Property maintenance runs on signed paper: recurring service agreements, work authorizations, change orders, access releases and liability waivers. We compared 10 DocuSign alternatives on price, mobile signing and how well each one connects a signature to the job it belongs to.
By Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ · Updated October 2026
The best DocuSign alternative for property maintenance businesses in 2026 is QuoteIQ. Instead of paying per user for a standalone signing tool, QuoteIQ includes e-signatures on every plan, so customers approve estimates from a text or email link, and QuoteIQ Sign sends any other document for signature from the Tools menu. Quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments live in the same app, so a signature turns into a scheduled job without re-typing anything. DocuSign is still a strong choice for enterprise legal workflows, and Jobber, Housecall Pro and Projul are credible field service options. Signing-only tools like PandaDoc, SignWell and Zoho Sign suit teams that already run operations elsewhere.
| Rank | Platform | Starting Price | Best For | Standout Feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QuoteIQ | $29.99/mo · 14-day trial | Crews that want signing, quoting and scheduling in one app | E-signatures on every plan, plus QuoteIQ Sign for standalone documents |
| 2 | Jobber | $29/mo billed annually ($49 monthly) | Teams that want a polished client hub | Draw-or-type quote approval; DocuSign integration on Connect and Grow |
| 3 | Housecall Pro | $59/mo billed annually ($79 monthly) | Small residential service crews | Signature records name, IP address and timestamp |
| 4 | Projul | $4,788/yr | Larger contractors running project-style work | eSignatures plus change orders from Core+ |
| 5 | PandaDoc | Free; paid from $19/seat | Proposal-heavy sales teams | Unlimited e-signatures on Starter |
| 6 | SignWell | Free; paid from about $10/mo | Very small teams that only need signing | Unlimited documents on paid plans |
| 7 | Zoho Sign | Free; paid from $12/mo billed annually | Businesses already on Zoho | Audit trail even on the free plan |
| 8 | Dropbox Sign | $15/user/mo billed annually (reported) | Teams that live in Dropbox | Template-based sending |
| 9 | SignNow | About $8/user/mo (reported) | Budget-minded per-user teams | Low entry price per user |
| 10 | Adobe Acrobat Sign | Acrobat Standard $14.99/mo (annual, billed monthly) | Teams already paying for Acrobat | E-signature bundled with PDF tools |
Prices as listed on each vendor’s pricing page in October 2026 unless marked “reported,” which means the vendor page would not load and we relied on a third-party price guide. Vendors change pricing often, so confirm the current number before you buy.
DocuSign is the default name in e-signature, and for good reason: it is mature, widely recognized and deep on compliance tooling. It is also built around the envelope. According to DocuSign’s pricing page in October 2026, the Personal plan lists at $11 a month ($132 a year) and allows 5 envelopes a month. Standard lists at $30 per user per month ($360 a year) and Business Pro at $45 per user per month ($540 a year), both with an allowance of 100 envelopes per user per year. Enhanced plans are quoted through sales. Prices shown use annual commitment billed monthly.
For a property maintenance company, three things tend to cause friction. First, the envelope allowance is easy to hit when every recurring agreement, work authorization and change order is its own envelope. Second, pricing is per user, so adding a dispatcher and a second crew lead raises the signing bill even though they rarely send contracts. Third, DocuSign does not know about your jobs. A completed envelope still has to be downloaded, filed against the right property and turned into a scheduled visit by a person.
That does not make DocuSign a bad tool. If your contracts go through legal review, need advanced identity checks or flow into enterprise systems, it may be the right fit. The alternatives below are for the far more common case: a maintenance business that wants customers to sign quickly on a phone and wants that signature to move the work forward.
A note on legality. This is general information, not legal advice. Under the federal ESIGN Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 says a signature, contract or other record may not be denied legal effect, validity or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. The statute also sets consumer-consent rules for certain legally required disclosures, which the FTC and Commerce Department reviewed in a 2001 report. Contract content, state rules and industry-specific requirements still apply, so ask a local attorney about agreements that carry real legal exposure.
