HelloSign alternative for contracts, not just signatures
A Dropbox Sign alternative for contracts that need more than a signature: a Sumsub identity check and Stripe payment in the same flow, on paid plans from €9 a month. HelloSign (now Dropbox Sign) lists neither on any plan (pricing page, 2026-09-20). eIDAS Article 26 (AES). Free plan: 5 signatures a month, no card.
Chaindoc vs HelloSign (Dropbox Sign)
From Dropbox Sign's official US pricing page (2026-09-20). Its prices are in dollars, Chaindoc's in euros, both billed monthly.
| Feature | Chaindoc | Dropbox Sign |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | From €9/mo billed monthly, Free plan available | Essentials $15/mo or Standard $25/user/mo (2–4 users), billed monthly; $10.05/mo and $17.50/mo billed annually |
| E-signature | ||
| Built-in KYC / ID verification | Paid plans, 1–10 checks/mo | None — SMS authentication on Premium |
| Native payment collection | Native (Stripe) | No native payment collection |
| Blockchain audit trail | Not listed in its plans | |
| eIDAS Article 26 (AES) | Check Dropbox Sign's compliance page | |
| ESIGN Act / UETA | Check Dropbox Sign's compliance page | |
| ISO 27001 | Check Dropbox Sign's compliance page | |
| Audit export (PDF) | Check Dropbox Sign's help pages | |
| REST API + webhooks | Business plan | Separate Sign API plan (additional pricing) |
| Bulk signing | Check Dropbox Sign's pricing page | |
| Templates | ||
| Free tier | Yes — 5 signatures/mo | Yes, a free plan; paid from $15/mo billed monthly |
| White-label / branding | Check Dropbox Sign's pricing page |
Key differences5
| Price model | |
|---|---|
| Chaindoc | From €9/mo billed monthly, Free plan available |
| Dropbox Sign | Essentials $15/mo or Standard $25/user/mo (2–4 users), billed monthly; $10.05/mo and $17.50/mo billed annually |
| Built-in KYC / ID verification | |
| Chaindoc | Paid plans, 1–10 checks/mo |
| Dropbox Sign | None — SMS authentication on Premium |
| Native payment collection | |
| Chaindoc | Native (Stripe) |
| Dropbox Sign | No native payment collection |
| Blockchain audit trail | |
| Chaindoc | Included |
| Dropbox Sign | Not listed in its plans |
| REST API + webhooks | |
| Chaindoc | Business plan |
| Dropbox Sign | Separate Sign API plan (additional pricing) |
In both2
- E-signature
- Templates
Other features5
- eIDAS Article 26 (AES)Dropbox SignCheck Dropbox Sign's compliance page
- ESIGN Act / UETADropbox SignCheck Dropbox Sign's compliance page
- ISO 27001Dropbox SignCheck Dropbox Sign's compliance page
- Audit export (PDF)Dropbox SignCheck Dropbox Sign's help pages
- Free tierChaindocYes — 5 signatures/moDropbox SignYes, a free plan; paid from $15/mo billed monthly
Not in Chaindoc2
- Bulk signingDropbox SignCheck Dropbox Sign's pricing page
- White-label / brandingDropbox SignCheck Dropbox Sign's pricing page
Chaindoc's ISO certificates are public records — the register entry names the holder, the standard and the expiry date: ISO 27001ISO 9001
Three things teams want from a HelloSign alternative
An identity check and a payment step in the signing flow, and a library tied to no storage plan.
An identity check before the signature
Dropbox Sign's pricing page (2026-09-20) lists no identity verification on any plan; Premium adds SMS authentication, a code to the signer's phone. Chaindoc runs a Sumsub check on paid plans, one a month on Personal (€9), five on Team, ten on Business, and writes the result into the audit trail.
Payment collected in the same flow
Dropbox Sign's pricing page lists no payment collection (2026-09-20), so the invoice travels apart from its contract. Chaindoc attaches a Stripe invoice, or an escrow released on signing, to the document itself, so signature and payment are handled in one place.
A library that is not a storage plan
Chaindoc is tied to no storage product: upload a PDF from wherever it lives; the signed file, audit trail and verification report stay in its own library. Dropbox Sign is Dropbox's e-signature product; whether that suits you depends on where your files live.
Where Dropbox Sign and Chaindoc differ
Dropbox Sign's public pricing page, read 2026-09-20; Chaindoc's own published plans, read the same day.
HelloSign has been a Dropbox product since 2019 and Dropbox Sign by name since 2023. Its pricing page presents a free plan for signing a document you receive and prints no sending allowance; the paid plans are Essentials, $15 a month, and Standard, $25 per user a month for two to four users, both billed monthly. It suits a team whose files sit in Dropbox. A contract that also needs an identity check or a payment leaves the product.
The API sits on its own price list, from $75 a month, apart from the seat plans; SMS authentication comes with Premium. Its pricing page lists neither identity verification nor payment collection on any plan (2026-09-20). Chaindoc includes a Sumsub identity check in every paid plan, one a month on Personal (€9), five on Team (€19), ten on Business (€29), Stripe payment collection on paid plans, and API keys on Business. None is a second contract.
When a document is published, and again when the last party signs, Chaindoc records a SHA-256 hash of the file on the SKALE network, a public chain with an explorer anyone can open. The verification report prints that hash and the transaction link, so the other side can recompute it from their own copy and see it match, without asking Chaindoc. What weight a court gives that is for the court. Dropbox Sign's plans list no blockchain anchoring.
