SignNow alternative with identity checks and a monthly allowance
Comparing SignNow alternatives? Chaindoc puts identity verification in every paid plan from €9 a month and counts signatures monthly, where SignNow's plans carry 100 invites a year. eIDAS Article 26 (AES). Free plan: 5 signatures a month, no card.
Chaindoc vs SignNow
Verified from SignNow's official pricing page (2026-09-20). Prices as SignNow shows them to EU visitors, billed annually.
| Feature | Chaindoc | SignNow |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | From €7.17/mo billed annually, €9/mo monthly; Free plan available | €8–€30/mo billed annually, 100 invites a year |
| E-signature (basic) | ||
| Built-in KYC / ID verification | Paid plans, 1–10 checks/mo | Enterprise plan |
| Native payment collection | Native (Stripe) | Business Premium+ |
| Blockchain audit trail | Not listed in its plans | |
| MCP server for AI agents | Not listed in its plans | |
| eIDAS Article 26 (AES) | Check SignNow's compliance page | |
| ESIGN Act / UETA | Check SignNow's compliance page | |
| ISO 27001 | Check SignNow's compliance page | |
| REST API + webhooks | Business plan | API plans or Site License ($1.50 per invite) |
| Bulk signing | Business Premium+ | |
| Templates | ||
| Free tier | Yes — 5 signatures/mo | Not on our record (2026-09-20) |
| White-label / branding | Enterprise plan |
Key differences5
| Price model | |
|---|---|
| Chaindoc | From €7.17/mo billed annually, €9/mo monthly; Free plan available |
| SignNow | €8–€30/mo billed annually, 100 invites a year |
| Built-in KYC / ID verification | |
| Chaindoc | Paid plans, 1–10 checks/mo |
| SignNow | Enterprise plan |
| Native payment collection | |
| Chaindoc | Native (Stripe) |
| SignNow | Business Premium+ |
| Blockchain audit trail | |
| Chaindoc | Included |
| SignNow | Not listed in its plans |
| MCP server for AI agents | |
| Chaindoc | Included |
| SignNow | Not listed in its plans |
In both2
- E-signature (basic)
- Templates
Other features5
- eIDAS Article 26 (AES)SignNowCheck SignNow's compliance page
- ESIGN Act / UETASignNowCheck SignNow's compliance page
- ISO 27001SignNowCheck SignNow's compliance page
- REST API + webhooksChaindocBusiness planSignNowAPI plans or Site License ($1.50 per invite)
- Free tierChaindocYes — 5 signatures/moSignNowNot on our record (2026-09-20)
Not in Chaindoc2
- Bulk signingSignNowBusiness Premium+
- White-label / brandingSignNowEnterprise plan
Chaindoc's ISO certificates are public records — the register entry names the holder, the standard and the expiry date: ISO 27001ISO 9001
Three reasons teams look for a SignNow alternative
Signatures counted monthly, an identity check on the €9 plan, and a hash on a public chain.
A monthly allowance, not a yearly one
Every SignNow plan, €8 to €30 a month billed annually, carries 100 signature invites a year, so eight or nine a month uses it up. Chaindoc counts per month: 5 on the Free plan, then 15, 50 or 100, and a further ten costs €9.
Identity checks without an Enterprise contract
SignNow places identity verification and branding on Enterprise and keeps payment requests and bulk send for Business Premium. Chaindoc includes a KYC check on Personal (€9), five on Team and ten on Business, with Stripe payment collection on paid plans.
A blockchain record anyone can check
SignNow's plans list no blockchain anchoring. Chaindoc records a SHA-256 hash of every signed document on a public chain, so the other side, or a court, can confirm the file has not changed since signing without asking Chaindoc.
Where SignNow and Chaindoc differ
From SignNow's public pricing and help pages, checked 2026-09-20. Chaindoc's figures are its own published plans, read the same day.
SignNow sells three plans at €8, €15 and €30 a month billed annually (€20, €30 and €50 monthly), each with unlimited users and 100 signature invites a year. The ladder adds payment requests and bulk send at Business Premium, identity verification and branding at Enterprise, with SSO on a separate Site License at $1.50 an invite, the API on its own plans. This suits companies where many send a little. One person sending fifteen a month exhausts it by the seventh month.
Chaindoc includes a Sumsub identity check in every paid plan: one a month on Personal (€9), five on Team (€19), ten on Business (€29). At SignNow, identity verification and branding are Enterprise features; payment requests and bulk send start at Business Premium, and SSO sits on a per-invite Site License. Seats run the other way: SignNow charges nothing per user, so three people at 50 signatures a month pay €30 billed monthly (€15 a month billed annually) against Chaindoc's €57, billed monthly.
