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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

    Quip

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AQuip is a collaboration tool, from Salesforce, that helps sales teams accelerate business in real-time with embedded documents, live Salesforce data, and other built-in collaboration features.

    $120

    per year per user

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Adobe Acrobat SignQuipSlack
    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
    Enterprise
    $25
    per user per month
    Starter
    $120
    per year per user
    Plus
    $300
    per year per user
    Advanced
    $1,200
    per year per user
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Acrobat SignQuipSlack
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$34.99 license per monthNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll editions include unlimited personal documents and folders and a custom subdomain. Paid versions include unlimited document revision history, message archive and group sharing.*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Adobe Acrobat SignQuipSlack
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    Pricing was within the budget, user friendly and the entire team was aware about Adobe solutions and usage (brand awareness). They have Trusted Security Standards implemented which met our needs for compliance and the tool users Simple Signing Instructions which make the life …
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    I have previously used DocuSign and HelloSign. I prefer Adobe Acrobat Sign because I am familiar with it, and it's easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    Adobe Acrobat Sign was, to me, simpler to figure out how to use and was a better value proposition for my firm's use cases than was DocuSign. When I have used DocuSign I found it to be less intuitive and at times confusing. Clients have commented on the simplicity of signing …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Quip
    It's like Google Docs or Microsoft Word, but more team-focused than either. It also reminds me of Slack a little bit in how you can add comments and everyone can view documents right in one place. There's also a side bar where chats can occur. I also really like that you can …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Slack is visually pleasant, has nice features. Its learning curve, the templates and documents management, and the team communication are also very good, and another point that stands out is the template feature (and I'm sure they will add more in future updates.) It helps gain …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Confluence is one that I think is semi comparable. I think SharePoint is very similar in nature and OneNote would be comparable as well. I think from a collaboration standpoint it's probably the best out of them. Like I said, it's not very good for version control. I think Confl…
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Nothing. Quip was our only choice.
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Notion was very good in my personal use of it; however, I have used Quip in a professional environment, and the integration of security control was superb. I think that Quip's version of tables and spreadsheets is better than Notion, but they are very similar in many aspects.
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Stacks up well against Google docs for collaboration. Not as ubiquitous as GSuite or Office
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    While Quip is a fine tool, I personally would recommend an organization leverage Google Work Suite for Docs, Slides, and Sheets over Quip. I found Quip's feature set to be limited in relation to Google, all things considered. However, Quip can be valuable if your company has …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    We no longer use Teamwork but when we did, we tried to house documents but we'd always forget where they were. They weren't easy to access. Dropbox we still use sometimes, but if all our clients used quip, we would no longer need to use Dropbox except for audio and video files …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Quip integrates the best with Salesforce. It is not as speedy or as full-featured as these applications. In some cases like Slack, it offers document capabilities that are not possible. Sharepoint has little collaboration other than everyone going to the same location. Quip …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Google Drive documents have to be shared 1-by-1. Quip automatically shares docs to everyone.

    Evernote is only used by a select few. Difficult to get everyone onboard to use it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    It's the easiest and most comprehensive tool without the distraction and noise of other tools. Rapid adoption from the team and customers love it too.
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    • Functionality of Quip exceeds Evernote across most criteria I can think of.
    • Downside is lower level of adoption of Quip, which makes sharing hard at times.
    • Also, the high penetration of Evernote vs. Quip can make some users resistant to switch tools (high cost) or at times change …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Slack
    Slack has a great layout which makes it very user friendly. It is quite similar to Microsoft Teams and equally just as good. Better than Whatsapp Web as a stand alone app, so it doesn't have to be linked to your phone. The colors and fonts are welcoming as well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack has features beyond messaging that make it unmatched. Slack makes it easy to find older conversations even if you aren't part of a channel—very good sync-to-device from PC and mobile apps. To send an email,
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
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    Features
    Adobe Acrobat SignQuipSlack
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Acrobat Sign and Quip and Slack
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat Sign
    -
    Ratings
    Quip
    8.2
    37 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.635 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.221 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.624 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.822 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.832 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings9.434 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.227 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Adobe Acrobat Sign and Quip and Slack
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat Sign
    -
    Ratings
    Quip
    7.8
    37 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings7.636 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.635 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.636 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings7.221 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings9.426 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.110 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.112 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.011 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Adobe Acrobat Sign and Quip and Slack
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat Sign
    -
    Ratings
    Quip
    7.9
    37 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.827 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.220 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.818 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings9.437 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.232 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.221 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings6.116 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings8.627 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Acrobat SignQuipSlack
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    3.0
    (228 ratings)
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    9.1
    (639 ratings)
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    8.0
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    1.8
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    Availability
    9.0
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    Performance
    9.0
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    7.3
    (164 ratings)
    9.1
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    10.0
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    Online Training
    8.0
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    8.0
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    8.8
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    Configurability
    9.0
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
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    9.7
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
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    Professional Services
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Acrobat SignQuipSlack
    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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    Salesforce
    I think collaboration is probably the best use case for it allows really good drafts of documents. I think it's really good use case if you want to go track edits to documents as well. It's probably not really good for versioning control, but it's definitely, it's very, very lightweight and so you can use it on a mobile device, you can use it in any web browser. So it's very easy to use, very easily accessible. I probably wouldn't use it from a spreadsheet perspective. Well I think some of the primary functions of data sheets are there. It doesn't have some of the more complex formulas that you would typically get from Excel or something like that
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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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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    Salesforce
    • We use it as an effective way of collaboration between teams.
    • It can be used as an online spreadsheet.
    • It helps in accessing the data by multiple teams hassle-free.
    • Can customize the action like editing or locking the spreadsheet to the other users based on the business need.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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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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    Salesforce
    • When using Quip Desktop, it can be slow to update with content from other users
    • I think it would be cool to have a PDF proofing system integrated into Quip. Once copy has gone to design, we are basically done using Quip - I'd like to bring that all together within Quip
    • Multi -select and group export of documents would be helpful
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
    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.
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    Salesforce
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
    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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    Salesforce
    It is the best collaboration tool in my company. Through it, the organization has achieved better connectivity and efficiency in its communication. Primarily, the docs feature of this software is the most utilized in the company. Slowly, dash-boarding and project management features have also been utilized. Generally, it is the best tool, very easy and fairly streamlined
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
    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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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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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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    Salesforce
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    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
    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.
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    Salesforce
    I have never used Quip's support. To be fair, we hired someone who used to work for Quip before working at our company, and he implemented it and pushed it with the team. He was very biased toward the product, and yes it was better than Google Drive, but by how much?
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
    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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    Salesforce
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    Salesforce
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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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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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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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    Salesforce
    Google Drive is an obvious choice for a collaboration suite, but it still has this old-fashioned Windows 95 feel to it, with the standard file system hierarchy and spread-sheet like lists of files. Quip has a fresh take on the user interface, and the comments and discussion on a given file or line within a file seems more integrated and seamless, rather than a bunch of boxes out in the margin away from where you're actually reading and working. Having everything just to the left of a list or paragraph makes it easier to focus and maintain context while you're working or discussing a certain point.
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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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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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
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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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    Salesforce
    • It is a tool that allows work teams to move forward in a centralized way and meet their objectives as efficiently as possible; this has allowed us to meet our customers and brought more work to the organization, therefore more revenue; I would say that the ROI was fast enough, as expected.
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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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.

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