Adobe Acrobat Sign vs. DocuSign vs. Tungsten Power PDF

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Acrobat Sign	Score8.2 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
DocuSign	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	DocuSign supports transactions with document sharing and electronic signature, as well as automated and guided data collection and entry, record updating across disparate systems and payment collection upon agreement, as well as analytics and reporting.	$15 per month
Tungsten Power PDF	Score9.5 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is an easy-to-use, secure and inexpensive solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals. Benefits: Ease of Use: Works like Office desktop products, so it's easier to learn Compatibility: Works across devices and platforms, share documents in a storage cloud …	$129 one-time fee per license

Desktop licenses are buy once, own forever. No subscription fees. Business server licenses are term-based or perpetual with optional maintenance & support contract. Volume and upgrade discounts available.

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	Adobe Acrobat Sign	DocuSign	Tungsten Power PDF
Considered Multiple Products	Adobe Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I chose Acrobat Sign over DocuSign based on cost. Having used DocuSign previously, it would have been worth the extra money to stay with them. PandaDoc seemed straightforward and cost-effective, but I wanted to use a brand that would have wider recognition. Incentivized Helpful? Kennedy Humphrey MBA HR Manager in Human Resources at GAIA FLOORING (Wholesale, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign DocuSign is a little more user-friendly and more updated that Adobe Acrobat Sign. Ultimately, we made the switch to Adobe due to their product offerings. By choosing Adobe, we can utilize other platforms within the suite that allow us to further edit documents. Which provides … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We were thinking about using DocuSign because it integrates with our HCM system, but it was so astronomically expensive that we couldn't justify the purchase. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We did not evaluate any other products since we were already using Creative Cloud and specifically Acrobat, however I have received DocuSign files from vendors for signature. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Keeney Sales and Customer Success at Cross-Sell in Sales at Cross-Sell (Automotive, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Using DocuSign for years and then Adobe Acrobat Sign, the decision to try PandaDoc was a surprise but they quickly captured our teams interest and eventually our business. The analytics, drag and drop features for template creation and the ability to modify documents on the fly … Incentivized Helpful? Luke Holocher Business Manager in Finance and Accounting at Jefferson Academy Elementary (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign The biggest difference in why we chose Adobe was because of the pricing structure. DocuSign has a "envelope" cost and you pay for certain amounts of envelopes. However, if you send more envelopes than you have paid for, either you have to a pay a premium or extend your contract … Incentivized Helpful? Doug Marchand IT Manager in Information Technology at Saint Andrew's Chapel (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) 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 Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign i am not a person selected Acrobat Sign as our company solution. i use both Acrobat Sign and DocuSign as end user. I am not comparing both feature but as end user, i think Adobe Acrobat Sign is easier to use since some menu on DocuSign is strange translation when i choose … Incentivized Helpful? Kristen Albertsen Head of People in Human Resources at Earthrise Energy (Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I have prior experience at a previous company with DocuSign, and while that platform may provide a smaller set of features & functionality, it is also more intuitive for first-time users. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Both Adobe Acrobat Sign and DocuSign are prominent e-signature solutions on the market. Adobe Acrobat Sign has much better integration with other Adobe Suite products such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Creative Cloud which are also used at Uniper. It also has a more user-friendly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign For me, DocuSign is used when a standard form is already in play - nothing needs to be changed and it's a part of a larger template. Adobe Sign however is always used for forms which are unique to a client's particular situation, needs to be edited, or created from scratch. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We are using both DocuSign and Adobe Sign. Both solutions are very valid for our scope, the replacement of manual process with electronic workflow. I think that if you must choose between DocuSign and Adobe Sign you have to look at the price (every month it changes or there … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We also use DocuSign but it is more expensive with a per-envelope cost associated with it. While it has a great many features, it is not truly cost-effective. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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? Brooke Shilling Executive Assistant in Corporate at Hercules LED (Utilities, 11-50 employees) 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? Emily Wallace Talent Acquisition Coordinator in Human Resources at The Warehouse Group (Retail, 10,001+ employees) 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? