E-signatures for small businesses
Last updated 2026-11-10
Lock & Quill is an e-signature service built for small businesses: upload a PDF, send it, and get back a sealed, signed copy. It costs $0 for 5 documents a month, $29 a month for a team of up to 5, or $79 a month for up to 25 people with unlimited documents. The price is per workspace, so adding a colleague does not add to the bill.
What small businesses send
Anything that is a PDF and needs a signature, initials, a date or a checked box:
- Client contracts, proposals you have already written, and engagement letters
- Offer letters and new-hire paperwork
- Contractor and vendor agreements, and non-disclosure agreements
- Consent, release and authorization forms
- Leases and rental agreements
Lock & Quill signs PDFs you already have. It is not a document editor or a proposal builder; write the document in the tool you use now and export it as a PDF.
How a typical send goes
- Upload the PDF. Lock & Quill reads it, finds the signature, date and name lines, and offers to place the fields. Drag anything that needs adjusting.
- Add signers and send. One person or several, in order or all at once. With signing in order, the next person is invited the moment the one before signs.
- They sign in the browser. One button walks the signer from field to field on any phone. No account and no app.
- Everyone gets the sealed copy. The finished PDF arrives with a certificate of completion recording who signed, when and from where.
Send the same document often? Save it as a template and the fields are already in place next time.
The parts that matter when you are busy
- Mistakes are fixable. Correct a typo in a signer's email and the request re-sends. There is no voiding and starting again.
- Links don't expire on you. A signing link works for as long as you allow. If a deadline passes, extend it and the same link works again.
- You can see where it is. Each document shows when it was sent, viewed and signed.
- An extra lock when you want one. Add an access code the signer must enter before the document opens.
- Your documents stay yours. Download any document and its certificate at any time, free, and anyone can confirm a signed copy is genuine at lockandquill.com/verify.
What it costs
| Plan | Price | Documents a month | Users included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 5 | 1 |
| Pro | $29 a month or $290 a year | 100 | 5 |
| Business | $79 a month or $790 a year | Unlimited | 25 |
There are no overage fees. If you reach the limit, sending pauses until the next month or until you change plan. Reminders, corrections, resends and voided documents never count. Paid plans are bought and cancelled online from Settings; prices exclude sales tax.
When Lock & Quill is the wrong tool
Lock & Quill provides standard electronic signatures under the U.S. ESIGN Act and UETA. It does not offer notarization, certificate-based digital signatures or identity verification by ID document, and it holds no SOC 2, HIPAA or ISO attestations today. If a regulator, an insurer or a customer requires one of those, use a service that has it; our comparison page lists what the larger vendors offer.
Questions
What is the cheapest way for a small business to get documents signed?
If you send 5 or fewer documents a month, Lock & Quill's Free plan costs nothing and needs no card. Above that, Lock & Quill Pro is $29 a month for the whole workspace, up to 5 users and 100 documents a month, with no per-user charge.
Do my customers need to sign up to sign?
No. With Lock & Quill a signer opens the emailed link and signs in the browser on a phone or computer. They never create an account, install an app or enter a password, and they can download their copy immediately.
Will an e-signature hold up for a business contract?
Electronic signatures are valid for most business agreements in the United States under the ESIGN Act and UETA. Lock & Quill records each signer's consent and produces a certificate of completion with times, IP addresses and document fingerprints. Some documents, such as wills and anything that must be notarized, have their own rules; this is not legal advice.
Can my whole team use one Lock & Quill account?
Yes. A Lock & Quill workspace includes its users in the price: 5 on Pro and 25 on Business. Each person has their own login, and an admin can deactivate a teammate instantly.
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