SealVow vs DocuSign

DocuSign charges your firm per seat for a product your clients find confusing

DocuSign is the default choice for electronic signatures. But 'default' doesn't mean 'best for law firms'. Your clients get prompted to create DocuSign accounts, your trainees count as paid seats, and the audit trail is a generic certificate of completion that doesn't include the detail the SRA expects. Legal practice deserves better.

Two different approaches

SealVow

Document signing designed for how law firms actually work

DocuSign

The world's #1 way to sign electronically

Feature-by-feature comparison

Feature
SealVow
DocuSign
Pricing model
Flat per-firm (all users included)
Per-user (£13-£40/user/month)
Client experience
No account needed — click, review, sign
Prompts account creation, app download suggestions
Audit trail depth
IP, browser, timestamp, consent text per event
Certificate of completion (summary document)
Document integrity
SHA-256 hash at upload, recorded immutably
Tamper-evident seal (proprietary format)
Firm branding
All plans — your name, colours, domain
Business Pro+ only (£40/user/month)
Annual contract required
No — cancel anytime
Yes on most plans
API access
Chambers plan (£99/month)
API plan (custom pricing, sales call)
SRA readiness
Built for it — detailed per-event evidence
General compliance only
Legal validity
eIDAS, ESIGN, UK law
eIDAS, ESIGN, UK law

Pricing: SealVow vs DocuSign

DocuSign pricing typically requires annual commitments and per-user fees. Here's what SealVow offers instead.

Practice

£39 /per month

For sole practitioners and small firms

  • 50 documents per month
  • Unlimited signers
  • Full audit trail
  • Document integrity hashing

Chambers

£99 /per month

For growing firms and busy practices

  • 300 documents per month
  • Unlimited signers
  • Full audit trail with certificates
  • Document integrity hashing

Enterprise

£249 /per month

For large firms and multi-office practices

  • Unlimited documents
  • Unlimited signers
  • Full audit trail with signed certificates
  • White-label everything (domain, emails, pages)

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Why teams switch from DocuSign

Your firm's name, not ours

Signing emails come from your domain. The signing page carries your firm's branding. Your clients see a professional experience that feels like an extension of your practice, not a third-party tool.

Clients sign in 30 seconds

No account creation. No app download. No 'verify your email' interruption. Your client clicks a link, reviews the document, signs it, done. Completion rates above 90% because you removed every barrier.

SRA-ready audit trail

Every signature records IP address, browser, timestamp, and explicit consent text. Full chain of custody from upload to completion. Exportable audit certificates that satisfy regulatory enquiries.

Document integrity you can prove

Every document is SHA-256 hashed at upload. The hash is recorded immutably before signing begins. If anyone questions whether the document was altered, you have cryptographic proof.

The bottom line

DocuSign is a signing tool for everyone. SealVow is a signing tool for law firms. If your practice needs per-event audit trails, firm-branded signing, and pricing that doesn't punish you for having 20 fee earners, the choice is clear.

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