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign There is a file size limit of 5MB. Incentivized Helpful? Rumeen Aysha Tourism Professional \| GDS in Corporate at GALAXY HOLIDAYS LIMITED (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Acrobat Sign is simple to use, streamlines document creation, and makes documents look better. It allows users to customize fields, set required and optional fields, and quickly generate web forms and PDFs. Templates can be saved to make sending the same document to many … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe is fully integrated with other Adobe products that the company uses already. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign My benefits and frustrations with signing platforms are the same. Ease the preparation of documents or make template creation more intuitive, and this would be a big improvement on any e-signature product. I was not part of the selection process, but I'm sure Adobe brand … Incentivized Helpful? Eugenio Fajardo Jefe de Proyectos de Cómputo in Information Technology at Universidad Iberoamericana A.C. (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign is very even with the options evaluated in the top of tools for electronic signatures. One of the big things that set it apart is the previous implementation we had with other Adobe products. This greatly simplifies the implementation as well as the necessary … Incentivized Helpful? dave jung internal it in Information Technology at FM (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign head to head, pretty much the same product, just where your volume for pricing kicks in Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Acrobat Sign is convenient if you need someone to sign documents but they don't have access to a printer. If you need to track timestamps or signatures, it works well for that, too. Adobe Acrobat Sign allows you to digitally sign and send documents without ever needing a … Incentivized Helpful?	DocuSign Verified User Chose DocuSign Very similar but did not have the backing of SAP SuccessFactors in terms of Integration. The Developer Environment allowed us to test and practice on very easily compared to Adobe Acrobat Sign. Both products can be connected to via Microsoft Power Platform to aid automation … Incentivized Helpful? Emily Wallace Talent Acquisition Coordinator in Human Resources at The Warehouse Group (Retail, 10,001+ employees) Chose DocuSign Adobe Acrobat Sign is less user-friendly and more suited to small scopes, or one-off documents. It lacks the use of templates that DocuSign has, which is what ultimately streamlines and delivers the consistency and efficiencies for the business. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign I don't think I've seen anything like DocuSign in the market. Well I think now Acrobat has a product similar to it, but it's not exactly same people can use it to sign. But it has come recently, not a long back. DocuSign has been in the market since long, so it still has the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign Adobe was not a good experience despite the lower cost. Constant crashing, slow to load and a simple feature like copy and pasting the same fields across pages was non existent. Our team celebrated the decision to move back to Docusign from Adobesign. We have never looked back … Incentivized Helpful? Denitra McGraw Small Business Manager - Family Owned & Operated in Corporate at Maxey McGraw Industries, LLC (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1-10 employees) Chose DocuSign I actually have both. Docusign has better features. SignNow was a little cheaper so I kept them. Incentivized Helpful? Erin Gracyalny Customer Success Manager in Customer Service at Egnyte (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose DocuSign I prefer DocuSign to Adobe Sign because of the workflow process. To me, DocuSign flows much easier and the interface is easier for me to locate the things I need. I also appreciate the templates that DocuSign allowed, especially because Egnyte had a direct integration with … Incentivized Helpful? Krystofer Gardner Director Of Operations in Corporate at Magleby Construction (Construction, 201-500 employees) Chose DocuSign When viewing other competing products they didn't have the superior functionality that DocuSign had, nor the admin control. However, it should be noted that since making the selection, competing products have greatly improved. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew McGinnis Managing Partner in Corporate at G3 Aerospace (Airlines/Aviation, 11-50 employees) Chose DocuSign I would say that DocuSign's biggest competitor and a most similar product is Adobe Sign. They both offer almost identical features with Adobe offering a slightly better interface. Adobe Sign is also less costly than DocuSign while offering templates that can be useful for … Incentivized Helpful? Jeanette Carroll VP, Operations and Marketing in Professional Services at Witlon Enterprises Co. (WECO) (Human Resources, 201-500 employees) Chose DocuSign DocuSign is the one we went with because of the majority of people who use it regularly. It's the first one that comes to mind when you think of electronic signatures. We do use AdobeSign with our HR platform because that is the one that is integrated with it, but standalone … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign Adobe Sign has closed the gap between it and DocuSign in recent years. I still think DocuSign outclasses Adobe's offering in ease of use, and it makes less sense to go with Adobe Sign unless you are already steeped in the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem (e.g., Adobe Acrobat, … Incentivized Helpful? Shanna Kostopulos Paralegal/Supervisor in Legal at Summit Conversions (Legal Services, 11-50 employees) Chose DocuSign Adobe Sign makes it harder to edit documents unless you have upgraded administrative accounts. It’s also harder to go in and cancel Adobe Sign documents. