vs Yousign

PaperOffice AI vs Yousign (Youtrust)

French SES with OTP: signature, audit trail and filing on the record — start in under 15 minutes.

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At a glance

up to 10signers
SMS codeverification
Autoreminders
Audit trailper signer
from €6.00per 1,000 pages

Made for real business. Not for hype.

From document to signature

Signature flow from August 5, 2026 · SES · from €6 per 1,000 pages

1 · Choose action — Signature from the document context — including smartphone and status.

2 · Set up mobile signature — Name, role, SMS OTP and signature position on the document.

On mobile — location, signature, done

3 · Location captured

GPS in the signature certificate — eIDAS evidence, not shared with third parties.
4 · Sign on mobile

Signer sees document, location and signature pad.
5 · Successfully signed

Download the signed document — SES via SMS link.

In the same account

More than signature

Sign

SES workflows, reminders and status via API.

SES from the balance
Extract

IDP fields before and after signature.

from €6 per 1,000 pages
Speak

Announcements and confirmations with over 840 voices.

from €0.03 per 1,000 characters
Archive

File the signed document in an audit-proof archive.

included

Comparison table

Yousign publishes tiers; the table shows the billing model (as of 09/2026).

Criterion	PaperOffice	Yousign
Bounding boxes (word/line level)	Yes (word/line level, Surya OCR)	n/a
Sandwich PDF / searchable archive PDF	Yes — searchable archive PDF	n/a
Click-to-evidence / visual validation (HITL)	Yes — click-to-evidence / HITL	n/a
Structured IDP fields (ready types)	69 ready document types incl. DATEV/ZUGFeRD/XRechnung	n/a
DMS/archive included (WORM, audit, legal hold)	Yes — WORM, audit trail, legal hold	no — no document archive (pure e-signature solution)
E-signatures on the same document	Yes — on the same document in the archive	Yes — signature focus
Native MCP server (tool count)	Yes — 300+ API/MCP Tools	no vendor-supported MCP server — community projects only (as of 09/2026)
EU inference on owned hardware	Yes — owned EU GPU hardware	Yes — EU-hosted (France); GDPR-compliant, eIDAS QTSP
eIDAS signature levels	SES (eIDAS) + evidence: SMS-OTP, audit trail, GPS, WORM archive	SES/AES; QES via Pro plan with ID verification
Signature workflows via API	up to 10 signers, parallel or sequential; automatic reminders	App + API (Youtrust)
Pricing model	One credit balance for all features: from €6.00–€60.00 per 1,000 pages by quality tier	Per-user subscription (monthly/annual), self-serve; volume-based API plans sold separately
List price per 1,000 pages	Basic €20.00 / Premium €60.00 / Ultra €200.00 per 1,000 pages (2/6/20¢)	Public subscription tiers, not per page
Billing	from €6.00 per 1,000 pages (Elite) — same scale on every tier	n/a

Source: https://yousign.com/pricing, retrieved 09/2026. Prices may change.

PaperOffice Sign: SES (eIDAS) with evidence retention on the document in the archive — PaperOffice does not currently offer QES.

Yousign is a trademark of its respective owner. PaperOffice is not affiliated with or endorsed by Yousign. Competitor details are based on publicly available sources (as of 08/2026) and are provided without warranty.

Pricing model with qualification tiers

Our prices are public — including partner terms.

Unit: Price per 1,000 pages

Tier	Elite Partner (−70%)	Partner (−40%)	Enduser
Basic	€6.00	€12.00	€20.00
Premium	€18.00	€36.00	€60.00
Ultra	€60.00	€120.00	€200.00

Billing is internal in credits; amounts follow the selected currency (base: list price).

Elite terms after qualification — criteria and program are public: Pricing · Partner program

All plans and pricing Become a partner

When is Yousign the better choice?

Teams that need QES and European signature compliance with Yousign as a specialist stay with Yousign — PaperOffice offers SES.

When SES plus document processes under one account are enough, PaperOffice is the better fit.

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Key differences

Yousign

Yousign: signature product with its own subscription. After signing, filing happens in the connected systems.

PaperOffice AI

Document platform with API: result in the archive, one credit balance, hosted in the EU, MCP for AI agents.

Three decision axes

What happens to the result?

The result from Yousign (Youtrust) stays in that product context. PaperOffice keeps extraction and archive on the same document.

Contracts & billing

With PaperOffice, result, archive and further processing sit in one account with one balance.

Where do your data run?

After signing with Yousign, filing is often organized separately. PaperOffice runs its own EU servers — signed document and audit trail land directly in the archive.

Integrated in minutes

Copy llms-full.txt
https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/docs/llms-full.txt
Paste into Claude, Cursor or your agent
Say what you want to build — the agent delivers the finished integration.

Or connect directly: MCP server for Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT →

Integrate manually (Python)

Create signature request

curl -X POST "https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/signatures/create" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer po_sk_xxx" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"document_pofid":"pofid_…","signers":[{"email":"[email protected]","name":"A","phone":"+491701234567"}],"channel":"none"}'

Sample response (truncated)

{ "status": "success", "data": { "request_id": "…" }
}

Full parameters: llms-full.txt / Postman.

FAQ

Is PaperOffice an alternative to Yousign?

Yes — versus Yousign for SES signatures with direct archiving. If QES is required, Yousign or a QES provider is the right choice.

What does PaperOffice cost compared to Yousign?

Basic 2¢, Premium 6¢, Ultra 20¢ per page — PaperOffice’s price list is public. Yousign also publishes tiers; the table shows the billing model.

What specifically sets Yousign (Youtrust) apart from PaperOffice?

Yousign (Youtrust) primarily solves the core job described on this page. PaperOffice keeps extraction, archive (WORM), permissions, HITL and MCP on the same document — with a public per-page price list.

How do I migrate from Yousign to PaperOffice?

Parallel to Yousign: store the document in PaperOffice, create a signature request via /signatures/create, then run IDP/archive on the same POFID. llms-full.txt: eSignatures.

Where is data processed — differently from Yousign?

On our own servers in the EU — including audit-proof filing and an audit trail. Where Yousign processes data is documented by the vendor.

Does PaperOffice support the same eIDAS levels as Yousign?

PaperOffice Sign uses SES with evidence retention in the archive. PaperOffice does not currently offer QES — capture and workflow stay in the same account.