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Atlas vs Common Paper

Common Paper publishes free standard agreements and sells a paid platform that caps sends on every tier: 2 a month free, then 10 to 30 per user per month at $50 to $100 per user. Atlas e-sign is free and unlimited, with unlimited seats and every integration on every plan. You can send Common Paper standard agreements through Atlas with no caps, and Atlas adds a managed option.

TL;DR

  • Common Paper caps sends on every tier, including paid: 2 a month free, 10 to 30 per user per month at $50 to $100 per user. Atlas has no send caps.
  • Common Paper prices per user. Atlas has unlimited seats on every plan.
  • Common Paper gates Salesforce and HubSpot to its $100 per user tier and custom integrations and SAML SSO to Enterprise. Atlas includes every integration on every plan.
  • Common Paper standard agreements are openly licensed. You can send them through Atlas for free with no caps.
  • Only Atlas offers a managed option: people who run your contracts, from $1,500 a month. Gerri is AI review, not operations.

How much does Common Paper cost?

Free for 2 sends a month, then $50 to $100 per user per month with 10 to 30 sends per user. The AI review agent is a separate $500 a month.

Common Paper publishes its pricing. The free tier includes 2 agreements sent per month per organization. Paid tiers are per user: Startup at $50/user/mo with 10 sends per user per month, Growth at $100/user/mo with 30, and a custom Enterprise tier.

Its separate AI review agent, Gerri, is free for the first 3 contracts, then $500/mo for 10 files a month. The open-source standard agreements themselves (NDA, Cloud Service Agreement, DPA) are free to anyone. The paid product is the workflow around them.

Atlas has no send caps and no seat pricing on any plan. The same standard agreements go out through Atlas for free.

Common Paper pricing (vendor pricing page, September 2026)
PlanPriceAgreements sentNotable gates
Free$02/month per orgSlack integration included
Startup$50/user/mo10/user/monthBranding, structured data export
Growth$100/user/mo30/user/monthSalesforce and HubSpot integrations start here
EnterpriseCustomCustomCustom integrations, SSO via Okta/AD/SAML
Gerri AI review$500/mo after 3 free contracts10 files/monthAI review only, not a managed service
AtlasFreeUnlimitedAll integrations on every plan

What does Atlas include that Common Paper gates?

Unlimited sends, unlimited seats, CRM and custom integrations, and structured data from signed contracts, all on every Atlas plan.

The pattern to watch is caps plus seat pricing. Every Common Paper tier, including paid ones, caps how many agreements you can send, and the caps scale per seat. CRM integrations require the $100/user tier. Custom integrations and non-Google SSO require Enterprise.

Atlas has no send caps, no seat pricing, and includes every integration, the REST API, and the MCP server on every plan. Structured data extraction from signed contracts is included on every plan too, not gated to a tier.

Feature gating: Atlas vs Common Paper
FeatureAtlasCommon Paper
Agreement sendsUnlimited, freeCapped on every tier: 2/mo free, 10 to 30 per user/mo paid
SeatsUnlimited on every planPriced per user
Salesforce and HubSpotHubSpot included on every plan; Salesforce through the APIGrowth tier ($100/user/mo) and up
Custom integrationsAPI and MCP included on every planEnterprise only
Structured data from signed contractsEvery planStartup tier and up
TemplatesUnlimited, yours or standardIncluded; standard agreements free to all
Send from Claude or ChatGPTYesNot published
SAML SSOPlanned, not yet availableEnterprise only
Humans who run your contractsFrom $1,500/moNot offered; Gerri is AI review, not operation

Is Gerri the same as a managed service?

No. Gerri reviews contracts with AI. Nobody at Common Paper runs your contract process.

Gerri is an AI agent that reviews contracts against playbooks, at $500/mo for 10 files a month after the first 3 free. Nobody at Common Paper runs your intake, drafting, routing, chasing, or filing.

The Atlas Managed Contracts Department does exactly that, starting at $1,500/mo, priced by company size and contract volume. Real people handle the operating work. When a contract needs a lawyer, Atlas routes it to your in-house or outside counsel for approval and coordinates their redlines with the other side.

Enterprise

Does Atlas work at enterprise scale?

Yes. Atlas has no seat pricing, so a 10,000-person company pays nothing extra for users, and the Managed Contracts Department scales with your contract volume.

Atlas is built for a five-person startup and a Fortune 500 procurement team on the same plan structure. Seats are unlimited on every plan. Adding your whole legal, sales, and finance org costs nothing.

Access is controlled with admin and member roles, teams, and workspaces. Each organization sees only its own agreements. Signers see only the fields meant for them. Every signed document carries an audit certificate that records who signed, when, and from where, and the signed PDF is hashed with SHA-256 so any later change is detectable.

