Adobe Acrobat vs. Adobe Acrobat Sign

Adobe Acrobat

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Adobe Acrobat Sign

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Acrobat	Score 8.8 out of 10	N/A	Adobe Acrobat DC is the current version of the well-established document / PDF management solution, part of the Adobe Document Cloud (the other part being Adobe's eSign services based on technology acquired with EchoSign in 2011).	$12.99 per month
Adobe Acrobat Sign	Score 8.4 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Acrobat Sign is an e-signature solution that combines simple and secure e-signatures with Adobe Acrobat. With Acrobat Sign, the user can create, sign, send for signature, manage, and track documents from one Adobe platform. The user can create signing experiences for customers and teams by enabling them to sign documents on any device or browser – anytime, anywhere. No additional software download or accounts are needed. As Microsoft’s e-signature solution, Acrobat Sign…	$14.99 per month license

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Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat Sign

Editions & Modules

Acrobat Standard for Individuals: $12.99
per month
Acrobat Standard for teams: $14.99
per month per user
Acrobat Pro for Individuals: $19.99
per month
Acrobat Pro for Teams: $22.19
per month per user
Acrobat for Enterprise: Contact sales team

Acrobat Standard DC for teams: $14.99
per month license
Acrobat Pro DC with advanced e-sign: $16.99
per month license
Acrobat Sign Solutions: Call 800-685-4192 for pricing

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Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Acrobat Sign
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

