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Email signature without a watermark: what is free and what is Pro
Plain truth first: on ProSignature's free plan, one small 'Created with ProSignature' line sits under your signature, linked back to prosignature.co. Upgrading to Pro removes it. Your name, brand and links are never altered on any plan. Below: the line rendered exactly as it ships, what Pro changes, and how other free tiers handle branding — each with the date we checked.
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What the free plan adds — rendered
This is the whole of it. One line of 11px muted grey text, Created with ProSignature, with the product name linked to prosignature.co. It sits under the last row of your details; nothing is placed over your name, no badge or logo of ours appears, and the HTML above it is exactly what you designed. It is present in the Gmail preview, in the one-click Gmail install and in the copied HTML for Outlook and Apple Mail.
Upgrading to Pro removes the line from every one of those outputs — the preview, the Gmail install and the copied HTML — and unlocks the premium template set. Paid Team plans deploy without it as well; the free Team trial carries it.
Free vs Pro, on this one point
Free
The Basic template, automatic brand import from your website, one-click Gmail install, clean copy-paste HTML for other clients — and the credit line under the signature. Free to keep, not a trial.
Pro
Everything in Free, the premium template set, finer design controls, and no credit line. $4/month billed yearly ($48/year) or $6/month billed monthly (the app's pricing constants, read 18 October 2026).
Team
One locked design each person installs from a personal link, $0.80 per person per month billed yearly, with a 5-person minimum and no platform fee ($4/month for up to 5 people, $8/month for 10). Paid Team plans ship without the credit line; the free Team trial carries it until the plan is activated.
Why free tiers add a line like this
A signature travels in every email you send, which makes it reach — for you, and for the tool you built it with. That reach is what pays for a free plan, ours included: the line under your signature is how a free user sends a few new people our way. There is nothing hidden about the trade, but a professional emailing clients should make it knowingly: to an attentive recipient a 'created with' line reads as 'free tier'. So we show it here at real size rather than describe it, and we say plainly what removes it.
How other free tiers handle branding (dated)
Maileroo
Its page states 'No sign-up. No watermark.' (checked 18 August 2026). A drag-and-drop builder with no one-click Gmail install and no team management.
HubSpot's free generator
Completely free with no account required; its pages do not state a branding policy for the output (checked 18 August 2026). Copy-paste installation, no saved account, no team option.
MySignature
The free tier includes one basic signature with MySignature branding; 'no MySignature branding' is listed as a paid-plan feature (Core $6/user/month billed yearly, verified July 2026). More in our MySignature alternative guide.
Newoldstamp
No usable free plan: the 7-day trial lets you design signatures but 'you won't be able to start using the signatures until you upgrade' (its own pricing page, July 2026). Plans from $109/year for 5 signatures.
The test that settles it for any tool, ours included: build the signature, email it to yourself, and look under your details. What you see there is what every recipient sees.
The other 'free' traps to check
A credit line is the visible cost; two quieter ones matter more. Hosted-asset expiry: if your signature's images live on the vendor's servers and stop working when you cancel — MySignature's FAQ says exactly that (July 2026) — your signature dies with the subscription. Our free plan has nothing to cancel, so the signature keeps working. Feature-gated basics: some free tiers cap you below a usable signature (no logo upload, one social icon) to force the upgrade; ours includes the logo, brand colours, contact fields and social links. The best-practices checklist is the two-minute sanity pass before you ship.
Get your signature in four steps
- Enter your work email at the free generator — logo, brand colors and social links import from your website automatically.
- Pick a template — every preview shows your brand; the Basic template installs free, the premium set is Pro.
- Add your details, a call-to-action if you want one, and check the live Gmail-style preview — the credit line is shown there too, so nothing surprises you.
- Click Connect Gmail & install. Free on the Basic template with the credit line; upgrade to Pro at any point to remove it. Outlook and Apple Mail get clean copy-paste HTML.
What the Pro plan's signature looks like
These renders are Pro output; the free plan adds the one small credit line shown in plain HTML above.
Who wrote this, and how it is kept accurate
Written and maintained by the ProSignature team. We build ProSignature, which appears in this comparison — so treat it as a vendor source and judge the reasoning rather than the ranking. We think a vendor who shows their working and names the cases where a competitor wins is more useful than one who does not, but you should weigh it accordingly.
Our editorial rules, in full:
- Every competitor price and feature claim is checked against that company's own live pricing page on the day of writing, and the date is printed on the page. Competitor prices on the roundup and pricing pages were verified 18 October 2026; older comparison pages carry their own dates.
- If we could not verify a figure that day, we name the tool and omit the number rather than repeating it from another listicle.
- We state explicitly where a competitor is the better choice — for example Exclaimer for IT-administered fleets above roughly 25 mailboxes.
- No affiliate links, anywhere on this site. Nobody pays us for placement and no vendor reviews these pages before publication.
- We do not publish invented ratings, incentivised reviews or unsubstantiated superlatives.
Found something out of date or wrong? It probably is — pricing changes constantly. Tell us and we will correct it. More about the company and how we work: About ProSignature.
A free signature that stays yours
No expiring hosted assets and no card — your logo and colors imported automatically, installed into Gmail in one click. Free signatures carry one small 'Created with ProSignature' line; Pro removes it.
Create my signature — freeWorks with Gmail and Google Workspace (one super-admin approval installs it in every mailbox), Outlook and Microsoft 365 (copy-paste), Apple Mail.
Frequently asked questions
Does ProSignature add a watermark to free signatures?
Yes — one small 'Created with ProSignature' line under the signature, linked to prosignature.co, in 11px muted grey. Nothing is placed over your details and no logo of ours appears. Upgrading to Pro removes the line.
How do I remove the 'Created with ProSignature' line?
Upgrade to Pro ($4/month billed yearly or $6/month billed monthly). The line disappears from the preview, from the Gmail install and from the copied HTML. Paid Team plans deploy without it as well.
How do I create an email signature without a watermark?
Either take the paid tier of a freemium tool — ProSignature Pro removes our line — or use a free generator whose page states that it adds no branding: Maileroo's does (checked 18 August 2026). Whatever you use, email the signature to yourself and look under your details before you rely on it.
Which email signature generators are free with no watermark?
As of the dates we checked: Maileroo states no watermark (18 August 2026). HubSpot's free generator is free with no account but does not state a branding policy (18 August 2026). ProSignature's free plan adds one small 'Created with ProSignature' line, and Pro removes it. MySignature's free tier carries MySignature branding (July 2026); Newoldstamp has no usable free tier (July 2026).
Why do free tiers add a credit line?
Because a signature travels in every email, and that reach is what pays for the free plan — ours included. It is a fair trade for many solo users; a professional should simply make it knowingly, which is why this page shows the line at real size rather than hiding it.
Is a signature with a credit line unprofessional?
It reads as 'free tier' to attentive recipients, which is fine for some senders and not for others. If your emails go to clients who judge polish, remove it with Pro; if not, the free plan does the job and the line is small.
What should I check besides watermarks?
Whether the signature keeps working if you stop paying (hosted images can expire), whether install is one-click or fragile copy-paste, and whether the free tier includes a logo and enough fields for a complete professional signature.