PandaDoc vs Signable 2026
Short answer: pick Signable if you are a UK SMB that just needs contracts signed cheaply with unlimited users and a human on the phone, pick PandaDoc if you build proposals, run CPQ pricing tables, and collect payment at signing. Signable edges the overall score (4.0 vs 3.9) on ease, value, and support; PandaDoc wins features and integrations.
The freshness nobody updated: Signable raised every plan on 1 June 2026 (Small went £29 to £31, Corporate £299 to £314), while PandaDoc quietly added a per-document “Launch” plan in September 2025 and gutted its Starter tier in 2024. Every stale comparison still shows the old numbers. Those changes decide more of this match than the feature lists do.
Full proposal-to-payment platform: CPQ, Deal Rooms, 14+ CRM links. More power, more cost.
Try PandaDoc for free →Read the full PandaDoc review →Lean UK e-sign: unlimited users, AES on every plan, phone support. Cheaper, narrower.
Try Signable for free →Read the full Signable review →Who wins for you
Cheaper per envelope, unlimited users on every plan, AES included, and a Sheffield team you can phone when something breaks.
Try Signable for free →The proposal editor, CPQ pricing tables, Deal Rooms, and payment at signing are not matched by a pure e-signature tool.
Try PandaDoc for free →Signable PAYG at £1.60 an envelope beats a $19 PandaDoc seat or the 60-doc free cap once volume is genuinely tiny.
Try Signable for free →PandaDoc has a REST API, but it is Enterprise-only and pricey. Signable gates its API too; weigh DocuSign before committing.
Try PandaDoc for free →PandaDoc vs Signable at a glance
Every cell below is grounded in each tool's official pricing and our two hands-on reviews, checked June 2026. Read the billing row first: per seat versus per envelope changes everything.
| PandaDoc | Signable | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billing unitPer-envelope wins as soon as you add more than 2 to 3 people | Per seat (Starter $19/seat annual, Business $49/seat annual) | Per envelope (PAYG £1.60, or 50 to 750 envelopes by plan) | Signable |
| Entry paid price | Starter $19/seat/mo annual, 110 docs/year, 5 templates | Small £31/mo flat, 50 envelopes, unlimited users | Signable |
| Permanent free tier | Yes, 60 docs/year, unlimited seats, 5 templates | No, 14-day trial (20 envelopes) then auto PAYG | PandaDoc |
| Unlimited users on entry plan | No, Starter is $19 per seat | Yes, every plan including PAYG | Signable |
| Document / proposal builder | Yes, full drag-and-drop editor, CPQ, pricing tables | No, upload a finished PDF, no in-app editing | PandaDoc |
| Payment at signing | Yes, Stripe, PayPal, Square (Business and up) | No | PandaDoc |
| Templates | 5 on Starter, unlimited on Business and up | Unlimited on every plan, including PAYG | Signable |
| Native CRM integrations | 14+ (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho, Monday, Dynamics) | HubSpot native; others via Zapier or Make | PandaDoc |
| API accessLower barrier on Signable, but both gate it | Enterprise-only, plus $5/doc for programmatic generation | On monthly and annual plans (not PAYG) | Signable |
| eIDAS / UK-eIDASDifferent jurisdictions; QES on PandaDoc, AES everywhere on Signable | EU eIDAS plus US ESIGN; QES on Business and Enterprise | UK eIDAS and AES on every plan; no QES | — |
| Customer support | 24/7 email and chat from Starter; phone not standard | Email, phone, and live chat on all plans, UK Sheffield team | Signable |
| Ideal user | B2B sales teams building, negotiating, and closing documents | UK SMBs that just need finished PDFs signed legally and cheaply | — |
Prices checked June 2026 on pandadoc.com/pricing and the Signable price update at help.signable.app. PandaDoc is priced in USD per seat, Signable in GBP per envelope, so totals are not directly comparable.
Criterion by criterion, head to head
The same five criteria we scored on each tool's review page. The overall is narrow, so the rounds and the picks do the real work.
