The DocuSign alternative built for Salesforce teams
DocuSign is the eSignature standard, and its Salesforce app is mature. But it signs documents you have already built somewhere else, the Salesforce app is licensed on top of an eSignature plan, and envelopes are rationed per user per year. SalesSign puts the proposal builder, eSignatures, engagement analytics and a native Salesforce integration in every plan, from £19 per user per month.
The signing standard. No proposal builder, a Salesforce app sold on top, and 100 envelopes per user per year.
Which one should a Salesforce team choose?
Choose SalesSign if your reps build proposals, quotes or contracts from Salesforce data and you want the document, the signature and the engagement data on the Opportunity in one product. Every plan includes the builder, eSignatures, analytics and the Salesforce integration, with envelopes included monthly.
Stay with DocuSign if signing is the whole job, your documents come finished from legal or another system, and you need DocuSign’s breadth: notarisation, identity verification, CLM, and a compliance footprint that procurement teams already recognise. Those are real strengths, and SalesSign does not try to match them.
Why Salesforce teams choose SalesSign over DocuSign.
Build the document, not just sign it
DocuSign expects a finished file. Generating one from Salesforce data means DocuSign Gen, a separate subscription, or another tool. SalesSign’s drag-and-drop builder creates the proposal from the Opportunity, with pricing tables, merge fields and locked sections, then signs it in the same flow.
Salesforce is included, not licensed on top
DocuSign eSignature for Salesforce is listed on the AppExchange from $30 per user per month on top of an eSignature plan, and DocuSign’s pricing page places Salesforce document generation on its sales-quoted Enhanced plans. SalesSign’s native integration is in every plan. See how the DocuSign integration works.
Monthly envelopes and real engagement data
DocuSign’s Standard and Business Pro plans include up to 100 envelopes per user per year, and status is what you get back. SalesSign Pro includes 20 envelopes per user every month, Max includes 50, and every plan records page-level time, per-recipient engagement and session replay on the Salesforce record.
SalesSign vs DocuSign: side by side.
Where each feature sits in the two products, including which DocuSign plan you need to get it.
DocuSign plan details taken from docusign.com’s UK and US pricing pages and the AppExchange listing on 10 September 2026. DocuSign prices are shown in the currency of each page; SalesSign in pounds sterling. Always check the latest with the vendor.
What a Salesforce team actually pays.
Take a ten-person sales team that builds proposals from Salesforce and needs them signed. Here is what the list prices add up to over a year.
Business Pro + Salesforce app
- eSignature for Salesforce app listed from $30 per user per month on top
- 100 envelopes per user per year; overages billed per envelope
- Document generation needs DocuSign Gen, sold separately
- SSO needs an Enhanced plan
Pro
- Proposal builder, eSignatures, analytics and Salesforce included
- 20 signing envelopes per user each month, top up as you go
- AI Studio builder assistant
- No annual contract
Max
- Everything in Pro
- 50 signing envelopes per user each month
- Stripe payments at acceptance
- Forms mapped to Salesforce fields
A closer look at the DocuSign alternative for Salesforce.
A proposal builder DocuSign never had
Reps assemble cover pages, pricing tables, case studies and terms from reusable blocks, with Opportunity Products or CPQ lines flowing into the pricing table and merge fields keeping their currency and date formatting. Then they collect the signature on the same document, without exporting a PDF and uploading it to a second tool.
Live inside the Opportunity record
SalesSign runs through Salesforce Canvas and Lightning Web Components, so the builder opens on the record. DocuSign’s Send with DocuSign button starts on the record but hands the rep to DocuSign’s tagger to place fields. With SalesSign nothing leaves the page, and signed PDFs, status and engagement land back on the record as they happen.
See what happens after you hit send
DocuSign tells you an envelope was viewed and signed. SalesSign tells you who read which page, for how long, and where they stopped, then writes it to the Salesforce record so reps know which deals to push. It is included on every plan, not a separate analytics product.
How to move from DocuSign to SalesSign in six steps.
Most teams keep DocuSign for in-flight envelopes, send everything new from SalesSign for one sales cycle, then switch off at renewal.
Check your DocuSign renewal and envelope position
Plans are annual. Note the renewal date and how many envelopes each user has left, so the switch lands before you pay for another year or hit overage fees.
Audit what you actually send
List the envelope templates used in the last 90 days and the Salesforce fields they merge. Separate proposals and quotes you build from fixed contracts you only sign.
Rebuild proposals in the builder, overlay the contracts
Proposals and quotes rebuild natively with pricing tables, merge fields and locked sections. Contracts that cannot change are uploaded as PDFs with signature fields placed visually, no tagging.
