Everyone else charges per person
PearSign charges the account, once
DocuSign, PandaDoc and Dropbox Sign all price per seat, so the bill grows with the number of people who send. PearSign prices the organisation and includes the team. Every figure on these pages was read from that vendor’s own site, is dated, and links its source — and where a competitor is the better choice, the page says so.
What it costs
A team of five, sending 300 documents a month.
| Plan | How the price is built | Per month | Sending included | Per document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PearSign Professional | flat, 15 seats included | $39/mo | 1,000 / month | $0.13 |
| DocuSign Standard | 5 × $30 monthly · $25 annual | $150/mo | 500 / year | cap reached in 7 weeks |
| PandaDoc Business (annual) | 5 seats × $49 | $245/mo | unlimited | $0.82 |
| Dropbox Sign Standard | 5 seats × $25 | $125/mo | unlimited | $0.42 |
| SignNow Business | 5 × $20 monthly · $8 annual | $100/mo | 500 / year | cap reached in 7 weeks |
| Acrobat Standard for teams | 5 × $16.99 | $84.95/mo | not stated on the page | $0.28 |
Per-seat prices are each vendor’s own, read from their site between 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-02, with the sums shown so you can check them. Dropbox Sign includes unlimited sending, which is the better deal at high volume from few people — its page says so.
PearSign vs DocuSign
DocuSign is no longer selling e-signature; it is selling a contract data platform. Signing is now the entry point to Intelligent Agreement Management — an AI repository, no-code workflow and AI contract review. If you want every agreement searchable with renewal dates extracted, that platform is the product and it is genuinely good. If you need documents signed, you are paying a premium for a layer you will not open.
Read the comparisonPearSign vs PandaDoc
PandaDoc is built around the sales document, and its editor for proposals and quotes is genuinely good — if your problem is assembling a priced proposal, that focus is a real advantage. PearSign is built around getting a document signed, sealed and auditable. The commercial difference is that PandaDoc bills per person and advertises its annual rate, while PearSign bills the account once.
Read the comparisonPearSign vs Dropbox Sign
Dropbox Sign — formerly HelloSign — has the cleanest signing flow of the three and advertises unlimited signature requests on paid plans. If your files already live in Dropbox, or one person sends very high volume, it is a strong and honest choice. Where it costs more is teams: pricing is per seat from two users up, and there is no permanent free plan to evaluate on.
Read the comparisonPearSign vs SignNow
SignNow is airSlate's e-signature product and it is inexpensive per seat — $8 a user a month on annual billing is among the lowest headline prices in the category, and its Site License option is a genuinely good fit for high, bursty volume. Where it gets expensive is sustained sending: every seat plan carries a 100-envelope-per-user-per-year allowance, so the low price buys a small amount of actual sending.
Read the comparisonPearSign vs Adobe Acrobat Sign
Adobe defined the PDF and Acrobat Sign is the incumbent. If your team already lives in Acrobat, or you need Adobe's enterprise authentication and compliance certifications, it is the obvious choice and we would not argue otherwise. Where it is harder to compare is sending: Acrobat for teams is priced per licence, and the pricing page states no e-sign transaction allowance at all, while Acrobat Sign Solutions is quoted by sales.
Read the comparisonCompetitor figures across these pages were last read from each vendor’s own site between 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-02 — each comparison page states its own vendor’s date, and links what it used.
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