Before comparing tools, it helps to list the paperwork. A property maintenance company rarely signs one kind of document. Depending on whether you serve landlords, HOAs, commercial buildings or homeowners, the mix usually looks something like this:
Notice how different those are. Estimates and work authorizations are high volume and low drama: the customer needs to tap, sign and move on. Agreements and change orders are fewer but matter more, because they decide what you can bill if a dispute comes up. A good tool handles both without making the customer create an account or download an app.
Every tool in this list can capture a signature. The difference is what surrounds it. Ask whether the signed document is stored with the customer and the property, whether editing the scope after sending voids the old signature, whether you can send reminders when a document sits unsigned, and whether pricing punishes you for adding the people who dispatch and invoice. Those details separate a tool that saves an hour a week from one that adds another login to remember.
Here is how a connected workflow looks in practice. A property manager asks for a quote on a recurring monthly service. You build the estimate on your phone from the site, text the link, and the manager signs from the parking lot. The signed estimate is already on the customer record, so the visit goes on the calendar and the invoice follows the work. With a signing-only tool, those same steps involve an email, a download, a filing step and a re-entry into your scheduling system.
We’re QuoteIQ. We made this list. We also picked our own platform as #1 — here’s exactly why, with the trade-offs each tool brings to the table. Five criteria drove every ranking decision:
Our sources were each vendor’s pricing page and help documentation, third-party price guides where a vendor page would not load, QuoteIQ’s own customer review database, and public data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on the maintenance workforce. We did not pull Capterra or G2 reviews for this list, and we say so again in the methodology steps below.
“Does it match how your business actually operates today, will you and your team actually use it, and does the price make sense against what it saves you.”
— Justin Rogers, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
Justin’s three questions are the test we kept coming back to. The rest of this page applies them to ten tools.
QuoteIQ is the field service platform we built for home service and maintenance businesses, and signing is part of the workflow instead of a separate subscription. E-signatures are included on every plan. You send an estimate by text or email, the customer opens a branded link, draws a signature with a finger, stylus or mouse in about 30 seconds, and the timestamped signature is stored with the estimate. No app download and no account creation on the customer’s side.
For documents that are not estimates, QuoteIQ Sign is the standalone option. You send a document for signature from Tools, keep documents organized in folders, and the signing email opens a signing page on the QuoteIQ web portal. It launched for all customers in September 2026, which makes it the newest tool on this list, and it is the one most directly aimed at replacing the occasional DocuSign envelope.
What separates QuoteIQ from every signing-only tool below is what happens next. The signed estimate is already attached to the customer, the property and the job, so scheduling, invoicing and payment collection continue from the same record. A property maintenance business can also add more than one contact to a customer record, so the property manager, the owner and the on-site contact each receive the estimate and invoice without anyone forwarding emails.
Best for: Maintenance crews and small property service companies, from solo operators to teams with dedicated dispatch, that want signing, quoting, scheduling and invoicing in one app. See how it applies to upkeep work on our handyman software page.
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“Speed and specificity, in that order. The contractor who sends a quote first has already set the customer’s expectations.”
— Mike Vidan, Co-Founder of QuoteIQ
Verdict: If most of what your customers sign is an estimate, a service agreement or a work authorization, QuoteIQ replaces DocuSign and the filing that follows it. Solo operators start on Essentials at $29.99 a month, two-person teams on Beginner at $74.99, small crews on Pro at $149.99, growing teams on Elite at $299 and larger operations on Max at $699 with unlimited users.
Jobber is a well-known field service app with a clean client hub, and it handles the most common signature moment well. When a client approves a quote, Jobber’s help center says they can draw or type their name, and requiring a signature is an optional client hub setting. The signature is saved as an internal note on the quote. If a deposit is required and Jobber Payments is on, the client sees “Approve and Pay Deposit” instead.
For heavier paperwork, Jobber leans on DocuSign rather than replacing it. Its DocuSign integration drafts envelopes when quotes are sent or approved or when jobs are created, fills in client and business details, and tracks envelope status inside Jobber. The help article lists service contracts, change orders, payment terms, cancellation policies and property access agreements as examples. It is available on the Connect and Grow plans.
