Adobe Acrobat vs. Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Acrobat

2952 Reviews and Ratings

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro

549 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Acrobat	Score 8.8 out of 10	N/A	Adobe Acrobat DC is the current version of the well-established document / PDF management solution, part of the Adobe Document Cloud (the other part being Adobe's eSign services based on technology acquired with EchoSign in 2011).	$12.99 per month
Adobe Premiere Pro	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Adobe offers their video editing platform Adobe Premiere Pro, supporting video and audio editing as well as VR presentations, available as part of the company's Creative Cloud suite or as a standalone application.	$20.99 per month

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Premiere Pro

Editions & Modules

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

Premiere Pro Single App: $20.99
per month
Adobe Creative Cloud - All Apps: $52.99
per month
Adobe Creative Cloud - Students and Teachers: $52.99
per month
Adobe Creative Cloud - Business: $79.99
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Premiere Pro
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Premiere Pro
Considered Both Products	Adobe Acrobat CM Cameron Murray Communications & Marketing Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat I have only used Adobe Acrobat when it comes to software similar to it. Because I am an avid user of Adobe Premiere Pro (and sometimes Illustrator/Photoshop), it made perfect sense for me to use Acrobat too. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Adobe Acrobat Acrobat is a much more robust app that Preview. Preview is simple and does not have the same about of tools and features that Acrobat has. Acrobat integrates with Adobes other Adobe Apps which makes it very powerful and robust. The cloud features of Acrobat make it a better … Incentivized Helpful? Adam Fenton Director of Multimedia Technology Chose Adobe Acrobat All PDF Converter worked OK for our needs, but it's not really that much cheaper in the long run that just using Adobe Acrobat. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Craven President Chose Adobe Acrobat We think that Acrobat is the best choice for creating and modifying PDF files. Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Fargo Owner Chose Adobe Acrobat It doesn't stack up AGAINST...it compliments. It's a worthy peer and integral extension of all the other software we use. Incentivized Helpful? CN Cassandra Nicholl Strategist Chose Adobe Acrobat I use all of my Adobe products for different reasons. As someone who works in creative a lot of the time, the products I listed are super important in my daily work. I typically use Adobe Acrobat to organize and export the files I worked on. I find it to be an all purpose … Helpful? NI Natasha Ing Student Chose Adobe Acrobat I would say that Adobe Acrobat DC is the easiest to use among Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator because it does not require any complex training or experience with the software beforehand. Similar to Microsoft Word, it is an easy-to-understand interface … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Adobe Acrobat I have used Microsoft Word to create forms. I have also generated reports using Microsoft Access and generated a pdf using Acrobat reader. I also used InfoPath to create input forms and display data in SharePoint. I have used Snag IT to generate a snapshot to disseminate … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC is the end product software used to complete print projects. Most vendors require a pdf only so it’s a necessary tool to learn. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Chow Learning Experience Designer / Graphic Designer Chose Adobe Acrobat 10+. There is no other application I would use if given the choice. In one of my other consultations, one of the businesses had to merge multiple-single PDFs into one document. Not only did I suggest Adobe Acrobat Pro DC but another user asked the same thing. The business did … Incentivized Helpful? CS Cheryl Shelmadine owner Chose Adobe Acrobat Acrobat is the gold standard. It is the Cadillac of pdf software packages. PDFCreator is a good solid program that will work well in environments that need the basic pdf acrobat functions. It is a much better price point too. But if you need all the bells and whistles, I have … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Adobe Acrobat I have a lot of experience with the majority of Adobe products and applications within the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite including Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, After Effects, Dreamweaver, and numerous others! The entire cloud suite of applications is absolutely … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC is as robust as these other products but much easier to learn and implement changes. As a designer, I am efficient with other products such as InDesign, but Adobe Acrobat DC makes it possible for those viewers that don't have those design skills to quickly make … Incentivized Helpful?	