Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting 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).
$19.99
per month
Jotform
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Jotform Enterprise is a digital workspace productivity tool that provides a platform for organizations. The aim of Jotform Enterprise is to give companies an easy-to-navigate tool that makes reaching out to customers, collaborating with coworkers, and collecting e-signatures and data a more seamless process. Jotform Enterprise strives to enable companies to make data-driven decisions without compromising when it comes to quality and security. It doesn’t matter what type of…
$0
Pricing
Adobe AcrobatJotform
Editions & Modules
Acrobat Pro for Individuals
$19.99
per month
Acrobat Pro for Teams
$23.99
per month per user
Acrobat Studio for Individuals
$24.99
per month
Free
$0.00
Bronze
$34.00
Monthly
Silver
$39.00
Monthly
Gold
$99.00
Monthly
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe AcrobatJotform
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Adobe AcrobatJotform
Considered Both Products
Adobe Acrobat
Chose Adobe Acrobat
We like the interoperability between Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat. Their is native support to export from or to either format, but Adobe Acrobat Reader is free & everyone can view & print PDF documents free of charge.
Chose Adobe Acrobat
DocuSign was the main alternative we looked at seriously. The E-Signature side is comparable, but DocuSign does not give you the broader PDF editing and OCR capabilities, so you would still need another tool alongside it. Acrobat made more sense as a single tool that covered …
Chose Adobe Acrobat
I got Adobe Acrobat for free
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is an amazing tool. I chose this one because I did not see any others that I had enough knowledge to give a true review. I am more of a creative user when it comes to Adobe. I am new to marketing.
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Only used once, free version. Not nearly as helpful.
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Premiere Pro
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Well, Mac Preview is a default app on the Mac. It just works. It comes pre-installed and it is also used for images and various things. The UI, the graphics, the ux, the functionality all seem seamless. The application also feels very light, works very fast and it is easy to …
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Better for designers and people that care about layout
Chose Adobe Acrobat
My concern with ChatGPT is that it's harvesting all the data of the documents I send it.
Chose Adobe Acrobat
I actually prefer other products over Adobe Acrobat. I think Figma's worst thing ever was actually selling to you guys.
Chose Adobe Acrobat
I can easily edit my files from any of the other products with Adobe Acrobat, and it allows for great time management.
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator CC
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Really easy and straightforward functions for all users
Chose Adobe Acrobat
For Foxit, the OCR feature enabled me to edit the text within them. However, the accuracy was not always reliable. Personally, I found Adobe Acrobat to be more effective for this purpose, but that's just my preference. For PDF Fusion, did not like support/help/instructions and …
Chose Adobe Acrobat
I have not used any products that is similar to Adobe Acrobat.
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Bottomline is Adobe Acrobat is the standard and full implementation of all that PDF should have. I tried different apps for different reasons to like Apple Preview for quickly viewing the document. However, for final assessment I always prefer to use Acrobat and check if all …
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Preview is a great, quick tool for viewing docs or images but doesn't always show PDF files as they are intended as it doesn't have all the features that Adobe Acrobat does and nor does it attempt to. I't merely a quick route to checking something out for me. I wouldn't use …
Chose Adobe Acrobat
In terms of comparisons, the simple fact is that Adobe Acrobat is known and trusted by clients and print providers throughout industry. Third party PDF editors are often more lightweight but also don't have all the features of Adobe Acrobat, so there is the inevitable point …
Chose Adobe Acrobat
It's secure and easy to use for the user.
Jotform
Chose Jotform
Jotform is a more robust product. It offers more options for document creation and distribution. Very competitive pricing and much more cost effective than other products used.
Chose Jotform
Like I've mentioned previously, their branching logic is just not as sophisticated and can't do as much as I would like it to. Jotform lets you input specific data into a field based off different answers. This is great because it cuts down on how much a user actually has to …
Chose Jotform
Jotform is so much better than google sheets. You get the info right to your email as opposed to having to log into google sheets to get it.
Chose Jotform
Docusign did not allow you to create a template or provide templates, Textedly did not allow you to upload documents and/or modify.
Chose Jotform
Jotform is really just superior. More robust options and more flexability.
Chose Jotform
Jotform works better for our small business with the excellent free features
Chose Jotform
Not used any other products besides Google Forms.
Chose Jotform
Jotform is easier for the customers to use. They don't require any plug-ins or special procedures to be able to fill out the form and send it back to us. Adobe was more steps, and didn't always work as we expected. Making changes to the forms were also difficult after the fact.
Chose Jotform
More question types, conditions, calculated fields.