01 Round 1: getting the first document signed.
Signable takes this 4.5 to 4.1, and the gap is about how little anyone needs to learn. We had an account live and the first envelope out in minutes: upload a PDF, drag fields, set the signing order, send. Reviewers keep describing it as usable by any signer whatever their computer literacy, and Capterra rates ease of use at 4.7 across 185 reviews. The recipient clicks the email, signs, done.
PandaDoc is fast for a first document too, under 15 minutes with no training, but the editor has real rough edges once you leave simple layouts. Pasting from Word breaks formatting, bullet lists are fragile, and CPQ or approval workflows take hours to configure. Signable is not flawless either: template setup is the part multiple users call confusing, field placement is fiddly, and you cannot rotate a wrongly oriented PDF page. Net, Signable is easier on day one and stays easier; PandaDoc asks for setup time in exchange for richer workflows.
Choose PandaDoc if your team will invest setup time for proposals, CPQ, and approval chains.
Choose Signable if staff need contracts signed today with no training and no manual.
02 Round 2: where the bill actually lands.
Signable wins this 4.2 to 3.2, and the reason is structural. It bills per envelope, not per seat: a ten-person team all sit under one £31 Small plan, while PandaDoc Business charges $49 a seat, so ten seats is $490 a month. The per-envelope cost falls from £0.62 on Small to £0.42 on Corporate, and unlimited users plus AES ship on every plan, which is rare at this price.
Both have honest bémols. Signable raised prices on 1 June 2026: Small went from £29 to £31, Corporate from £299 to £314, roughly a 7 to 8 percent rise, and the EUR PAYG rate moved to €2.00 an envelope. PandaDoc carries an older wound: the 2024 rename of Essentials to Starter capped templates at 5 and stripped pricing tables and payment collection at the same price, so existing users lost functionality. PandaDoc claws back ground in two spots, a real 60-doc free plan and an annual discount up to 46 percent against Signable's roughly 10 percent. But for any team past one or two people, the per-seat math is what hurts.
Choose PandaDoc at Business tier for one or two users who need the full feature set.
Choose Signable for any team of 3 or more, where per-seat costs compound fast.
03 Round 3: a platform versus a focused tool.
PandaDoc wins this one clearly, 4.4 to 3.2, and it is not close. It covers the full proposal-to-payment arc: document creation, CPQ pricing tables buyers can configure in real time, a Smart Content library, Deal Rooms for collaborative negotiation, bulk send, ID verification, QES, and payment collection via Stripe, PayPal, or Square. That is a different category from a pure e-signature tool.
Signable covers the core signing loop and does it cleanly: upload a PDF, place fields, route a multi-party envelope, get a detailed audit trail with timestamps, IP, and verification. Beyond that the depth runs out fast. There is no central management dashboard (a documented gap once you run real volume), no in-app document creation, no saved signature library, and no auto-save on the signing page, so a signer has to finish in one sitting. The honest counterweight on PandaDoc: its REST API is Enterprise-only at $5 a document for programmatic generation, where Signable's API lives on its monthly and annual plans. So PandaDoc for teams that create, negotiate, and close in one place; Signable for teams that already have a finished PDF and just need a legal signature.
Choose PandaDoc if you need to build, brand, negotiate, and get paid in one platform.
Choose Signable if you bring finished PDFs and only need a compliant signature workflow.
04 Round 4: who answers when it breaks.
Signable wins this clearly, 4.7 to 3.6, and the reviews are close to unanimous. It runs a UK Customer Success team out of Sheffield on email, phone, and live chat, and Capterra scores support at 4.9 across 185 reviews. Users single out the help team again and again, and phone support being a standard channel, not a premium add-on, is the headline difference. Corporate adds concierge onboarding, free training, and a named account manager.
