Enterprise signing tools charge per seat, per month, with annual commitments. For a business with 2-10 people that signs a few documents a month, the maths never works out. You end up paying for features designed for companies with 500 employees.
Quill has no seats, no tiers, and no monthly fee. Every document costs £1.99, regardless of who in your team sends it. There is no admin panel to manage, no user accounts to provision, and no invoice that surprises you at the end of the month.
| Enterprise esign (per seat) | Quill | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £15-30/user/month | £1.99 per document |
| Cost for 3 users | £45-90/month | £1.99 per document (any user) |
| Annual cost (20 documents) | £540-1,080 | £39.80 |
| User management | Required | None needed |
| Unused months | Still charged | £0 |
| Signers need accounts | Sometimes | Never |
Small businesses sign the same types of documents as larger ones — just less frequently:
At 1-5 documents per month, a subscription tool costs £180-360 per year. Quill costs £24-120 per year for the same volume. In quiet months, Quill costs nothing. See the full pay-per-document pricing. You can sign an NDA, send an employment contract, or get a service agreement signed in under five minutes.
There is no software to install, no SSO to configure, no user roles to manage. Anyone in your team can upload a PDF, add signers, and send. Each document is independent — there is no shared account, no document library, and no admin dashboard.
This is intentional. Quill is a tool, not a platform. You use it when you need a document signed, and it stays out of the way the rest of the time.
Every document signed through Quill includes a full audit trail with signer names, email addresses, timestamps, IP addresses, and consent records. A SHA-256 hash provides tamper evidence. Signatures are legally binding under UK law, EU eIDAS, and US law.
How it works
Drop in the contract, agreement, or document you need signed. Any standard PDF works.
Add your signers and click where each person needs to sign. Assign fields to the right people.
Pay and your signers receive an email with a secure link. They sign in their browser — no account needed.
Pricing
No subscription. No monthly fee. No account balance. You pay when you send, and only when you send.
Legal validity
Quill produces Simple Electronic Signatures (SES), recognised under the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (UK), EU eIDAS Regulation, and the US ESIGN Act. SES are legally valid for the vast majority of commercial contracts and agreements.
Audit trail
Every signed document includes a certificate page recording signer names, emails, timestamps, IP addresses, and consent records.
Tamper evidence
A SHA-256 hash of the completed PDF is computed and stored. Any modification to the document after signing is detectable.
6-year retention
Audit data and signed documents are retained for 6 years, then permanently deleted.
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Upload a PDF, add your signers, and send. Takes under five minutes.