PandaDoc API vs BoldSign API pricing
Both are in e-signature apis. PandaDoc API is billed per-document monthly plans; BoldSign API is billed per-envelope / per-user monthly. Numbers below are copied from each vendor's pricing page.
PandaDoc APIFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- Free unlimited sandbox key (10 req/min/endpoint, watermarked)
- Billed
- Per-document monthly plans
- Best for
- Document generation + e-signature for sales and CPQ flows
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
BoldSign APIFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- Free sandbox + Essential plan: 25 envelopes/mo
- Billed
- Per-envelope / per-user monthly
- Best for
- Affordable, fully self-serve e-signature API for builders
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
PandaDoc API plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 60 documents per year, 2 recipients per document, 5 templates, full sandbox access, SDKs, legally binding eSignatures; no credit card required. |
| API Developer Plan | $40/mo | 40 documents/month after a 14-day free trial; scales with volume; includes all Free-plan API features, eSignatures, and SOC 2/GDPR/eIDAS compliance. |
| Enterprise | Custom (contact sales) | Everything in Developer plus Salesforce/HubSpot CRM integrations, notary services, custom user management, SSO, advanced security, and enterprise compliance. |
- Frequent reliability incidents reported by third-party monitors and no clearly advertised uptime SLA on developer tiers
- Widely reported decline in support quality (offshored, multi-day response times, no phone support at standard tiers)
- Per-seat full-product pricing becomes expensive as teams grow (e.g. ~$245/mo for 5 seats on Business)
BoldSign API plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Essential (Free) | $0/mo | 1 user, 25 envelopes/month, 2 templates, audit trail, signer authentication, automated reminders, mobile apps. |
| Growth | $5/user/mo (annual) | 50 envelopes/month per user, unlimited templates, bulk send, team management; ~$15/user billed monthly. |
| Business | $15/user/mo (annual) | Unlimited envelopes, SSO, AI-powered field detection, CRM integration, custom branding, custom roles; ~$25/user monthly. |
| Premium | $99/mo (annual) | Flat rate, unlimited users, 250 envelopes/month, all Business features; ~$138/mo billed monthly. |
| Enterprise API | From $30/mo | Production API access, 40 envelopes included, $0.75 per additional envelope, embedded requesting/signing/templates, unlimited templates and sender identities. |
| Free Sandbox | $0 | Full API access for testing; documents are watermarked as test copies and deleted after 14 days. |
- Several features gated behind add-ons or higher tiers (bulk-send links, SMS auth) not always clear upfront
- 99.999% uptime is a marketing claim with no prominent public status page or SLA-with-credits doc