Developers and agents get the same surface on every plan: a REST API, an MCP server, an append-only event log you can poll, idempotency keys, and templates. The Business plan prices workflow runs by volume. Outbound webhooks are in development. SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning are planned but not yet available.

When the contract load outgrows your team, the Managed Contracts Department runs intake, drafting, routing, chasing, filing, and reporting for you. It is priced by company size and contract volume, so it works as an outsourced contracts function that grows with you instead of a headcount line.

Atlas enterprise checklist (live product, September 2026)
RequirementAtlas
SeatsUnlimited on every plan, no per-seat pricing
Roles and accessAdmin and member roles, teams, workspaces, per-organization isolation
Audit trailAudit certificate on every signed document, SHA-256 hash of the signed PDF
ComplianceESIGN and UETA in the US; eIDAS in the EU where applicable
EncryptionIn transit and at rest
API and agentsREST API, MCP server, event log, idempotency keys, on every plan
Approval controlA person clicks Send before any signer gets an email
Volume pricingBusiness plan: 100+ workflow runs a month, custom volume pricing
Outsourced operationsManaged Contracts Department, priced by company size and contract volume
Outbound webhooksIn development
SAML SSO and SCIMPlanned, not yet available

Managed service

Is there a managed option?

Only from Atlas. No competitor on these pages bundles people who run your contracts; Atlas does, from $1,500 a month.

Common Paper sells software plus Gerri, an AI review agent. No humans run your contracts for you.

No software vendor in this category bundles humans who run your contracts. If you want the work done for you, the rest of the market offers two options: ALSPs like Axiom at published rates of $150 to $350 per hour, or a contracts administrator hire at roughly $86,000 to $105,000 a year fully loaded ($7,200 or more a month).

The Atlas Managed Contracts Department starts at $1,500 a month, priced by company size and contract volume. That is about one fifth of a loaded contracts admin hire, software included. The Atlas team runs each contract from intake to filed: intake by email, Slack, or form, drafting from your approved templates, routing and chasing, approvals routed to whoever you name including in-house or outside counsel, filing executed copies into your CRM, drive, and finance tools, renewal and obligation tracking, and reporting built around what you track. During negotiation Atlas coordinates counsel's redlines and edits with the other side. Atlas does not give legal advice.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Atlas cheaper than Common Paper?

Yes. Common Paper caps the free tier at 2 agreements a month and paid tiers at 10 to 30 sends per user per month at $50 to $100 per user. Atlas e-sign is free and unlimited with unlimited users. A 10-person team sending 200 agreements a month pays $1,000 a month on Common Paper Growth and $0 on Atlas.

Does Common Paper limit how many agreements I can send?

Yes, on every tier including paid: 2 per month on Free, 10 per user per month on Startup, 30 per user per month on Growth. Atlas has no send limits on any plan.

Are Common Paper standard agreements free?

Yes. The standard agreements (NDA, Cloud Service Agreement, DPA, and more) are openly licensed and free to anyone. The paid product is the sending and workflow platform around them. You can use those same standard documents with Atlas and send them with no caps and no seat fees.

What is the best free e-sign tool?

Atlas. It offers unlimited free e-sign forever, with unlimited seats, every integration, and an audit certificate on every signed document. Common Paper is free for 2 agreements a month per organization.

Do I need Common Paper to use its standard agreements?

No. The agreements are published under an open license. Upload the PDF or DOCX to Atlas, and Atlas detects the fields, saves it as a template, and sends it as many times as you need for free. If your counterparty wants to negotiate the standard terms, the Atlas Managed Contracts Department routes the draft to your in-house or outside counsel for approval and coordinates their redlines with the other side.

Is Common Paper a better fit for larger companies?

No. At scale, Common Paper per-user pricing and per-user send caps grow with headcount, and SAML SSO and custom integrations sit behind an Enterprise quote. Atlas has unlimited seats on every plan, admin and member roles, teams and workspaces, per-organization isolation, an audit certificate with a SHA-256 hash on every signed document, and a REST API and MCP server on every plan. The Business plan prices workflow runs by volume, and the Managed Contracts Department scales as an outsourced contracts function. Outbound webhooks are in development. SAML SSO and SCIM are planned but not yet available.

Does Common Paper run my contracts for me?

No. Gerri reviews contracts with AI; it does not operate your contract process. The Atlas Managed Contracts Department handles intake, drafting from templates, routing, chasing, filing, renewal calendar, and monthly reporting from $1,500/mo.

Keep the software. Skip the caps.

Unlimited e-sign is free. You pay when Atlas handles the rest.