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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat Sign

    Score8.1 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

    Apryse

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Apryse PDF SDK (formerly PDFTron) enhances software applications with dynamic document viewing, annotation, processing, and conversion capabilities, as well as features such as document understanding, data extraction, and redaction. The SDK supports PDF, Word documents, CAD drawings, and also includes a video SDK.N/A

    Azure AI Document Intelligence

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAzure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) learns the structure of forms to intelligently extract text and data. It ingests text from forms, applies machine learning technology to identify keys and tables, and then outputs structured data that includes the relationships within the original file. That way, the user can extract information tailored to specific content, without heavy manual intervention or extensive data science expertise.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe Acrobat SignApryseAzure AI Document Intelligence
    Editions & Modules
    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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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup Fee$34.99 license per monthNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Acrobat SignApryseAzure AI Document Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.9
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    Usability
    1.7
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    Availability
    9.0
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    Performance
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    7.3
    (164 ratings)
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    Online Training
    8.0
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    Implementation Rating
    8.0
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    Configurability
    9.0
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Acrobat SignApryseAzure AI Document Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Acrobat Sign isn't quite as user friendly as other E-Sign platforms I have used. However, it offers a wide range of features that provide convenience and efficiency. For example, I can have multiple people receive the same document separately, or I can have multiple people receive and review the exact same document. I also like that I can choose to set a signing order or not, this is important for when I send Offer Letters and other things that require order of approvals.
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    Apryse
    PDFTon is best suited for larger organizations in order to maximize the multiple features and functionality and to justify the cost. The users will need a programmer that can develop solutions to deploy using multiple programming languages. They need to be able to understand how the different types of code can interact. Small organizations would have a hard time justifying the cost and may not have the skill sets to deploy it easily.
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    Microsoft
    Document Intelligence has been helpful tool in building run books and operation docs for various infrastructure platforms, the turnaround time in building & accuracy of these docs has been a great time saver for the team. When dealing with unstructured docs with no predictable format it will not understand the relationship to the desired doc you are trying to build.
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    Pros
    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
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    Apryse
    • Great customer support
    • New releases with added features
    • Very configurable
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    Microsoft
    • From the Image the OCR technology use to store embedding properly
    • From the images the OCR technology automatically capturing text is brilliant
    • Also for creating Azure AI Document Intelligence endpoint and keys it is very easy to do
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Builds on Adobe platform so it is easy to utilize, but many features require enterprise subscription.
    • Integrations available but your CRM integration is only available with enterprise license.
    • Lots of templates but there are additional templates with enterprise only and there was no drag and drop editor.
    • Adobe captures some analytical metrics but many of the analytics we required were not available - specifically metrics related to how the tool converts and reduces use time by our team and the impact on clients.
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    Apryse
    • Lowering the cost
    • Remove evergreen clause from contract
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    Microsoft
    • Azure AI Document Intelligence should have used to store image based embedding for multiple languages
    • Images storing part is a different area in our case and only for a few images that part can be increased
    • Cost is high which should be reduced so more users will come and more technology through this will come
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
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    Usability
    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.
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
    Very good product and will continue to evolve as it's gets refined.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
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    Performance
    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
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
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    Support Rating
    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.
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
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    Online Training
    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.
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
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    Implementation Rating
    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.
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    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).
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    Apryse
    PDFTron was our first choice because it was the best solution we could find at the time. it was the most versatile and easiest for us to deploy mostly because of the great support they provided. I had the opportunity to meet with them prior to purchasing and they seemed like a company that would continue growth of the product and listen to their customers for improvements.
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    Microsoft
    Being a large Microsoft customer ultimately the interoperability with the Microsoft ecosystem was the deciding factor to stay unified
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    Scalability
    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
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    Apryse
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    Microsoft
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Significantly reduced the time required for document signing processes reducing wasted time and effort
    • Cost savings since there is no longer any need to print and post/scan traditional signed paper-based documents
    • Faster decision-making since time-sensitive decisions and approvals can now be processed much more quickly by using e-signatures.
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    Apryse
    • It has allows our organization to stay ahead of the competition.
    • The demonstrations we perform for potential customer are very impressive
    • Our customers appreciate the versatility of features
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Significant reduction in manual processing cost by 40-60%
    • Improved data accuracy and reduce work
    • Scalability is good without cost increase
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Acrobat Sign Screenshots

    Screenshot of Send, sign, manage and archive documents with 100% legal e-signatures. Collecting e-signatures is as easy as swipe and tap with Adobe Sign. Sign from any device. Legally binding. Works with multiple apps. extremely cost-effective.Screenshot of Easily send e-signature requests to multiple recipients using Send in bulk feature.  Send a document to multiple people with one click, and every recipient gets their own personalized form ready to sign.Screenshot of Track and manage signatures with Adobe Acrobat Sign.  Get real-time visibility for every document out for signature, and receive notifications when documents have been signed.Screenshot of Create an online web form with Acrobat Sign.  It allows your recipients – whether they’re your employees or customers – to quickly access, complete, and sign critical documents without printing or mailing anything.  You will also get immediate access to the data and signatures.