PandaDoc bills you per document on top of your plan. DocRunner doesn't. $40/month, unlimited documents, generate and send for signature through a clean REST API.
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PandaDoc Starter (annual): $19/mo + $2 per document past a 110-doc/year allowance.1 DocRunner: flat $40/mo. Per month.
1 Math: $19 base + $2 × (monthly volume minus ~9-doc/month equivalent of the 110-doc annual allowance). PandaDoc lists Starter at $19/user/mo billed annually, with "additional documents available at $2 each on Starter annual." Source: pandadoc.com/pricing, accessed 2026-06-23. PandaDoc Business and Enterprise tiers have different terms; check the source for current rates. DocRunner is flat $40/mo regardless of volume.
PandaDoc is priced like a per-document tax. DocRunner is priced like software.
| PandaDoc Starter1 | DocRunner | |
|---|---|---|
| Base price (annual) | $19/user/mo | $40/mo flat |
| Document allowance | 110/year (~9/mo) | Unlimited |
| Per-document overage | $2 each (Starter annual) | $0 |
| Cost at 50 docs/mo | ~$101/mo | $40/mo |
| Cost at 250 docs/mo | ~$501/mo | $40/mo |
| Cost at 500 docs/mo | ~$1,001/mo | $40/mo |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days, full API |
| Standalone API (no other platform required) | Yes | Yes |
1 PandaDoc Starter pricing and overage rates per pandadoc.com/pricing, accessed 2026-06-23. Business and Enterprise tiers have different terms.
No. DocRunner started as a monday.com app, and it's still the fastest way in if you already run monday. But the REST API works standalone. Authenticate with an X-API-Key header, generate documents from templates with merge fields, send for signature, and pull the signed PDF back. No monday account required.
If you're generating documents through an API, you're not using the proposal editor. You shouldn't be paying proposal-editor prices, per document, forever.
Your bill doesn't depend on how many docs you sent this month. Pitch a flat $40/mo line item to finance and walk away.
PandaDoc bills automation-driven and API-driven docs against the same overage meter. Every Zap or webhook = another billable unit. DocRunner doesn't meter them at all.
Use the REST API directly, the monday.com app, or both. The signing flow, certificate of signature, and audit trail are identical across either path.
Export your existing templates as PDFs from PandaDoc and upload them to DocRunner. Field placement is a one-time setup per template. For .docx-based merge-field generation, upload the .docx directly and DocRunner generates the signed PDF on send.
No. PandaDoc is a proposal-building suite with signing on top. DocRunner is focused on signing and document generation. If you need a proposals editor with content library and analytics, PandaDoc may still be the right tool. If you generate docs programmatically and need signing, DocRunner is cheaper and simpler.
Yes. DocRunner is ESIGN Act and UETA compliant, captures explicit consent from every signer, attaches a Certificate of Signature to every executed document, and uses SHA-256 tamper detection to verify document integrity after signing. See the security page for details.
No. Unlimited documents, unlimited signatures, unlimited templates, unlimited team members on the $40/mo plan. Send 5 docs/month or 5,000. The price doesn't change.
Each account gets an API key. Pass it as an X-API-Key request header. The REST endpoints cover template creation, document generation with merge fields, sending for signature, signer status, and signed-PDF retrieval. Same auth pattern in trial as in production.
Move your document generation to a flat $40/month. Try it free for 14 days, full API access, no card required.
Start your 14-day free trialPandaDoc Business at $49/user/month vs DocRunner $40/mo flat. The per-seat side of the same story.
5-person DocuSign Standard ~$125/mo vs DocRunner $40/mo with native column sync.
DocuGen's sales-gated pricing vs DocRunner's public $40/mo and same-day setup.
PandaDoc Starter pricing ($19/user/mo billed annually; 110 docs/year allowance; $2/doc overage on Starter annual; $3.50/doc on Starter monthly) and Business pricing ($49/user/mo billed annually; unlimited docs on Business annual; $2.60/doc overage on Business monthly) sourced from pandadoc.com/pricing on 2026-06-23. Cost-ladder math: base price plus $2 × (monthly volume minus ~9-doc/month equivalent of the annual allowance). DocRunner pricing per our published pricing page. For the per-seat angle (5-person team math), see our PandaDoc comparison.
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