Digital Signature Software You Actually Own and Control
DocuSign charges $25 per user per month, locks your documents on their servers, and adds overage fees when your team grows. DocuSeal is open-source digital signature software that gives you legally-binding eSignatures, audit trails, and full data control, hosted in the EU on a flat monthly plan. Most teams are up and signing within minutes of deploying.
Why Teams Leave DocuSign and Adobe
The per-seat pricing model was designed for large enterprises with procurement budgets. It was not designed for a 15-person company that just needs contracts signed.
Per-Seat Costs Add Up Fast
DocuSign Standard runs $25 per user per month. Add five people to your team and you are paying $125/month just for document signing. Business Pro is $40 per user, so a team of 10 hits $400/month before you even think about API access or advanced features. DocuSeal Pro is $20 per user with no envelope caps and API included. Or you self-host it entirely and pay nothing to the software vendor.
Your Documents, Their Servers
Every contract your team signs on DocuSign, Adobe Acrobat Sign, or Dropbox Sign lives on servers you do not control, in data centers you did not choose. For EU companies, this means US-based data transfers and GDPR exposure you cannot fully audit. Self-hosting DocuSeal means your signed agreements stay on infrastructure you own, in an EU data center if that is what you need, with no third-party access.
Envelope Limits and Overage Fees
DocuSign Standard includes 100 envelopes per user per year. That sounds like a lot until your team starts sending contractor agreements, NDAs, onboarding forms, and client proposals every week. Go over the limit and DocuSign charges overages. DocuSeal Pro has no envelope limits. Send 10 documents a month or 10,000 and the plan cost does not change.
Built for teams who need reliability
What DocuSeal Actually Gives Your Team
Open-source does not mean bare-bones. DocuSeal ships features that cost extra on every major SaaS competitor.
12 Field Types, One Editor
Build PDF forms with signatures, dates, checkboxes, file uploads, phone fields, initials, and more, all from a WYSIWYG drag-and-drop editor. Add conditional fields that appear or hide based on earlier answers. Formula fields calculate values automatically. No coding required, no template marketplace to navigate. You build exactly the form your process needs.
Multi-Signer Workflows and Bulk Sends
Send a document to one person or to 500 at once using a CSV or XLSX spreadsheet. Each signer gets a secure, mobile-optimized link. You can require witness invitations, collect attachments from signers, and offer in-person signing for situations where that matters. The audit log captures timestamps and IP addresses for every action, giving you a complete chain of custody.
API and Automation Without the Upsell
DocuSeal Pro includes API access and webhooks at no extra tier. Embed signing flows directly into your product using React, Vue, Angular, or plain JavaScript SDKs. Connect to n8n, Zapier, or Make.com for no-code automation. Collect payments from signers. Send SMS identity verification. These are not add-ons gated behind an enterprise quote, they are part of the product.
Built for teams who need reliability
Why Self-Hosting Makes Sense in 2026
SaaS was convenient when data sovereignty did not matter to regulators. It matters now.
GDPR and eIDAS Compliance Built In
DocuSeal supports EU Qualified eSignatures under eIDAS, the regulation that governs legally-binding electronic signatures across 30+ European countries. Qualified signatures at the AeS and QeS levels cost $2-$4 per document, versus building that compliance layer from scratch or paying enterprise rates to a US vendor. When your signing infrastructure lives on your server, you control the data processing agreement, not a third party.
ISO 27001, HIPAA, and SOC 2 Ready
Healthcare, finance, and real estate teams face document signing requirements that go beyond basic eSignature. DocuSeal supports HIPAA-compliant deployments for healthcare consent forms, ISO 27001 alignment for organizations in regulated industries, and SOC 2 for SaaS companies that need to pass customer security reviews. Self-hosting means you can demonstrate to auditors exactly where documents are stored and who has access.