Chose Jotform
Allows anyone to use this platform
Chose Jotform
Jotform is so much more versatile that Google Forms, which we originally used. Google Forms was blocked by some of our users, where we have not had that problem with Jotform.
Chose Jotform
Jotform is an all-inclusive platform. Google lacks the features, templates, and form fields that are crucial in a form builder for any business. The branding and customization is a level far above what Google offers. I wouldn't go back to Google after working with Jotform as I …
Chose Jotform
Jotform looks more professional when the form is complete, I like being able to have questions side by side and on cards, as opposed to the stacked option google forms provides. I also like the logo addition and customisation options on Jotform. But the main advantage over …
Chose Jotform
I think it's better than mailchimp. Similar to Zapier in that it's just very sleak and user friendly but Jotform even more so. Wix is awesome too to be fair but yeah I'd say Jotform is up there with all of these. Better than mailchimp which can be really frustrating for me. …
Chose Jotform
API integration is smooth and possibility of customization are really really complete. Above all also the final user does not have problem in using the form
Chose Jotform
Google Forms and Microsoft SharePoint
Chose Jotform
We just cannot compare. Jotform is way ahead of the others: much more customization, options, logic... Jotform is just way better.
Chose Jotform
Docusign is more well known for signing legal documents across large enterprise but it was difficult to setup and get started on. Compared to Docusign, Jotform was much easier to build, design and create our first form which we were able to embed on our website straight away. …
Chose Jotform
Jotform's free tier seems stronger than some of the entry-level tiers of other products, which is why we decided to test it.
Features
Adobe AcrobatJotform
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Acrobat
-
Ratings
Jotform
7.9
Ratings
1% below category average
Survey templates00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Themes00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Custom logo/branding00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Acrobat
-
Ratings
Jotform
9.3
Ratings
9% above category average
Changes to live survey00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Question design help00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Multiple question types00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Acrobat
-
Ratings
Jotform
9.7
Ratings
15% above category average
Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Acrobat
-
Ratings
Jotform
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Response tracking00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Data export00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Analytics00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Acrobat
-
Ratings
Jotform
9.3
Ratings
7% above category average
Access controls00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Compliance00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Acrobat
-
Ratings
Jotform
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Respondent restrictions00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Adobe AcrobatJotform
Small Businesses
Square 9 Softworks
Square 9 Softworks
Score 9.3 out of 10
Square 9 Softworks
Square 9 Softworks
Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
MSB Docs
MSB Docs
Score 9.4 out of 10
Qualaroo
Qualaroo
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
M‑Files
M‑Files
Score 8.9 out of 10
Verint Voice of the Customer
Verint Voice of the Customer
Score 9.2 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Adobe AcrobatJotform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(0 ratings)
8.6
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(0 ratings)
7.4
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.8
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
1.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
1.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe AcrobatJotform
Likelihood to Recommend
When preparing artwork for print production from an application like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign, the best way to preview and preflight the work is to export to PDF and use Adobe Acrobat's output preview to check process colors, spot colors, dielines, and any special requirements, like foil stamping or varnish. Adobe Acrobat is also where you make any needed final adjustments to ensure correct reproduction on press. Documents intended for screen viewing must be exported to PDF and edited in Adobe Acrobat so as to add and edit needed accessibility features critical for legislative compliance.
Read full review
With a vast selection of pre-designed templates to choose from, ranging from event registrations to customer feedback surveys, JotForm caters to a broad spectrum of needs. Each template is fully customizable, allowing you to align the form's aesthetics with your brand identity effortlessly. JotForm has arrived to streamline and elevate your processes to a whole new level.
Read full review
Pros
  • For the business account, the Adobe Acrobat rep assigned to your account will actively look for ways to save you money.
  • We have found that our rep from Adobe Acrobat Business Account reviews our usage and related apps and has offered helpful tips on better ways to complete tasks we historically undertake with their software. They have saved us a great deal of time and money. They make us efficient.
  • The apps they offer that combine with the primary program are relevant to the tasks our business performs, and they function at a high level and never fail. It's really quite remarkable.
Read full review
  • The ease of use is my favorite part of the Jotform. You don't have to be an IT guru to use it, but the results of your creation will surely make people think you are.
  • Jotform keeps all my event request organized and accurate.
  • Editing forms is done with ease.
Read full review
Cons
  • More printing settings, like being able to adjust the margins and place the print area on the page when the file size is larger than the page, and I only want to print one section. Illustrator has this feature. Often, we print from Illustrator instead, because of this limitation.