Connect Salesforce
Install the SalesSign package, authorise the connection and map merge fields to the Opportunity, Account, Contact, Quote and custom objects. Users sign in with Salesforce, so there are no accounts to provision.
Run a pilot for one sales cycle
Start with the 14-day free trial and its five envelopes, then move a pilot team onto Pro or Max. Keep DocuSign for envelopes already out for signature.
Archive DocuSign and switch off
Completed DocuSign envelopes sent from Salesforce are already on the record. Download any others from DocuSign, attach them to the relevant records, and cancel before renewal.
Comparing DocuSign with PandaDoc, Adobe Sign or Dropbox Sign?
If DocuSign is on your shortlist, these usually are too. The Salesforce questions are the same for each. For the full field, see our guide to the best PandaDoc alternatives for Salesforce teams.
DocuSign vs PandaDoc
PandaDoc adds the proposal builder DocuSign lacks, but its Salesforce integration is a paid add-on on annual Business and Enterprise plans and editing happens in PandaDoc’s app. See how SalesSign compares with PandaDoc.
DocuSign vs Adobe Acrobat Sign
Acrobat Sign is the closest like-for-like: enterprise eSignature with a Salesforce connector licensed separately and a yearly transaction allowance. See how SalesSign compares with Adobe Sign.
DocuSign vs Dropbox Sign
Dropbox Sign is simpler and cheaper for pure signing, with a Salesforce integration from its Standard plan, but templates must be built in Salesforce and there is no proposal builder. See how SalesSign compares with Dropbox Sign.
DocuSign alternative questions, answered.
Is SalesSign a good DocuSign alternative for Salesforce?
Yes, for sales teams that build proposals, quotes and contracts from Salesforce data. SalesSign covers eSignatures with sequential and parallel routing and a full audit trail, and adds the proposal builder, engagement analytics and a native Salesforce integration that DocuSign either lacks or licenses separately. Teams that only need to sign finished documents, or that rely on notarisation, ID verification or CLM, are better served by DocuSign.
How does SalesSign pricing compare to DocuSign?
SalesSign is £19, £29 or £49 per user per month, billed monthly, with the builder, eSignatures, analytics and Salesforce included. DocuSign’s Standard and Business Pro are £20 and £33 per user per month on annual billing in the UK ($25 and $40 in the US), the Salesforce app is listed from $30 per user per month on top, and document generation needs DocuSign Gen. For a ten-user Salesforce team, DocuSign Business Pro plus the Salesforce app is about $8,400 a year before Gen; SalesSign Pro is £3,480.
Are SalesSign signatures legally binding like DocuSign’s?
Yes. SalesSign produces a tamper-evident audit trail with signer identity, IP address and timestamps, and a signed PDF that meets the requirements of eIDAS in the UK and EU and ESIGN and UETA in the US, the same standards DocuSign relies on. The audit trail is stored on the Salesforce record alongside the signed document.
Does SalesSign integrate with Salesforce as deeply as DocuSign?
More deeply for a sales team. DocuSign’s app starts on the record and hands off to DocuSign’s tagger; SalesSign’s builder runs inside Salesforce through Canvas and Lightning Web Components, merge fields follow lookups five levels deep with formatting kept, and status, signed PDFs and engagement write back in real time. Our DocuSign Salesforce integration guide covers the mechanics and limits of DocuSign’s app.
Can we migrate our DocuSign templates?
There is no direct import. Proposals and quotes are rebuilt in SalesSign’s builder, which most teams do for their top templates in a few hours. Fixed contracts are uploaded as PDFs with signature fields placed visually. Onboarding help is included on every plan.
What happens when we hit our envelope limit?
You will not hit a yearly cap. SalesSign Pro includes 20 signing envelopes per user each month and Max includes 50, with pay-as-you-go top-ups from inside the app. DocuSign’s Standard and Business Pro plans include up to 100 envelopes per user per year and charge overages per envelope.
Does SalesSign collect payments at signature?
Yes, on the Max plan. Sign & Pay connects your Stripe account so a customer can pay a deposit or the full amount when they accept, and the payment is recorded against the proposal and its Salesforce record. DocuSign offers payment collection on Business Pro and Enhanced plans.
What about security and compliance?
The SalesSign application runs on Railway, with its database, document storage, PDF generation and email on AWS, all in UK/EU regions. Your CRM data stays in your own Salesforce org. Everything is encrypted at rest and in transit, and users sign in with Salesforce so your existing SSO, MFA and passkey policies apply.
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