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$34.99 license per month

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Considered Both Products	Adobe Acrobat Karambir Singh Khalsa Chief Executive Officer Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat Sign was evaluated and found to be lacking in terms of setting up a document for data entry and signature. We chose to continue to use Adobe Acrobat DC for situations requiring data entry and signature because the ROI for purchasing this more expensive package did … Incentivized Helpful? SS Sara Schleske Marketing Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe helps aid in keeping financial records in order when you organize documents digitally, which helps make it easy to search for items such as spreadsheets, receipts, payments, expense reports, and other documents for tax or billing information. Plus there is much more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe has more features than the others and they are included in my Adobe software. No other integrations needed Incentivized Helpful? CN Cassandra Nicholl Strategist Chose Adobe Acrobat I use all of my Adobe products for different reasons. As someone who works in creative a lot of the time, the products I listed are super important in my daily work. I typically use Adobe Acrobat to organize and export the files I worked on. I find it to be an all purpose … Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Adobe Acrobat All of Adobes products work cohesively together making projects seamless. Adobe Acrobat DC is my go-to software to share files and documents with others that I know don't have access to more involved Adobe platforms such as InDesign or Illustrator. I know that users will be … Incentivized Helpful? Orin Mamun Junior Frontend Developer Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC simplifies the process of editing and creating PDFs. With drag-and-drop functionality, it's simple to use. We can also choose to forego reading by utilizing the text-to-speech function. It's InDesign and Illustrator-compatible. Templates in Acrobat DC make it … Incentivized Helpful?	Adobe Acrobat Sign Christopher Power Virtual Enterprise Coordinator/Educator Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign and DocuSign are very similar in use; however, in comparison, the navigation of the Adobe app and integration are much easier for marketing and design professionals because it is still very close to the format and structure of other Adobe products. Industry standard … Incentivized Helpful? Todd Dodge Marketing Assistant/Graphic Designer Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Our original idea was to edit our forms using Adobe Acrobat DC to make them fillable with text, but they (the clients) would still have to save, download, and email them back to us, and DocuSign had such an user-unfriendly layout and design, it was very slow and just overall … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I'm familiar with Acrobat and this was easy to learn based on my knowledge of Acrobat. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Both products allow you to create a fillable form and send the form out for signature. Acrobat did not originally set up to do these features. But we share the Adobe Sign across the HR Dept for sending out new hire forms. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We sometimes received DocuSign documents from clients for signature. I've found that, while DocuSign is similar to Adobe Sign, it does not seem as user friendly or as intuitive as Adobe Sign. We selected Adobe Sign due to its value and ease of use. We have other products … Incentivized Helpful? Emily Wallace Talent Acquisition Coordinator Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We utilize DocuSign over Adobe Acrobat Sign for e-signature purposes. The functionality of DocuSign is much greater in its' self-contained application; usability appears superior, and, to my knowledge, costing is more beneficial for the total value package. Incentivized Helpful? DM Doug Marchand IT Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I feel Adobe Acrobat Sign holds their own to the DocuSign brand. I see more organizations using DocuSign, but feel I can easily use the toolset that Adobe Acrobat Sign offers. I really like the signature tracking feature that Adobe Acrobat Sign offers and combined with the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Better integrates with our other systems, and allows employees to use it easier along other applications. We already use lots of adobe products so the decision was based heavily on that. I think Adobe Acrobat Sign can be a little clunky at times, but once a user has been … Incentivized Helpful? BS Brooke Shilling Executive Assistant Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I like that its incorporated WITH ALL Adobe products so I can create a PDF or edit one and attach my signature RIGHT there or send it off for signature all in one go. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I was looking for a tool which needs no approval (third party) as well as well aware of it. I was using acrobat so has fair knowledge of features and options Incentivized Helpful? AE Adriano Eva Supervisor Wellness & Enrichment Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Integration is key to help me determine the value of Adobe Sign to our organization. That is what set it apart from DocuSign in my opinion. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign In [every] way, Adobe Sign is good. The forms stayed familiar so users didn't get upset. We built out our forms in Word; [it was] very easy to build out forms and make them yours. Although support has been adequate, I usually bring difficult questions to the table, which … Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign HelloSign is a similar product to Adobe Sign; however, I found it lacking in some features that are present in Adobe Sign. Usability is similar, [but] I believe that Adobe Sign has a slight edge and I found it nicer to use [with a] better layout and design to be honest. Incentivized Helpful? BP Barbara Peeters Executive Assistant Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign had better functionality and pricing. It also synced more readily with the programs already in use and filled a need for our organization to obtain electronic signatures across multiple facilities, departments and users. We can't say enough about how great Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Some of the providers did not offer services that matched our needs. However, most of the major companies (Adobe SIgn, DocuSign, HelloSign, Zoho Sign) all do pretty much the same thing. Initially, we chose Adobe based on brand recognition and the fact that their pricing was … Incentivized Helpful? SD Shawn DeLauney Operations Security Engineer Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Both are easy to use, however the biggest difference I see is the name. Adobe is more recognized. For me, when I used DocuSign, it feels the same for scrolling to sign, but from the set up it tends to be a little more confusing. Incentivized Helpful? Shannon Augustine, M.S. Manager, Cloud/Endpoint Engineering and Administration Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign They have better workflows and are very sleek. Their technical support and sale people do know how to sell and make it simpler for people to use their products Incentivized Helpful? PM Phylisha Moore Administrator - Sales Promotions Representative Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign is better with customer service and intuitive UI. However, DocuSign allowed for greater customization of workflows. Incentivized Helpful? PB Patrick Blake IT Director Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign For what we use it stacks up to the same. Both Adobe and DocuSign work with our ERP environment. It comes down to price and negotiation with our account rep. We could easily move to DocuSign if Adobe chooses not to be competitive. Incentivized Helpful? JB Jo Brand Administrative Assistant Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We already had Creative Cloud and so used this because it was already paid for. That being said, we've really valued it and would likely purchase it on its own if we had needed it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign is the only document signing software that I have used. I have nothing to compare it to. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We occasionally use DocuSign because it is free but it is not as robust and seems to lack some security function. However, the cost comparison is not even close when it comes to Quote Roller. We were on the base plan and the transition was a no-brainer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign The main advantages for Sign are csv reports and encrypted signature. Incentivized Helpful? Caitlyn Weathers Photographer Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I haven't used any outside products. I researched a few last year when deciding if I'd continue on my Adobe Cloud program but ultimately chose to continue with Adobe Sign. Prior to this program, I did everything on paper or through emailing, printing, writing and scanning … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign They are about as good, but Adobe Sign comes with the Adobe Suite, which I use as a Web Designer/ Developer, as a result, I don't have to get yet another solution, and the Adobe Suite becomes a whole lot more valuable. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Pdf files Pro Easy to use Pro Pdf documents	No answers on this topic
Top Cons	Minus User interface Minus Large files Minus Pro version	No answers on this topic

