OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: AGPL-3.0 ★ 9.4k GitHub Stars

Replace DocuSign / PandaDoc with Self-Hosted Documenso

The open-source DocuSign alternative: legally binding e-signatures, templates, and signing links Stop paying Standard ($25–$40/user/mo + envelope limits) ($250/mo for a 10-person team) and run Documenso on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$2,946 / yr

vs DocuSign / PandaDoc standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

512 MB RAM

1.0 vCPU • Migration: Very Easy

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing DocuSign / PandaDoc (Standard ($25–$40/user/mo + envelope limits)) vs Documenso on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	DocuSign / PandaDoc Cost	Documenso VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$25.00/mo ($300/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$246 / year
5 Seats	$125.00/mo ($1,500/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,446 / year
10 Seats	$250.00/mo ($3,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$2,946 / year
25 Seats	$625.00/mo ($7,500/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$7,446 / year
50 Seats	$1,250.00/mo ($15,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$14,946 / year
100 Seats	$2,500.00/mo ($30,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$29,946 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Documenso (Replaces DocuSign / PandaDoc)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  documenso:
    image: documenso/documenso:latest
    container_name: stack-documenso
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBAPP_URL=https://sign.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "NEXTAUTH_SECRET=${DOCUMENSO_SECRET:-random_secret_32_chars}"
      - "NEXT_PRIVATE_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}@postgres:5432/documenso"
    volumes:
      - documenso_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  documenso_data:
  postgres_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Documenso
documenso.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy documenso:3000
}

Why Teams Switch to Documenso

✓Unlimited envelopes & templates
✓Cryptographically signed PDF audit trail
✓Embeddable signing widgets & webhooks

GitHub Repository documenso/documenso

Official Website documenso.com

Docker Image documenso/documenso:latest

Database Needed PostgreSQL 16

1-Click Cloud VPS Hosting

Deploy Documenso in 60 Seconds

Sized automatically for Documenso (512MB container RAM + OS overhead).

Hetzner Cloud (CX22)

Includes €20 Free Cloud Credit

$4.50/mo →

DigitalOcean Droplet

Includes $200 60-Day Free Credit

$24.00/mo →

Railway.app Managed Container

Zero server maintenance

$5.00/mo →

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Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups

Includes pre-tuned docker-compose.yml, Caddy Auto-SSL, AES-256 encrypted nightly S3/R2 Postgres backups, and Ubuntu 24.04 UFW/Fail2ban hardening scripts.

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