BoldSign vs Yousign (Youtrust)
BoldSign and Yousign (Youtrust) are both Contracts & e-signature tools. Here is how they compare on pricing, audience, platforms and community votes.
Low-cost e-signature app and API from Syncfusion
European eIDAS e-signature for SMBs, now part of Youtrust
| Pricing | Freemium · $15 | Freemium |
| Built for | Small businesses, Freelancers, Enterprise, Developers | Small businesses, Freelancers, Enterprise |
| Platforms | web, ios, android | web |
| Country | US | FR · 2013 |
| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
| Rating | — | — |
BoldSign
BoldSign is an electronic signature app and API made by Syncfusion, the North Carolina software company best known for its UI component libraries. It targets businesses that find DocuSign too expensive and want transparent pricing, a usable free plan and a developer-friendly API. Its core job is preparing documents, sending them for signature and tracking them to completion with a full audit trail.
The web app offers templates, signer authentication, automated reminders, in-person signing, team management and AI-powered field detection. Business adds unlimited envelopes, SSO, custom roles, scheduled send, a custom email sending domain and HIPAA support. Add-ons cover bulk send, bulk links, SMS and WhatsApp delivery, ID verification, knowledge-based authentication and qualified electronic signatures. The free Essential plan allows 25 envelopes a month, and a separate Enterprise API plan with a free sandbox handles embedded signing and webhooks.
BoldSign fits small and mid-sized teams that send a steady volume of contracts and want unlimited envelopes for a flat per-user price. It has fewer native integrations and less brand recognition than DocuSign, and several advanced options are paid add-ons. DocuSign is safer for complex enterprise routing, Dropbox Sign has a polished API with Dropbox ties, and signNow is a similar value option backed by airSlate.
A buying tip: yearly billing cuts Growth from $15 to $5 per user and Business from $25 to $15, and Business is the plan that removes envelope caps.
Yousign (Youtrust)
Yousign is a French electronic signature service founded in Caen in 2013. It is a qualified trust service provider under the EU eIDAS regulation, so it can issue simple, advanced and qualified signatures. In 2026 the company renamed itself Youtrust and widened its scope to digital trust; the website moved to youtrust.com in July 2026, the app migrates gradually through 2027, and existing prices and contracts stay the same.
The web app sends documents for signature with templates, reminders, approvals, SMS authentication, bulk sending and automated forms. Youtrust adds Verify (identity, company and IBAN checks, document fraud detection, watchlist screening) and Seal (electronic seals for documents). There is a free plan with two requests a month, a single-user One plan, per-user Plus and Pro plans and separate API plans. Prices are in euros, excluding VAT.
It suits European SMBs, HR teams, agencies and freelancers who need legally solid signatures at a lower price than DocuSign. DocuSign has more integrations and global reach; Dropbox Sign is a simple US alternative; PandaDoc adds proposals and quotes. Yousign's edge is QES under eIDAS and EU data hosting.
The company reports more than 30,000 customers in Europe and 40 to 50 million euros in revenue, and it is a certified B Corp. A new AI connector built on MCP, in public beta, lets users send and track signature requests from Claude, ChatGPT or Mistral's Vibe. If you need qualified signatures, check the per-QES fee, which starts around 10 euros.