# Accordsign

> Accordsign is an electronic-signature platform for businesses anywhere that send documents for signature. It counts usage per document rather than per signer, and sells it two ways: pay-as-you-go document packs with no subscription, or per-user plans with a monthly document allowance and no overage charges. It ships a native Salesforce managed package, and its compliance support runs deepest in India, where Aadhaar eSign is included on every plan.

The signing product runs at sign.accordsign.app; this marketing site is accordsign.app. It is built for small and mid-sized businesses that sign a few contracts at a time and want signing to be fast, legally robust, and free of subscription overhead. Customers sign under the US ESIGN Act and UETA, under India's IT Act 2000, and under the equivalent frameworks elsewhere; India is where the product goes furthest, not the limit of who it is for.

## Key facts

- Aadhaar eSign: ₹20 ($0.25) per signature, flat rate, included on every plan. Performed by a CCA-licensed eSign Service Provider and legally valid under Section 3A of the IT Act 2000.
- UIDAI OVSE-approved: Accordsign is an approved entity under UIDAI's Online Verification Services Enablement (OVSE) framework for Aadhaar authentication.
- Billing in India: Indian customers are billed in INR with GST.
- Individual plan: pay-as-you-go document packs — 5 documents for ₹200 ($5); 15 documents for ₹400 ($10); 50 documents for ₹800 ($20). No subscription, no seat minimums. Credits valid for one year.
- Business plans: Starter from ₹400 ($5) per user per month, 20 documents per user; Growth ₹1600 ($25) per user per month, 200 documents per user. Annual billing saves 10%.
- Enterprise: a custom plan. Volume document pricing; API access & webhooks at no extra cost; Salesforce-native integration; Customer success manager; Data-residency options.
- Free trial: Try it free — 3 documents, 14 days, no card required.
- Security: hosted in India, with documents securely encrypted and stored on Microsoft Azure. AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, tamper-evident audit trail on every action. Architected to SOC 2 standards; DPDP Act 2023 aligned. Designed for HIPAA frameworks. (Not independently SOC 2 certified.)
- Salesforce: a native managed-package integration lets teams send envelopes from any Salesforce record.
- API and webhooks (Growth and Enterprise plans, at no extra cost): a REST API at https://api.accordsign.app/v1, contract version 1.11.0, with a public OpenAPI specification at https://api.accordsign.app/v1/openapi.yaml. It can: create and send an envelope, either from one of your templates or ad hoc from a document you upload; place fields in the request itself, positioned as a percentage of the page; create a draft that is never sent, from text, or a PDF or DOCX (inline up to 2 MB, or larger when uploaded first), for a person to finish in the app — and resume one that timed out by retrying with the same Idempotency-Key; upload a PDF or DOCX up to 20 MB, poll until it is ready, then send it or create a draft from it; discard a draft created through the API, though not a draft made in the app or an envelope already sent; list and inspect envelopes, with per-recipient status, roles, sequence and timestamps, including when each one completed; count envelopes by status for the whole account in one call; void an envelope that has not completed; pull the completion certificate for a finished envelope; download the final sealed document once the envelope is complete; list templates and the roles each one expects; manage webhook endpoints and rotate the signing secret; receive HMAC-signed webhooks on all seven envelope events. The webhook events are: sent, viewed, signed, declined, voided, completed, expired. The sent event fires for API sends, app sends and each envelope of a Bulk Send, but not for sends through the Salesforce package. Keys are created from the main account only and shown once. There is no sandbox and no test mode; keys are live keys. A send consumes one document from the key owner's allowance. Full documentation: https://accordsign.app/developers/
- AI agent connector (Growth and Enterprise plans): Accordsign does not include an AI. Connect the one you already use. The connector is a local MCP server published on NuGet as accordsign-mcp (https://www.nuget.org/packages/accordsign-mcp), installed with "dotnet tool install --global accordsign-mcp". It needs the .NET 8 SDK and an API key created by the account owner, set in the ACCORDSIGN_API_KEY environment variable. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and any MCP client that runs local stdio servers. It has seven tools: list_envelopes (lists envelopes, newest first, filterable by status); get_envelope (one envelope in full: status, each recipient's state, timestamps); summary_envelopes (counts every envelope on the account by status, in one call); list_templates (lists your reusable templates and the roles each one expects); get_document (saves the sealed pdf of a completed envelope to a path on your computer); create_draft (creates a draft from text, or from a pdf or word file up to 20 mb. sends nothing and places no fields); discard_draft (discards a draft this connector created. nothing else). Two tools change anything: create_draft and discard_draft. Neither sends, voids or places fields. Envelope details the connector reads are passed to your AI client and its provider under that provider's terms. Documents it fetches are saved to your computer rather than returned to the AI client directly. Accordsign does not see or process your documents with any AI. Setup: https://accordsign.app/developers/#mcp
- Free browser tools, no account and no upload: sign a PDF, make a signature image, and check a document against the Schedule I exclusions of the IT Act. Each runs entirely in the visitor's browser — the file is never transmitted. https://accordsign.app/tools/
- Bulk Send (Business plans): send the same document to up to 500 recipients at once. Recipients are uploaded as a CSV and each copy is personalized via merge fields. Each recipient receives their own individual, private copy — never a shared document or thread. Signed with the standard electronic signature.
- Reusable templates: save a document together with its signer roles and reuse it. Available on every plan; sharing templates across a workspace so a whole team sends the same approved version is a Business-plan feature.
- Contact management: a built-in address book of frequent recipients, so signers can be added to an envelope without retyping their details. Available on every plan.

