the signer. Forms start from 10 euros a month on the One plan and are included on Pro.

### Identity, verification, and fraud

The scope expansion that drove the rename from Yousign to Youtrust.

- **Identity verification (KYC)**: Document and biometric identity checking, required for qualified signatures and available as a standalone capability for onboarding flows.
- **Company verification (KYB)**: Verification of the business entity behind a signature, which matters when contracting with counterparties you have never met.
- **Fraud detection and watchlist screening**: Screening against sanctions and watchlists as part of the onboarding and signing flow, which is unusual to find inside an e-signature product.
- **SMS authentication**: One-time passcode to the signer's phone before the document opens, included from the Plus tier as part of the subscription rather than billed per message.
- **Approvals**: Internal approval steps before a document is released to the counterparty, available from the Plus tier.

### Administration, branding, and integrations

Sensible, with the branding gate positioned higher than most.

- **Custom logo and branding**: A custom logo appears from the One plan at 9 euros, with full custom branding of the signing experience reserved for Pro.
- **Workspaces**: Separate workspaces for multi-brand or multi-entity operations, on the Pro tier.
- **HubSpot integration**: Trigger signature requests from CRM records and track completion, available from the Plus tier.
- **Zapier**: No-code automation covering the long tail of triggers and destinations, from the Plus tier.
- **API**: A developer API for embedding signature requests into your own product or internal systems, with the qualified signature levels available programmatically.
- **EU-sovereign hosting**: Data stays within the European Union under a French-regulated provider, which is a procurement requirement for a growing number of European buyers and something no US vendor can fully replicate.
- **ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II**: Independently audited security certifications alongside the ANSSI qualification, which is a stronger combination than most vendors at this price carry.

## Use cases

- **European SaaS company signing enterprise contracts**: A German or French customer's legal team asks what level of electronic signature the agreement carries, and the answer of a simple electronic signature from a US vendor slows the deal down. Outcome: A qualified electronic signature issued directly by an EU Trusted List provider costs roughly 10 euros for that one document, removes the objection entirely, and does not require moving the whole company onto an enterprise contract.
- **Small French or Benelux business**: Procurement requires EU data sovereignty and a provider regulated within the European Union, which rules out most of the affordable options. Outcome: Youtrust hosts within the EU under ANSSI qualification with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, at 23 euros per user for unlimited simple signatures, which is far below what an enterprise vendor would charge for the same assurance.
- **Fintech or regulated onboarding flow**: New customers must be identity-verified, screened against watchlists, and then sign an agreement, currently across three separate vendors. Outcome: Identity verification, company verification, fraud screening, and qualified signing sit in one platform with an API, which is precisely the consolidation the Youtrust rename was announcing.
- **Solo consultant in Europe**: A handful of client agreements a month, with the occasional contract that genuinely needs a stronger signature level. Outcome: The One plan at 9 euros a month covers ten requests, each carrying up to 50 documents, and a qualified signature can be bought individually for the one contract a year that warrants it.

## Pricing

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**: 0 euros per month. 2 signature requests per month; Unlimited self-signatures; Automatic reminders; Basic tracking and inbox; One user.
- **One**: 9 euros per month billed annually (108 euros a year, against 132 euros at the regular rate). 10 signature requests per month; Custom logo; Real-time monitoring; Basic fields; One user. Ten requests a month is the hidden cap here, though each request carries up to 50 documents, which softens it considerably.
- **Plus**: 23 euros per user per month billed annually (276 euros a year per user, against 360 euros at the regular rate). Unlimited signature requests; SMS authentication; Templates and approvals; HubSpot and Zapier integrations; Multiple users. The plan most teams should be on, and the point at which volume stops being something you have to think about.
- **Pro**: 38 euros per user per month billed annually (456 euros a year per user, against 576 euros at the regular rate). Unlimited forms and document collection; Bulk signatures; Workspaces; Full custom branding; Everything in Plus.

Add-ons:

- Qualified electronic signature (QES) (About 10 euros per signature in bundles of 10 or more on annual billing, or 15 euros individually on monthly billing)
- Advanced electronic signature (AES) (Priced as an extra, available on yearly billing only)
- Automated forms (From 10 euros per month on the One plan): Included on the Pro tier.