Best for: Small service businesses that value a polished client experience and already have, or are willing to pay for, a separate DocuSign account for formal contracts.
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Verdict: A strong field service app if your signature needs stop at quote approval. If you also want standalone agreements without a second subscription, QuoteIQ includes more signing for less money.
Housecall Pro is a field service app aimed at home service crews, with online booking, scheduling and dispatching, invoices and payments, and quotes and proposals on every plan according to its pricing page. Its pricing page does not describe e-signatures, so we turned to the help center for the details.
The help center article on e-signatures on estimates says e-signatures are enabled by default on accounts created on or after March 1, 2025. Customers can type or hand-draw a signature and enter their name. The system records the name, IP address and timestamp, and both you and the customer receive the signed PDF by email, including the approved estimate and the agreed terms and conditions.
Best for: Small residential service crews that want estimates signed by the customer and are happy to keep any other contracts on paper or in a separate signing tool.
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Verdict: A solid pick for signed estimates inside a general home service app. For standalone agreements and more signing included at each price, QuoteIQ gives property maintenance teams more room.
Projul is a construction and contractor management platform that also publishes a guide to property maintenance software, so it is worth a look for companies whose maintenance work looks more like projects than service calls. Its pricing page lists three flat annual plans: Core at $4,788, Core+ at $7,188 and Pro at $14,388, which works out to roughly $399, $599 and $1,199 a month on our math.
The page lists eSignatures in the Core plan, described as getting contracts signed instantly. Change orders arrive at the Core+ tier, and Core limits you to 20 subcontractor profiles while Core+ and Pro lift that limit. Pro adds unlimited users. Projul’s own blog says the platform includes recurring job scheduling, estimates, change orders, photos and document storage, though its pricing page does not spell out recurring or maintenance billing.
Best for: Established contractors and property maintenance companies with multiple crews, subcontractors and project-style work such as renovations, tenant improvements and capital repairs.
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Verdict: Worth a demo if you run larger project-style jobs with subcontractors. For routine maintenance routes and quick customer sign-offs at a fraction of the price, QuoteIQ is the lighter fit.
PandaDoc is a document-first tool built around proposals, quotes and contracts. Its pricing page lists a free plan that allows 5 documents a month, Starter at $19 per seat with unlimited document uploads and e-signatures, Business at $49 per seat with advanced capabilities including in-person signing, and Enterprise on custom quotes.
The free plan is limited in ways that matter to a business. According to the page, it does not include custom branding, approval workflows, CRM integrations or payment collection, and it carries limited API access. That means a maintenance company that wants branded agreements and online payment will be looking at a paid seat for each person who sends documents.
Best for: Maintenance companies that sell large recurring contracts to commercial clients and want polished, template-driven proposals with signing built in.
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Verdict: A capable document tool if proposals are the heart of your sales. If your signature needs to start a job on the schedule, you will still need a field service system behind it.
SignWell keeps e-signature simple. Its pricing page lists a free plan with 3 documents a month and one template, a Light plan at roughly $10 to $12 a month with unlimited documents and 5 templates per sender, and a Business plan at roughly $30 to $36 a month with unlimited templates. The range reflects monthly versus annual billing, and the page says annual plans carry a 20 percent discount.
Reminders and notifications are available on every plan, and all paid tiers include an audit trail with tamper-proof documentation. Additional senders cost extra on Light and Business, and Enterprise is custom. The vendor also says there are no long-term contracts and you can cancel anytime.
Best for: Owner-operators who send a handful of agreements a month, want a clean signing experience and do not need anything beyond signatures.
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Verdict: A tidy, budget-friendly signing tool. It does one job well, and you will need to handle everything that comes before and after the signature in other software.
Zoho Sign is the e-signature product from the Zoho suite. Its pricing page lists a free plan limited to a single user and 5 documents a month, with an audit trail and mobile and desktop apps. Standard adds 25 documents per user, approval workflows, SMS delivery and recipient authentication at $15 a month, or $12 billed annually.