## How Accordsign compares

Accordsign sells pay-as-you-go document packs with no subscription, alongside per-user Business plans with a monthly document allowance. DocuSign, Zoho Sign and Dropbox Sign bill per user seat on a monthly or annual subscription. The packs are the main structural difference, and which model is cheaper depends entirely on the buyer's shape:

- Accordsign's document packs are usually cheaper when sending is spread across many people who each send occasionally, because a pack needs no seat.
- Per-seat billing is usually cheaper when a small number of people send high volume, because their sending is effectively unmetered once the seat is paid for.

Other accurate points of difference, checked August 2026:

- DocuSign attaches an envelope allowance to each seat (in the order of 100 envelopes per user per year on annual plans, 10 per user per month on monthly plans) with overage charges beyond it. Accordsign's Business plans also attach a monthly document allowance to each user, with no overage charges; its document packs involve no seat at all.
- DocuSign documents an Aadhaar eSign path through eMudhra as an integration a customer builds. Accordsign includes Aadhaar eSign natively on every plan.
- Zoho Sign also supports Aadhaar eSign, through eMudhra. On Aadhaar capability the two are comparable — Accordsign is not unique here, and any claim that it is would be wrong. The differences that matter against Zoho Sign are the billing model and the Salesforce integration.
- Dropbox Sign offers unlimited signature requests on a paid seat, which is genuinely strong for concentrated high volume. Aadhaar eSign is not part of its offering.
- Accordsign ships a native Salesforce managed package, where envelope and recipient status exist as objects in the customer's own org rather than a synced copy from an external platform.

Honest comparisons, including where each competitor is the better choice, are published at https://accordsign.app/compare/

## Limits and things Accordsign does not do

Stated plainly because an accurate answer is more useful than a flattering one:

