Best Contract and Proposal Software for Freelancers
This page compares five contract, proposal and e-signature tools on one kind of evidence: what each vendor's own pricing page said when we read it on 9 October 2026. Every entry links to that page. We did not sign up for or test these products, so the entries cover plans, prices, sending limits and the features each plan lists, not how the editors feel to use.
The tools differ in what they are built around. Better Proposals and PandaDoc start from the proposal document, Docusign and Dropbox Sign from the signature request, and Bonsai puts proposals and contracts in a workspace with invoicing and time tracking. AND.CO was on this page until October 2026; its site now redirects to Fiverr's homepage and we found no AND.CO plan page to read, so it was removed.
How this page was put together
For each tool we fetched the vendor's pricing page and took the plan names, the prices with their billing period, the features each plan lists and the limits the page states (users, documents or envelopes sent, templates). The tools are listed alphabetically. That order is not a ranking, and the page makes no claim about which tool is better or about the legal effect of any signature.
No vendor link on this page is an affiliate or paid link; the only links to vendors are the source lines on each entry. An automated weekly check re-reads each linked pricing page and flags it when the plan wording an entry relies on is no longer there. Prices are in US dollars, before tax, from the US page where a vendor has one; the linked page is the authority.
The five tools, in alphabetical order
Better Proposals
proposal software with signing
Pricing.
Per user per month: Starter $13, Premium $21 and Enterprise $42 billed annually; $19, $29 and $49 billed monthly. Elite is a consulting and design service, paid on invoice, with a 10-user minimum. 14-day free trial without a credit card.
What the plans include.
Starter lists what the page calls legally binding digital signatures, interactive pricing tables, payment integrations, a content library, and notifications and analytics. Premium adds a custom domain, CRM integrations, automatic expiry dates and API and Zapier access; Enterprise adds content locking, simultaneous editing, inline comments and manager approvals.
Limits.
Starter is for 1 user and 10 documents sent a month; Premium allows 50 documents a month and Enterprise has no monthly limit.
Per user per month: Basic $15, Essentials $25, Premium $39 and Elite $59 billed monthly; $9, $19, $29 and $49 when paid annually. Elite has a three-user minimum.
What the plans include.
Essentials is the first plan with proposals and contracts and all templates, together with invoices and payments, forms and questionnaires, scheduling and the client portal. Basic covers time tracking, tasks, projects and a CRM. Premium adds a deals pipeline and integrations and removes Bonsai branding.
Limits.
Contracts and proposals are not on Basic, the cheapest plan.
Personal $11 per month, Standard $30 per user per month and Business Pro $45 per user per month, each an annual commitment billed monthly ($132, $360 and $540 a year). Enhanced plans on quote.
What the plans include.
Personal lists reusable templates and more than 1,000 integrations. Standard adds shared templates, real-time commenting, your own branding and delegated signing; Business Pro adds web forms, payment collection during signing, bulk sending and real-time data verification.
Limits.
Personal sends 5 envelopes a month; Standard and Business Pro send a total of 100 envelopes per user per year.
Essentials $15 per month, or $180 billed yearly, for one person; Standard $25 per user per month, from $600 billed yearly; Premium on quote. The page also showed discounted figures and a free trial.
What the plans include.
Paid plans list unlimited signature requests, tamper-proof documents, templates and integrations with Dropbox, Google and Microsoft. The feature list also names team roles, branding, bulk send and usage reports.
Limits.
The page lists no free plan, and for more than 5 users it refers you to sales.
Free $0. Starter $19 and Business $49 per seat per month, billed annually; Enterprise on quote, priced per seat or per document.
What the plans include.
Starter lists unlimited document uploads and e-signatures, a drag-and-drop editor, and real-time tracking and notifications. Business adds custom quotes, CRM integrations, custom branding and a content library, approval workflows and up to 3 rooms.
Limits.
The free plan has a shared limit of 5 documents a month. Free and Starter allow up to 5 templates; Business has no template limit.
To send documents without paying: PandaDoc's free plan allows 5 documents a month. Better Proposals offers a 14-day free trial and Dropbox Sign a free trial; every Bonsai and Docusign plan on their pages carries a price.
When the proposal is the document that wins the work: Better Proposals lists interactive pricing tables and payment integrations from Starter, and PandaDoc lists custom quotes and approval workflows on Business.
When you only need signatures: Docusign Personal sends 5 envelopes a month, and Dropbox Sign's paid plans list unlimited signature requests.
To keep contracts, proposals and invoices together: Bonsai's Essentials plan lists proposals and contracts alongside invoices and payments.
To collect payment as the document is signed: Docusign lists payment collection during signing on Business Pro, and Better Proposals lists payment integrations from Starter.
Calculator tools that pair with contract and proposal workflows
A signed proposal sets dates and amounts. These calculators on this site work out the ones that follow:
Project deadline calculator for a timeline of up to 6 phases in business days, with a date for each milestone.
This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which of these tools can I use without paying?
On the pages we read on 9 October 2026, PandaDoc is the only one with a free plan: 5 documents a month and up to 5 templates. Better Proposals offers a 14-day free trial without a credit card, and Dropbox Sign offers a free trial. Every Bonsai and Docusign plan on their pages carries a price.
How many documents can I send each month?
It depends on the plan. Docusign Personal sends 5 envelopes a month, and Standard and Business Pro send 100 per user per year. Better Proposals allows 10 documents a month on Starter, 50 on Premium and no limit on Enterprise. PandaDoc's free plan shares a limit of 5 documents a month. Dropbox Sign's paid plans list unlimited signature requests.
Why is AND.CO no longer on this page?
Because there was nothing left to read. When we checked on 9 October 2026, and.co redirected to workspace.fiverr.com and from there to Fiverr's homepage, and we found no AND.CO plan or pricing page. This page only describes a product from its vendor's own page, so the entry was removed.
Are the prices on this page what I will pay?
Not necessarily. They are the US-dollar prices each vendor's page showed on 9 October 2026, before tax. Annual billing lowers the monthly figure for Better Proposals and Bonsai, Docusign's prices are annual commitments billed monthly, Dropbox Sign was showing discounted figures, and vendors set different prices by country. The pricing page linked on each entry is the authority.