Wall Check
Documenso
The open-source answer: AGPL self-host removes the walls — hosted Free still caps at 5 documents/month.
Gates 2/5 2 of the five walls fired — the score is a count, not a verdict.
Checked 2026-09-25 · re-check due 2026-11-24.
The five walls
✓ Price wall
The free tier ends. The limit you hit while everything still looks free.
Hosted Free tier: 5 documents/mo, 10 recipients/doc, no card required. Community Edition self-hosts under AGPL-3.0 at no license cost.
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! Permission wall
You can see the setting but not touch it. Licenses and admin roles decide what you control.
Teams, API automation and embedded signing are paid tiers; SSO/compliance need an Enterprise license.
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! Gate wall
A human at the vendor decides your timeline — approvals, reviews, onboarding queues.
Enterprise pricing is contact-sales; AGPL source disclosure is the obligation if you modify and distribute.
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✓ Meter wall
Cost scales with your success. Per-unit, per-seat, per-message pricing that grows as you do.
Self-hosted: your infra is the meter. Hosted paid tiers price per user with unlimited documents.
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✓ Exit wall
Getting out costs more than getting in. Your data, your domain, your number — who keeps them.
The exit is the point — open source, self-hostable, and your signed documents live on infrastructure you control.
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The twelve questions
- What is the hard number where the free tier ends?
- 5 docs/mo hosted free; unlimited self-hosted (AGPL)
Documents read for this check: pricing page, docs, license policy.
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