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign We prefer DocuSign to Adobe Sign and HelloSign for its name recognition (important to those working with us), preferred interface, and ease of use, and safety. After exploring all three, DocuSign was the clear winner. Incentivized Helpful? Haley Wall HR Coordinator in Human Resources at Holman Logistics (Warehousing, 51-200 employees) Chose DocuSign We switched from DocuSign to Adobe Sign after two years of DocuSign use. Other branches of our business still use and prefer DocuSign. Incentivized Helpful? Ron Toth National Account Executive in Sales at CentralReach (Computer Software, 201-500 employees) Chose DocuSign DocuSign is the system with the easiest way to add and remove fields. For most situations, you will have a template so you don't need to keep adding and removing fields. When those situations do come up, it's easy for DocuSign. For those other ones you need to go through a … Incentivized Helpful? Kelly Wasden Enterprise Account Executive in Sales at Motivosity (Human Resources, 11-50 employees) Chose DocuSign DocuSign is like Salesforce for CRM's. It just made sense as we were scaling as an organization and moving and adding new technology to our stacks. We really like Adobe Sign as a close second, but for what we were doing, DocuSign came back as a more professional sales org and … Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Interisano Commercial Sales in Sales at Top Hat (Computer Software, 201-500 employees) Chose DocuSign DocuSign seems to be a bit more of a user-friendly platform to work through. At the end of the digital signature, platforms are mostly the same as they accomplish one goal, get a contract signed safely and securely much sooner than if you were to get a physical signature. Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign Adobe Sign is a good solution as well yet it lacks some of the functionality DocuSign offers. I also find DocuSign just a bit easier to use, or maybe I just prefer the UI. Incentivized Helpful? Mitchell Herman Senior Account Manager in Sales at Cision (Public Relations and Communications, 1001-5000 employees) Chose DocuSign I briefly used Adobe EchoSign briefly during a past job and was not a huge fan of the step by step functionality. The process never seemed sensible and I was never fully confident when submitting documentation to clients. DocuSign was established in my next role and I can truly … Incentivized Helpful? Lauren Golden The Original Free Mama at The Free Mama (Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees) Chose DocuSign More affordable and user-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign We focused a lot on possibly doing this through OnBase natively. However there are a lot of things to consider such as security of the documents getting to and from the customer. DocuSign is able to act as a middle man, so that all you have to worry about is getting the … Incentivized Helpful? Layne Latham Sr. Territory Account Executive in Sales at Reading Horizons (Publishing, 51-200 employees) Chose DocuSign I think both products do the same thing well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign We actually started with Adobe EchoSign and it did not work for us at all. When we were in the sales process they said it could do everything we were asking and showed us some of it but just stated it could do other things (our bad on not making them show us those things as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose DocuSign I looked at EchoSign. At the time, EchoSign had not yet been acquired by Adobe. I did not do a thorough evaluation of EchoSign. I went with DocuSign, the clear leader at the time. Helpful?	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Ian Randolph Office/IT Manager in Information Technology at Heritage Landscape Services, Inc. (Facilities Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF Kofax Power PDF is the only application that has all of the features I need in one place. I still use DocHub/DocuSign for simple documents that don't require a lot of form filling but Kofax Power PDF is always my first choice for working with anything above that. The Form Typer … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF Again. The ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF Adobe and others focus on SaaS and subscriptions. I like that Power PDF is a one-time fee. Adobe offers many things I don't need, like Photoshop's AI features. Power PDF is perfect for handling PDFs, which is how I use it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF For my purposes, it is a lot better than Adobe Acrobat across the board. Signing PDFs in Tungsten Power PDF are easier than in Adobe and the conversion is a lot better than in Adobe. I bought a copy of Tungsten Power PDF for my own personal use instead of the Adobe Suite that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF I have used Iris Scan and HP Smart, but they are only a scanner. Kofax does so much more. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF Monthly fees are a huge detractor and Kofax being a one-time purchase makes it easy to decide. Incentivized Helpful? Carol Boggs CFO (Chief Financial Officer) in Customer Service at RTA Security, INC (Security & Investigations, 1-10 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF It is much easier and less expensive. Why would anyone use other programs? Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF We preferred Kofax as it is a one-time license we can use forever, instead of an ongoing monthly fee. Incentivized Helpful? Ashley Vogler Executive Assistant at Spiegelglass Construction (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF It has all of the same features for a fraction of the price. I was getting tired of watching monthly subscription fees stack up and this was a one-time payment and I’m done. I’m able to edit documents quickly and get started on other things. I would recommend this to anyone … Incentivized Helpful? Sarah Cox Junior Paralegal in Legal at The Bruning Law Firm (Law Practice, 11-50 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF It was a company decision to use Kofax over the other types of software so I didn't really have a hand in it. However, I would still use it over Adobe because of Kofax's easy to understand interface and ability to manipulate documents well. However, you can use Adobe to ask … Incentivized Helpful? Chad Rollo IT Consultant in Information Technology at Self-Employed (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF Easy to use, much cheaper. