Yousign alternative with eIDAS AES, KYC and payments
Chaindoc is a Yousign alternative built for EU teams that want identity verification, contract payments and on-chain proof of integrity in one workflow. eIDAS Article 26 (AES) on every plan. EU data residency. Paid plans from €9/mo, with KYC included.
Chaindoc vs Yousign
Side-by-side comparison verified from Yousign's official pricing page (2026-05-25). Prices reflect Yousign's standard public tiers.
| Feature | Chaindoc | Yousign |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | From €9/mo, Free plan available | €9–€25/user/mo |
| eIDAS Article 26 (AES) | ||
| Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) | Roadmap | Enterprise plan |
| Built-in KYC / ID verification | All paid plans | Plus plan+ |
| Native payment collection | Native (Stripe + crypto) | |
| Blockchain audit trail | ||
| MCP server for AI agents | ||
| EU data residency | ||
| ESIGN Act / UETA (US validity) | ||
| ISO 27001 | ||
| REST API + webhooks | All paid plans | Plus plan+ |
| Bulk signing | Plus+ | |
| Templates | ||
| Free tier | Yes | 14-day trial only |
| White-label / branding | Pro plan | Plus+ |
What pushes EU teams from Yousign to Chaindoc
Recurring themes from Yousign reviews on G2, Capterra and Trustpilot.
Switch from Yousign in under an hour
Move from Yousign to Chaindoc without losing templates. Export the documents you use, recreate signature fields and invite your team.
Export your Yousign documents as PDFs
In Yousign: Documents → select → Download. Each document comes out as a clean PDF with the original field positions visible.
Upload templates into Chaindoc
Drag the PDFs into your Chaindoc workspace. Drop signature, date and text fields where they were before. Save as Chaindoc templates for reuse.
Invite your team
Add team members from the dashboard. Assign roles — owner, sender, viewer — without an enterprise sales call.
Cancel Yousign when ready
Once your team is running on Chaindoc, downgrade or cancel Yousign. Yousign retains your historical signed records on file even after downgrade.
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Free tier. No credit card. Cancel anytime.
Switching from Yousign — common questions
Everything teams ask when migrating from Yousign to Chaindoc. Still have questions — visit our support page.
Yes. Chaindoc delivers eIDAS Article 26 Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES), the same legal level Yousign provides on its standard plans. Both produce signatures that are legally binding across all EU member states and are accepted in court the same way.
Chaindoc adds a blockchain audit trail — each signing event is hashed and anchored on a public chain — which gives you independently verifiable proof of integrity beyond the standard certificate-based audit log.
Yousign uses per-user monthly pricing — €9/user/mo for the One plan, €25/user/mo for Plus and custom pricing on Enterprise. Identity verification and bulk send require Plus or higher.
Chaindoc's paid plans open at €9/mo with KYC included, so small teams without daily signing volume pay significantly less. The free tier covers personal signing; paid plans unlock KYC, payment collection, branding and API access without per-user fees.
Yousign offers QES through its Enterprise plan with a qualified trust service provider. Chaindoc focuses on eIDAS Article 26 Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES) reinforced with a blockchain audit trail — this covers the vast majority of contractual use cases (employment, NDAs, vendor agreements, B2B SaaS, real estate side agreements).
For workflows that strictly require QES (notarial acts, certain public sector procedures), a dedicated QSL provider is still the right choice.
Yes. Export each Yousign document as a PDF (Documents → select → Download). Upload the PDFs into Chaindoc, drop signature fields where they were before and save them as reusable Chaindoc templates.
Most teams complete the migration in under an hour. See migration steps above.
Chaindoc exposes a full REST API with documents, signature requests, templates, webhooks and signer events — every endpoint a typical Yousign integration uses. Chaindoc also ships an MCP server for AI agent integration, which Yousign does not.
The API is included on every paid plan without an Enterprise upsell.
Yes. Chaindoc data is stored in EU data centres by default and the company is incorporated in Estonia.
The blockchain audit trail uses a public chain for hash anchoring only — no document content or personal data ever leaves Chaindoc's EU infrastructure.
Chaindoc bundles KYC, contract payments and blockchain audit at the same price point as basic signing tiers elsewhere.
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