SignSealShip vs BlueNotary · July 2026
A notarization price versus the finished, delivered job.
- Certification gap disclosed
- Bare-seal price shown
- Full workflow compared
The receipt argument
One affidavit, notarized online and mailed to the courthouse
BlueNotary's seal costs less than ours — that's real, and it's on the card below. The question is what the finished, delivered document costs, and who does the finishing.
SIGNSEALSHIP
ONE CHECKOUT · DELIVERED
- Notary fee (passed through at cost)
- $25.00
- E-sign workflow
- $4.00
- Document workflow & technology fee
- $20.00
- Shipping & handling (flat, disclosed)
- $14.95
Includes the KMS-sealed PDF, Certificate of Completion, tamper-evident audit trail, and live tracking to the door.
Shipping is one flat, disclosed fee; the notary fee is never marked up.
BLUENOTARY
THE SEAL, THEN YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN
- Notarization
- $25.00
- Each extra stamp
- +$8.00
- Each extra signer
- +$5.00
- Witness
- +$10.00
- Standalone e-sign (eSign Pro)
- $15/user/mo
- Ship the original
- Not offered
You print, package, and mail the original yourself at retail rates — no tracking tied to the order.
Business notary seats run $37–$47/notary/mo; pricing is spread across four tabs.
As published on bluenotary.us, July 2026.
Side by side
Feature for feature
| What you get | SignSealShip | BlueNotary |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-per-use checkout | Yes | Yes, for single notarizations |
| E-sign included with every order | Yes | eSign Pro is a separate product at $15/user/mo |
| Online notarization | $49 — first seal + ID verification included | $25 + $8 per extra stamp |
| Ship the originals — prepaid label or print-and-mail | Yes | —No |
| Itemized receipt with the notary fee passed through at cost | Yes | Not published |
| Certificate of Completion on every order | Yes | Not published |
| Cryptographically sealed, tamper-evident PDF | Google Cloud KMS seal — visible in Adobe Acrobat's signature panel | Digital notarial certificate on notarized documents |
| Public verification — drop a PDF, no account, no ID, no PIN | Anyone can verify at signsealship.com/verify — full digital + physical evidence timeline | Verify page exists, but it is app-gated |
| No subscription required | Yes | Pay-as-you-go for seals; business seats run $37–$47/notary/mo |
| SOC 2 / MISMO certification | Not yet — SOC 2 Type II is on our roadmap | SOC 2 and MISMO certified |
BlueNotary pricing as published on bluenotary.us, July 2026: $25 per notarization, $8 per extra stamp, $5 per extra signer, $10 per witness; eSign Pro $15/user/mo; business seats $37–$47/notary/mo. Their SOC 2 and MISMO certifications are real and acknowledged above. Plans change — check their site for current numbers. Our prices live on the public price list.
Credit where due
Where BlueNotary is the better choice
- You need SOC 2 or MISMO certification on paper today — BlueNotary holds both, and mortgage-industry buyers often require them. Ours is on the roadmap, not on the wall.
- You're a commissioned notary who wants a platform and marketplace to run your own RON business on.
- You want the lowest à-la-carte prices for seals and add-ons ($8 stamps, $5 signers, $10 witnesses) and you'll handle everything around the notarization yourself.
- Your team keeps in-house notaries busy enough that per-notary monthly seats make sense.
The other side
When to choose SignSealShip
- The original must physically arrive somewhere — we're the rail with prepaid self-ship labels and automated print-and-mail, tracked on the order.
- You want e-sign included in the same order instead of a second product at $15/user/mo.
- You want one published price list and one itemized receipt — notary fee at cost, shipping as one flat disclosed fee, our fee on its own line — not four pricing tabs.
- You're an occasional sender: no seats, no monthly minimums, no account required for your signers.
- You want the honest per-state answer on remote notarization before you pay.
Questions
SignSealShip vs BlueNotary, answered
Is SignSealShip cheaper than BlueNotary?
For a bare seal, no — BlueNotary's $25 per notarization (as published, July 2026) is less than our $49, and their add-ons ($8 per extra stamp, $5 per extra signer, $10 per witness) are cheaper line for line. The totals change when the job is bigger than the seal: our $49 includes the e-sign workflow (theirs is a separate $15/user/mo product), and our $63.95 sample covers the original printed, mailed via a tracked carrier service, and followed to the door — something BlueNotary doesn't offer at any price.
BlueNotary is SOC 2 and MISMO certified — is SignSealShip?
Not yet, and we won't pretend otherwise. SOC 2 Type II is on our roadmap. What we run today: Google Cloud infrastructure (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Cloud KMS), documents encrypted in transit and at rest, PDFs sealed with Cloud KMS asymmetric keys with ByteRange tamper evidence, SHA-256 tamper-evident audit trails, short-lived signed URLs, and a 7-year retention bucket for sealed documents. If a certification on the wall is a hard requirement today, BlueNotary has it — that's an honest point in their favor.
Can BlueNotary mail my notarized original?
No — as of July 2026, BlueNotary has no shipping rail. When the recorder, court, or title company needs paper, printing and mailing is on you. SignSealShip finishes with a prepaid self-ship label or automated print-and-mail, with live tracking tied to the order.
Do I need a subscription with either platform?
With SignSealShip, never — pay-per-document is the default forever. BlueNotary offers pay-as-you-go notarization too, but standalone e-signing is eSign Pro at $15/user/mo, and business notary seats run $37–$47 per notary per month, spread across a four-tab pricing page (as published, July 2026). Our price list is one page, and every checkout shows every line before you pay.
When is BlueNotary the better choice?
Three honest cases: you need SOC 2 or MISMO certification on paper today (mortgage lenders often do); you're a commissioned notary looking for a platform and marketplace to run sessions on; or you want the lowest à-la-carte seal and add-on prices and you'll handle everything around the notarization yourself.
One price list. One receipt. The whole job.
SignSealShip is a technology platform, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice. Notarizations are performed by independent commissioned notaries or approved RON provider partners. RON availability varies by state and document type. BlueNotary is a trademark of its respective owner; SignSealShip is not affiliated with or endorsed by BlueNotary.