SignedBy
A lightweight e-signature tool for solo professionals and small teams who don't need — or want to pay for — DocuSign's per-seat pricing.
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Description
Most e-signature tools are built and priced for big sales departments sending hundreds of contracts a month, which makes them overkill (and expensive) if you're a freelancer or small team just occasionally needing a client to sign something. SignedBy strips that down to the essentials: add signature, initial, date and text fields to a PDF, send it, and track when it gets signed.
Beyond basic signing, SignedBy adds access-gated public/private links, self-signing with RFC 3161 trusted timestamps for legally-binding proof, bulk sending, engagement tracking, AI-assisted document drafting, and a REST API with webhooks for CRM automation from the Pro tier up. It's EU-based with GDPR compliance and EEA data residency, and explicitly states AI models aren't trained on your documents. Pricing starts free (3 docs/month) and tops out at Business (€29/mo, 5 users, full API, custom branding) — the company claims $700+/year in savings versus DocuSign for small teams.
💬 Our review
The short version: SignedBy is a solid, cheaper alternative to DocuSign if you only need occasional signatures and don't want to pay per-seat enterprise pricing — not a fit if you need DocuSign's deeper enterprise integrations.
DocuSign remains the safer choice for large sales teams that need Salesforce-level integrations, audit trail depth, and enterprise support contracts, but its per-seat pricing punishes small teams that sign contracts rarely. SignedBy and similar challengers like PandaDoc or SignNow compete on flat, low pricing instead — SignedBy's edge is EU data residency and GDPR-first positioning, which matters if you or your clients are privacy-conscious Europeans. At €7-29/month it's cheap enough that the risk of trying it is low; the trade-off is a smaller company with less of a track record than the DocuSign name carries.
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Free 0€/mois (3 documents/mois) ; Pro 7€/mois (documents illimités) ; Team 14€/mois (jusqu'à 3 utilisateurs) ; Business 29€/mois (jusqu'à 5 utilisateurs, API complète). Multi-devises (EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, INR). Résiliable à tout moment.
Pros
Bien moins cher que DocuSign, pas de tarification par siège
Hébergement des données dans l'UE, conformité RGPD
Horodatage de confiance RFC 3161 pour une valeur légale réelle
API REST et webhooks dès le palier Pro pour automatiser
Cons
Moins d'intégrations profondes que DocuSign (Salesforce, etc.)
Entreprise jeune, moins de références qu'un acteur historique
Branding SignedBy visible sur les pages de signature en palier Free
Pas idéal pour de très gros volumes ou des besoins d'entreprise complexes