If you are looking for a DocuSign alternative in Europe, the useful question is not which brand is biggest but which provider fits what you sign: the signature levels you need, how you are billed, where your data lives and how easy signing is for your clients. This guide sets out the criteria, then summarises what four alternatives offer. Prices and features were checked on each provider's own website on 2 October 2026.
Why EU businesses look at alternatives
DocuSign's pricing page for Ireland lists three self-service eSignature plans, with prices shown for annual billing: Personal at €9 a month with 5 envelopes a month, Standard at €23 per user per month and Business Pro at €38 per user per month, both with 100 envelopes per user per year. On those plans the simple electronic signature is included, the advanced signature is marked "contact sales", and the qualified signature is a paid add-on at €10 per recipient.
For many teams that works well. Others want a different pricing model, advanced or qualified signatures as part of a standard plan, or simply a European provider. Whatever the reason, compare on criteria rather than on names.
The criteria that matter in the EU
- Signature levels. Which of the simple, advanced and qualified levels you need, and whether they are included or charged per use. Our guide to eIDAS signature levels explains when each one applies.
- Trust services on the document. Whether the signed file receives a qualified electronic seal and a qualified time stamp, which carry legal presumptions of integrity and of the accuracy of the date under eIDAS.
- Pricing model. Per user, per envelope, per signature or per plan: the same monthly figure can mean very different bills. Our guide to electronic signature pricing compares the models.
- Data location. Where documents and signer data are stored, and under which contract terms.
- Signer experience. Whether your clients can sign from a phone, without an account or software.
- Evidence. What the audit trail records, and whether the signed PDF can be validated without going back to the provider.
- Language and support. Interface, contracts and invoices in a language and currency that suit your business.
Four alternatives at a glance
Youtrust (formerly Yousign)
Yousign has become Youtrust, as its website announces. Its application has a free plan with 2 signature requests a month. Paid plans, excluding VAT and billed yearly: One at €9 a month with 10 requests a month, Plus at €23 per user per month and Pro at €38 per user per month, both with unlimited simple signatures. With monthly billing the same plans cost €11, €30 and €48. On Plus and Pro, the advanced signature is an add-on for yearly plans and the qualified signature costs from €10 each. The pricing page states that data is hosted in the EU and that every signature produces a time-stamped proof file.
Skribble
Skribble mixes subscriptions with pay-per-use. Its Starter plan has no subscription: each simple signature costs €1, each advanced €3 and each qualified €5. Team costs €23 per user per month billed yearly (€276 a year) and includes unlimited simple signatures plus 72 advanced or qualified signatures per user per year; Pro costs €36 per user per month billed yearly (€432 a year) with 120. Prices exclude VAT, and the pricing page lists compliance with eIDAS and the Swiss ZertES among others.
Dropbox Sign
Dropbox Sign offers unlimited signature requests on its paid plans: Essentials at €13.33 a month billed yearly (€160) or €17.50 billed monthly, for one user, and Standard at €24 per user per month billed yearly or €29 billed monthly, for teams of two or more. Paid plans come with a 30-day free trial. Its pricing page states compliance with eIDAS, among other standards, but does not list advanced or qualified signatures among plan features, so ask before you buy if you need them.
DOCUJET
DOCUJET is developed by an Italian company and prices per organisation, not per user: each plan includes a set number of people. The Personal plan is free with 3 documents a month; paid plans start with Starter at €10 a month billed annually, excluding VAT. From Starter upwards, signers can confirm with a one-time code by SMS and the signed document receives a qualified electronic seal and a qualified time stamp from Namirial, a qualified trust service provider. From Business (€50 a month billed annually, up to 2 people) you get the advanced electronic signature (AES) with identity verification, plus API and webhooks. Data is hosted in the EU. DOCUJET does not offer qualified signatures, so if your documents require them, it is not the right tool for those.
Is there a free DocuSign alternative?
For occasional use, yes. Youtrust's free plan allows 2 signature requests a month, Skribble's Starter has no subscription and charges per signature, Dropbox Sign offers a free plan for people who just need to sign a document, and DOCUJET's Personal plan includes 3 documents a month. Free plans are built for trying things out: before you rely on one for business contracts, check which signature level it gives you and what evidence comes with the signed file.
How to compare them on your own documents
- Sort your documents by level. Most everyday agreements need no particular form; a few may need an advanced or qualified signature under the law that governs them.
- Count senders and volume. Per-user plans reward few senders; per-signature pricing rewards low volume.
- Price the add-ons you will really use. SMS codes, identity checks, advanced and qualified signatures, archiving.
- Test with a real document. All four offer a free plan or a free trial.
- Check the output. Open the signed PDF in your reader or in the European Commission's DSS validation demo and see what it actually contains.
When staying with DocuSign makes sense
Switching has a cost. If your workflows depend on DocuSign integrations (its pricing page mentions more than 1,000), or you have already negotiated an enhanced plan that includes advanced and qualified signatures, moving may cost more than it saves. The point of comparing is to choose deliberately, not to change for its own sake.
Prices and features checked on 2 October 2026 on the providers' own pages, as shown for Ireland or the EU: they change, so check them again before you decide. Our comparison page sets DOCUJET side by side with other providers, and the pricing page has every plan.
Sources: DocuSign, eSignature plans (Ireland); Youtrust, application pricing; Skribble, pricing; Dropbox Sign, pricing; Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS); European Commission, DSS validation demo.
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