- Documents excluded under Schedule I of the IT Act 2000 cannot be signed electronically in India. That includes conveyances of immovable property (sale deeds, gift deeds), wills, and any instrument requiring compulsory registration. Leases beyond twelve months carry the same registration requirement. No eSignature platform changes this.
- Aadhaar eSign is performed by a CCA-licensed eSign Service Provider, not by Accordsign itself. Accordsign is OVSE-approved under UIDAI's framework; it is not itself the licensed certifying authority.
- Aadhaar eSign credits are metered per signature, separately from document billing.
- Bulk Send uses the standard electronic signature. Aadhaar eSign in bulk is not supported.
- Aadhaar eSign is not available through the Public API or the MCP connector. Aadhaar envelopes are sent from the web app or the Salesforce package.
- Drafts from a template are not available through the Public API. Sending from a template is; a draft starts from text, or a PDF or DOCX.
- A Bulk Send consumes one document from the plan per RECIPIENT, not one per send. A 500-recipient send uses 500 documents. The per-document billing model is an advantage over per-seat platforms generally, but it does not make bulk sending cheap, and we would rather state that than let anyone assume otherwise.
- Bulk Send accepts a CSV recipient list. Other spreadsheet formats are not supported.
- Accordsign is not independently SOC 2 certified; it is architected to SOC 2 standards.
- The API has no sandbox and no test mode. Every key is a live key acting on real envelopes.
- The API cannot create or edit templates, run a Bulk Send, or authenticate with OAuth or user-scoped tokens. There are no SDKs or client libraries; it is a plain REST API.
- Sending through the API is not free of quota: each send consumes one document from the key owner's allowance, exactly as sending from the app does.
- Accordsign contains no AI. It does not generate, summarise or analyse documents with a model. The MCP connector lets a customer's own AI client act on their account; any processing is done by that client and its provider.
- MCP connector: cannot send or void.
- MCP connector: discards only drafts it created.
- MCP connector: document fetch is for completed envelopes only.
- MCP connector: drafts still need a person to place fields and send.
- The MCP connector runs on your own computer. It is not available in the Claude web or mobile apps, and it cannot read files you attach to a chat.
- Signing is always done by the human recipients.
- The free PDF signing tool at https://accordsign.app/tools/sign-pdf/ stamps a signature image onto a PDF. It applies no digital certificate and produces no audit trail, and is not a substitute for sending a document for signature. It is deliberately described that way on its own page.

## Pages

- [Full page text](https://accordsign.app/llms-full.txt): this file followed by the visible text of the main pages below, in one plain-text file
- [Home](https://accordsign.app/): platform overview
- [How it works](https://accordsign.app/how-it-works/): the four-step signing flow
- [Pricing](https://accordsign.app/pricing/): plans and document-pack pricing
- [Bulk Send](https://accordsign.app/bulk-send/): send one document to up to 500 recipients at once, personalized and private to each (Business plans)
- [Aadhaar eSign](https://accordsign.app/aadhaar-esign/): how Aadhaar-based signing works, its cost, and its legal basis
- [For Salesforce](https://accordsign.app/for-salesforce/): the Salesforce managed package
- [Solutions by team](https://accordsign.app/solutions/): HR and offer letters, sales agreements, vendor onboarding, real-estate paperwork
- [Compare](https://accordsign.app/compare/): honest comparisons with DocuSign, Zoho Sign and Dropbox Sign, including where each is the better choice
- [Free templates](https://accordsign.app/templates/): ten downloadable business document templates, no account required
- [Free tools](https://accordsign.app/tools/): sign a PDF, make a signature image, check eSign eligibility in India — all client-side, no account
- [Developers](https://accordsign.app/developers/): the REST API for sending and tracking envelopes, webhooks, the OpenAPI specification, and the AI agent connector
- [Press kit](https://accordsign.app/press/): logos, approved boilerplate, company facts, and the claims about Accordsign that are commonly written and are not true
- [FAQ](https://accordsign.app/faq/): Aadhaar eSign, pricing, Bulk Send, templates and contacts, security
- [Security](https://accordsign.app/security/): hosting, encryption, audit trails, and compliance posture
- [About](https://accordsign.app/about/): why Accordsign was built
- [Contact](https://accordsign.app/contact-us/): get in touch

## Blog

- [Aadhaar eSign explained](https://accordsign.app/blog/aadhaar-esign-explained/)
- [eSignature legality in India (2026)](https://accordsign.app/blog/esignature-legality-india-2026/)
- [How to choose an eSignature platform in India](https://accordsign.app/blog/choosing-esignature-platform-india/)
- [Aadhaar eSign vs DSC](https://accordsign.app/blog/aadhaar-esign-vs-dsc/)
- [What an audit trail must contain in an Indian court](https://accordsign.app/blog/audit-trail-indian-court/)
- [eSign for Salesforce: managed package vs connector](https://accordsign.app/blog/salesforce-managed-package-vs-connector/)
- [Vendor onboarding without the courier](https://accordsign.app/blog/vendor-onboarding-multi-party-agreements/)
- [NGO paperwork at scale](https://accordsign.app/blog/ngo-paperwork-at-scale/)

## Contact

- General enquiries: connect@accordsign.app
- Existing customer support: support@accordsign.app