About base0 — A Simple eSignature Tool Built for Freelancers and Small Businesses
base0 exists because sending a contract shouldn't feel like deploying enterprise software. We built the e-signature platform we wished existed when we were the ones chasing a client for a signed retainer — fast to send, easy to sign, and built so you get paid the moment the ink dries, not three follow-up emails later.
Why We Built a Lightweight DocuSign Alternative
A lightweight e-signature platform designed for your actual workflow.
Most e-signature tools were built for legal teams managing thousands of contracts a year, then resold to everyone else at the same price and complexity. If you're a freelancer sending five contracts a month, or a small studio closing a handful of clients, that's a lot of platform you're paying for and never touching.
We didn't want to build "DocuSign, but smaller." We wanted to build the tool that does exactly three things well: generate the contract, collect a legally binding signature, and connect it straight to getting paid — without the integrations bloat, the per-seat pricing creep, or the menus you need a tutorial to navigate.
Built for Freelancers, Agencies, and Small Teams — Not Enterprise Procurement
Contract software for freelancers and e-signatures for small businesses.
base0 isn't trying to be everything to everyone. We're built specifically for the people who send contracts often enough to feel the pain of clunky tools, but not so often that they need a contract lifecycle management suite with twelve approval stages.
If that's you — a freelancer sending SOWs, an agency collecting NDAs, a small team closing retainers — base0 is built around your actual workflow: describe the project, get a contract, send one link, get it signed, get paid. No procurement call required.
Every Signature Is Legally Binding and Fully Auditable
e-signature audit trail compliance and ESIGN/UETA standards.
A signature only matters if it holds up when someone questions it. Every document signed on base0 generates a full audit trail — signer identity, IP address, device, and timestamp on every action from sent to viewed to signed — and is built to align with ESIGN Act and UETA standards.
We take this seriously because we know what it costs you if we don't: it's your contract, your client relationship, and your money on the line, not just ours.
How We Think About Building base0
Building in public with Forge Labs.
We're a small team — currently just a few of us — building this in public, shipping fast, and treating early users as collaborators rather than a beta-test audience. We post our build progress, our wins, and our screwups openly, because we'd rather build something people actually wanted than something that looked good in a pitch deck.
base0 is built by Forge Labs, a development studio that's spent real hours inside other people's clunky contract workflows — which is exactly why we got annoyed enough to build a better one.
Start Sending Contracts the Simple Way
No bloated setup, no per-seat math to do before you send your first contract. Describe your project, get a contract, get it signed, get paid — all from one link.