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Deal Highlights

signNow is the e-signature tool from airSlate, the Boston company that also makes pdfFiller and US Legal Forms. It lets a startup send contracts, offer letters, NDAs and order forms for legally binding signature, track who has signed, and store every completed document in one place. The pitch is simple: most of what DocuSign does, for a fraction of the price, with unlimited users on every plan.

For an early-stage team, that last point matters more than it looks. DocuSign and most of its competitors price per seat, so every founder, salesperson and ops hire who needs to send a document adds to the bill. signNow charges per account and lets you add team members for free. A five-person startup pays the same as a solo founder.

What Is signNow?

signNow (written airSlate SignNow on its own site) is a cloud e-signature platform. You upload a document, drag signature, date, text and checkbox fields onto it, add the people who need to sign, and send. Signers get an email or a link, sign on any device without creating an account, and you get the completed PDF with a full audit trail.

It sits inside the airSlate family of document products. pdfFiller covers PDF editing and fillable forms, US Legal Forms covers ready-made legal templates, and signNow covers the signing step. The products share an account system and integrate with each other, so a team that starts with signNow can add PDF editing later without moving its documents.

Signatures made with signNow are legally binding under the main e-signature laws: the ESIGN Act and UETA in the United States, and eIDAS in the European Union. The platform states compliance with GDPR, SOC 2 and HIPAA, which covers most startups selling to US and European customers, including health-tech teams that handle patient data.

What's Included in the Startup Deal

SaaSOffers members get access to signNow's free trial, which unlocks every feature for 7 days so you can test the full product before choosing a plan. No signNow plan is locked during the trial, so you can try bulk sending, signing links and payment collection, not just basic signatures.

We're working with the airSlate team on an exclusive member discount for signNow. As soon as it's confirmed, this page will show the code and the plans it covers. Until then, the best way to save is to pick annual billing, which signNow prices at up to 60% below monthly billing.

signNow also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on paid plans. If you subscribe after the trial and it doesn't fit your workflow, you can ask for your money back within the first month.

Pricing Structure: What You'll Actually Pay

signNow has four plans. All prices below are per month, for the whole account, with unlimited users.

The annual plans include up to 100 signature invites per year, with the option to buy more as you grow. A signature invite is one request sent to one person to sign, so a contract with two signers uses two invites.

Business covers the essentials: legally binding e-signatures, unlimited templates, unlimited document storage, automatic reminders and notifications, and the iOS and Android apps. For most pre-seed startups sending a handful of contracts a month, this is enough.

Business Premium is the plan signNow marks as most popular. It adds bulk sending (one document to many signers at once), signing links you can embed on a website or share in a message, payment collection at the moment of signing, scheduled sending, team collaboration and team reports. If you send the same NDA or contractor agreement to many people, bulk send alone saves hours.

Enterprise adds custom branding, sending documents by SMS, advanced signer authentication, formula and conditional fields, and approval workflows. This is the plan for teams with legal or finance review steps before a document goes out.

Site License switches to pay-per-use at $1.50 per signature invite, with the price dropping as volume grows. It includes full API access, premium integrations, industry-specific compliance, single sign-on, user management and phone support.

How signNow compares on cost

The headline difference is seat pricing. DocuSign's standard plans charge per user, so cost scales with headcount. signNow's unlimited users mean a team of five or ten pays the same as one person. For a startup that wants every founder and the first sales hire to send documents, that difference adds up to hundreds of dollars a year.

The trade-off is the invite allowance on annual plans. If you send a very high volume of documents, compare the Site License per-invite price against your expected volume before you commit.

Features That Matter for Startups

Templates

Save any document you send often (NDA, contractor agreement, offer letter, order form) as a template with the fields already placed. Next time, you pick the template, add the signer's name and email, and send. All plans include unlimited templates.

Signing order and roles

Set who signs first, second and third. A typical example: the employee signs an offer letter, then the CEO countersigns. signNow sends each person their request only when it's their turn.

Bulk send

Business Premium and above let you send one document to a list of signers in a single step. Useful for policy updates, contractor agreements across a team, or terms that every customer has to accept.

Signing links

Instead of emailing a document, generate a link that anyone can open and sign. Put it on your website, in a help center article or in a chat message. Good for waivers, simple service agreements and onboarding forms.