Chaindoc writes a SHA-256 hash of the signed file to the SKALE network twice, at publication and when the last party signs, beside a hash-chained event log. The verification report carries the same hash, so anyone holding the file and the transaction link can recompute it and compare the two on the public explorer without asking Chaindoc. How much weight that carries in a dispute is for the court to decide. SignNow's plans list no blockchain anchoring.
eIDAS lets no electronic signature be refused legal effect solely for being electronic (Article 25); Article 26 defines the advanced level, AES: uniquely linked to the signer, able to identify them, under their sole control and tamper-evident. Chaindoc delivers AES but is not a qualified trust service provider, so where a statute demands a qualified signature (QES) look elsewhere. SignNow's own compliance pages state where it sits. Behind a Chaindoc signature on a paid plan sits a Sumsub identity check.
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. SignNow's come from its official pricing page, checked 2026-09-20, at the annual-billing prices it leads with.
5 signatures/mo (single user)
Chaindoc: Free plan, €0. SignNow Business: €8/mo billed annually, €20 billed monthly.
Not on our record (2026-09-20); whether SignNow offers a free plan is for its own page to say. Business includes 100 signature invites a year.
15 signatures/mo (single user)
Chaindoc: Personal, €9/mo billed monthly, one KYC check included. SignNow Business: €20/mo billed monthly (€8/mo billed annually), with 100 signature invites a year.
15 a month is 180 a year — past the allowance of every SignNow app plan below its per-invite Site License.
50 signatures/mo (team of 3)
Chaindoc: Team, €19/mo billed monthly plus €19 for each extra member — €57/mo billed monthly for three, five KYC checks included. SignNow Business Premium: €30/mo billed monthly (€15/mo billed annually), unlimited users, 100 signature invites a year.
SignNow doesn't charge per user. At 600 invites a year the fit is its Site License at $1.50 per invite — about $75/mo — and identity verification sits on the €30 plan.
Certified security, partners by name
ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified, each badge linking to its IAF CertSearch record; eIDAS-compliant AES. Stripe moves the money, Sumsub the identity checks, SKALE the on-chain hash of every signature.
Compliance & certifications
Switch from SignNow in four steps
Export the templates you still use, rebuild their fields, invite the team, then close the SignNow account once its documents are downloaded.
Export your SignNow templates as PDFs
Download each template you still use from SignNow as a PDF. Skip the ones nobody has sent in a year.
Upload templates into Chaindoc
Drag the PDFs into Chaindoc, place signature, date and text fields where they were, and save each one as a template.
Invite your team
Add members from the Team tab and give each a role: Owner, Admin, Member or Accounter. Extra members are €19 a month.
Cancel SignNow when ready
Download the signed documents and whatever completion records you rely on, then downgrade or cancel. File the export where your contracts live.
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Common questions about switching from SignNow
Questions before leaving SignNow, and during the move. Anything not covered here goes to the support page.
Our record of SignNow's pricing page (2026-09-20) holds three paid plans, from Business at €8 a month billed annually (€20 billed monthly), and no free tier. Whether SignNow offers a free plan is for its own page to say.
Chaindoc's Free plan is permanent: 5 signatures a month, one user, 100 MB of storage and no card at sign-up.
SignNow's three plans are €8, €15 and €30 a month billed annually, or €20, €30 and €50 billed monthly (pricing page, 2026-09-20). Each includes unlimited users and 100 signature invites a year.
Payment requests and bulk send start on Business Premium; identity verification and branding sit on Enterprise; SSO comes on a Site License at $1.50 an invite; the API also has its own plans. Chaindoc, billed monthly: Free €0, Personal €9, Team €19 plus €19 per extra member, Business €29 with API access.
Yes, electronic signatures are valid across the EU: under eIDAS none can be refused legal effect or admissibility solely for being electronic (Article 25). SignNow publishes its plans and prices (checked 2026-09-20); which eIDAS level its signatures reach is stated on its own compliance pages.
Article 26 defines the advanced level, AES, which Chaindoc delivers: a signature uniquely linked to the signer, capable of identifying them, under their sole control and tamper-evident. Where national law demands a qualified signature (QES), you need a qualified trust service provider; Chaindoc is not one.
Chaindoc fits when you need identity verification without an Enterprise contract, send a steady volume every month rather than 100 invites a year, collect payment in the same flow, or want a proof of integrity on a public chain.
SignNow is the better fit when many people each send a little, since it charges no seat price and Chaindoc charges €19 per extra member; when you need bulk send; or when you want branded signing pages or SSO, which Chaindoc does not offer.
Chaindoc is a trading name of Miraspaces OÜ, a private limited company registered in Estonia under registry code 17111689. The company holds ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certificates and delivers eIDAS-compliant advanced electronic signatures (AES).
The register entry, registered address and board are on the legal notice; the two ISO badges in the trust section above link to their records on IAF CertSearch.
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Start with five free signatures a month
The Free plan is permanent: 5 signatures a month, one user, no card. Paid plans from €9 a month add identity checks and payment collection; extra team members are €19 each.
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