mezdoc vs anvil
Coming from Anvil? Read this first.
anvil, a signed workflow packet
$2.50
$1.00 workflow submission plus $1.50 e-sign packet, each time one runs over the API or embedded in your app, on top of plan fees. Dashboard and shared-link use is free.
mezdoc, a signed workflow packet
Included
Inside your plan's monthly allowance, a workflow run counts once, however many documents it makes, and there is no per-signature fee.
- Every Anvil figure comes from Anvil's public pricing page and documentation, checked September 28, 2026.
- Where Anvil is the better choice, this page says so.
- Mezdoc's side matches our pricing page and the product as it is today.
Stay on Anvil if this is you.
Three cases where we would tell you not to switch.
Your integration already works
If your team shipped on Anvil's API and nothing hurts, rewriting it buys you very little. Switching costs real time.
You want the longer track record
Anvil shows named customers such as Carta, Vouch and Pathpoint, holds SOC 2 Type II, and offers REST and GraphQL APIs. Mezdoc is the newer product.
You mostly send finished documents out to sign
If the job is collecting signatures on documents you already have, a signing tool fits. In Mezdoc, the person filling the form is the one who signs it.
Three differences you will feel.
difference 01
A staging track between draft and live.
On Mezdoc, production, staging and development each serve their own published version of a template or workflow, on every plan. Publish v3 to staging and test it with real data while production keeps serving v2, then publish v3 to production when it is right. Anvil documents a different setup: a development key and a production key, a free and unlimited test mode, and version control that reverts a Workflow to any previously published version. Both work; the question is whether you want a separate staging track.
difference 02
One signed packet, one count.
On Anvil, a workflow that runs over the API or embedded in your app and ends in a signature bills both meters: $1.00 for the workflow submission plus $1.50 for the e-sign packet, so every completed signed packet costs $2.50 before the platform fee. Dashboard and shared-link use is free. On Mezdoc, there is no per-signature fee, and a production workflow run, from a link, an embed or the API, counts once against the plan's monthly allowance, however many documents it produces.
difference 03
Rules on every plan, including Free.
Anvil lists basic conditional logic on every plan; advanced JavaScript-powered logic and Dynamic Workflows sit in the Enterprise tier at custom pricing. On Mezdoc, rules are the core feature on every plan: pages, documents and endorsements join or leave the packet based on the answers.
What your volume costs on each.
anvil
$1,250/ month
$15,000 a year. 500 packets at $2.50 each.
mezdoc, growth
$199/ month
$2,388 a year. 2,000 PDFs inside the plan's allowance. No per-signature fee.
At this volume Anvil costs about 6.3x what Mezdoc does.
Anvil figures from Anvil's public pricing page, checked September 28, 2026. If you spot an outdated number, tell us and we will correct it. The model: $1.00 per workflow submission + $1.50 per e-sign packet on integrated use (API or embedded), billed on completed packets only. Anvil does not bill dashboard or shared-link use, so if your packets go out that way, this total does not apply. Anvil's starter credits are not subtracted, its bulk pre-purchase discounts (from 1,000 packets or submissions) are not modelled, and its separate $0.10 per-PDF-fill meter is left out of this total. The Mezdoc figure counts every document in every packet against the plan's allowance, which overstates Mezdoc's side: a workflow run counts once. Past Scale's 10,000 PDFs, Enterprise is quoted per contract.
Both price lists, side by side.
Mezdoc
- Free, $0: 100 watermarked documents a month, all editors, signature fields.
- Developer, $49/mo: 500 PDFs, no watermark.
- Growth, $199/mo: 2,500 PDFs, no watermark.
- Scale, $499/mo: 10,000 PDFs, no watermark.
- Enterprise, custom: custom volume and commercial terms.
A monthly allowance of documents on each plan (a workflow run counts as one), no per-signature fee, and production, staging and development environments on every plan. Annual billing is two months free.
Anvil
- Free, $0: 2 users. For API key access, add a card for metered use or upgrade.
