Pricing calculator

How much are you
overpaying for signatures?

Most e-signature platforms charge per seat, per envelope, or both. Calculate what that actually means at scale and compare it with VisiSign's flat pricing model.

Quick presets

How many people need to send or manage documents?

users

How many documents does your team send per month?

/mo

API usage

Are you using API integrations to send programmatically?

Templates and automation

Are you using reusable templates or automated workflows?

Estimated traditional e-signature cost

Seat licenses $600/mo
Envelope overages $0/mo
Estimated annual total $7,200/yr

Based on typical per-seat pricing at $40/user/month with envelope and feature tier estimates. See assumptions.

Estimated VisiSign cost

Team plan $49/mo
Extra seats $0/mo
Estimated annual total $588/yr

Flat rate. Unlimited team members. 500 API requests/month included, then $0.10/request.

Estimated annual savings with VisiSign

$6,612

That is money back in your business every year.

Traditional: $7,200/yr VisiSign: $588/yr

Why the gap exists

The pricing model is the product

Traditional e-signature platforms were built in an era when signing was a department tool. A sales team needed 10 seats. HR needed 5. The vendor charged per head, because that is how enterprise SaaS worked in 2010.

But signatures stopped being a department tool. They became workflow infrastructure. CRM automations send contracts. Onboarding systems generate offer letters. SaaS products embed signing directly. The number of people who touch a signature workflow grew far beyond the people who originally needed a "seat."

Per-seat pricing punishes exactly the behavior that modern teams need: more people involved, more workflows automated, more systems connected. Every new teammate becomes a new line item. Every API integration gets gated behind a higher tier.

VisiSign prices signatures the way infrastructure gets priced: flat access for the team, usage-based for the API. The same model Stripe uses for payments, Twilio uses for messaging, and Cloudflare uses for security.

Infrastructure thinking

Signatures became infrastructure. Pricing should follow.

Twilio does not charge per employee who might send an SMS. Stripe does not charge per person who can view a dashboard. Cloudflare does not gate DDoS protection behind a seat count.

Infrastructure gets priced on usage and access, not headcount. E-signatures should work the same way.
API-native

Send signature requests from your code. No UI required. No seat needed.

Workflow-ready

Trigger from CRMs, onboarding tools, or custom automations via webhooks.

Embedded

Build signing into your product. Your users sign without leaving your app.

The real cost drivers

What actually makes e-signatures expensive

Most teams underestimate how quickly costs compound. It is not just the seat count.

Small team

5-person startup

50 contracts/month

Traditional per-seat cost $125 - $250/mo
Templates add-on +$30 - $50/mo
Annual estimate $1,860 - $3,600/yr
VisiSign $588/yr
Growth team

25-person sales team

500 contracts/month

Traditional per-seat cost $1,000/mo
API + templates tier +$225/mo
Annual estimate $14,700/yr
VisiSign $588/yr

These are estimates based on published tier pricing from major e-signature platforms. Your actual costs will depend on your specific plan and usage.

Side by side

What you get with each model

Feature Traditional platforms VisiSign
Per-seat pricing Yes — $25-$65/user/month No — flat $49/month for the team
Unlimited users Rare — enterprise-only Yes — every plan
API access Often gated behind higher tiers Included — or $0.10/request standalone
Templates Available on paid plans Included
Webhooks Often requires enterprise plan Included
Annual contracts Often required for better pricing No contracts — cancel anytime
Envelope limits Varies by plan and tier Unlimited dashboard sends
Audit trail Yes Yes — with SHA-256 integrity

Methodology

How these estimates work

This calculator uses approximate pricing based on publicly available information from major e-signature platforms. It is not a quote. Actual costs vary based on your specific vendor, plan, contract terms, and negotiated discounts.

The estimates assume: typical per-seat pricing of $25-$50/user/month depending on team size, envelope overage fees for high-volume senders, API access premiums for teams with integration needs, and additional tier costs for templates and automation features.

VisiSign pricing is exact: $49/month for Team with unlimited members, or $0.10/request for API-only usage with no monthly fee.

See how VisiSign pricing works
for your workflow.

Free for individuals. $49/month for teams. API-only at $0.10/request. No per-seat math.