PandaDoc offers 24/7 email and chat from Starter upward, which beats many rivals, but phone support is not standard and the escalation story is the weak spot. A Sales Director's documented review describes a product that works day to day but becomes frustrating when something business-critical breaks, with unclear ownership of complex issues. The email deliverability workaround is its own tell: when proposals land in spam, the documented fix is to tell your own clients to check their spam settings. Salesforce and Stripe integrations are also reported as occasionally unreliable, and support when they break reads as frustrating. Enterprise gets dedicated account management, which presumably changes the picture, at the highest cost.
Choose PandaDoc if you are a US Enterprise team with a dedicated CSM in the contract.
Choose Signable if a phone call to a human who solves it is non-negotiable.
05 Round 5: deep CRM sync versus a focused set.
PandaDoc takes this 4.3 to 3.6 on breadth. It ships 14+ native CRM connectors (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho, Monday.com, Dynamics, Copper, Freshsales and more), native payments (Stripe, PayPal, Square, QuickBooks, FreshBooks), plus Zapier, Make, Canva, Slack, Teams, Google Docs and Sheets, Dropbox, and OneDrive. For a sales team that wants document events flowing back into deal records, especially on HubSpot or Pipedrive, that depth is the draw.
Signable is deliberately narrower but practical. Native connectors cover Slack, Google Drive, Google Docs, Dropbox, and HubSpot, which is most of the day-to-day for a Google Workspace or HubSpot shop. Beyond that it leans on Zapier (5,000+ apps with sent, opened, and signed triggers) and Make for more complex chains, plus a few vertical connectors for education, accounting, and real estate. Its REST API is genuinely well documented with named clients (Civica, Arthur, LettingZone), which is a real plus for teams with developers. Both gate API access at higher tiers, but PandaDoc's Enterprise-only API is the steeper barrier. Breadth and CRM depth to PandaDoc; simple trigger-based automation to Signable.
Choose PandaDoc if you need deep CRM sync, especially HubSpot or Pipedrive, with payments.
Choose Signable if you run Google Workspace plus HubSpot and automate through Zapier.
The real cost, plan by plan
Two billing models that do not map onto each other: per seat versus per envelope. We list the plans, then run the exact cost examples the data supports, assumptions stated. Signable prices reflect the 1 June 2026 increase.
| PandaDoc | Signable | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreePandaDoc has a real free tier; Signable's floor is PAYG | $0: 60 docs/year, unlimited seats, 5 templates, no payments | No permanent free plan, 14-day trial (20 envelopes) then PAYG | PandaDoc |
| Entry planSignable Small replaces the pre-June £29 rate | Starter $19/seat/mo annual ($35 monthly): 110 docs/year, 5 templates | Small £31/mo (£341/year): 50 envelopes, unlimited users | Signable |
| Mid planPer seat versus per envelope: depends entirely on headcount | Business $49/seat/mo annual ($65 monthly): unlimited docs and templates | Medium £73/mo (£803/year): 150 envelopes, unlimited users | Signable |
| Higher planSignable Corporate replaces the pre-June £299 rate | Enterprise custom: API available, plus $5/doc for programmatic docs | Large £178/mo (£1,958/year): 400 envelopes; Corporate £314/mo: 750 | — |
| Payment collection | Native at signing on Business and up (Stripe, PayPal, Square) | Not available | PandaDoc |
| Property firm, 5 staff, 80 contracts/moSignable is roughly 62% cheaper here, assuming ~0.79 GBP/USD | Business 5 seats: 5 × $49 × 12 = $2,940/year (~£2,320) | Medium £73/mo = £876/year, 70 of 150 envelopes unused | Signable |
| Sole trader, 8 contracts/moPAYG beats Small until ~19 envelopes/month (£31 ÷ £1.60) | Starter 1 seat: $19/mo annual ($228/year), 110-doc cap fits | PAYG: 8 × £1.60 = £12.80/mo, no commitment | Signable |
| Solo consultant on full featuresPandaDoc justifies the seat only if you need the builder | Business 1 seat: $49/mo annual = $588/year | PAYG ~£1.60/envelope, but no proposals, CPQ, or payments | — |
Prices checked June 2026. Signable figures use the 1 June 2026 rates (pre-hike: Small £29, Medium £69, Large £169, Corporate £299; EUR PAYG now €2.00). PandaDoc Enterprise is custom and quotes vary by deal. All Signable prices exclude VAT; GBP/USD conversions are indicative.