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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Acrobat Sign
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (475 ratings)	8.4 (227 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (11 ratings)	8.4 (29 ratings)
Usability	8.6 (232 ratings)	8.3 (193 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (2 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
Performance	9.8 (7 ratings)	9.0 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	8.1 (52 ratings)	7.6 (165 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.6 (4 ratings)	8.0 (7 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (6 ratings)	5.0 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.7 (2 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Acrobat Sign
Likelihood to Recommend	Adobe If your organization uses PDFs frequently, then Adobe Acrobat feels like must-have. I could not imagine our organization not using it. The ability to create, organize, and edit PDFs easily and intuitively are the main reasons my organization uses it. The other additional functions and features are "nice to haves", but ultimately, don't impact our day-to-day Incentivized Adam Montgomery Business Development Manager Read full review	Adobe Organizations with heavy usage inside Adobe product suites will find adoption seamless. However as it is driven on Adobe's platform some users may face challenges but as a whole the same business philosophy drives this as other Adobe platforms - they want your business - all of your business and it presents challenges if you don't agree. Product inculturation has been successful for organizations like Apple and even BMW, but with the global economy it can provide an appearance of elitism, often duly earned, or present unnecessary hurdles for integration which always impacts adoption timing and usage. While I understand and agree (for the most part) with revenue driven product layering, I believe that easier integration and full product availability definitely affect both acquisition and retention numbers. Adobe has a mighty and well deserved pedigree, and if you are aware of and prepared for the challenges I listed - you will probably love this software. If you need to have an easier and larger adoption and rollout, there are other options that will be a better fit especially if one of your data points is monitoring the impact and efficacy of the software on your team's time, conversion metrics and the impact on your clients. Adobe doesn't appear fond of self report analytics. On a side note, Adobe is a HUGE corporation and I have managed several of their enterprise platforms and they are awesome at allowing access to and support of legacy products, but identifying direct support was moderately to extremely difficult and requires a patience and tenacity above what one might expect for a company with whom you contribute significant income for their products. In a time when a new software pops up by the minute, having the heritage of Adobe is rock solid but a little more flexibility would make this product more attractive. I would still recommend the product albeit with awareness and acceptance of aforementioned challenges Incentivized Jeff Keeney Sales and Customer Success at Cross-Sell Read full review
Pros	Adobe Easy to understand- the program has a very intuitive layout that is great for people who doesn't use the product very much Includes all features you might need. There are many features I didn't even think we would need that they have included. They have a very recognizable name so my clients feel they can trust what they are being asked to open/sign since the Adobe name is next to it. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe Adobe Acrobat Sign tracks whether or not a signer has viewed a document Adobe Acrobat Sign tracks when a signer has signed, and the document has been sent to the next signer Adobe Acrobat Sign sends you confirmation emails and progress update emails along the way Adobe Acrobat Sign provides a "confirmation of signing" page at the end of the document package you put together, to prove the signatures are authentic Incentivized KM Kayte Moore Family Law Paralegal Read full review
Cons	Adobe It would be good if Adobe Acrobat could utilize less system resources. I have had crashes due to memory and CPU load this week Quicker load times from a cold launch Easier collaborative commenting for offline documents - knowing where and who wrote what Ensuring documents don't have issues where text cannot be copied before publishing Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe Not able to customise the UI so we are limited to the standard functionality, but this is mostly sufficient for our needs Basic workflow automation is included but for more advanced routing/conditional logic we need to integrate with other tools such as Power Automate Not currently able to integrate with our SAP ERP systems MFA is currently not possible Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Adobe I bought a perpetual license to Acrobat some time ago, but if the software ever stopped being supported in my version of windows or other solution that makes me need to buy another license I would not hesitate to do so since it saves me a lot of headaches. There are workarounds to merge files and edit pdfs with an online interface but I dont think those are a good usage of time when Acrobat exists. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe It is by far the easiest service we have used to obtain digital signatures from employees. In the past we had done it by hand (a process I would not recommend for 1500+ employees) and with another company that would not allow us to create our own forms and would charge us for each form. Incentivized Lori Diggs HR Project Analyst Read full review
