Overview
Youtrust is the French platform formerly called Yousign, rebranded in July 2026. Founded in Caen in 2013, it has grown from an eSignature tool into a wider digital-trust platform: signing at all three eIDAS levels, identity and company verification (KYC/KYB), document-fraud and watchlist screening, and electronic seals.
The credential that sets it apart is its status as an EU-regulated Trust Service Provider listed on the European Union Trusted List. Youtrust issues eIDAS Qualified Electronic Signatures itself, as the regulated QTSP. Sign.Plus works through Swisscom Trust Services and Adobe Acrobat Sign through accredited TSPs, so the legal outcome matches, but Youtrust is the only platform we cover that is the trust service.
QES is sold as a per-signature add-on on every paid tier: β¬10 per signature in annual bundles, β¬15 bought monthly. You never move to an enterprise plan to unlock it, which is the cleanest QES procurement in this category if your qualified volume is occasional.
Data sits in France and the EU by default, and the REST API has won it a real share of European SaaS embedding. The interface ships in French, German, Spanish, Italian, English, Dutch and Polish, with recipient-side legal disclosures and identity checks localized per jurisdiction rather than merely translated.
Who it fits
French and EU-headquartered businesses signing within Europe, international companies with EU subsidiaries that need QES native to the platform, and developer teams embedding eIDAS-compliant signing into a European SaaS product.
Where it stops making sense
The US market. There is no FedRAMP Moderate, no HIPAA Business Associate Agreement, and a thinner integration catalog than DocuSign or Adobe Sign for US enterprise tooling, with no native Workday or SAP SuccessFactors. Pricing in EUR adds procurement friction and the brand is little known outside Europe.
Sales-led proposal workflows belong to PandaDoc, and low-volume budget signing to SignNow, whose flat rate is far cheaper.
Key Features
- Full European digital-trust platform (rebranded from Yousign, 2026): signing, verification and electronic seals in one place
- Identity, company and bank-account verification (KYC/KYB): onboard and check counterparties without a separate vendor
- Document-fraud detection and watchlist (AML/sanctions) screening
- Electronic seals (eSeal) for authenticity and integrity at scale, plus an AI connector and sectoral workflows
- eIDAS Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP) status: issues Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) natively, listed on the EU Trusted List (EUTL)
- Full eIDAS coverage: Simple Electronic Signatures (SES), Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES), and Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) on a single platform
- EU-by-default data residency: servers in France and the EU, GDPR-native compliance posture rather than retrofitted
- Native multi-language UIs in French, German, Spanish, Italian, English, Dutch, and Polish: including localized legal disclosures and identity verification flows
- Built-in identity verification via government ID + biometric face-match on AES and QES tiers
- REST API with OAuth 2.0, webhooks, and SDKs in Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, Java: strong developer experience
- Embedded signing iframes for in-product signature flows: popular among European SaaS vendors
- Templates, reusable signature blocks, bulk send, and team workspaces on Pro and Business tiers
- Native integrations: HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Microsoft 365 (Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint), Google Workspace, Zapier, Make
- Pre-built integrations with French/European business tools: Sellsy, Axonaut, Pennylane and Tiime, meaningful for French SMBs
- White-label and custom branding on Business tier: signed emails, signing pages, certificate of completion all branded
- Granular workspace and team management with role-based access controls
- Audit trail and tamper-evident certificate of completion compliant with eIDAS, ESIGN, and UETA
- Mobile-optimized signing experience: no native mobile app, but the browser-based flow is responsive
- Signatory authentication options: SMS OTP, email OTP, ID document verification, video identification (for QES)
Pricing
Youtrust publishes four tiers plus a custom enterprise plan, billed in EUR with annual savings. Verify current pricing on the official Youtrust pricing page before contracting.
Free
β¬0 for 2 signature requests a month and 1 user, with unlimited self-signing, an inbox and automatic reminders. The monthly cap rules out any team workflow, but it works for a freelancer sending one or two contracts a month.
Do not confuse it with the separate 14-day free trial of the paid plans, usually Pro. The Free plan is a subscription you can stay on indefinitely; the trial converts to paid after 14 days unless cancelled. Check the credit-card terms before signing up.
One
β¬9/month (β¬108/year) for 1 user and 10 signature requests a month, adding basic templates, custom signing pages and reminder emails. Built for solo consultants with predictable volume, and it runs out the moment a second person needs access.
