CT Signature for small business

Online document signing without enterprise overhead.

Send any document for signature, get it back signed, get on with your day. Pay-as-you-go pricing means a 2-person business and a 200-person business each pay for what they actually send — no per-seat traps, no enterprise sales call.

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Pay-per-envelope: No per-seat traps
Self-serve: Sign up, send, done
ESIGN/UETA: Legally binding nationwide

What you can send

Any document you'd put pen to

Drop in a PDF, drag fields onto it, send for signature. Signed PDF and audit trail back to you in minutes.

Service agreements & contracts
Statements of work
Invoices requiring acknowledgement
Waivers, releases, consent forms
Vendor and partnership agreements

ESIGN compliant

Federal e-signature law

UETA compliant

All 50 states

Audit trail

Tamper-evident PDFs

No per-seat pricing

Pay for envelopes, not users

Why this matters

Most e-signature pricing is built around enterprise — small businesses pay the price.

If you run a small business, the e-signature options that show up in a search are mostly priced for big companies. The cheap tier looks affordable until you read the fine print: 5 envelopes a month, no templates, no API access, watermarks. The next tier triples the price for capabilities you do need (templates, audit trail) plus a bunch you don't (advanced workflow management, SSO integrations). And every plan caps users, so adding a part-time bookkeeper means moving up a tier.

CT Signature is priced differently. The base tier covers the capabilities a small business actually uses — reusable templates, multi-signer routing, audit trail, ESIGN/UETA compliance — and the volume model is pay-as-you-go. Send 3 envelopes one month and 30 the next; pay for 33 envelopes. Add your bookkeeper as a user without it triggering a tier upgrade. The price scales with usage, not org chart.

Self-serve onboarding means there's no sales call to evaluate, no demo to schedule before you can try it. Sign up, drag fields onto a PDF, send your first document. The total time from creating an account to having an executed contract back is usually under five minutes.

What small businesses actually need

No per-seat traps — pay for what you send, not for users you don't have
Self-serve start — sign up, send your first document the same day
Templates that save real time — for the contracts you send over and over
Mobile-first signers — clients sign on their phone without a download
Legally binding — ESIGN/UETA compliance built in

What CT Signature gives a small business

The e-signature features small businesses actually use.

Drag-and-drop field placement

Upload any PDF and drop signature, initials, name, date, and text fields onto it. No re-formatting your contracts. No converting documents to a special format. Your existing PDFs work as-is.

Reusable templates

Send the same contract a lot? Save it as a template and your next send is a single click instead of placing fields again. Different signer roles can have different field sets pre-assigned.

Multi-signer support

Send to multiple signers in any order — sequential, parallel, or mixed. Each signer only sees their assigned fields. Each signer is automatically notified when it's their turn.

Tamper-evident PDFs and audit trail

Every signed document includes a cryptographic hash and an audit certificate showing every action: viewed, signed, IP, device fingerprint, timestamps. The evidence package courts and arbitrators expect.

ESIGN / UETA compliance

Consent disclosure, identity capture, and intent-to-sign tracking happen automatically. Your contracts are legally binding under federal and all 50 states' e-signature laws.

Pay-as-you-go pricing

Subscription tiers cover the capabilities you need; volume is metered per envelope on top. Send 3 envelopes one month and 30 the next; pay for what you sent. No surprise tier upgrades.

What it looks like in practice

A few ways teams use this.

Freelancer sending a statement of work

Client agreed to the project on a call. Friday afternoon you send the SOW from a template — 30 seconds. Client signs on their phone Sunday night. Monday morning the executed PDF is in your project folder and you're cleared to start. The whole administrative cycle from agreement to start is under 72 hours, mostly while you weren't looking at it.

Small consulting firm with a 10-page MSA

Master Services Agreement plus a project-specific SOW. You send sequentially — client signs MSA, then SOW, then your firm countersigns both. Each signer sees only their assigned fields. The full executed packet lands in your CRM with a complete audit trail. What used to be a week of email PDFs is two business days, no chasing.

Solopreneur with a one-time contract

You don't need an enterprise platform — you just need to send one contract per quarter. CT Signature's pay-as-you-go model means you pay per envelope, not per seat. The signing experience for your client is identical to the experience they'd get from a big enterprise platform. The audit trail and tamper-evident PDF hold up under any challenge.

Frequently asked

Common small business questions.

Is electronic signature legally binding for small business contracts?

Yes. The federal ESIGN Act (2000) and state-level UETA laws give electronic signatures the same legal standing as ink signatures for service agreements, statements of work, master services agreements, vendor contracts, and most other commercial documents in all 50 states. CT Signature captures consent, intent, identity, and a tamper-evident audit trail — the standard evidence package.

Do I need to download an app or create an account to receive a signature?

No, signers don't. They receive a secure email link, click to open the document on whatever device they have, and sign with their finger, stylus, or typed signature. Senders create an account once when they sign up; signers never have to.

Can I send the same document to multiple signers in a specific order?

Yes. CT Signature supports sequential routing (signer 1, then signer 2, then signer 3), parallel routing (everyone gets it at once), and mixed orders. Each signer only sees the fields assigned to them, and the next signer is automatically notified when the previous one finishes.

How does pay-as-you-go pricing actually work?

You're on a base subscription tier covering the capabilities you need (templates, audit trail, multi-signer, etc.). Volume on top is metered per envelope sent. Light months you pay for what you sent; heavy months you pay for what you sent. There's no per-user fee, so adding a bookkeeper or admin doesn't bump your plan.

What if a client refuses to sign electronically and demands ink?

Some clients still prefer ink for high-stakes contracts. CT Signature doesn't prevent that — you can always print, sign, scan, and store. But the legal standing of an electronic signature is identical to ink under ESIGN/UETA, and most clients accept e-signature once they see how easy it is for them. The signed PDF you receive back is admissible in court the same way an inked-and-scanned document is.

How long are signed documents stored?

Signed documents and their audit certificates are retained as long as your account is active. You can download the executed PDF and audit certificate at any time for your own records. For long-term retention beyond the platform, the downloaded PDF + audit certificate is the legally complete record — the cryptographic hash means you can verify integrity even if the platform isn't used to look it up later.

Send your first document today.

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