Professional, at $25 a month or $20 billed annually, moves to unlimited documents and adds unlimited templates, branding, multi-language support and reports. Enterprise, at $40 a month or $32 billed annually, adds bulk send and sign, in-person signing, payment collection, API access and 50 complimentary credits per user per month. The page also notes volume discounts.
Best for: Maintenance companies that already run their CRM or books on Zoho and want signing that plugs into the same account.
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Verdict: A well-priced signing add-on, particularly inside Zoho. Property maintenance teams that want signing and the work it triggers in one place will find QuoteIQ more direct.
Dropbox Sign, formerly HelloSign, is Dropbox’s signing product. Its own pricing page would not load for us in October 2026, so the numbers here come from a third-party pricing guide and should be treated as reported rather than confirmed. The guide lists Essentials at $15 per user per month billed annually with 5 templates, Standard at $25 per user per month billed annually with 15 templates and a 2-user minimum, and Premium on custom quotes with unlimited templates. Signature requests are listed as unlimited on all three.
The same guide notes separate API plans, with Essentials API at $75 a month for 50 signature requests, and a 30-day trial that lets you send up to 3 documents. Premium adds advanced reporting, multi-team support, single sign-on and eID verification.
Best for: Teams whose files and approvals already live in Dropbox and who want signing to sit beside them.
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Verdict: Reasonable if Dropbox is already your filing cabinet. Since the pricing is reported and per-user, run the numbers for your whole team first.
SignNow competes on price. Its pricing page redirected to a checkout screen that showed no plan details, so the figures here come from CostBench, a pricing aggregator, and are reported rather than confirmed. CostBench lists Business at $8 per user per month, Business Premium at $15 and Enterprise at $30, with a free tier and custom site licenses.
The same page warns of limits on document volume without publishing exact thresholds, and suggests asking SignNow support about your expected volume. It also lists API pricing separately from user subscriptions. CostBench’s data suggests the median customer pays about $490 a year based on four verified purchases, a small sample that points to negotiated rates differing from list prices.
Best for: Cost-conscious teams that want a per-user signing tool and are willing to confirm volume limits with the vendor before committing.
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Verdict: Cheap on paper, but the unpublished limits and unverified pricing make it a tool to test before you trust it with a busy season of agreements.
Adobe sells e-signature as part of its Acrobat subscriptions. Adobe’s pricing page lists Acrobat Standard at $14.99 a month on an annual plan billed monthly ($24.99 on a monthly subscription) and Acrobat Pro at $19.99 a month ($29.99 monthly), both with e-signature to collect and track responses. Team plans list Acrobat Standard for Teams at $16.99 per license per month and Acrobat Pro for Teams at $23.99, with e-signature included.
Adobe also sells a higher-priced Acrobat Studio tier and dedicated Acrobat Sign solutions for larger organizations, which this entry does not price. For a maintenance company, the practical question is whether you want a full PDF toolkit in the bill, or only a way to get a document signed.
Best for: Offices that already edit, merge and mark up PDFs in Acrobat every day and want signing included in the same subscription.
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Verdict: A comfortable choice for offices that already live in Acrobat. For field crews, a signature that starts a job beats a signature that ends in a PDF.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks general maintenance and repair workers, the people who keep apartment complexes, hotels and commercial buildings running. These figures count workers, not businesses, but they show how large the workforce is behind the paperwork.
Pick QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99 a month. Customers can sign your estimates from a text or email link, and the signed estimate stays with the customer record, so you are not filing PDFs at night. If you only need to get an occasional document signed and nothing else, SignWell’s free plan covers 3 documents a month. Once you are quoting and invoicing every week, one app beats two.
QuoteIQ Beginner at $74.99 a month covers 2 users, and Pro at $149.99 covers 4. Beginner also adds QuoteIQ Cam for before-and-after photos and inspection forms, which pair naturally with a signed work authorization. Compare that with DocuSign Standard at $30 per user per month, where three people sending agreements already cost $90 a month for signing alone.