Billing notes:

- Annual billing is roughly 20 percent cheaper than the regular rate across every tier, taking Plus from 360 to 276 euros a year per user.
- A signature request carries up to 50 documents and between five and a hundred signers depending on plan, so the monthly allowance goes considerably further than an envelope count at other vendors.
- The One plan's ten requests a month is the hidden cap for small teams, but it resets monthly and there is no per-unit overage; the remedy is stepping up to Plus rather than paying a penalty rate.
- Qualified and advanced signatures are metered on top of the subscription regardless of tier, so a business that signs everything at qualified level should model that as the dominant cost rather than the seat price.
- SMS authentication is included in the Plus subscription rather than billed per message, which compares well against DocuSign charging from $0.36 per message.
- Full custom branding is a Pro-tier feature at 38 euros per user, which is high; the One plan does at least include a custom logo.

Value assessment: 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.

## 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.
- EU-sovereign hosting under French regulation, which is an increasingly common European procurement requirement that no US vendor can match.
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II alongside the ANSSI qualification, a stronger combination than most vendors at this price carry.
- Identity verification, company verification, fraud screening, and electronic seals in the same platform, which consolidates what would otherwise be several vendors for regulated onboarding.
- Unlimited self-signing on every plan including free, and SMS authentication bundled into the subscription rather than metered.

## 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.
- Full custom branding is gated to the 38-euro Pro tier, which is high for a feature many competitors include far lower down.
- The value proposition is strongly European; a US-only business signing ordinary agreements is paying for regulatory capability it will never use.
- No HIPAA or 21 CFR Part 11 coverage, so US healthcare and life sciences buyers should look at signNow or eSignatures.com instead.
- The July 2026 rename from Yousign to Youtrust means much of the public documentation, comparison content, and integration listings still use the old name.

## Comparisons

- **Youtrust (formerly Yousign) vs eSignatures.com**: eSignatures.com charges $0.49 a contract with no subscription and no seats, which is dramatically cheaper for ordinary commercial agreements at any volume. Youtrust costs several times more but is an EU Trusted List qualified trust service provider that can issue advanced and qualified signatures, which eSignatures.com cannot. If your documents only need simple electronic signatures, eSignatures.com wins on economics; if a European counterparty asks what level of signature you are offering, only Youtrust has an answer.
- **Youtrust (formerly Yousign) vs 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.
- **Youtrust (formerly Yousign) vs Documenso**: Documenso is open source and self-hostable, giving complete control over where signed documents live and no per-seat cost if you run it yourself. What self-hosting cannot give you is qualified trust service provider status, which is a regulatory designation rather than a technical feature. Take Documenso for sovereignty over your infrastructure; take Youtrust when you need sovereignty plus a signature that carries eIDAS qualified weight.
- **Youtrust (formerly Yousign) vs SignWell**: SignWell is the simpler, cheaper product for small businesses that want to upload a PDF and send it, with a usable free tier and no European regulatory apparatus to pay for. Youtrust costs more and gives you three eIDAS signature levels, EU hosting, and direct QES issuance. For a US small business signing ordinary agreements, SignWell is the sensible answer; for a European one facing procurement questions, Youtrust is.

## Implementation

- Setup time: 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 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.
- Onboarding: Self-serve with a free plan and a 14-day trial. Larger deployments and API integrations get support, and identity verification flows benefit from vendor guidance.
- Migration: Templates are rebuilt rather than imported. Documents signed elsewhere can be stored but arrive without their original evidence files. Leaving Youtrust is unusually clean for qualified signatures specifically, since a QES validates independently under eIDAS rather than depending on the issuing vendor still being your supplier. Note also that the rename from Yousign means older internal documentation, bookmarks, and integration references may need updating.

## Platform, API & security

- Platforms: Web, Mobile browser signing, API-driven sending, HubSpot integration
- API: A developer API for creating signature requests, embedding signing, and driving identity verification programmatically, with all three eIDAS signature levels available through it.
- Compliance: 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
- Data residency: EU-sovereign hosting under a French-regulated provider, which is the point rather than an option.
- SSO: Available on higher-tier and negotiated plans; not published as a self-serve feature on the entry tiers.
- Security notes: Qualified signatures are issued under a certificate from a listed EU trust service provider and validate independently of Youtrust under eIDAS. Documents come with a proof file, identity verification is available at document and biometric level, and the platform carries ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II alongside its ANSSI qualification.

## Support

- Channels: Email and ticket support, Chat support, Account support on higher tiers and API deployments
- Documentation: Product documentation plus developer documentation for the API, with unusually good written material on the legal distinctions between simple, advanced, and qualified electronic signatures.
- Community: A substantial French and wider European customer base, though much existing third-party material still refers to the company by its former Yousign name.

## Company

- Founded: 2013
- Founders: Luc Pallavidino, Antoine Louiset
- Headquarters: Caen, Normandy, France
- Ownership: Venture-backed private company
- Employees: More than 100
- Funding: Approximately 40 million dollars raised in total, including roughly 3 million euros in 2018 with eFounders and a 30 million euro round in June 2021 led by Lead Edge Capital with eFounders participating. Serves more than 30,000 business customers across Europe.

