Documenso

What it is for

Documenso is an open-source signing desk: you upload a PDF, place fields, and send it out, and you can start Cloud at $0 (5 documents / month) or self-host. Use it when the job is signatures you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Documenso Documents list (Inbox / Waiting / Signed, Sign now rows) from the GitHub product still — not a pricing card. The list itself is ops of Documents.

Key features

• Documents — a PDF you send for signature (pricing documents; Signing Flow Overview). One envelope. Recipients and fields are this surface. Free is 5 documents / month and 10 recipients / document. The SDK / personal API is install.
• Templates — a reusable field layout you clone into a new send (Features). A stencil, not a signed file. Direct links sit here.
• Teams — a shared workspace with seats (pricing Teams). A room, not a document. Teams includes 5 users; extra seats are $8 / month.
• Embedded signing — drop the signer UI in your app, including a white-label path (pricing Embedded Signing). A widget, not a Documenso tab. Teams includes it; Platform is the deep-integration card.
• Self-host — Community you run yourself; Business / Enterprise licenses add support and compliance (pricing Self-hosted; Business Edition). A deploy, not a send. Cloud Free does not include self-host support.

Documents are the Cloud meter on Free. Individual and up drop the 5-document cap. Zapier / webhooks are install of Documents.

Who it's for

Best fit: small teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (5 documents / month, 10 recipients, no card) while they send a first PDF, then buy Individual at $25/month when they need unlimited documents — or Teams at $40/month when a second signer seat appears.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from documenso.com/pricing. Cloud is documents + seats. Fair-use is posted at documen.so/fair.

• Free — $0 forever. No card. 5 documents / month. Up to 10 recipients / document.
• Individual — $25 / month or $300 / year. Unlimited documents. API for personal use. Email support. Premium profile name.
• Teams — $40 / month or $480 / year. Includes 5 users; extra users $8 / month. Unlimited documents. API for automation. Embedded signing. Email support. 1 team.
• Platform — $250 / month or $3,000 / year. Unlimited documents and users. Unlimited API. Slack integration support. White-label embedded signing. Enterprise add-ons.
• Enterprise / self-host licenses — custom. Cloud or self-hosted. Compliance (ESIGN / UETA / 21 CFR Part 11 / SOC 2 / HIPAA on the compliance index). Community self-host of the public app is $0 license; Business Edition is the paid self-host support card.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is 5 documents / month. A contract week can burn it; Individual is $25 / month.
• A signing desk, not a PDF parser. For extraction see Nanonets. For chat-with-PDF see PDF.ai.

Alternatives

• Nanonets — document extraction and approval workflows when you need fields out, not a wet signature.
• PDF.ai — ask a PDF questions when nobody needs to sign.
• Formbricks — a survey when the “signature” is a form response.

Official tutorial

Official Documenso channel video: Signing Flow Overview (oEmbed author: Documenso). First-party signing walkthrough; the Documents list still is the cover.

Written path: documenso.com/pricing plus the official Documents list on GitHub.

Website

https://www.documenso.com

Repository

https://github.com/documenso/documenso

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Documenso Documents list from the GitHub product still. Dollars checked on documenso.com/pricing (Free $0 / 5 docs; Individual $25/$300 yr; Teams $40/$480 yr + $8/user; Platform $250/$3,000 yr). Tutorial oEmbed author: Documenso.

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.