DocSend costs in the UK

DocSend price in pounds

DocSend lists $45/user/mo as its entry price, which is about £34 per seat a month at our indicative rate of $1 = £0.75. The invoice is likely to be in dollars, so the sterling cost moves with the pound: a 5% swing in the exchange rate changes the entry figure by roughly £2 per seat a month.

DocSend in pounds: six-month reference room against its nearest rivals

DocSendUK cost card

Six months, before VAT £1,013 £1,215 with VAT at 20%

BillingPer seat, every month

VAT routeOverseas HQ: reverse charge likely

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DocSend £1,013published

Digify £540published

Venue by DFIN £4,000+quote range

Onehub £68published

Before VATVAT at 20%Market range, quote-only

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VAT on a DocSend invoice

DocSend lists its head office in the United States. When a supplier based outside the UK invoices a UK business, the business usually accounts for VAT itself under the reverse charge: no VAT on the invoice, but output and input entries on your own return.

If DocSend bills you through a UK subsidiary instead, 20% is added to the invoice in the ordinary way. Ask which entity will invoice before you sign.

The inc-VAT figures matter most where VAT is not fully recoverable: partly exempt businesses such as many insurers, lenders and residential landlords, charities, and unregistered start-ups. Reverse-charge services also count towards the £90,000 VAT registration threshold for a company that is not yet registered. Your accountant should confirm how this applies to your business.

How the DocSend bill is built

Per seat, every month. Pricing per seat means a solo founder pays little and a team pays more. Our data shows no Q&A, no bulk upload, no two-factor login and no document rights control, so a funded round will usually move to a proper room once diligence begins.

What the price covers

Our records list 3 of the 12 features we track for DocSend; they do not say which tier each sits on, so check the entry plan.

DocSend cost calculator in GBP

The calculator opens on the “SEIS or EIS round” preset, our starting point for DocSend. Switch the UK deal type to load different months and seats, then fine-tune.

DocSend cost scenarios: 3, 6 and 12 months

Every user is counted as a paid seat at £34 a month, the cautious way to budget. Each cell shows the cost before VAT, then with VAT at 20%.

DocSend against its three nearest rivals

Digify, Venue by DFIN and Onehub sit closest to DocSend on our overall score. Each is costed for the same reference room: 6 months, 5 users, 10,000 pages, before VAT.

Provider	Score	Price basis	Reference room	Trial
DocSend	7.0	$45/user/mo	£1,013	Yes
Digify	7.3	$120/mo	£540	Yes
Venue by DFIN	7.5	Quote	Quote; market range £4,000 to £12,000	Not listed
Onehub	7.7	$15/mo	£68	Yes

DocSend comes to £1,013 before VAT; Digify is lower at £540, Onehub is lower at £68, and the rest quote.

UK contract questions before you sign

1. Notice period and minimum term. On a monthly plan, ask how many days' notice stops the next charge and whether cancelling part-way through a month earns any refund.
2. Automatic renewal. Check whether the order form rolls over by itself. Business contracts carry no statutory cooling-off period, so a renewal clause binds as written; diarise the cancellation deadline against your expected completion date.
3. Archive at completion. Ask what an encrypted copy of the room costs (a download or a USB set for the completion bible), what format it comes in and how long read-only access lasts after the room closes.
4. Deletion under UK GDPR. As your processor, DocSend should delete or return personal data when the service ends, unless law requires it to keep a copy (UK GDPR Article 28(3)(g)). Ask for the deletion timetable, how backups are purged and written confirmation once it is done.
5. Governing law and invoice currency. See whether the terms follow the law of England and Wales or a foreign system, and ask to be invoiced in pounds if possible, so a weak pound does not inflate the bill mid-deal.

DocSend free trial

DocSend lists a free trial. Use it at the outreach stage, track engagement on your deck, and plan which room you will use for confirmatory diligence.