Paid subscription to sign a document on Echosign

I don't think that is entirely accurate. 

When you receive an Echosign document, it should be disclaimed in the first page that you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader (free version) that will allow you to download such PDFs and sign them.

However, the Echosign, has a very straight forward process that takes place while you're viewing the document online.

You read the document and acknowledge what is asked from you by proceeding to the next page when you click next. If you're provided with links to download portions of the PDFs forms (or in whole), that is for your records amd it constitutes as a digital copy that you can turn into a hard copy later by printing it.

If you pay close attention to how the Echosign application handles each step of your agreement, it will also disclaim thay by clicking on Next you accept and that is considered your signature (this information is taken from your user Profile that your bank already has on record).

At the end, when you click on save or finish, the Echosign will alert the user with another notification and you're basically done. The app will close and the bank already collected your responses and signature taken from the steps mentioned above.