QuoteIQ Elite at $299 a month includes 10 users, which fits a dispatcher, a couple of crew leads and an owner without per-seat math. Jobber Connect is the obvious alternative if you prefer its client hub; its 5-user tier lists at $199 a month on monthly billing, and its DocuSign integration is available on Connect and Grow.
Look at QuoteIQ Elite or Max, with Max at $699 a month and unlimited users. Compare it against Jobber Grow, which lists at $399 a month for 10 users on monthly billing, and Housecall Pro MAX at $329 a month for 8 users. At this size, the real question is how many tools your office reconciles each week.
QuoteIQ Max and Projul Pro are the two flat-priced options here, since both avoid per-user charges at scale. If your contracts run through legal counsel, are tied to enterprise systems or need advanced identity checks, DocuSign’s Enhanced plans, quoted through sales, are the conservative choice.
Large recurring contracts reward polished proposals. PandaDoc’s Starter plan at $19 per seat includes unlimited e-signatures, and Projul’s change orders help when scope shifts mid-contract. QuoteIQ’s Proposals with guided signing and initials are the in-app option if you would rather keep the proposal, the signature and the schedule together.
QuoteIQ Essentials is simple to start with: send an estimate, the customer taps a link and signs. If you want pure signing and nothing else, SignWell or Zoho Sign each offer a free plan to practice on before you spend a dollar.
No review in our database is tagged property maintenance, so these 5-star reviews come from other home service businesses. They show how customers describe sending quotes and getting them accepted, which is the same moment a maintenance company needs a signature.
“The quoting feature is incredibly simple and professional; Customers love how easy it is to add services and accept the quote with a click.”
“Quotes made easy, and customers can accept estimates right from their email.”
“QuoteIQ helps me send quotes on the spot and keeps all customer details organized.”
Mike co-founded QuoteIQ after running his own service business and building one of the largest contractor audiences on YouTube, with more than 580K subscribers. His advice on pricing, fast quoting and documenting every job is the backbone of how QuoteIQ is designed.
Justin co-founded QuoteIQ alongside Mike. A serial entrepreneur and pressure washing business owner, he runs the ForeverSelfEmployed YouTube channel and focuses on systems, pricing discipline and choosing tools that a team will really use.
QuoteIQ is the best DocuSign alternative for most property maintenance businesses in 2026. E-signatures are included on every plan, QuoteIQ Sign handles standalone documents, and the same app covers quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments. DocuSign remains a good fit for enterprise legal workflows, while Jobber, Housecall Pro and Projul are credible field service options.
As listed on DocuSign’s pricing page in October 2026, Personal is $11 a month ($132 a year) with 5 envelopes a month. Standard is $30 per user per month ($360 a year) and Business Pro is $45 per user per month ($540 a year), both with 100 envelopes per user per year. Enhanced plans are quoted through sales.
Yes, but free plans are limited. SignWell lists a free plan with 3 documents a month, Zoho Sign lists a single-user free plan with 5 documents a month, and PandaDoc lists a free plan with 5 documents a month. None of them run your quoting, scheduling or invoicing. QuoteIQ is not free, but plans start at $29.99 a month with a 14-day trial.
In general, the federal ESIGN Act says a signature or contract cannot be denied legal effect solely because it is electronic, but contract content, state rules and consumer-consent requirements still apply. This is general information, not legal advice, so ask a local attorney about agreements with significant legal exposure.
QuoteIQ Essentials at $29.99 a month is a strong choice because customers can sign estimates from a text or email link and the signed estimate stays with the customer record. If you only need to sign a few documents a month, SignWell and Zoho Sign both offer free plans worth testing first.
QuoteIQ Elite at $299 a month includes 10 users and avoids per-seat signing costs. Jobber Connect is a comparable field service option, with a 5-user tier listed at $199 a month on monthly billing and a DocuSign integration on its Connect and Grow plans. Compare total monthly cost for your whole team, not just the signing line.