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF Adobe, pdfpro, for phone apps noteability sodapdf Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Bohnhoff Partner in Corporate at Pro Construction (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF I have never used another PDF tool to this degree. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Maurice Agency Owner in Corporate at 208benefits (Insurance, 1-10 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF Better pricing and more features than Adobe. Incentivized Helpful? Jayne Hardwick Curator of Animal Data & Logistics at NASHVILLE ZOO (Non-profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF There's no comparison of Power PDF with any other. Incentivized Helpful? Ting (Darren) Lee Senior Accountant in Professional Services at Ting Jung Lee, CPA, CGA (Accounting, 1-10 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF Foxit seem to be a bit more user friendly when it comes to document editing and speed is a little faster. However it can't match to Power PDF in its power of characters/numbers recognition when it comes to converting documents to Excel. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF I believe that if I can ever figure out Kofax it will be the better, more useful product, but for now I need to stick with Adobe. Incentivized Helpful? John Walters Managing Member in Finance and Accounting at LeWalt Consulting Groupe (Accounting, 1-10 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF We did use Adobe Acrobat (both free versions and paid) in the past but found it to be clunky and expensive to get the functionality we needed whereas Power PDF has tools built right in without having to pay more for add-ons. We use Acronis True Image as our trusted backup and … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Georgeades CFO in Professional Services at Sol Ecology, Inc. (Environmental Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Tungsten Power PDF Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance) is superior to Acrobat Reader in that it loads faster and it is a full service PDF editing and creation product. I am unsure, though, how it compares to Adobe Sign; while I have accessed Sign to complete signing documents online through the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF I find Adobe products to be unhelpfully expensive for smaller business and non-business use. I don't find that Adobe products have as many options available in one product (you have to spread across other applications they offer to be able to do everything, which takes more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Tungsten Power PDF Compared to online PDF editors, [Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance Power PDF)] Advanced is much easier to use and more robust. Compared to Adobe Acrobat DC, Power PDF Advanced is not as intuitive and has a few missing functions, however price was a major consideration when … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	93% Would buy again 177 Answers	85% Would buy again 79 Answers	98% Would buy again 609 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	93% Delivers good value for the price 150 Answers	84% Delivers good value for the price 66 Answers	99% Delivers good value for the price 599 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	92% Happy with the feature set 175 Answers	88% Happy with the feature set 82 Answers	97% Happy with the feature set 607 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	93% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 111 Answers	83% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 62 Answers	96% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 545 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
95% Implementation went as expected 133 Answers	87% Implementation went as expected 67 Answers	97% Implementation went as expected 577 Answers

Features

Adobe Acrobat Sign

DocuSign

Tungsten Power PDF

Comparison of PDF Editors features of Adobe Acrobat Sign and DocuSign and Tungsten Power PDF
Feature	Adobe Acrobat Sign - Ratings	DocuSign - Ratings	Tungsten Power PDF 9.1 52 Ratings 5% above category average
Edit Text and Images	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	8.150 Ratings
Merge or Split PDFs	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.952 Ratings
Add Annotations	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.447 Ratings
Text Recognition (OCR)	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	8.043 Ratings
Page Management	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	8.445 Ratings
Form Creation and Editing	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	8.942 Ratings
Secure PDFs	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.940 Ratings
Convert to Different Formats	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.647 Ratings
Comment and Review Tools	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.346 Ratings
Undo and Redo Actions	00 Ratings	00 Ratings	9.747 Ratings

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	Adobe Acrobat Sign	DocuSign	Tungsten Power PDF
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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat Sign	DocuSign	Tungsten Power PDF
Likelihood to Recommend	2.9 (228 ratings)	9.0 (161 ratings)	9.5 (623 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (30 ratings)	7.0 (12 ratings)	9.2 (112 ratings)
Usability	1.8 (194 ratings)	8.5 (19 ratings)	8.2 (47 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (5 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)	9.1 (13 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (4 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)	9.1 (13 ratings)