Payment collection

Collect a payment as part of signing, so a customer signs an order form and pays in one step. This shortens the gap between "yes" and "paid" for service businesses and agencies.

Conditional fields and approval workflows

On Enterprise, fields can appear or hide based on earlier answers, and documents can route to an approver before they go out. This keeps one template flexible enough for several deal types.

Mobile apps

The iOS and Android apps let you send, sign and track documents from your phone, which matters when a founder is closing a deal between meetings.

Compliance & Security

signNow states that its signatures comply with ESIGN and UETA in the US and eIDAS in the EU, and that the platform meets GDPR, SOC 2 and HIPAA requirements. Every completed document comes with an audit trail recording who signed, when, and from where.

On Enterprise, advanced signer authentication adds a verification step before someone can sign, for documents where identity matters. Site License adds single sign-on for teams that manage access centrally.

For most startups, this is the level of compliance enterprise customers and investors expect to see in a contract workflow.

Integrations

signNow connects to the cloud storage and business tools startups already use, so documents can be sent from and saved to the right place automatically. Site License adds premium integrations and full API access, which lets a product team embed signing directly into its own app, for example to have customers sign terms during onboarding.

Because it belongs to airSlate, signNow also works alongside pdfFiller: edit or fill a PDF in pdfFiller, then send it for signature with signNow without exporting and re-uploading.

Customer Support

signNow offers 24/7 live chat on its plans, plus a help center and specialized resources. Site License customers also get phone support. For a small team without a dedicated ops person, round-the-clock chat is a practical advantage when a contract has to go out late at night.

signNow vs. Alternative E-Signature Tools

Choose signNow if you want a full e-signature tool for a team without paying per seat, and you send a moderate number of documents.

Choose DocuSign if your customers or investors expect it by name, or you need its large ecosystem of enterprise integrations.

Choose PandaDoc if most of your documents are sales proposals and quotes, where its pricing tables and content library help close deals.

Choose Dropbox Sign if your team already lives in Dropbox and only needs simple signing.

Who Should Use signNow?

signNow fits best for:

• Pre-seed and seed startups sending contracts, NDAs and offer letters, where unlimited users keep cost flat as the team grows
• Agencies and service businesses that want clients to sign and pay in one step
• Sales teams that send the same order form or MSA to many customers and want templates and bulk send
• HR and people teams handling offer letters, employment contracts and onboarding paperwork
• Health-tech startups that need HIPAA-aligned document workflows

It's a weaker fit if you send thousands of documents a month on an annual plan (compare the Site License price first) or if your customers specifically require DocuSign.

Real Startup Use Cases

Hiring. A seed-stage startup sends offer letters from a template. The candidate signs on their phone, the CEO countersigns, and the signed PDF lands in the company's cloud storage for payroll setup.

Sales contracts. A B2B SaaS founder sends the same order form to every new customer, with the price and company name filled in. Signing order makes sure the customer signs before the founder countersigns.

Contractor agreements. An ops lead uses bulk send to get ten freelancers to sign an updated contractor agreement in one go, and tracks who still needs a reminder.

Client onboarding. An agency puts a signing link for its service agreement on its website. New clients sign and pay the first invoice in the same flow.

Fundraising paperwork. Founders send NDAs to potential investors before sharing data room access, and keep the audit trail with the rest of the deal documents.

How to Claim the Deal

1. Click Get the deal on this page to open signNow.
2. Start the 7-day free trial and create your account.
3. Upload a real document you need signed and test the full workflow, including templates and reminders.
4. Before the trial ends, pick a plan. Choose annual billing for the lowest price.
5. Check back on this page: once the airSlate member discount is confirmed, we'll add the code here.

Tips to Get the Most Out of signNow

• Build your templates during the trial. Set up your NDA, offer letter and main customer contract with fields placed, so you keep the time saved after you pay.
• Add your whole team. Users are free, so give every founder and early hire access instead of routing all documents through one person.
• Count your invites. Annual plans include up to 100 invites a year. Estimate your volume (contracts times signers) before choosing between a plan and Site License.
• Use signing links for simple forms. Waivers and standard agreements don't need an email per person.
• Pair it with pdfFiller if you edit PDFs. If you also need to fill or edit PDFs, pdfFiller's Premium plan includes signNow's advanced e-signatures, which can be cheaper than buying both separately.

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