No Vendor Lock-In, Ever
Your contracts, your forms, your client agreements: all stored in a database you own and can export at any time. If you ever want to migrate, there is no hostage negotiation with a SaaS vendor. The AGPLv3 license means the software will always be open. Opsily manages the hosting so you get the reliability of a managed service without handing ownership of your data to anyone.
Built for teams who need reliability
From Zero to Signing in Under 10 Minutes
Opsily handles the infrastructure. You handle the documents.
Choose Your App
Select an app to get started.
Pick a Plan That Fits Your Team
Choose from Small, Medium, Large, or Unlimited. Every plan is a flat monthly fee with no per-user charges. Your team can grow and the bill stays the same. No credit card trial games, no sales call required.
Deploy DocuSeal With One Click
Opsily provisions your DocuSeal instance on EU infrastructure in Frankfurt. SSL certificate, subdomain or custom domain, security updates: all handled automatically. You do not touch a terminal or configure a server.
Upload Your First Template
Drop in a PDF, drag fields onto the document, and assign signers. You can start with an existing contract or build a new form from scratch. The WYSIWYG editor works like a word processor: no training needed.
Invite Your Team and Start Signing
Add teammates, set roles, and send your first signature request. Signers get a link by email and can sign on any device without creating an account. You get a notification when each document is completed, with a full audit trail attached.
Pair DocuSeal With Your Existing Stack
DocuSeal connects natively with the tools your team already runs. Add these to your Opsily plan and automate your entire document workflow.
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Simple, Transparent Pricing
One flat monthly fee covers your entire team. No per-seat charges, no envelope limits, no surprise bills when headcount grows.
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The Right Choice for Sensitive Document Data
Contracts, consent forms, and client agreements contain information that regulators, auditors, and your clients expect you to protect. Self-hosting DocuSeal on EU infrastructure gives you that protection without the guesswork.
GDPR Compliant
DocuSeal is built for GDPR compliance from the ground up. When self-hosted on Opsily's Frankfurt servers, your documents never leave the EU. You control the data processing agreement and can demonstrate compliance to any supervisory authority without relying on a third-party vendor's privacy policy.
eIDAS Qualified Signatures
DocuSeal supports Advanced Electronic Signatures (AeS) and Qualified Electronic Signatures (QeS) under the EU eIDAS regulation. These are legally binding in all 30+ EU member states for contracts, employment agreements, and regulated industry documents. No separate compliance vendor required.
ISO 27001 Aligned
ISO 27001 is the international standard for information security management. DocuSeal's architecture supports organizations pursuing ISO 27001 certification by giving them full control over document storage, access logs, and data retention policies. Self-hosted deployment means your auditor can verify the full chain of custody.
HIPAA Ready
Healthcare organizations using DocuSeal for patient consent forms, provider agreements, and clinical documentation can deploy in a HIPAA-aligned configuration. Self-hosting eliminates the need to sign a Business Associate Agreement with a SaaS vendor that may store PHI on US servers outside your jurisdiction.
EU Data Residency
All Opsily-hosted DocuSeal instances run on Hetzner infrastructure in Frankfurt, Germany. No data is transferred to US-based servers. For organizations subject to data residency requirements under GDPR, national data protection laws, or sectoral regulations, this is a hard guarantee, not a contractual promise from a US company.
Common Questions About Managed DocuSeal Hosting
Everything you need to know before you deploy, from setup to security to how it compares to DocuSign.
DocuSeal has a free Basic cloud tier with 10 signature requests per month and 10 field types. The open-source version is completely free to self-host under the AGPLv3 license and includes legally-binding eSignatures with no document limits. DocuSeal Pro adds unlimited requests, API access, SSO, and white-label options for $20 per user per month. When you deploy through Opsily, you pay a flat hosting fee with no per-seat charges on top, so adding teammates does not increase your bill.
Get Your Documents Signed Without the SaaS Tax
Deploy DocuSeal on Opsily in under 10 minutes and start collecting legally-binding signatures today. One flat monthly fee, your data in the EU, and no per-seat charges, ever.