Pick by scenario
Choose PandaDoc if…
- You run a B2B sales team that builds proposals and quotes, not just gets things signed, and want CPQ tables and Deal Rooms
- You need to collect payment at the point of signing via Stripe, PayPal, or Square, natively in the document
- Your CRM is Salesforce, HubSpot, or Pipedrive and you want document events flowing back into deal records automatically
- You operate a US-based or global team where GBP pricing is irrelevant and you need the full compliance stack with QES
- You need bulk send for onboarding or NDA campaigns combined with approval workflows that route to legal first
Choose Signable if…
- You are a UK SMB signing employment, tenancy, or engagement contracts and just need a legally binding signature, no platform to learn
- Your team has more than two or three people, so unlimited users on every plan means adding staff costs nothing extra
- You value responsive UK-based phone and chat support with a named person to call when something breaks
- Your volume is predictable and fits a plan tier (50 to 750 envelopes a month), where the per-envelope model rewards steady use
- You need UK or EU eIDAS Advanced Electronic Signatures on every plan without paying for a premium tier
Frequently asked questions
PandaDoc vs Signable vs DocuSign, which wins for UK small businesses?
For a typical UK SMB, Signable usually wins on price and support, DocuSign wins on global compliance and enterprise integrations, and PandaDoc wins if you need proposal creation alongside e-signing. Signable is UK-native, priced in GBP, and ships unlimited users plus Advanced Electronic Signatures on every plan, with a Sheffield support team on the phone. DocuSign is the compliance benchmark for regulated industries and the broadest integration catalogue. PandaDoc is the pick for sales teams that build, negotiate, and close documents rather than just sign them. If the job is purely signing finished contracts cheaply with UK support, Signable is the straightforward answer.How do I migrate from Signable to PandaDoc?
There is no direct import tool between the two platforms, so plan a manual rebuild. First, export your completed signed documents from Signable as PDFs for your archive. Then recreate your templates in PandaDoc, either by uploading existing PDFs or rebuilding them in the drag-and-drop editor. Finally, reconnect your CRM integrations and reconfigure your signing workflows. One catch decides the cost: PandaDoc's Starter plan caps you at 5 templates, so a team with a real template library needs the Business plan at $49 a seat a month to recreate it. Budget setup time for a team running ten or more active templates, and rebuild your highest-volume documents first.What is the cheapest e-signature tool for a UK property manager?
Signable is typically the cheapest option for UK property managers signing tenancy agreements at volume. A firm sending around 80 agreements a month fits the Medium plan at £73 a month excluding VAT, for unlimited users and AES-compliant signatures, which works out near £876 a year. By contrast, PandaDoc Business charges $49 a seat a month, so five staff needing access is $2,940 a year, roughly £2,320, before currency moves. If volume is under about 19 envelopes a month, Signable Pay As You Go at £1.60 an envelope is cheaper still, with no monthly commitment. The per-envelope model and unlimited users are exactly why Signable suits property workflows.Is PandaDoc free?
Yes, PandaDoc has a permanent free plan at $0 with no credit card required: 60 documents a year across unlimited seats, up to 5 templates, basic e-signatures, and an audit trail. What it excludes is the part that matters for active teams: pricing tables, payment collection, API access, and CRM integrations. The 60-document annual cap is the real constraint, a two-rep team sending three proposals each a week will exhaust it in about six weeks. For occasional signing it is genuinely useful; for a sales team running every week, you move quickly to Starter or Business.Is Signable free?