Adobe Premiere Pro Andrew Folts YouTube Filmmaker Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I had no problems with Final Cut. It was also easy to use and very powerful. However, Adobe Premiere Pro is part of the Adobe ecosystem, so it just makes sense to use it instead of Final Cut Pro. Of course, some people may prefer to pay a one-time fee of $300 with Final Cut vs … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Many other producers and editors prefer to use Adobe Premiere Pro over other industry alternatives because it is so widely used across post-secondary institutions and companies across the world. It can be used in conjunction with multiple other Adobe products (e.g. Photoshop & … Incentivized Helpful? Anthony Burke Public Information Officer Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I didn't see it listed in the dropdown, but I've also used the stripped down Adobe program, Adobe Premiere Rush, which is also excellent, although you probably need to use it in conjunction with Premiere Pro for unfettered use. Although my introduction to the video production … Incentivized Helpful? Leonardo Barbosa Corrêa Sócio / Designer Gráfico Chose Adobe Premiere Pro It is the most professional software on the market, used by most professionals, interlinked with other Adobe programs, which greatly facilitates the workflow. It has excellent support via web. Very easy to find tutorials. Incentivized Helpful? Sally Kim Editor, Producer Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Product not included: Avid Media Composer. I've used Premiere, FCPX, and Avid (not bothering to include iMovie as it is not necessarily considered a "professional" product), but have most experience with Premiere. There's a laughable debate between Premiere and FCPX (Avid still … Incentivized Helpful? FP Franchesco Petrizzo Colsultor de Marketing Digital Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Filmora is an excellent program. It has much smaller monthly fees than Adobe Premiere, but we still believe that the Adobe program offers better results in the design area. We also like to get carried away by the tranquility offered by using a program that is backed by a good … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Brown Designer Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I've not used the Corel contemporary in quite a while but when I used Pinnacle in previous years there really wasn't a comparison. I'm sure for a budget-minded user it would get the job done but I think plenty of free software would be just as good. If you're going to pay for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Adobe Premiere Pro A similar program is Adobe After Effects. It has some of the same functions, but for basic or in-depth editing of a video, Premiere Pro should be your first choice. Incentivized Helpful? BC Bryan Crowe Digital & Video Specialist Chose Adobe Premiere Pro iMovie is okay for "family video" editing if you aren't getting overly involved. My biggest issue with iMovie was in making changes. It was not a good tool for that. Now it's been a number of years since I worked in iMovie, so perhaps they have made changes to it, to improve … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro is by far the best video software of the selected products. It does not have the best audio editing capabilities nor video graphic design capabilities but good enough ones where it can help you out in a pinch if your primary goal is to edit the video. The … Incentivized Helpful? Brent Polson Marketing and Communications Manager Chose Adobe Premiere Pro These other products are provided to work seamlessly with Premiere Pro. They are used to enhance the overall functionality of the Adobe products. Using these products harmoniously allows you to create amazing effects. Basically, you are only limited by your imagination. I don't … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Again, this comes down to integrations with other Adobe products. Premiere Pro alone isn't enough to produce a professional video. You need other solutions for effects, audio editing, and color correction. Adobe has a full suite of solutions to assist in the professional … Incentivized Helpful? Miguel Brito Director de Marketing en Festejos Car-Yan. C.A. Chose Adobe Premiere Pro In the main thing I think that the Adobe company develops products of very good quality. I am an fan of the brand and, therefore, we use all of their products. Previously we started using Camtasia, but we did not adapt to it and we believe that it has neither the tools nor the … Incentivized Helpful? Raphael Sanguinete Sócio-fundador e Produtor Executivo Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro, for me, is the one with better workflow and easier to learn user interface. One of the reasons for that, is that it takes the same UI/UX path of other Adobe tools that we already use, so the mastery of using it is integrated with the mastery of using these … Incentivized Helpful? Paul Weber Video and Digital Media Technologist Chose Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere has many more features for the power user than either of these alternatives, and is available cross platform unlike iMovie. It can handle more formats than Camtasia and gives more exporting options than either. Incentivized Helpful? Ashley Erickson Public Relations Coordinator Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I previously edited on a Mac, so I used Final Cut Pro. I found FCP easier to learn at the start, but I believe APP has more features. Incentivized Helpful? Lauren Holloway Creative/Media Specialist Chose Adobe Premiere Pro I feel the most comfortable using Adobe Premiere Pro because of how frequent I use it. I do think that all Adobe programs are easy to use and widely used by the general public which makes it easy if you have questions. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Pdf files Pro Easy to use Pro Pdf documents	Pro Video editing Pro Editing software Pro Adobe products
Top Cons	Minus User interface Minus Large files Minus Pro version	Minus Learning curve Minus Steep learning curve Minus New users

