E-signature · replacement recipe

Go from Dropbox Sign to OpenSign

The job: E-signature workflow (Unlimited signature requests, Templates and template links, Audit trail and tamper-proof documents). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Dropbox Sign
Dropbox Sign Standard · $30/mo
Year one+$310modeled
To · your pickBest fit
OpenSign
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$30/mo today $0/mo

Dropbox Sign Standard

Year one, net+$310
Pays back in1.7 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 3 of 3 covered

  • Unlimited signature requests
  • Templates and template links
  • Audit trail and tamper-proof documents

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: You only rely on: Unlimited signature requests, Templates and template links, Audit trail and tamper-proof documents

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Dropbox Sign

    Signed documents and form response data. Format: PDF download; Download Signed and Download as CSV send a ZIP file by email (signed documents, or a CSV of response data)

    Export steps

  2. Set up OpenSign

    OpenSign's hosted free plan has unlimited signature requests and templates, against 3 requests a month on Dropbox Sign's free plan; reminders need a paid plan.

    Details

  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at OpenSign, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel Dropbox Sign

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: The end of the current billing period.

    How to cancel Dropbox Sign
Open OpenSignHow to cancel Dropbox Sign
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 2 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Unlimited signature requests
  • Templates and template links
  • Audit trail and tamper-proof documents

Not covered

  • Reminders and notifications
  • Admin console and team features
  • Branding
  • Bulk send
  • Integrations (Google Drive, Microsoft Word, HubSpot)

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Unlimited signature requests, Templates and template links, Audit trail and tamper-proof documents
  • Export your data from Dropbox Sign before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-dropbox-sign") on the Stackcut MCP server.

2 ways out, best first

Switch vendorOpenSign (free tier)Saves $310 in year one
$30/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $360/yr · payback 1.7 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Hosted free plan: unlimited e-signatures, request signatures from others, unlimited templates and guest signers, signing order, completion certificates. API, webhooks, reminders and bulk send need a paid plan.).
Covers 100% of the core features
OpenSign's hosted free plan has unlimited signature requests and templates, against 3 requests a month on Dropbox Sign's free plan; reminders need a paid plan.
How we got this
You pay now: Dropbox Sign Standard$30/user/mo × 1 user$30/mo
New cost: OpenSign (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$30 − $0+$30/mo
Over 12 months+$30 × 12+$360
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$360 − $50+$310
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $360 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: sign.dropbox.comapp.hellosign.comopensignlabs.comwww-opensignlabs-com.filesusr.com
Open sourceDocuSealCosts $1,100 more in year one
$30/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Self-hosting the open-source DocuSeal edition gives unlimited signature requests and templates at server cost; team admin, branding and bulk send need Pro.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Dropbox Sign Standard$30/user/mo × 1 user$30/mo
New cost: DocuSeala small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$30 − $5 − $100−$75/mo
Over 12 months−$75 × 12−$900
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$900 − $200−$1,100
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $300 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: sign.dropbox.comdocuseal.comgithub.com

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