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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting 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

    E-Sign Dashboard

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $10

    per month

    Progress ShareFile

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AShareFile is a cloud-based file sharing and storage service built for business. The product was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2011, and is now offered by Progress Software.

    $54.45

    per month 3 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    Adobe Acrobat SignE-Sign DashboardProgress ShareFile
    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
    Basic
    $10
    per month
    Advanced
    $18.15
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Premium
    $28.59
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Industry Advantage
    $45.83
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Virtual Data Room
    $77.00
    per month per user (minimum 5 users)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Acrobat SignE-Sign DashboardProgress ShareFile
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$34.99 license per monthNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Acrobat SignE-Sign DashboardProgress ShareFile
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    Chose Progress ShareFile
    The ability to learn how to access, store, share, and retrieve documents is simpler than in other applications, and that is what keeps me in the application. Even though my Microsoft 365 professional and Adobe Acrobat Pro applications, which I currently subscribe to, include …
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress ShareFile
    I use ShareFile because it is simple and offers easy use of esignatures - and unlimited. DocuSign is getting expensive and charges often on a per "envelope" basis which doesn't work for me.
    Incentivized
    Chose Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile allows unlimited signatures per month.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    177 Answers
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    98%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
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    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    111 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    133 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    Adobe Acrobat SignE-Sign DashboardProgress ShareFile
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Adobe Acrobat Sign and E-Sign Dashboard and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat Sign
    -
    Ratings
    E-Sign Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    9.0
    94 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings00 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings00 Ratings8.857 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings00 Ratings9.153 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings9.082 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings00 Ratings9.589 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings00 Ratings8.090 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings00 Ratings9.575 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Adobe Acrobat Sign and E-Sign Dashboard and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat Sign
    -
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    E-Sign Dashboard
    -
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    Progress ShareFile
    9.4
    89 Ratings
    8% above category average
    User and role management00 Ratings00 Ratings9.484 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings00 Ratings9.490 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings00 Ratings9.571 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Adobe Acrobat Sign and E-Sign Dashboard and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat Sign
    -
    Ratings
    E-Sign Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    8.8
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance00 Ratings00 Ratings9.287 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings00 Ratings8.990 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings00 Ratings8.373 Ratings
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    OneSpan Sign
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Acrobat SignE-Sign DashboardProgress ShareFile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (228 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    1.9
    (194 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (33 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (164 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Acrobat SignE-Sign DashboardProgress ShareFile
    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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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    When we have a particularly large ad or job printing file that would "clog up" the email process, using ShareFile is very helpful. It's also useful for particular photographers we work with to upload a batch of photos all at once. Where it doesn't work as well for us is when trying to get clients to make use of a login to access folders. We find them reluctant to take on the learning curve. It works best for us when we just send them a clickable download link, and at most just require a tracking name and email address.
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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
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    • Secure File Storage and Sharing.
    • Workflows to get customer/affiliate responses to comments on documents.
    • I used to have the signature feature initially, but it was removed from the original plan, so I could only use it if I chose to select the higher plan price.
    • I love the upload notifications and reports on user activity.
    • The document storage versions are fantastic. I am the only user with Delete privileges, and I love that I can make those selections.
    • Integrations with Microsoft 365 - FANTASTIC - thank you.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    • The web console is not the most user friendly site to use to get to, and send my files.
    • We have had users that have not liked the change in workflow to get files from Progress ShareFile when they were used to just clicking on files on an email.
    • That management of the tools are not the most user friendly. There have been some improvements but keeping up with certs and setting up new users can be more work than expected.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    It's a highly effective and secure storage system, has robust workarounds for serving the various equipment limits of our users, meets high security requirements of HIPAA standards, significantly reduces our needs for producing paper trails.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is so easy to use I was able to download all of my projects files and have them set up to sync before my supervisor could even come over to explain the process to me. It is a neatly organized and intuitive software that allows even the less tech-savvy to become power users.
    Incentivized
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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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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    The software has never been down when I needed to use it.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    Easy to use, easy to integrate with Outlook. I only gave it a 9 because I have found that sometimes it does not play nicely with Outlook and can slow it down. But, when that happens (not frequent), I restart Outlook and all is well again
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    Citrix was generally responsive and helpful in solving technical issues. Like any cloud based SaaS product there is a danger that it may go down. This was a rare occurrence over my three years of using the product. The more common issue we encountered was clients forgetting their login which was easily managed through a forgot password functionality.
    Incentivized
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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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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    No answers on this topic
    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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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    Good documentation for the API. With a little help from RS tech staff, any competent programmer should be able to integrate RightSignature with an existing system in a week or three. That help is easy to get as well
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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).
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is easier and does what you need. I have moved a few organizations from SharePoint to ShareFile. Just easier. You can setup different areas for different departments, setup their permissions and it is easy enough for them to do what they want in their zones. The mobile app works great as well. So you can all the features you really use from SP, but just easier to setup and use.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    I am a one person office. I have no idea how this software would scale to a larger office.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    GoPaperless Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    • All of our clients and consulting engineers find ShareFile easy to use, thus complementing our business.
    • Our staff also find ShareFile intuitive, accessible, and easy to use, making it an ideal, everyday indispensable desktop tool for everyone in our company.
    • ShareFile can be linked to our firm's primary website as a placed for private use. We haven't found need for this yet, but might in the future.
    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.

    Progress ShareFile Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ShareFile dashboardScreenshot of ShareFile's Outlook PluginScreenshot of the Projects interfaceScreenshot of ShareFile's link sharing optionsScreenshot of ShareFile's e-signature