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See what your DocuSign renewal costs and what Maple eSign would cost.

Pick your plan and slide to your number of users. The tape adds up DocuSign’s Canadian prices, billed annually, before tax. Maple eSign is free to use, Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada.

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DocuSign renewal

Standard Unlimited

CA$40.00

a user a month, billed annually

× 12 users

× 12 months

TotalCA$5,760.00

First year special: CA$33.00 a user a month

12Users
Maple eSign12 usersCA$0.00Canadian-ownedNo price per user

Illustration. DocuSign’s Canadian prices, read October 27, 2026.

Side by side

Nine questions answered for both services.

Each row asks both services the same question. A tab marks the rows where DocuSign is ahead.

Maple eSign

What does it cost?Free to use. There are no paid plans.
Is there a free plan?Yes. Every feature is free.
Who owns the company?Canadian-owned. Operated by Scrawlr Development Inc., Vancouver.
Where are documents hosted?In Canada: Google Cloud Montréal, backups included. Email goes through Mailgun in the US.
Can signers sign in Canadian French?Yes, in Canadian French or English, consent wording and emails included.
Can I sign up on my own today?Yes, online. Free.
Can I send by text message?No. Maple eSign sends no text messages yet.
How does it connect to my other systems?A REST API and signed webhooks. No ready-made integrations yet.
Which security certifications does it hold?None. Maple eSign doesn’t claim any third-party certification.

DocuSign

Read Oct 27, 2026
What does it cost?From CA$13 a user a month (Personal, 5 envelopes a month). Standard Unlimited CA$40, Business Pro Unlimited CA$65, billed annually.
Is there a free plan?Not on its Canadian pricing page.
Who owns the company?DocuSign, Inc., based in San Francisco.
Where are documents hosted?DocuSign has a Canadian region. If you sign up online, your location sets the region. If you buy through a sales rep, you choose it. Data residency isn’t part of the self-serve plans.
Can signers sign in Canadian French?Yes. Signers choose from 44 languages, including French (Canada).
Can I sign up on my own today?Yes, online.
Can I send by text message?Yes, as an add-on, from CA$0.50 a delivery.DocuSign is ahead here
How does it connect to my other systems?More than 1,000 ready-made integrations.DocuSign is ahead here
Which security certifications does it hold?ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI DSS, among others.DocuSign is ahead here
  1. What does it cost?
    Maple eSign
    Free to use. There are no paid plans.
    DocuSign
    From CA$13 a user a month (Personal, 5 envelopes a month). Standard Unlimited CA$40, Business Pro Unlimited CA$65, billed annually.
  2. Is there a free plan?
    Maple eSign
    Yes. Every feature is free.
    DocuSign
    Not on its Canadian pricing page.
  3. Who owns the company?
    Maple eSign
    Canadian-owned. Operated by Scrawlr Development Inc., Vancouver.
    DocuSign
    DocuSign, Inc., based in San Francisco.
  4. Where are documents hosted?
    Maple eSign
    In Canada: Google Cloud Montréal, backups included. Email goes through Mailgun in the US.
    DocuSign
    DocuSign has a Canadian region. If you sign up online, your location sets the region. If you buy through a sales rep, you choose it. Data residency isn’t part of the self-serve plans.
  5. Can signers sign in Canadian French?
    Maple eSign
    Yes, in Canadian French or English, consent wording and emails included.
    DocuSign
    Yes. Signers choose from 44 languages, including French (Canada).
  6. Can I sign up on my own today?
    Maple eSign
    Yes, online. Free.
    DocuSign
    Yes, online.
  7. Can I send by text message?DocuSign is ahead here
    Maple eSign
    No. Maple eSign sends no text messages yet.
    DocuSign
    Yes, as an add-on, from CA$0.50 a delivery.
  8. How does it connect to my other systems?DocuSign is ahead here
    Maple eSign
    A REST API and signed webhooks. No ready-made integrations yet.
    DocuSign
    More than 1,000 ready-made integrations.
  9. Which security certifications does it hold?DocuSign is ahead here
    Maple eSign
    None. Maple eSign doesn’t claim any third-party certification.
    DocuSign
    ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI DSS, among others.

DocuSign prices are in Canadian dollars per user per month, billed annually, before tax, as shown on DocuSign’s Canadian pricing page on October 27, 2026. Plans change, so check before you decide.

Fair to both

Where DocuSign does better.

DocuSign does better

  1. More than 1,000 ready-made integrations, including Salesforce, Workday, HubSpot and Google Workspace.
  2. Text message delivery, paid per message.
  3. Published certifications and audit reports: ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS.
  4. Custom plans for more than 50 users, through its sales team.

Maple eSign is different

  1. Free, with every feature and no price per user.
  2. Canadian-owned, run from Vancouver.
  3. Documents, database and backups in Google Cloud Montréal.
  4. Signing, consent and emails in Canadian French or English.
  5. A sealed PDF, a Certificate of Completion and a hash-chained history for every agreement.
Sources and dates

Moving over

Move your templates over one at a time.

Maple eSign doesn’t import DocuSign templates. Download each one as a PDF and upload it to Maple eSign, where field detection suggests the signature, initials, date, text and checkbox fields. Envelopes you’ve already sent can finish in DocuSign.

Read the step-by-step guide

Sources

Where these facts come from and when we checked them.

Every DocuSign fact on this page comes from DocuSign’s own pages, read on October 27, 2026.

DocuSign is a trademark of DocuSign, Inc. Maple eSign is not affiliated with DocuSign, and DocuSign has not reviewed this page.

SOURCES

Read Oct 27, 2026

  1. 01Plans, prices and data residencyecom.docusign.com/en-CA
  2. 02Data centre regionsdocusign.com/privacy
  3. 03Integrationsdocusign.com/en-ca
  4. 04Certificationsdocusign.com/trust
  5. 05Signing languagesdocusign.com/learn
  6. 06Head officeinvestor.docusign.com

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