Usability	Adobe My overall experience with Adobe is great because because the it has almost all of the tools in one place and it can be used it for most of my work without going anywhere else. Because the tools are available right there in the main interface, it makes it very easy to use. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe I've had very little trouble with it in all my uses with it. I do wish the text boxes you add wouldn't cut off the text if you entered too many words and that it would adjust it's size to fit within the space you've provided. However, that just takes a little refining in the initial set up of the document before you send it out. Incentivized LH Luke Holocher Business Manager Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Adobe Pretty much always there for my business and personal needs. Incentivized Jamie Caroland Independent Consultant Read full review	Adobe I would have rated this a 9 or greater had they not had had such critical outages. They have taken steps to resolve this so I may come in and revise this Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	Adobe One of the best features of Adobe Acrobat is its speed and stability. When dealing with massive multi-page files, having to reload a crashed program over and over again would slow down progress unnecessarily. And expanding on that, having the table of contents generated allows me to skip to different pages with ease, a necessary feature with exceptionally long files. word searches are even more helpful with text recognition. Incentivized Daniel Epstein Senior Clinical Quality Analyst Read full review	Adobe The Adobe Acrobat Sign's performance are excellent. When we send electronic document by email for signature all the customers receive it regularly, nobody has any issue to open it and the signature phase was very easy. The user-friendly aspect of this product reduce or reset the call for IT support Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Adobe Because I don't need it. Used it years ago for account management/billing issues but they have changed the user experience so more of that can be managed online. If I have a question the knowledge base or a video that Adobe has posted answers Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe It is a great tool to get signatures from the client and has reduced a lot of overhead that was caused before resulting in very long delays. With the integration of Adobe Acrobat Sign, we have reduced this delay making the process much smoother and more efficient. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Online Training	Adobe Answered basic questions. Incentivized Michael Craven President Read full review	Adobe The best types of training are well integrated into the product and Echosign does this well. As mentioned earlier in my review - there are some areas of functionality that can be difficult to understand ("only I sign") for the novice user. Other areas such as macro usage, bulk signature and so on were easily learned and understood via the online tools. Joshua Lipton VP Technology Read full review
Implementation Rating	Adobe Works well with JamF and SmartDeploy. These are our Enterprise imaging solutions for Mac's and PC's. The Enterprise installer is required when pushing out this app. Incentivized JP Jerome Pierce Helpdesk Manager Read full review	Adobe We did not use it in the manner that most companies do, so I am pleased with how our company handled implementation. We will be pushing the full company over into Echosign for various processes which will incorporate more of an implementation effect. Jessie Mead Business Services Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Adobe There really is no comparison. Although we use other PDF programs, we mainly utilize Adobe. Not only because we find it to be a better program but also because everyone is more familiar with it. However, the other products are implemented for various reasons, such as a feature or 2 that we find necessary to use at times. Incentivized Allen Gendler President Read full review	Adobe They are just different. Adobe's number one feature that puts it above it's competitors is that your document, the signing process, all of it exists within Adobe. There is no need to go from Word, to Adobe, to DocuSign. It saves you time and makes life easy for you (and for your clients). Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Scalability	Adobe I find that many users aren't aware of many features of the software they use, nor may they be comfortable with learning multiple-step processes. For the simplest of PDF purposes (scanning, downloading, exporting), it gets a thumbs-up. For anything involving electronic signatures, meh--causes eyes to glaze over, or forgetting what all is involved. Incentivized Jamie Caroland Independent Consultant Read full review	Adobe At the beginning we assigned Adobe Acrobat Sign just to Purchase Office Department because at that moment we needed a tool that supported us to avoid manual signature and was compliance with remote working. Now we are using it also in other situation because it help us with time and we can also reduce cost Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Adobe Adobe Acrobat has improved the security of our documents, resulting in less risk, as protecting documents is essential to ensure compliance with privacy laws. It saves our company money, as the product makes it easier for our employees to complete their jobs. The product assists our employees with providing quality work product. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe When an opposing party tried to sue their attorney and my firm alleging one of us forged their signature on an agreed final order, the verification and security provided by Adobe Acrobat Sign allowed us to have the case promptly dismissed saving tens of thousands in attorney's fees. My firm's malpractice insurance premiums decreased when we began collecting all signatures with Adobe Acrobat Sign. Incentivized WM William Metz Owner/managing attorney Read full review
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