E-signature
Lock & Quill: Send, sign, and keep every agreement moving
An e-signature service at a flat price per workspace. Upload a PDF, place the signature fields, and send it. Signers sign in their browser with no account, and everyone gets a sealed PDF with a certificate of completion. Free for 5 documents a month; Pro is $29 a month and Business is $79 a month, with users included.
Start signing free →Free (5 documents a month, 1 user). Pro $29 a month or $290 a year (100 documents, 5 users). Business $79 a month or $790 a year (unlimited documents, 25 users). Per workspace, no overage fees.
What Lock & Quill does
- Fields that place themselves. Lock & Quill reads your PDF, spots the signature, date and name lines, and offers to place the fields. Adjust anything by dragging, and save it as a template to reuse.
- One signer or a whole chain. Send to one person or several. Route signers one after another, with the next invited the moment the one before signs, or send to everyone at once.
- Nothing for signers to install. Signers tap the link and sign in the browser on any phone or computer. No account and no app.
- Sealed copy and audit trail. Every completed document carries a certificate of completion: who signed, when, from which IP address and browser, and a SHA-256 fingerprint of the original and of the finished PDF.
- Anyone can verify a signed copy. Anyone holding a finished PDF can check it at lockandquill.com/verify. The check happens in the browser; the file is not uploaded.
- Fix mistakes without starting over. Typo in a signer's email? Correct it and it re-sends. No voiding and no re-uploading.
- Flat price, no overage fees. Plans are per workspace with users included, never per document. Reminders, corrections, resends and voided documents do not count against you.
Who it's for
Small businesses and teams that send agreements for signature and do not want to pay per user: contracts, offer letters, engagement letters, consent forms, leases and vendor agreements. It suits a solo owner on the free plan as well as a team of up to 25 on one flat price.
How it works
Upload a PDF and place the signature, initials, date, text and checkbox fields, or accept the ones Lock & Quill suggests. Add your signers and send. Each signer gets an email with a unique link, signs in the browser, and can download a copy on the spot. Once the last person signs, everyone gets the finished PDF with its certificate of completion.
Questions people ask
How much does Lock & Quill cost?
Lock & Quill is free for 5 documents a month with 1 user. Pro is $29 a month or $290 a year for 100 documents a month and 5 users. Business is $79 a month or $790 a year for unlimited documents and 25 users. Prices are per workspace with users included, and there are no overage fees.
Are Lock & Quill signatures legally binding?
Lock & Quill provides standard electronic signatures under the U.S. ESIGN Act and UETA, with the signer's consent to sign electronically and a certificate of completion recording who signed and when. It does not offer certificate-based digital signatures, notarization, or identity verification by ID document. This is not legal advice; some documents, such as wills, have their own rules.
Do signers need an account?
No. Signers tap the emailed link and sign in their browser on any phone or computer. There is nothing to install and nothing to remember.
How is Lock & Quill different from DocuSign?
The main difference is how it is priced. Lock & Quill charges one flat price per workspace with users included, where DocuSign's Standard and Business Pro plans are priced per user. DocuSign offers far more for large organizations, including identity verification, notary, and compliance attestations that Lock & Quill does not have.
Does Lock & Quill have SOC 2 or HIPAA compliance?
No. Lock & Quill holds no SOC 2, HIPAA or ISO attestations today, and says so on its security page. Documents are kept in private storage, traffic is encrypted in transit, stored data is encrypted at rest by its infrastructure providers, and each workspace is isolated from every other.
How do I cancel?
Start on the free plan with no card. Paid plans are bought and cancelled online from Settings in your Lock & Quill workspace, at any time. You can download any document and its certificate at any time, free.
Guides
- E-signature pricing explained: per user, per envelope or flat (2026 comparison) — How e-signature tools charge, what envelope limits and per-user pricing do to the bill for a small team, and published prices for DocuSign, Dropbox Sign, PandaDoc, BoldSign and Lock & Quill as read on November 10, 2026.
- Are electronic signatures legally binding? What ESIGN and UETA actually require — When an e-signature holds up in the United States, the four things a signed record needs, the documents that still need ink or a notary, and what to keep in case a signature is ever questioned.
Lock & Quill is made by Quill Hound. Details on this page come from lockandquill.com, which is the authoritative description of the product and its pricing.