Plus (most popular)
β¬23/user/month (β¬276/user/year) brings unlimited eSignatures, SMS signer authentication, approval workflows, reusable templates, custom branding and the native integrations: HubSpot, Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Zapier. This is the tier most growing teams land on.
Pro
β¬38/user/month (β¬456/user/year) adds automated forms, bulk sending, document collection workflows and team workspace management. Worth it once your documents involve collecting information, not just signatures.
QES add-on, on any paid tier
The pricing detail most comparisons get wrong: QES is a per-signature add-on rather than a plan. It costs β¬10 per signature in annual bundles of 10 or more, or β¬15 bought individually, and works on One, Plus and Pro alike. High-volume teams should negotiate bundles through sales.
Enterprise (10+ users)
Custom quotes cover advanced workspaces, API embedding at scale, multi-entity structures, SSO/SAML, dedicated infrastructure, procurement-grade SLAs and bulk QES bundles.
How the price compares. Plus at β¬23 is roughly $25 at recent rates, level with DocuSign Standard and above Sign.Plus Professional ($19.99) and Dropbox Sign Essentials ($20). Pro at β¬38 sits in DocuSign Business Pro territory. Youtrust is not the cost play here. You are paying for the QTSP status and the depth of identity verification, and neither is available natively from the cheaper options.
Free
- 2 signature requests/month
- 1 user
- Self-signature unlimited
- No credit card required
One
β- 1 user
- 10 signature requests/month
- Basic fields & custom logo
- Automatic reminders
- For solo professionals
Plus (Most Popular)
- Unlimited eSignatures
- SMS-based signer authentication
- Approvals & reusable templates
- Contact sync
- Zapier & HubSpot integrations
Security & Compliance
Youtrust is supervised by ANSSI, the French eIDAS supervisory body, and its qualified trust services are listed on the European Union Trusted List. QTSP status requires continuous third-party audit, so it is a credential that has to be maintained rather than earned once.
The compliance set, verified against Youtrust's public trust documentation: eIDAS QTSP status covering QES, electronic seals and time-stamping, plus ISO 27001, ISO 27018, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR with EU data residency by default, HDS for French health data hosting, and ESIGN and UETA adherence for US-jurisdiction signing.
Why being the QTSP matters
For QES, the highest legal weight under EU law and equivalent to a handwritten signature across all 27 member states, the trust chain is shorter when the platform vendor is itself the regulated party. Adobe, Sign.Plus and DocuSign deliver the same legal outcome through partner QTSPs. The difference shows up in procurement and audit, where some regulated buyers want single-vendor accountability, and rarely matters for ordinary commercial signing.
HDS, and what it does not replace
HDS is the French framework for hosting personal health data, covering healthcare providers, telehealth and health-adjacent services under French and EU rules. For EU healthcare workflows it is the relevant credential and Youtrust holds it. For US healthcare it is not a substitute for a HIPAA BAA, which Youtrust does not offer.
Where the compliance ceiling stops
No FedRAMP authorization rules out US federal procurement. No HIPAA BAA rules out US healthcare entities. No 21 CFR Part 11 validation package rules out FDA-regulated life sciences. Those three define the US regulated enterprise market, and missing all three is the structural reason Youtrust is not a DocuSign substitute there.
In Europe the picture reverses. QTSP status, HDS and EU residency make it more credible than either US vendor for buyers who specifically need an EU-regulated trust service rather than a US provider with EU coverage.
Integrations
The catalog is far smaller than DocuSign's 1,000+, and deliberately so. Native integrations cover HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Zapier and Make.
The French stack is the real differentiator: Sellsy, Axonaut, Pennylane and Tiime are the accounting and CRM tools French SMBs actually run, and no US-headquartered competitor connects to them. The REST API is well documented, with OAuth 2.0, webhooks and SDKs in five languages, and embedded signing iframes are a first-class feature.
Mobile and signer experience
There is no native mobile app. Signing runs in the mobile browser, which is responsive and competent but lacks the polish of Sign.Plus or DocuSign on iOS and Android. The signer side is clean and closer to the tidier European tools than to the older US enterprise interfaces. Localized disclosures and identity prompts in the recipient's own language genuinely help cross-border signing inside Europe.
