Free eSignature, Self-Hosted, No Per-Seat Fees
DocuSign charges $25 per user per month. Your 10-person team pays $3K a year just to collect signatures. DocuSeal is free, open-source, and runs entirely on servers you control. Opsily deploys it on GDPR-compliant EU infrastructure, managed for you, for one flat monthly fee. Most teams are live within the hour.
Why Teams Are Leaving DocuSign
The math stopped working. Per-seat pricing made sense when only one person handled contracts. That is rarely true anymore.
Per-Seat Bills Add Up Fast
DocuSign Standard costs $25 per user per month. Business Pro is $40. A 10-person team that all need to send or countersign documents pays between $3K and $4.8K per year, every year. And that is before envelope overages, API fees, or identity verification charges. DocuSeal has no per-seat licensing. Your whole team uses it, and the cost does not change.
Your Documents Belong to You
DocuSign stores your signed contracts on US servers, subject to the CLOUD Act. For legal, HR, or financial teams in the EU, that is a compliance problem. DocuSeal deployed via Opsily keeps every document, audit log, and signer record on Hetzner servers in Frankfurt, Germany. EU data residency. Full stop.
No Envelope Limits, No API Gotchas
DocuSign Personal gives you 5 envelopes per month before asking for an upgrade. DocuSeal has no envelope limits. Send as many documents as your business requires. API calls are transparent: $0.20 per document on the cloud plan, or completely unlimited when you run your own instance. No hidden fees per SMS verification, per qualified signature, or per API call.
Built for teams who need reliability
What DocuSeal Actually Gives Your Team
Open-source does not mean stripped-down. DocuSeal ships features that enterprise SaaS vendors charge extra for.
PDF Forms, Built Your Way
DocuSeal includes a full PDF form builder with 12 field types: signature, date, initials, checkbox, text, dropdown, file upload, and more. You can build multi-signer workflows, set signing order, add conditional fields, and embed formulas. No extra modules to buy. No professional services engagement to configure it.
Bulk Sending and Automation
Upload a CSV or XLSX and send the same document to hundreds of recipients in one action. Each gets a personalized, pre-filled version. Connect DocuSeal to n8n, Make.com, or Zapier via webhooks and REST API to trigger documents automatically from your CRM, onboarding flow, or any other system. Official SDKs cover JavaScript, Python, and TypeScript.
Legally Binding, Audit-Ready
Every signature in DocuSeal generates a tamper-evident audit log with IP address, timestamp, and email verification. For EU teams, DocuSeal supports qualified electronic signatures (QES) and identity verification via SMS or ID card. Signed documents include a full certificate trail accepted in legal proceedings across the EU and US.
Built for teams who need reliability
Why Self-Hosting Makes Sense in 2026
Self-hosting used to mean weekends lost to servers. With Opsily handling the infrastructure, it just means ownership.
GDPR Compliance Without the Consultant
When you self-host DocuSeal on Opsily, every document and audit record stays on Hetzner servers in Frankfurt, Germany. No US data transfers. No third-party subprocessors handling your signer PII. Your data protection officer gets a straightforward answer to every audit question: your data does not leave the EU.
No Vendor Lock-In, Ever
DocuSeal uses the MIT license. You own the software, the data, and the templates. If you ever want to move to a different host or run it yourself, your documents travel with you in standard formats. DocuSign templates are not directly portable, but DocuSeal gives you full database export at any time. No hostage negotiations.
Maintenance That Does Not Land on Your Desk
Opsily handles OS patches, SSL certificate renewal, security updates, 7-day rolling backups, and autoscaling. Your team never touches the server. You get all the control benefits of self-hosting without the DevOps overhead that kills enthusiasm for it. The app stays updated, the backups run, and you stay focused on your actual work.
Built for teams who need reliability
From Sign-Up to First Signed Document in Under an Hour
No DevOps experience required. Opsily handles the server. You handle the contracts.
Choose Your App
Select an app to get started.
Pick a Plan
Choose the Opsily plan that fits your team size. All plans include DocuSeal, EU hosting, SSL, backups, and unlimited team members. No per-seat calculation required, no spreadsheet needed.
Deploy DocuSeal
Opsily provisions your DocuSeal instance on Hetzner Frankfurt servers automatically. SSL is configured, your subdomain is live, and the app is running, typically within a few minutes of checkout.
Upload Your First Template
Drag in your existing PDF contract or build a new form using DocuSeal's field editor. Add signature fields, date fields, checkboxes. Set signing order if you need multiple signers. Your first template takes about 10 minutes.
Invite Your Team and Send
Add as many team members as you need, no extra charge per person. Send your first document for signature immediately. Signers receive an email link and can sign on any device without creating an account.
Pair DocuSeal With Your Existing Stack
DocuSeal connects to the tools your team already uses. Add automation, file storage, or CRM data to your document workflows without writing custom code.
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Simple, Transparent Pricing
One flat monthly fee covers your entire team. No per-user charges, no envelope limits, no surprise line items at the end of the month.
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The Right Choice for Your Document Signing Data
Signed contracts contain some of the most sensitive data your business holds: names, signatures, IP addresses, identity records. That data belongs on a server you control, not on a platform subject to foreign jurisdiction.
GDPR Compliant Hosting
All DocuSeal data, including documents, signer records, audit logs, and PII, is stored exclusively on Hetzner servers in Frankfurt, Germany. No data leaves the EU, no US subprocessors are involved, and you can demonstrate compliance to your DPA with a single data processing record.
Tamper-Evident Audit Logs
Every signature event is recorded with a timestamp, IP address, and email verification. The resulting audit certificate is embedded in the signed PDF and accepted as legal evidence in EU and US jurisdictions. Nothing can be altered after signing without invalidating the certificate.
Encrypted Backups
Opsily runs 7-day rolling backups of your entire DocuSeal instance, including all documents, templates, and configuration. Backups are encrypted at rest. If something goes wrong, your team is back online with a full restoration, not a blank slate.
MIT License, Open Code
DocuSeal is MIT-licensed. The entire codebase is public, auditable, and has been reviewed by a community of 11,700+ developers tracking the project on GitHub. No black boxes, no closed-source components in your document signing stack.
EU Data Residency
Opsily uses Hetzner data centers in Germany, one of the strictest EU jurisdictions for data protection. Your documents never cross a border. For healthcare, legal, finance, or any regulated industry, this matters when regulators ask where your signer data lives.
Common Questions About Managed DocuSeal Hosting
Straight answers on setup, pricing, security, and how DocuSeal compares to what you are using now.
Yes. DocuSeal is released under the MIT license, which means you can download, run, and modify it at zero software cost. What you do pay for is the infrastructure to run it: a server, storage, bandwidth, and ideally someone to manage it. With Opsily, that infrastructure cost is a single flat monthly fee that covers EU hosting, SSL, backups, and maintenance. The DocuSeal software itself is free, and your Opsily plan replaces the DevOps work, not the license.
Stop Paying Per Seat for Document Signatures
Deploy DocuSeal on EU servers today for one flat monthly fee. Your whole team is included, your data stays in Germany, and setup takes less than an hour.