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Documenso

The open-source DocuSign alternative, free for 5 documents a month.

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  • Rating

    4.4 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web

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What is Documenso?

Documenso is an open-source (AGPL-3.0) e-signature platform. The hosted Free plan sends 5 documents a month with up to 10 recipients each, free forever with no credit card. Individual costs $25 a month for unlimited documents, and self-hosted licences offer unlimited signatures on your own infrastructure.

Pros: what Documenso does well

  • Free forever for 5 documents a month
  • Open source and self-hostable
  • Clean, modern signing experience

Cons: where it falls short

  • Free plan is capped at 5 documents a month
  • Paid plans are pricier than some rivals

Who Documenso is for

Freelancers who send a handful of contracts each month.

Who can skip it

Teams that need high-volume signing for free.

Documenso alternatives

Not sold on Documenso? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Workflows resources

OpenSign

Shares e-signature and open source with Documenso. Rated 4.3 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.3Visit

DocuSeal

Focus: pdf forms. Shares e-signature and open source with Documenso. Rated 4.5 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.5Visit

dufs

Focus: file sharing, file server and upload. Shares open source with Documenso. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Same 4.4 rating.

Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform
4.4Visit

BentoPDF

Focus: pdf tools, merge pdf and privacy. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Grafana

Focus: dashboards, monitoring and metrics. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

Squoosh

Focus: image compression, webp and avif. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Adds Offline. Rated 4.7 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Offline
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Documenso

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

SVGOMG

Focus: svg, optimisation and web performance. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Adds Offline. Rated 4.7 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Offline
4.7Visit

OmniTools

Focus: online tools, file conversion and self-hosted. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Seafile

Focus: file sync, cloud storage and self-hosting. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

VERT

Focus: file converter, image conversion and privacy. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

ConvertX

Focus: file converter, documents and self-hosted. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.5 (Documenso: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.5Visit

AudioMass

Focus: audio editor, recording and podcasting. Shares open source with Documenso. Free (Documenso: Freemium). Same 4.4 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit
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