Under eIDAS an electronic signature cannot be denied legal effect solely because it is electronic (Article 25). Article 26 sets out the advanced signature, AES: uniquely linked to the signer, capable of identifying them, under their sole control, any later change detectable. Chaindoc delivers AES but is not a qualified trust service provider, so a statute that demands a qualified signature (QES) needs another tool. Where Dropbox Sign sits on this ladder is on its own compliance pages.
What you'd pay at 5, 15 and 50 signatures per month
Chaindoc's figures are its public plans, billed monthly; yearly billing is 20% less. Dropbox Sign's are from its pricing page, checked 2026-09-20, also billed monthly.
5 signatures/mo (single user)
Chaindoc: Free plan, €0. Dropbox Sign: a free plan its page presents for signing a document; paid plans from Essentials, $15/mo billed monthly.
Dropbox Sign does not publish the allowance of its free plan on the pricing page. Billed annually, Essentials is $10.05/mo.
15 signatures/mo (single user)
Chaindoc: Personal, €9/mo, one KYC check included. Dropbox Sign Essentials: $15/mo billed monthly.
Essentials' signature allowance is on Dropbox Sign's pricing page; the page lists no identity verification and no payment collection on any plan (2026-09-20).
50 signatures/mo (team of 3)
Chaindoc: Team, €19/mo plus €19 for each extra member — €57/mo for three, five KYC checks included. Dropbox Sign Standard: $25/user × 3 = $75/mo billed monthly.
Its pricing page lists no payments on any Dropbox Sign plan, and its API is a separate price list from $75/mo (2026-09-20).
Certified security, checkable by anyone
ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certificates, each badge linking to its IAF CertSearch record; eIDAS-compliant AES. Stripe handles payment, Sumsub the identity check, SKALE the on-chain hash.
Compliance & certifications
Move from Dropbox Sign in four steps
Take the templates out as PDFs, rebuild their fields, connect Stripe, and close the old account once its documents are downloaded.
Export your HelloSign templates as PDFs
In Dropbox Sign, open Templates and download each one you still send as a PDF.
Rebuild them in Chaindoc
Upload the PDFs, place signature, date and text fields where they were, and save each as a Chaindoc template.
Connect Stripe and set up the identity check
Link a Stripe account so a contract can carry an invoice or an escrow, and request a Sumsub check from signers who need one. Dropbox Sign's plans list neither (2026-09-20).
Cancel Dropbox Sign once the archive is safe
Download the signed PDFs and any signing record you keep with them, then downgrade or cancel.
Start signing in 90 seconds
Free tier. No credit card. Cancel anytime.
Questions that come up when leaving HelloSign
What people ask before moving from HelloSign or Dropbox Sign, and during the move. Anything else goes to the support page.
Yes. Dropbox Sign, as HelloSign is sold today, has a free plan; its pricing page (read 2026-09-20) presents it for signing a document you receive and prints no sending allowance for it. Its paid plans start at Essentials, $15 a month.
Chaindoc's Free plan is permanent and needs no card: 5 signatures a month, one user, 100 MB of storage. Identity checks and payment collection begin on the paid plans, from €9 a month.
Dropbox Sign's pricing page (2026-09-20) lists Essentials at $15 a month and Standard at $25 per user a month for two to four users, both billed monthly; $10.05 a month and $17.50 a month billed annually. A free plan sits below them.
The API is a separate price list from $75 a month; SMS authentication comes with Premium. Chaindoc, billed monthly: Free €0, Personal €9, Team €19 plus €19 per extra member, Business €29 with API access; yearly billing is 20% less.
Electronic signatures are recognised in both. Under eIDAS a signature cannot be refused legal effect solely for being electronic (Article 25); under the ESIGN Act and UETA an electronic signature has the standing of a handwritten one where the parties agreed to sign that way.
Which level Dropbox Sign's signatures reach is on its own compliance pages; this page checked its prices and plans (2026-09-20), not its legal standing. Chaindoc delivers AES under Article 26 and is not a qualified trust service provider, so a statute that demands a qualified signature (QES) needs one.
Chaindoc fits when the document is a contract with money or identity attached: a Sumsub check on the signer, a Stripe invoice or escrow settled at signing, and a hash on a public chain the other party can verify without you.
Dropbox Sign is the better fit when most of what you do is sign documents sent to you, which is what its page presents the free plan for. Personal stops at 15 signatures a month and one identity check; a sender who needs more should read what Dropbox Sign's pricing page says about Essentials.
Miraspaces OÜ, an Estonian private limited company (registry code 17111689), operates Chaindoc as its trading name. The company is certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 and issues eIDAS-compliant advanced electronic signatures (AES).
The register entry, address and board are on the legal notice; the two ISO badges in the trust section link to their IAF CertSearch records.
Weighing other tools as well?
Five more pages, built the same way: the vendor's own prices on a stated date, and where it is ahead.
Chaindoc vsDocuSign
Identity check and payment in the base plan, from €9 a month.
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E-signing without the proposal suite around it.
Chaindoc vsAdobe Sign
Signing with no Acrobat subscription behind it.
Chaindoc vsYousign
AES and an identity check inside the plan, not as add-ons.
Chaindoc vsSignNow
Identity checks without an Enterprise contract, on a monthly allowance.
Start on the Free plan: 5 signatures a month
The Free plan is permanent: 5 signatures a month, one user, no card. Personal at €9 a month adds an identity check and Stripe payment; Team at €19 adds members at €19 each.
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