Alternatives to BoldSign

A web-based e-signature service for sending, signing and tracking documents, with an API for embedding. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • BoldSign

    A web-based e-signature service for sending, signing and tracking documents, with an API for embedding.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as BoldSign.

  • Docusign

    A commercial electronic signature and agreement management platform for sending, signing and tracking documents.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Docusign is a broader agreement platform with workflow automation, mobile apps and developer APIs, widely recognised by signers, with paid plans needed to send documents.

  • Dropbox Sign

    Dropbox's electronic signature service, formerly HelloSign, for sending, signing and managing agreements online.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Dropbox Sign ties signing to Dropbox storage, lets recipients sign without an account and keeps audit trails, with only a trial and no lasting free plan.

  • airSlate SignNow

    An online e-signature service for signing your own documents and sending documents to others for signature.

    PaidProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    airSlate SignNow adds Android and iOS apps and plans with unlimited users, keeping templates and bulk sending, as a paid service after the trial.

  • DocuSeal

    An open-source platform for creating fillable document forms and collecting electronic signatures, hosted or self-hosted.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    DocuSeal is open source and self-hostable, with an API and embeddable signing forms, so documents can stay on your own server instead of a hosted service.

  • SignWell

    A web-based electronic signature service for sending documents for signing and tracking them.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    SignWell offers a freemium plan with detailed audit trails and a REST API with webhooks and embeds, and recipients sign without needing an account.

  • Zoho Sign

    An online digital signature service for signing, sending and tracking business documents.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Zoho Sign is a paid web service that adds in-person signing, signing order control and automation for repeated paperwork aimed at businesses.

  • PandaDoc

    A web platform for creating, approving, tracking and e-signing proposals, quotes and other business documents.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    PandaDoc targets sales teams, combining proposal creation, approval, signing and payment, with notarization, CRM integrations and mobile apps.

Also worth comparing

These listings name BoldSign as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Documenso

    Open-source document signing with templates and integrations.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    BoldSign offers unlimited e-signatures on paid plans, bulk sending and an embedding API, but it is a closed-source hosted service that is paid after the trial.

  • OpenSign

    Open-source electronic document signing platform.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    BoldSign is a closed-source hosted service with unlimited e-signatures on paid plans, templates, bulk sending, an embedding API and signer security questions.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • pdfFiller

    Online PDF editor for filling out forms, e-signing, requesting signatures and managing documents.

    PaidProprietaryiOSWeb

  • DocHub

    An online PDF editor for annotating, filling, signing and sharing documents in the browser.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

  • Lumin

    A cloud PDF editor for viewing, editing, annotating and signing PDFs, with Google integration.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

  • Adobe Acrobat

    Adobe's PDF software: the free Acrobat Reader for viewing and commenting, and paid Acrobat plans for editing and conversion.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSWebAndroidiOS