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Upload a PDF, drop signature fields, send to one or many signers. Audit trail, IP capture, timestamping. ESIGN Act and UETA compliant for binding legal effect.
E-Signature, plainly.
E-signatures have been legally equivalent to wet signatures in the US since the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN Act) of 2000, and state-level UETA (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) in 49 states (New York has its own law with the same effect). For most business documents (contracts, NDAs, engagement letters, vendor agreements, employee onboarding) e-signatures are fully binding.
A few document categories require wet signatures or notarization: wills, certain real estate documents (varies by state), some court filings. For the 95% of everyday business documents, e-signature is the standard.
Our e-signature tool is built into File.Business. Upload a PDF (or use a contract template), drop signature and date fields, set the signer order if multiple, send via email. Signers click, sign with mouse or finger, the document is sealed with a tamper-evident hash and a full audit log of IP addresses and timestamps.
Common situations.
What is included.
- Unlimited signatures, free on every plan
- PDF upload or template-based sending
- Drag-and-drop signature, date, initials, text fields
- Multi-signer support with signing order
- Audit trail (IP, timestamp, email, device)
- Tamper-evident hash on completed documents
- Templates for common documents
- Mobile-friendly signer experience
- Documents auto-saved to Document Vault
Four steps. We handle the rest.
How we compare.
- Free on every plan
- Unlimited signatures
- ESIGN/UETA compliant
- Audit trail with hash
- Auto-saved to Document Vault
- Templates included
| DocuSign | HelloSign | PandaDoc | File.Business | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per user/mo | $10-$40 | $15-$25 | $19+ | free |
| ESIGN/UETA compliant | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Audit trail | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Templates | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Stored in vault | manual | manual | manual | auto |
“My engagement letter used to take a week to come back signed. With e-sign, it averages 4 hours. New clients start work faster, I get paid faster.”
The File.Business Promise
If we miss a deadline on a service you pay us to manage, we cover the penalty. If you change your mind within 60 days, we refund our fee in full. Your data stays yours, always.
Common questions.
Are e-signatures legally binding?
What documents require wet signatures?
Is the audit trail admissible in court?
How does the tamper-evident hash work?
Multi-signer documents?
Are signers required to have a File.Business account?
Mobile signing?
What about international signers?
Bulk send?
Free on every plan?
Send a document in about 5 minutes.
Tell us a few details. We do the rest. You get a single dashboard for everything.
On the $129/yr Compliance Annual Filings plan, we cover state late fees.
When you autofile your annual report through the $129/yr plan and we miss the deadline, we pay the state's late fee. The guarantee applies to that specific plan and the filings it includes. Other File.Business services are billed at the prices on this page.