PandaDoc has built a strong reputation as a document automation platform. It combines document creation, e-signatures, proposal building, and CRM integrations into one product. For sales teams building proposals from scratch, it can be a good fit.
But if your team just needs to send documents for signature — contracts, agreements, onboarding paperwork, NDAs — PandaDoc's per-user pricing means you're paying for a lot of features you'll never touch.
How PandaDoc Pricing Works
PandaDoc charges per user, per month. Their 2026 pricing breaks down like this:
- Free plan: $0/month. Limited to 5 documents per month. You can upload and sign, but you can't create documents in their editor.
- Essentials: $19-35/user/month (depending on billing cycle). Includes 100 documents per year per user, basic templates, and CRM integrations.
- Business: $49-65/user/month. Unlimited documents, analytics, approval workflows, API access, and advanced integrations.
- Enterprise: Custom pricing. Minimum 10 users.
The per-user cost adds up fast. A 10-person team on PandaDoc's Business plan pays $490 to $650 per month. A 20-person team pays $980 to $1,300. A 50-person company is looking at $2,450 or more every month just for e-signatures and document workflows.
PandaDoc also has documented hidden costs: branding removal fees, API overage charges, and reports of features being removed when plans are renamed or restructured.
How GetDocsSigned Pricing Works
GetDocsSigned uses flat-rate pricing. You pick a plan based on envelope volume, and every plan includes unlimited users at no extra cost.
- Starter — $29/month: 100 envelopes/month, 5 GB storage, unlimited users
- Professional — $99/month: AI Forms, Records, Compliance Checklists, Automated Reminders, Phone Scanning, 25 GB storage, unlimited users
- Business — $149/month: Everything in Professional, 100 GB storage, priority support, unlimited users
- Enterprise — $249/month: Everything in Business, unlimited storage, dedicated support, unlimited users
No per-user fees. No envelope caps that reset annually. No overage surprises. Your whole team gets full access on every plan.
Side-by-Side Price Comparison
Here is what your team actually pays at different sizes:
| Team Size | PandaDoc (Business) | GetDocsSigned | You Save | |-----------|-------------------|---------------|----------| | 5 users | $245/mo | $99/mo | $146/mo | | 10 users | $490/mo | $99/mo | $391/mo | | 20 users | $980/mo | $99/mo | $881/mo | | 50 users | $2,450/mo | $149/mo | $2,301/mo | | 100 users | $4,900/mo | $249/mo | $4,651/mo |
At 50 users, a team switching from PandaDoc Business to GetDocsSigned Business saves over $27,000 per year.
Envelope Limits: A Hidden Cost
One area where GetDocsSigned stands out is envelope generosity. Many competitors bury their envelope limits in fine print or cap sends on an annual basis.
PandaDoc's Essentials plan limits you to 100 documents per year per user. That sounds reasonable until you realize it is a total, not monthly. A 10-person team on Essentials gets 1,000 documents for the entire year. If you send more, you need to upgrade everyone to Business at $49-65/user/month.
GetDocsSigned gives you 100 envelopes per month on the Starter plan, which is 1,200 per year for $29/month total. The Business plan gives you 2,000 per month, which is 24,000 per year. And on Enterprise, there is no limit at all.
What PandaDoc Does That GetDocsSigned Does Not
PandaDoc includes features that go well beyond e-signatures:
- Drag-and-drop document builder for creating proposals from scratch
- CRM integrations with HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, and others
- Payment collection built into documents via Stripe, PayPal, and Square
- CPQ (configure, price, quote) for sales teams
- Document analytics showing how long recipients spend on each page
If your sales team builds custom proposals and needs deep CRM integration, PandaDoc may be the better fit.
What GetDocsSigned Does Better
If your team uploads existing documents (PDFs, contracts, agreements) and needs them signed, GetDocsSigned is purpose-built for that workflow:
- Unlimited users on every plan with no per-seat fees ever
- Click-to-place field positioning without fiddly drag-and-drop alignment
- Continuous-scroll signing where signers scroll through the whole document naturally, not page by page
- Auto-complete signing so signers apply their signature to all fields with one click
- Reusable templates to save field layouts and apply to any new document
- Bulk send to send the same document to up to 50 recipients at once
- Generous envelope limits with up to 2,000/month on Business and unlimited on Enterprise
- Full audit trail with IP addresses, timestamps, and user agent on every signing event
- ESIGN Act compliant with legally binding signatures accepted by banks, lenders, and courts
All of this for a fraction of the cost.
Who Should Use Which
Choose PandaDoc if:
- Your sales team creates custom proposals and quotes from scratch
- You need deep CRM integration with HubSpot or Salesforce
- You want payment collection embedded in your documents
- You have a small team under 5 users where per-user pricing does not hurt yet
Choose GetDocsSigned if:
- You send existing documents like PDFs, contracts, and forms for signature
- You have a team of any size and do not want to pay per user
- You send high volumes of documents monthly
- You want simple, fast, no-friction signing for your recipients
- You want transparent flat-rate pricing with no hidden fees
The Bottom Line
PandaDoc is a document automation platform with e-signatures included. GetDocsSigned is an e-signature platform built for speed, simplicity, and fair pricing.
If you are paying PandaDoc $490/month for 10 users when all you really need is document collection and signing, you are overpaying by $391 every month on the Professional plan. That is $4,692 per year back in your pocket — and GetDocsSigned includes records management, compliance checklists, and automated reminders that PandaDoc doesn't have.
Every GetDocsSigned plan includes unlimited users, generous monthly envelope limits, full audit trails, and ESIGN Act compliance. Try it free for 7 days with no credit card charged until your trial ends.