name: Yousign API FinOps
description: Financial operations framework for managing Yousign API costs, tracking signature consumption, and optimizing API spend across development, staging, and production environments. Aligned with the FinOps Foundation FOCUS specification.
url: https://yousign.com/pricing-api
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: Yousign
currency: EUR
billingModel: subscription
billingCycle: annual
costDrivers:
  - name: Signature Requests
    description: The primary cost driver is the volume of signature requests sent through the API. Plan tiers are based on expected monthly or annual signature volumes.
    unit: signature-request
    url: https://yousign.com/pricing-api
  - name: Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES)
    description: QES add-ons are charged per envelope and represent an additional cost above the base subscription for signatures requiring the highest level of legal validity under eIDAS.
    unit: envelope
    priceMin: 5
    priceMax: 15
    currency: EUR
    url: https://help.yousign.app/en/articles/109634-understand-qes
  - name: Subscription Tier
    description: Monthly subscription fee starting at EUR 125/month (billed annually) for the entry-level API plan. Higher tiers are priced on quotation based on volume and support requirements.
    unit: subscription
    priceMin: 125
    currency: EUR
    billingCycle: monthly-billed-annually
    url: https://yousign.com/pricing-api
costAllocation:
  - dimension: Environment
    description: Separate sandbox (free) and production (paid) environments allow cost isolation between development and live usage.
    values:
      - sandbox
      - production
  - dimension: SignatureType
    description: Simple and advanced signatures are included in the base plan; qualified signatures (QES) carry an additional per-envelope cost.
    values:
      - simple
      - advanced
      - qualified
  - dimension: WorkflowType
    description: Different signing workflows (one-time, sequential, parallel) may have different consumption implications depending on number of signers per request.
    values:
      - one-time
      - sequential
      - parallel
optimization:
  - name: Use Webhooks Over Polling
    description: Implement webhook-based event notifications instead of polling API endpoints to reduce unnecessary API calls and stay within rate limits, which in turn reduces risk of overages and potential throttling costs.
    url: https://developers.yousign.com/docs/limits-new
  - name: Batch Signature Requests
    description: Group multiple documents into a single signature request envelope where workflow allows, to minimize the total number of signature requests consumed per billing period.
  - name: Monitor Sandbox Usage
    description: Use the free sandbox environment for all development and testing to avoid consuming production signature quota during integration and testing phases.
    url: https://developers.yousign.com/docs/environments-new
  - name: Right-Size QES Usage
    description: Only apply Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) to workflows where legally required, as QES carries additional per-envelope cost. Use simple or advanced signatures where the legal requirement is met.
    url: https://help.yousign.app/en/articles/109634-understand-qes
  - name: Annual vs Monthly Billing
    description: Opt for annual subscription billing to benefit from lower effective monthly costs compared to month-to-month plans for the application tier.
    url: https://yousign.com/pricing-application
reporting:
  - name: API Usage Dashboard
    description: Monitor signature request consumption and API usage through the Yousign developer portal and account dashboard to track spend against plan limits.
    url: https://developers.yousign.com/
  - name: Changelog Monitoring
    description: Track pricing and limit changes through the Yousign developer changelog to proactively plan for cost impacts from policy updates.
    url: https://developers.yousign.com/changelog