The short answer
Pick SendNow if
You send finished documents like decks, reports or deal files and care about who reads them and keeping them confidential. From $6.25/mo.
Pick PandaDoc if
You create proposals and contracts from templates, need pricing tables and quotes, and want them e-signed in the same tool.
Price, plan by plan
Each row matches a need with the cheapest plan that covers it on each side. Bars show the cost of one year.
Send documents and see when they're opened
SendNow costs $153 less a yearBranding and content library
SendNow costs $480 less a yearPandaDoc Business also includes CRM integrations, deal rooms, approvals and bulk send.
PandaDoc lists the same per-seat price for monthly and yearly billing on pandadoc.com/pricing. SendNow prices are per month, billed yearly.
Just need to know if they read it? You don't need a proposal suite.
SendNow tracks every page and protects the file, from $6.25/mo.
Feature table
A dot marks the side that is clearly ahead. Out of 10 rows, SendNow leads on 5, PandaDoc leads on 4, and the rest are even.
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How to Share a PDF Securely and Track Who Reads It
Upload a confidential PDF, protect it with email verification, a password, disabled downloads, screenshot protection and a dynamic watermark, then see who read it.
Where each one wins
Where SendNow is better
Security for confidential files
NDA gates, dynamic watermarks, screenshot blocking and allow-lists, none of which PandaDoc lists.
Cheaper for tracking only
If you only need to know who read a document, SendNow starts at $6.25/mo compared with $19 per seat.
Data rooms
SendNow Microsites put many documents behind one branded link from $12.40/mo.
Where PandaDoc is better
E-signatures
PandaDoc includes unlimited e-signatures from Starter. SendNow has none.
Proposal building
Templates, a drag-and-drop editor, pricing tables, quotes and approval workflows.
CRM integrations
PandaDoc Business connects to CRMs; SendNow offers webhooks.
What is PandaDoc?
PandaDoc is document automation software for sales teams. You build proposals and contracts from templates, send them for signature and track when they're opened.
Which one do I need?
If your document needs a signature, PandaDoc. If your document needs to stay confidential and you want to know how it was read, SendNow. Some teams use PandaDoc for contracts and SendNow for decks and data rooms.
Who should pick which
Choose SendNow when
- You send decks, reports or deal documents
- You need NDAs, watermarks or screenshot blocking
- You want the lowest price for tracking
Choose PandaDoc when
- You need e-signatures
- You build proposals and quotes from templates
- Your sales team works in a CRM
How to switch from PandaDoc
- 01
Start the free trial
Sign up for SendNow. The trial lasts 24 hours and needs no card, so you can test it on a real document first.
- 02
Upload your files
Upload the documents you currently share through PandaDoc. PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, PowerPoint, images and MP4 video all work.
- 03
Set the protection you need
Turn on an email gate, password, NDA, screenshot blocker, expiry date or watermark, link by link.
- 04
Share and watch
Send the new links and watch opens arrive page by page. Keep your PandaDoc setup running until open conversations finish.
Questions people ask
Is PandaDoc free?
PandaDoc has a free plan with 5 documents a month. Paid plans start at $19 per seat per month.
Does SendNow do e-signatures?
No. Use PandaDoc or another signing tool for signatures.
Can both track document views?
Yes. PandaDoc has real-time tracking. SendNow adds page-by-page reading time and security controls.
Written by
Rifana Hameem
Founder of SendNow
Rifana is the founder of SendNow. She leads the team in building secure, compliant, and analytics-rich document sharing tools for finance and professional teams worldwide.
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Prices were read on each vendor's own pricing page on 21 Oct 2026 and are re-checked every month. SendNow features come from the plan settings the app itself uses. SendNow wrote this page, so we list where PandaDoc is better too. Spot something out of date? Write to contact@sendnow.live.