Support Rating	7.3 (164 ratings)	10.0 (46 ratings)	9.7 (443 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	3.6 (1 ratings)
Online Training	8.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (7 ratings)	10.0 (5 ratings)	9.1 (33 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (9 ratings)
Ease of integration	5.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (10 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (12 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (7 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Acrobat Sign	DocuSign	Tungsten Power PDF
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. Kennedy Humphrey MBA HR Manager Read full review	DocuSign This product is well suited in the use case that I provided before: when it comes to onboarding employees and providing a clear channel for decision making for human resources, this is an excellent tool to accomplish that. I would say the weak points is when you have back and forth communication with users that it might seem a little redundant to have that back and forth communication in that scenario. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Tungsten Power PDF has been very helpful when needing to perform quality control on scanned documents. It has allowed me to check if the quality of the document is up to records management standards and make minor edits to fix small errors. It has also been helpful removing specific names from documents for privacy reasons. I have found it to be less helpful when dealing with primarily image-based PDFs, as there is limited image-editing capabilities. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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 Incentivized Kayte Moore Family Law Paralegal Read full review	DocuSign Ease of sending the same document out to multiple recipients, at multiple locations, for multiple signatures Quick turnaround - once the recipient signs the document, we receive notification and the document back immediately Can resend, alter, change, and/or add to the email and/or document that is sent out very easily The recipient can save the document after signing, so they too have their own electronic copy for their records Incentivized Michele Roy Special Education Teacher Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax No bloatware or unnecessary features, obnoxious update requests, or really anything that would stop you from doing what you need to do - read/edit a PDF. This is the major advantage over many competitors. Opens fast, with intuitive navigation and features; great for reading and annotating PDFs. Exporting and rearranging pages is also very smooth. Signing is a little unintuitive, but I believe it is reasonably done here. The PDF is not a file type that is intended to be directly edited. Thus, all PDF editors are clunky. This is no different, but simple tasks like adding text on top of the document, adding comments, or highlighting are relatively smooth. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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. Incentivized Jeff Keeney Sales and Customer Success at Cross-Sell Read full review	DocuSign Tracking, particularly when collecting signatures through connected applications, such as an ATS, is not always clean or easily traceable. Formatting documents to handle electronic signature types (signatures, initials, etc.) is not always easy, and highly dependent on the partner's technology. It is not convenient to have to use DocuSign as a stand alone product if the signatures are required for 3rd party applications. It definitely excels on its own, but the scope of that usage, at least for us, is slim. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Filling in your own signature in PDF Forms is hard to understand and needs more features (such as uploading your own signature as a PNG, etc.). Creating your own formula and understanding field names, logic, values, etc., is quite hard; it is NOT intuitive at all. Needs to be improved! Incentivized Matthias Reuter Consultant Circular Economy Read full review
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. Incentivized Lori Diggs HR Project Analyst Read full review	DocuSign I can't imagine doing business without DocuSign now. I would never want to go back to the way we used to do things. The "new way" is "the way" is "the right way." We can honestly be proud of a "one right way" process and not have to suffer through "5 ways for 5 days." Incentivized Tony Woods, PHR, CIPD Director of Human Resources Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Tungsten Power PDF is easy to use, the staff all like it, and there are no issues with it on any level. It is a more cost-effective solution to our PDF needs than other products currently available on the market. This product works as intended and it fits our business needs perfectly. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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. Incentivized Luke Holocher Business Manager Read full review	DocuSign Generally user-friendly once you have command of the basics, but also has a lot of nuances that can make it difficult to train others on. DocuSign University is a helpful tool, but understandably a lot of content to get through to become a well-versed user. A lot of different functionalities but only a few I use on a weekly basis. Incentivized Emily Wallace Talent Acquisition Coordinator Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax It is fast and easy to get the hang of. It really didn't take a lot of effort to learn how to use this program and I appreciated that it was pretty "plug and play" and there wasn't a long learning curve. Incentivized Ashley Vogler Executive Assistant Read full review
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 Verified User Read full review	DocuSign It does not go down. I have had zero issues with DocuSign, approaching 4 years. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Other that a PDF partially disappearing if left up for a long period of time - no issues. (If you close it and reopen it, it is all there. We have some PDFs that are 400-600 pages long.) Incentivized Jill Cundy Legal Secretary Read full review