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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Premiere Pro
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (475 ratings)	8.4 (81 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (11 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	8.6 (232 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.8 (7 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.1 (52 ratings)	3.2 (16 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.6 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.7 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Premiere Pro
Likelihood to Recommend	Adobe If your organization uses PDFs frequently, then Adobe Acrobat feels like must-have. I could not imagine our organization not using it. The ability to create, organize, and edit PDFs easily and intuitively are the main reasons my organization uses it. The other additional functions and features are "nice to haves", but ultimately, don't impact our day-to-day Incentivized Adam Montgomery Business Development Manager Read full review	Adobe I have actually recommended Adobe Premiere Pro to many people looking to get into the editing field. It is perfect for any type of video creation. It would not be very useful for someone who isn't serious about video editing and wants to just use something to cut out the beginning or ends of clips. It's too advanced for that and [maybe] confusing for someone not educated in the field. Incentivized Hilary Hobbs Senior Video Editor Read full review
Pros	Adobe Easy to understand- the program has a very intuitive layout that is great for people who doesn't use the product very much Includes all features you might need. There are many features I didn't even think we would need that they have included. They have a very recognizable name so my clients feel they can trust what they are being asked to open/sign since the Adobe name is next to it. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe Premiere is able to import video in almost any format and has a number of excellent export formats and styles. Premiere has a great interface that once learned feels very intuitive. Premiere aligns easily with the other suite of Adobe software allowing for easy integration of graphics and audio. Incentivized Jeff Huisjen Director of studentLife Read full review
Cons	Adobe It would be good if Adobe Acrobat could utilize less system resources. I have had crashes due to memory and CPU load this week Quicker load times from a cold launch Easier collaborative commenting for offline documents - knowing where and who wrote what Ensuring documents don't have issues where text cannot be copied before publishing Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe Export times: I do a massive amount of exports with intensive graphics. They often need to be done quickly. If export times could be reduced by 90%, my life would improve drastically. Importing errors: Certain video formats are not compatible, such as specific types of MP4s and MKV files. Greater flexibility would be wonderful. End the subscription model. I'd gladly pay one flat fee once and be done with it. Incentivized Kenny Madison Video Editor, ChiveTV Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Adobe I bought a perpetual license to Acrobat some time ago, but if the software ever stopped being supported in my version of windows or other solution that makes me need to buy another license I would not hesitate to do so since it saves me a lot of headaches. There are workarounds to merge files and edit pdfs with an online interface but I dont think those are a good usage of time when Acrobat exists. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe Adobe Premiere Pro saves time and cost and it does a great job. When you see the output you know that you have made the right investment in the right application. Adobe does not require a lot of support to work good. There are thousands of videos in case you are looking for a particular thing to do during your work on your videos therefore it is well supported. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Adobe My overall experience with Adobe is great because because the it has almost all of the tools in one place and it can be used it for most of my work without going anywhere else. Because the tools are available right there in the main interface, it makes it very easy to use. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe Adobe Premiere Pro can be VERY overwhelming at first (especially if you are new to video editing). Incentivized Michael Craven Owner/President/CEO Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Adobe Pretty much always there for my business and personal needs. Incentivized Jamie Caroland Independent Consultant Read full review	Adobe No answers on this topic
Performance	Adobe One of the best features of Adobe Acrobat is its speed and stability. When dealing with massive multi-page files, having to reload a crashed program over and over again would slow down progress unnecessarily. And expanding on that, having the table of contents generated allows me to skip to different pages with ease, a necessary feature with exceptionally long files. word searches are even more helpful with text recognition. Incentivized Daniel Epstein Senior Clinical Quality Analyst Read full review	Adobe No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Adobe Because I don't need it. Used it years ago for account management/billing issues but they have changed the user experience so more of that can be managed online. If I have a question the knowledge base or a video that Adobe has posted answers Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe It is a professional team that provides customer service at any time. I think that the team does not rest until they find a solution to your problem. I think this makes this company great because when a company offers a good service, and they treat you well, the customer always returns satisfied. Incentivized FP Franchesco Petrizzo Colsultor de Marketing Digital Read full review
In-Person Training	Adobe No answers on this topic	Adobe Utilizing one of the many books available on Adobe Premiere Pro, each video editor can learn at their own pace. Incentivized Michael Craven Owner/President/CEO Read full review
Online Training	Adobe Answered basic questions. Incentivized Michael Craven President Read full review	Adobe No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Adobe Works well with JamF and SmartDeploy. These are our Enterprise imaging solutions for Mac's and PC's. The Enterprise installer is required when pushing out this app. Incentivized JP Jerome Pierce Helpdesk Manager Read full review	Adobe No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Adobe There really is no comparison. Although we use other PDF programs, we mainly utilize Adobe. Not only because we find it to be a better program but also because everyone is more familiar with it. However, the other products are implemented for various reasons, such as a feature or 2 that we find necessary to use at times. Incentivized Allen Gendler President Read full review	Adobe DaVinci Resolve is a powerful editing and color-grading application, and the base version is free. However, I've found that with the Lumetri Color panel in Premiere, I really have no need for Resolve as it meets all of my needs. Additionally, I've found Resolve to be lacking in support for the broad range of file types that Premiere handles gracefully. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Scalability	Adobe I find that many users aren't aware of many features of the software they use, nor may they be comfortable with learning multiple-step processes. For the simplest of PDF purposes (scanning, downloading, exporting), it gets a thumbs-up. For anything involving electronic signatures, meh--causes eyes to glaze over, or forgetting what all is involved. Incentivized Jamie Caroland Independent Consultant Read full review	Adobe No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Adobe Adobe Acrobat has improved the security of our documents, resulting in less risk, as protecting documents is essential to ensure compliance with privacy laws. It saves our company money, as the product makes it easier for our employees to complete their jobs. The product assists our employees with providing quality work product. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Adobe Speed of workflow has increased- specially when coupled with keyboard shortcuts Jobs have had a faster turnover rate which makes clients happy. I have two Adobe accounts, one for work and one for personal use. Both of these accounts are paying for themselves through the work I can provide with the use of Premiere. Incentivized John Uibel Creative Specialist Read full review
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