No, there is no permanent free plan. Signable offers a 14-day trial with no card required and 20 envelopes included, and bulk send is available during it, so you can fully test sending and signing before paying. After the trial the account converts automatically to Pay As You Go at £1.60 an envelope, which means you only pay when you actually send something. For a business that signs only occasionally, that PAYG floor acts as a low-cost entry point without any free permanent tier. If you want predictable monthly costs instead, the Small plan starts at £31 a month for 50 envelopes.Did Signable raise its prices in 2026?
Yes. Signable increased prices effective 1 June 2026, roughly a 7 to 8 percent rise across plans. The Small plan went from £29 to £31 a month, Medium from £69 to £73, Large from £169 to £178, and Corporate from £299 to £314, all excluding VAT. The EUR Pay As You Go rate moved to €2.00 an envelope, and the USD plans were updated too. Existing customers could lock in the old rates by switching to annual billing before 1 June. Every plan still includes unlimited users and Advanced Electronic Signatures, so the increase is modest against what you get, but it is a real change most comparison pages have not updated.Does PandaDoc still have a per-document plan, and what changed in 2024?
PandaDoc has made two pricing moves worth knowing. In 2024 it renamed Essentials to Starter and, at the same price, capped templates at 5 and removed pricing tables and payment collection, so existing users lost functionality with no compensation. Then in September 2025 it quietly introduced a per-document outcome-based plan called Launch, with unlimited free seats; details require a sales call and there is no public pricing page for it. Both changes sit underneath the headline Free, Starter, Business, and Enterprise tiers. The practical takeaway: if you relied on more than 5 templates or on payment collection, check which plan actually carries the features you expect before you commit.Does PandaDoc work for European teams needing eIDAS compliance?
Yes. PandaDoc supports EU eIDAS including Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) on its Business and Enterprise plans. QES meets the highest identity-assurance level under EU eIDAS and is legally equivalent to a handwritten signature in EU member states. PandaDoc also supports the US ESIGN Act, holds SOC 2 Type II certification, and offers optional HIPAA compliance and EU or US data residency at Enterprise. For a Spanish or other EU business that needs QES for high-value or notarial contracts, that is a genuine edge, because Signable does not currently offer QES. For ordinary contracts, an Advanced Electronic Signature is usually enough and both tools provide it.Does Signable support European (EU) eIDAS, or only UK eIDAS?
Signable explicitly supports UK eIDAS and the Electronic Communications Act 2000, which makes its Advanced Electronic Signatures legally binding in the UK. For EU eIDAS after Brexit, Signable's AES also meets the Advanced Electronic Signature tier, since AES under both frameworks requires the same core cryptographic binding to the signer. The limit is at the top tier: for Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) under EU eIDAS, required for certain notarial or high-value contracts, Signable does not currently offer QES, whereas PandaDoc does. So for standard EU business contracts Signable is fine, but if your use case specifically demands QES, that points you to PandaDoc or a QES-focused provider.Which is better for HR onboarding, PandaDoc or Signable?
PandaDoc is the stronger HR document platform, especially for bulk offer-letter campaigns. Its Bulk Send feature, approval workflows that route to HR managers before documents go out, and a native Greenhouse integration for offer letters make it more than just e-signing. The caution is the per-seat model: every HR team member who creates or manages documents needs a paid seat at $49 a month, though recipients who only sign do not. Signable can absolutely handle signed HR contracts with multi-party signing and unlimited users, and it is cheaper, but it has no document builder and no central dashboard. If HR needs to create and brand documents, PandaDoc; if HR only needs finished contracts signed, Signable is the cheaper route.
Test both, then decide
Both let you start without paying. The fastest way to know is to run one real contract, or one real proposal, through each.
Best for B2B sales teams that build proposals, run CPQ, and collect payment at signing. Permanent free plan with 60 documents a year.
Try PandaDoc for free →Read the full PandaDoc review →Best for UK SMBs that want contracts signed cheaply with unlimited users and UK phone support. 14-day trial, then £1.60 per envelope.
Try Signable for free →Read the full Signable review →Affiliate links: if you sign up through them, you support our independent hands-on tests at no extra cost to you. We score both tools the same way and disclose the weak spots on each, including the monetised one.
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