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 Incentivized Verified User Read full review	DocuSign Everything loads quickly. Reports are generated in a reasonable time. No noticeable difference in integrated software processing speeds. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Pages nearly always load at the expected rapid speed. Some documents that print quickly from Adobe Reader print much more slowly from Power PDF. I have never generated a report - that's a feature I didn't know existed until now and do not know what it's for Incentivized Bonnie Greene Legal Assistant Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	DocuSign I'd give them a 10, but there has been 1 or 2 small cases that seemed to fall to the wayside, but I was able to call them up and get them resolved. We were having a bad implementation night (after midnight) and we needed assistance from Docusign. They were able to get an engineer to help us in the early morning hours Incentivized Erik Sheafer Enterprise Development Manager Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax I have contacted support a total of three times; once for installation support, twice for software support. I received contact back on my requests within four hours each time. Support was professional and supportive and quickly answered my questions/resolved my issues. I also emailed support a separate time to suggest software upgrades and receive a personal response within 24 hours. Very appreciative. Incentivized Jonathan Kolarik CEO Read full review
In-Person Training	Adobe No answers on this topic	DocuSign No answers on this topic	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax I got an overview of the product from my predecessor who was about to retire from the job I now hold. He did not go into very many of the features and probably only knew about the ones he used most frequently. Incentivized Bonnie Greene Legal Assistant Read full review
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. Joshua Lipton VP Technology Read full review	DocuSign Docusign is super easy to use, and apart from a few administration details, there was really nothing to train on. Post implementation, there were issues with configuration of auto-filled documents with the integrating 3rd party. That training required some time, because the DocuSign expert took the time to walk me through the 3rd party's configuration (how often does that happen?) so I could see how DocuSign should be best used to overcome weaknesses in the 3rd party platform. 10/10 expert care. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax We watched the training videos and tested out the features and functionality side by side. Some features are not used on a regular basis is it is convenient to go back and review training on that particular functionality when needed. Incentivized John Walters Managing Member Read full review
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. Jessie Mead Business Services Read full review	DocuSign Until you get the hang of it, I recommend doing several internal tests before sending a document to a client. As I mentioned earlier, you have to go through a bit of trial and error at first to verify that the workflow works as expected. Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Easy and quick, with no problems or support needed. Worked as intended right out of the box. E-signing was the only area that implementation was dificult and required support Incentivized Scott Lawson Owner Read full review
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). Incentivized Verified User Read full review	DocuSign There has never been anything that we could really compare to Docusign. We have tried sending documents in a PDF version, but that was not nearly as efficient. DocuSign saves your signature in the system and uses that as it goes through your documents. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax In my opinion, there is no comparison. Tungsten Power PDF is by far so much better than AA. And for the cost? Tungsten Power PDF is a one time charge, AA charges monthly and is much more costly! I always recommend Tungsten Power PDF! Incentivized Melissa Seigfried Office Administrator Read full review
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 Incentivized Verified User Read full review	DocuSign In my years of using DocuSign, I have never had an outage. I haven't even encountered a bug. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax Not really familiar since I'm the only person who uses it. But in the past it has been my understanding that Power PDF was offered only on a single-license basis, so it's been expensive for me to use it at home and at work because I had to pay for it on my own. In my current position management supports it so I at least only have to pay for it once. Incentivized Jayne Hardwick Curator of Animal Data & Logistics Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Read full review	DocuSign Less paper use, faster signature times, less time standing at the printer/scanner to send documents to yourself Security over your signature! Security over your company's signature and authorization to approve projects, cash flow etc Love audit trails and the seamless tracking of the status of the document Incentivized Matthew McGinnis Managing Partner Read full review	Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax I save hundreds every month by not sending documents to outside editors. On a monthly basis, I have received files that would be very limited in use, but the PDF software allows me to work with them, saving hours of human power otherwise wasted. The software is worth the money, but it can be more competitively priced. Incentivized Adam Bismej Director Of Operations Read full review
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