Funding history:

- Seed and early rounds (2018): About 3 million euros. Backed by eFounders.
- Series A (2021): 30 million euros. Led by Lead Edge Capital with eFounders participating.

Timeline:

- 2013: Founded in Caen, Normandy by Luc Pallavidino and Antoine Louiset as a French electronic signature provider built around European regulatory requirements.
- 2018: Raises roughly 3 million euros with eFounders and pursues qualified trust service provider status under the eIDAS framework.
- 2021: Raises 30 million euros led by Lead Edge Capital, expanding across Europe on the strength of EU-sovereign hosting and ANSSI qualification.
- 2023: Passes 30,000 business customers across Europe with more than a hundred employees, offering simple, advanced, and qualified signature levels in one product.
- 2026: Rebrands from Yousign to Youtrust in July, widening scope from signature to the full digital trust chain: identity and company verification, fraud and watchlist screening, and electronic seals. Pricing and URLs carry over unchanged.

## Integrations

HubSpot, Zapier, REST API with embedded signing, Identity verification (KYC) and company verification (KYB) services, Electronic seals (eSeal), Automated forms and document collection

## FAQ

### What is Youtrust?

Youtrust is the French electronic signature company that traded as Yousign until July 2026. It handles legally binding execution of documents and has no proposal creation features. Its defining characteristic is that it is an EU-regulated qualified trust service provider, listed on the European Union Trusted List and qualified by the French cybersecurity agency ANSSI.

### Why did Yousign become Youtrust?

The July 2026 rename reflects an expansion of scope beyond signature into the wider digital trust chain: identity verification, company verification, fraud detection and watchlist screening, and electronic seals. The company and product are the same, existing yousign.com URLs redirect to youtrust.com, and pricing carried over unchanged.

### How much does Youtrust cost?

The free plan gives two signature requests a month. One is 9 euros a month for a single user with ten requests. Plus is 23 euros per user per month with unlimited requests, SMS authentication, templates, approvals, and HubSpot and Zapier. Pro is 38 euros per user and adds bulk signatures, unlimited forms, workspaces, and full custom branding. All rates are annual; the regular rate is roughly 20 percent higher.

### How many documents can I send?

Two requests a month on the free plan, ten on One, and unlimited on Plus and Pro. Importantly, a single request carries up to 50 documents and between five and a hundred signers depending on plan, so the allowances stretch much further than an envelope count at other vendors. There is no per-unit overage; exceeding the allowance means moving up a plan.

### What is a qualified electronic signature and does Youtrust offer one?

Yes, directly. Under eIDAS, a qualified electronic signature is the only level treated as legally equivalent to a handwritten signature across every EU member state, with a reversed burden of proof if challenged. Youtrust issues them itself as a listed EU Trusted List provider rather than routing through a third party, which is a stronger position than partner-based arrangements such as Zoho Sign's.

### What does a qualified signature cost?

Roughly 10 euros per qualified signature when bought in bundles of ten or more on annual billing, or about 15 euros bought individually on monthly billing, layered on top of your ordinary subscription. Advanced electronic signatures are also available as a paid extra on yearly billing. If most of your documents need qualified signatures, that metering will dominate your bill rather than the seat price.

### Which legal standards does Youtrust meet?

eIDAS across all three signature levels (simple, advanced, and qualified) as a qualified trust service provider on the EU Trusted List, plus electronic seals, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR. Simple electronic signatures also satisfy the US ESIGN Act and state UETA statutes for American counterparties. There is no HIPAA or 21 CFR Part 11 coverage.

### Is Youtrust worth it if I only need simple signatures?

Probably not. Plus at 23 euros per user is roughly double what Dropbox Sign or Zoho Sign Professional charge for unlimited simple signing, and the regulatory capability you are paying for does nothing for ordinary commercial agreements. Youtrust earns its price when the signature level, EU data sovereignty, or the trust provider status is itself a requirement.

### Does Youtrust have an API?

Yes, a developer API for creating signature requests, embedding signing into your own product, and driving identity verification programmatically, with all three eIDAS signature levels available through it. That combination of qualified signing plus KYC and KYB in one API is unusual and is the core of the post-rename positioning.

### What happens to my documents if I cancel?

Export completed documents and their proof files before the subscription lapses. Qualified signatures are the one case in this whole category where leaving is genuinely painless, because a QES validates independently under eIDAS rather than depending on the issuing vendor remaining your supplier. Templates do not export in an importable form.

## Editorial verdict

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.

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