Best electronic signature software for small business: seven tools from starter plan to team plan

Seven e-signature tools for a small business: starter plan, next plan up and free plan

SignWell Light is the lowest starter price of the seven tools compared here: $12 a month, billed monthly, for 1 sender, with its Business plan at $36 a month covering 3 senders. Signaturely moves from Personal at $25 a month, billed monthly, for 5 signature requests to Business at $50 per user a month with unlimited requests, as read on October 10, 2026.

The seven are Signaturely, SignWell, Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign), Docusign, airSlate SignNow, PandaDoc and BoldSign, all priced on monthly billing. A Docusign envelope is one electronic record sent for signature, however many documents or signers it holds.

The requirements a small team should write down first

Three requirements decide the plan: how many people send, how many documents go out a month, and how many templates are reused. Vendors count in different units: senders at SignWell, users who send at Dropbox Sign, envelopes at Docusign, signature requests at Signaturely and invites at airSlate SignNow.

Take an office manager at a 15-person company who sends offer letters and NDAs to two signers in a set order. That is one sender, so a one-sender plan covers the sending. SignWell says its price does not follow the number of people who sign, Docusign says recipients need no account to sign, and Signaturely's Terms say a signer need not be registered.

For the set order, Signaturely's help center documents a custom signing order: tick a checkbox below the signers, then drag them into order. It does not name the plan that includes it.

Starting with one sender: SignWell, Docusign Personal and BoldSign

SignWell Light is $12 a month for 1 sender with unlimited documents. Docusign Personal is $15 a month on its Monthly subscription type for 5 envelopes. BoldSign Growth is $15 per user a month on Monthly, with 50 envelopes per user a month.

Signaturely Personal and Docusign Personal both stop at 5 sends a month, so a growing sender moves to a per-user plan at either: Signaturely Business at $50 per user, or Docusign Standard at $45 per user for 10 envelopes per user a month, both billed monthly.

Growing to several senders: Signaturely Business, Dropbox Sign Standard and airSlate SignNow

Signaturely Business is $50 per user a month, billed monthly, with unlimited requests and unlimited templates. Dropbox Sign Standard is $30 per user a month for 2 or more users, with 15 templates.

airSlate SignNow Business is $20 a month for unlimited users with 100 invites a year, and Business Premium at $30 a month adds bulk send and signing links. SignWell Business is $36 a month for 3 senders; an extra sender is $15 a month on its Monthly view.

Which small business should pick which tool

• One owner with volume: SignWell Light, $12 a month for 1 sender with unlimited documents, growing into Business at $36 a month for 3 senders.
• A few occasional senders: airSlate SignNow Business, $20 a month with unlimited users and 100 invites a year.
• A team that wants roles and shared template folders: Signaturely Business, $50 per user a month. BoldSign Business at $25 per user and Dropbox Sign Standard at $30 per user are lower-priced per-user plans with unlimited sending.

A small business can try Signaturely first: the free trial on its home page runs 7 days. The Signaturely review covers its plans, the best e-signature software for teams list compares seven team plans, and the best electronic signature software list covers nine tools.