One price for the team, not per person who sends
Why teams choose PearSign over 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.
Side by side
One table, top to bottom: the three differences that do the real work, then what each product costs for the same team, then every capability Dropbox Signpublishes set against ours. Read the qualifier under each mark rather than the mark alone — most of the difference is not whether something exists but which tier you must reach to use it. A hollow tick means it exists behind a higher plan or a paid add-on.
- Included on every plan
- Available on a higher tier or as a paid add-on
- Not offered
| Capability | PearSign | Dropbox Sign |
|---|---|---|
| Where the two differ | ||
| What you pay for | One flat price for the organisation, with the team included.
| Per seat, with a minimum of two on the team plan.
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| Trying it first | A permanent free plan, with no clock on the evaluation.
| A 30-day trial rather than an ongoing free tier.
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| Where sending volume decides it | Our allowance is per account, so a team shares one pool.
| Unlimited sending, which genuinely wins at high volume from few people.
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| What it costs — a team of five, sending 300 documents a month | ||
| Plan compared | PearSign Professional | Dropbox Sign Standard |
| How the price is built | flat, 15 seats included | 5 seats × $25 |
| Cost per month | $39 | $125 |
| Sending included | 1,000 / month | unlimited |
| Cost per document at this volume | $0.13 | $0.42 |
| Sending and signing | ||
| Reusable templates | Free plan and up | All plans |
| Signing order and sequential routing | All plans | Not named on the pricing page |
| Bulk send to many recipients at once | Professional, $39/mo flat | Standard, $25/user monthly ($17.50 annual), 2 seats minimum |
| Request file uploads from the signer | All plans | Essentials and up |
| Public web form anyone can start | Professional, $39/mo flat | Essentials — template links |
| Automated reminders and expiry | All plans | All plans |
| Sign on mobile with no account | All plans | All plans |
| Saved templates included | 3 Free, 15 Starter, 100 Professional, unlimited Enterprise | 15 account-wide on Standard; unlimited only on quote-only Premium |
| In-person signing on one device | Not offered | Essentials and up |
| Creating the document | ||
| AI drafts the document from a prompt | Professional, $39/mo flat | Not on the pricing page |
| AI places the signature fields | Professional, $39/mo flat | Not on the pricing page |
| Edit a PDF in the browser before sending | All plans | Not on the pricing page |
| Proposal and quote builder with pricing tables | Not offered | Not an eSignature feature |
| Proof the signature holds | ||
| Tamper-evident seal on the finished PDF | All plans | Essentials — tamper-proof documents |
| Certificate of completion | All plans | Essentials — certifications |
| Audit trail | All plans | All plans |
| Verify a signed document after the fact | All plans | Not on the pricing page |
| Identity and access | ||
| Phone / SMS verification of the signer | Professional, $39/mo flat | Standard — metered at 10 per user per month |
| Government-ID verification | Not offered | Not on the pricing page |
| Remote online notarisation | Not offered | Not on the pricing page |
| SSO / SAML | Enterprise, $399/mo flat | Standard, $17.50/user annual — cheapest SSO on this shelf |
| Roles and permissions | Starter, $15/mo flat | Standard, $17.50/user annual — admin console |
| Knowing what is in your contracts | ||
| AI repository over executed agreements | Not offered | Not offered — integrates Ironclad instead |
| Contract lifecycle management | Not offered | Not offered — integrates Ironclad instead |
| Building on it | ||
| REST API | Starter, $15/mo flat | Separate product — $75/mo for 50 requests, $250/mo for 100 |
| Webhooks | Starter, $15/mo flat | Not named on the pricing page |
| Custom branding | Starter, $15/mo flat | Standard, $17.50/user annual |
| Collect payment at signing | Not offered | Not on the pricing page |
| API sends metered separately from your plan | No — an envelope is an envelope however it was created | Yes — API is a separate product with its own request caps |
| Data residency | Not published by PearSign | Premium on seats; API Standard, $250/mo |
Read it end to end and the shape is consistent. Dropbox Sign has the longer feature list, and the rows above say so plainly — there are capabilities there that PearSign does not have at all. What the table also shows is what each product charges to do the work most teams actually do: send documents, collect signatures, and let a few colleagues do the same. On that work PearSign is a flat $39 a month for fifteen people with a thousand documents included, and every competitor here multiplies by headcount before you send anything. That is the trade: a shorter feature list, at a fraction of the price, with no meter on what you send.
Rows come from Dropbox Sign’s own published plan comparison, read on 2026-08-25. Where Dropbox Sign does not publish something it is marked not published rather than “no” — an absent mention is not evidence of an absent feature. Scope is product capability as each vendor documents it; security certifications and compliance programmes are not compared here.
Send one and see
3 envelopes total, free forever, no card and no trial that quietly ends. Put something you actually need signed through it.
PearSign and Dropbox Sign
Dropbox Sign says unlimited — isn't that always better?
For very high volume from one or two people, yes, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. The trade-off is seats: Standard is $25 per user per month from two users up, so cost scales with the number of people sending. PearSign's allowance is per account, so a team of ten sharing 1,000 envelopes a month pays one $39 price.
Is Dropbox Sign the same as HelloSign?
Yes. HelloSign was acquired by Dropbox and renamed Dropbox Sign; existing accounts became Dropbox Sign accounts.
Do I need Dropbox to use PearSign?
No. PearSign stores documents itself and offers a Dropbox integration if you want files to land there, but nothing requires a Dropbox account.
Every Dropbox Sign figure on this page was read from Dropbox Sign’s own site on 2026-08-25. Pricing changes; the source is linked so you can check it rather than trust us.
Dropbox Sign is a trademark of its respective owner. PearSign is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dropbox Sign.
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