Proof Holdings vs DocuSign
DocuSign is the document e-signature leader — the default for signing a contract today, with the audit trail to match. Proof Holdings signs a different thing: control of an asset, minted as an ES256 token that is itself an electronic signature on the eIDAS ladder. Documents are Proof's roadmap; authorization is its present.
Sign contracts with DocuSign today. Sign facts with Proof today: every verification, delegation, and approval mints an electronic signature — an ES256 token bound to a real asset — for €0.0079 instead of a per-user subscription.
One API · One key
One key does what a stack of vendors does
Every platform on this page puts signatures on documents. Proof is a single API where the proof itself is the signature — a signed, offline-verifiable ES256 token for each of these:
Flat price · Any asset
One flat price for every asset — phone, email, and domain today, with wallet and social coming soon. No per-seat, no per-MAU, no per-verification tiers — the meter that makes every rival's bill jump.
- Free every month
- 300 proofs
- Pay as you go
- €0.03 / proof
- At volume
- €0.0079 / proof
Feature Comparison
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| Feature | Proof Holdings | DocuSign |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Prove asset control → signed token | Sign documents & contracts |
| Signs documents / contracts today | Roadmap (Proof of Signature) | Yes |
| Signs WITH an asset (proof of control) | Yes | No |
| eIDAS SES | Yes | Yes |
| eIDAS AES | Technical hallmarks of AES | Yes |
| eIDAS QES | Roadmap (needs QTSP) | Via QTSP partner |
| Output | Portable ES256 token | Signed PDF + certificate of completion |
| Templates / routing / audit trail | No | Yes |
| Pricing | Per-proof (€0.0079) | Per-user/mo (~$10–$40) |
Pricing
Pricing model
Proof Holdings
Per-proof: €0.0079, 300 free/month
DocuSign
Per-user/month: ~$10 Personal, ~$25 Standard, ~$40 Business Pro
Signing a contract today
Proof Holdings
Not what Proof does — use DocuSign
DocuSign
The market leader for document signing
Portable proof of who acted
Proof Holdings
ES256 token, verifiable offline by anyone
DocuSign
Signed PDF + audit trail (document-bound)
Signing with an asset (proof of control)
Proof Holdings
Yes — the core of what Proof does
DocuSign
Not part of DocuSign
Signing a document vs signing with an asset
DocuSign is the default for putting a legally-binding signature on a document. Upload a contract, place fields, route it to signers, and get back a signed PDF with a certificate of completion and an audit trail. For agreements, it's the market leader, with SES and AES built in and QES available through qualified trust service providers.
Proof Holdings isn't a document-signing tool — not today. It issues a cryptographic ES256 token when someone proves control of an asset (a phone, email, or domain). Under eIDAS, that token is itself an electronic signature at the SES level: a verifiable, non-repudiable mark that a specific party acted. So the two aren't competitors so much as different kinds of signature — DocuSign signs the document; Proof signs with the asset.
Where Proof fits — and what's on the roadmap
Today, Proof's signature is the right primitive for authorization, delegation, and human approvals: a portable proof that a party controls an asset and consented to an action, verifiable offline by anyone with the public key. That's adjacent to document signing, not a replacement for it.
Document and contract signing — DocuSign's core — is on Proof's roadmap as Proof of Signature: signing a document *with* a proof of control, so the signature carries a verifiable attestation of who acted. Until it ships, the answer is: for contracts, use DocuSign; for portable proof-of-control signatures, use Proof.
When to use DocuSign
- You need to sign contracts or documents with legally-binding e-signatures today
- You need templates, signer routing, reminders, and a certificate of completion
- You need eIDAS QES via a qualified trust service provider
- You want the market-leading agreement platform (and its IAM/AI tooling)
- Your workflow is fundamentally about documents
When to use Proof Holdings
- You want a portable proof that a party controls an asset, as an electronic signature
- You're signing an authorization, delegation, or approval — not a document
- You want a token verifiable offline by anyone, not a document-bound audit trail
- You want to sign with an asset (phone, email, domain) rather than a typed name
- You'd rather pay per proof than per user per month
- You're interested in Proof of Signature (document signing) on the roadmap
Frequently Asked Questions
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