With QuoteIQ, yes. You send the estimate by text or email, the customer opens a branded link, and they draw a signature with a finger, stylus or mouse. No app download or account is needed. Jobber and Housecall Pro also let clients draw or type a signature, and Housecall Pro records the name, IP address and timestamp.
QuoteIQ e-signatures let customers sign estimates and invoices, and they are included on every plan. QuoteIQ Sign is the separate, document-level product for sending any other document for signature from Tools, organized in folders, with signing links on the QuoteIQ web portal. It launched for all customers in September 2026.
Yes. According to Jobber’s help center, the DocuSign integration drafts envelopes when quotes are sent or approved or when jobs are created, fills in client and business details, and tracks envelope status inside Jobber. It is available on the Connect and Grow plans, and DocuSign remains part of the stack.
Yes. Housecall Pro’s help center says e-signatures on estimates are enabled by default for accounts created on or after March 1, 2025. Customers can type or draw a signature, the system records name, IP address and timestamp, and both parties receive a signed PDF. The article does not say which plans include the feature.
Several tools avoid DocuSign-style envelope caps on paid plans. SignWell lists unlimited documents on its paid plans, PandaDoc Starter lists unlimited uploads and e-signatures, Zoho Sign Professional lists unlimited documents, and QuoteIQ e-signatures carry no per-signature fees. Check each vendor’s current terms before you buy.
Typical examples include recurring service agreements, work authorizations, estimates, change orders, property access or key-release agreements, liability waivers and vendor agreements. Which ones apply depends on your clients and your state, so have a local attorney review the templates you plan to reuse.
Download completed agreements and their audit records from DocuSign before you cancel, and keep them as long as your retention needs require. Rebuild your most-used templates in the new tool, send a test document to yourself, and run both tools for one billing cycle before closing the old account.
For signing alone, SignWell, Zoho Sign and PandaDoc all list free plans, and SignNow is reported at about $8 per user per month. QuoteIQ starts at $29.99 a month but includes quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments, so compare it against the combined cost of a signing tool plus a field service app.
Yes. QuoteIQ, Jobber, Housecall Pro and Projul combine signing with scheduling and invoicing in one product. QuoteIQ includes e-signatures on every plan from $29.99 a month, while Projul uses flat annual pricing from $4,788. Signing-only tools such as PandaDoc, SignWell and Zoho Sign do not schedule or invoice.
Look for signing that works on a phone without an account, an audit trail, reminders for unsigned documents, reusable templates, clear limits and a link between the signature and the job. Also check whether pricing is per user, because crews with several office and field users can see signing costs grow quickly.
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For most property maintenance businesses in 2026, QuoteIQ is the best DocuSign alternative because it treats a signature as the start of a job, not the end of a document. E-signatures are included on every plan, QuoteIQ Sign covers standalone documents, and quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payments sit in the same app, starting at $29.99 a month with a 14-day trial.
DocuSign remains the right call when contracts need legal review or enterprise controls. Jobber and Housecall Pro are credible field service apps if signed estimates are all you need, and Projul suits larger project-style contractors. PandaDoc, SignWell, Zoho Sign, Dropbox Sign, SignNow and Adobe Acrobat Sign fit teams that only want a signing tool and already run operations somewhere else.
Before you decide, write down the five documents your customers sign most often and count how many people on your team send them. That one exercise usually shows whether you are paying for a per-seat signing tool you barely use. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s business guide is a good starting point for the recordkeeping and contract basics that sit behind those documents.
Property maintenance keeps getting more paperwork-driven, and customers increasingly expect to approve work from a phone. QuoteIQ is built around that expectation, and the founders keep shipping signing features in response to how contractors actually work.
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Start Free TrialSchedule a DemoPricing sources, checked October 2026: vendor pricing pages for DocuSign, Jobber, Housecall Pro, Projul, PandaDoc, SignWell, Zoho Sign and Adobe Acrobat; vendor help-center articles for Jobber and Housecall Pro; third-party price guides from Signeasy (Dropbox Sign) and CostBench (SignNow), which are reported rather than confirmed. Vendor pricing changes often.
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