- AI Pack, $99/mo: Document AI over the API, 40 req/s.
- Product Pack, $425/mo ($340 billed annually): white-labeling, plus Interactive, Progressive, Parallel and In-person signing.
- Enterprise, custom: SSO, HIPAA, advanced JS logic, Dynamic Workflows.
Plus metered integrated usage (API, embedded or third-party) on every plan, after starter credits: $0.10 per PDF fill, $1.00 per workflow submission, $1.50 per e-sign packet. A signed workflow packet bills both meters: $2.50. Billed on completed packets only; dashboard and shared-link use is free.
Feature by feature.
| Capability | Mezdoc | Anvil |
|---|---|---|
| Conditional packet logic | Rules on pages, documents and whole packets. Every plan, including Free. | Basic conditional logic on every plan. Advanced JavaScript-powered logic and Dynamic Workflows are Enterprise-only. |
| Signatures | Signature fields on every plan: the person filling the form signs, drawn, typed or uploaded. Watermarked on Free, clean from $49/mo. No per-signature fee. | Etch e-sign, with multi-signer packets on every plan. Packets run over the API or embedded in your app are metered at $1.50 each after starter credits; dashboard and shared-link packets are free. |
| A signed, multi-document packet | One workflow run, counted once against your plan's monthly allowance, with no per-signature fee. | $2.50 per completed packet on integrated use: $1.00 workflow submission + $1.50 e-sign packet. Dashboard and shared-link use is free. |
| Embedded forms and branding | Embedding on every plan; the form shows the Mezdoc logo. PDF watermark removed from $49/mo. | Embedded webforms and e-signatures are ticked on every plan in its pricing table; Anvil recommends Product Pack ($425/mo) for embedding. White-labeling, custom CSS and Interactive Signing start there. |
| Finding the fields on a PDF | Reads the PDF's own form fields, and finds ruled boxes on flat PDFs, when you upload. | Document AI box finding and field labeling in the dashboard on every plan; over the API, with AI schema mapping, from the $99/mo AI Pack. |
| Staging and production | Versioned templates and workflows, and production, staging and development environments that each serve their own published version, on every plan. | Development and production API keys, a free unlimited test mode, and version control that reverts a Workflow to any published version. |
| API | REST with idempotency keys and HMAC-signed webhooks, on every plan. | REST and GraphQL. Production keys: 4 req/s on Free, 40 req/s on paid plans. |
| Billing model | Monthly plans, each with an allowance of documents, counting production use from links, embeds and the API. Mezdoc does not automatically charge usage overages. | Metered on integrated use only (API, embedded or third-party), billed on completed packets, which is fair. Dashboard and shared-link use is free. Bulk pre-purchase discounts are available. |
Anvil column from Anvil's public documentation and pricing as of September 28, 2026. Mezdoc does not list a feature it does not have.
Switching, answered.
- How much does Anvil charge per signed packet?
When a workflow runs over Anvil's API or embedded in your app and ends in a signature, it bills both of Anvil's meters: $1.00 for the workflow submission plus $1.50 for the e-sign packet, so $2.50 per completed signed packet on top of any platform fee, after the starter credits. Anvil bills completed packets only, and does not bill dashboard or shared-link use. Figures are from Anvil's public pricing page as of September 28, 2026.
- Are signatures included with Mezdoc?
Yes, on every plan: watermarked output on Free, clean from $49 a month. The person filling the form signs it, drawn, typed or uploaded, and there is no per-signature fee. A workflow run counts once against your plan's monthly allowance.
- Where is Anvil the better choice?
When your Anvil integration already works, when you want an established vendor with named customers and SOC 2 Type II, when most of your volume runs from Anvil's dashboard or shared links, which Anvil does not bill, or when the job is mainly sending finished documents out for signature. If those outweigh the pricing math, stay on Anvil.
- Do you help with switching from Anvil?
Yes. Bring two or three of your real Anvil templates and we rebuild them with you on a call, live. You compare the output side by side before you decide anything.
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