Read full review
  • I would love for Jotform to offer an a la carte for some of the products like maybe we pay for more form views and submissions but not all the other stuff.
  • Flexibility in css.
  • More options in the name field, maybe I want the last name first or for it to be a full one entry box.
  • A phone number entry field.
Read full review
Likelihood to Renew
Adobe Acrobat works seamlessly with the other Adobe products we use that are industry-standard. We will certainly continue to use Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, meaning it will always be convenient to work seamlessly with Adobe Acrobat for our organization. We are happy with the performance of Acrobat and it's meets our expectations.
Read full review
It's exceptional software
Read full review
Usability
It’s a very easy app to learn and software is essential. I feel like the app could load a bit faster but overall, is one of my go to apps. Makes reading and editing pdfs easy and I enjoy the usability of the app. It is definitely something I make sure to have downloaded on any computer I’m working from
Read full review
It is very user-friendly and intuitive. The interface is very simple and straightforward. The elements are easily accessible even without having any prior knowledge of the interface. The customer support is incredibly awesome. They respond to you within 24-48hrs tops. They also provide a list of questions and answers that have already been asked.
Read full review
Reliability and Availability
We have not had availability issues with Adobe Acrobat, or at least none that I am personally aware of. Some may encounter crashes of the software during outages of electricity in their city or neighborhood, which no one can plan for, but with generators in our organization, we have been lucky not to have outages
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Performance
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.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
For a while, Acrobat DC crashed pretty frequently. I contacted Adobe Acrobat support about the problem. At first support was unable to provide a solution. After about a month Adobe's software engineers provided a fix. I just wish it had taken less than a month to solve the problem.
Read full review
Their support is truly awful and negligent [in my opinion]. It's rare for me to get so mad as to write a review about it but given what we do, I think it's necessary to document it. We work in mental health and having client data [transmitted] through the API correctly can be a matter of life and death for someone in crisis. We have had repeated issues with this in JotForm and reset the integration multiple times and yet it continues. [In my experience] tags don't transmit, complete contacts are absent, or parts of data [are] missing despite being mapped. [Again, per my experience] their support will initially respond and then you hear nothing. It's been a huge issue and we are leaving them as a result. [I feel] it's truly infuriating and negligent.
Read full review
Online Training
Answered basic questions.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
I was not involved with the implementation process, so I cannot answer this question. However, when it was installed on my computer system, they did so virtually. I just sat there while they took control of my computer over the network and watch them install it, lickety split
Read full review
Had to opt for Jotform to open in a separate window for some of my phones as being intergrated into my own site caused restricted viewing problems on some devices like mobiles.
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
DocuSign was the main alternative we looked at seriously. The E-Signature side is comparable, but DocuSign does not give you the broader PDF editing and OCR capabilities, so you would still need another tool alongside it. Acrobat made more sense as a single tool that covered document editing, OCR, and signature without stitching multiple products together
Read full review
Compared to Google and Microsoft, Jotform has a lot more features. I particularly love the e-signature because it makes the form feel more trustworthy for our team.
When compared to the other form builders, it is frankly too expensive for us to use them, while Jotform has just enough features for casual users like us.
Read full review
Scalability
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.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
  • Again, the ability to make multiple versions of a PDF has helped speed up getting them to the warehouse and making it easier to print for them!
  • In marketing, there are multiple uses of Adobe Acrobat where it speeds up our process making us more efficient.
Read full review
  • It saved me time. Within minutes I was able to create and share forms to collect demographic data.
  • While struggling to use another software, I thought of Jotform and it was able to assist me with collating the data I had to confirm results previously obtained.
  • I could not easily identify what new information was provided in a resubmission by a respondent.
Read full review
ScreenShots

Adobe Acrobat Screenshots

Screenshot of where to create, edit, convert, and share PDF files all from within Microsoft Teams – as part of Acrobat integrations with Microsoft 365 apps.Screenshot of Liquid Mode in Adobe Acrobat Reader mobile app, where users can read PDFs on phones and tablets without having to pinch and zoom. Navigate lengthy documents with intelligent outline and search tools, while maximizing readability and comfort with font size and line spacing that are adjustable.Screenshot of where to fill and sign PDF forms from anywhere and on any device. Here, users can collect signatures, digitally track progress, and automatically archive the signed document.Screenshot of the Adobe Scan mobile app, used to capture and convert documents into high-quality, interactive PDF documents that can be filled out, signed, and shared. This eliminates the hassle of finding a printer, filling a form by hand, and scanning it again.

Jotform Screenshots

Screenshot of Screenshot of Screenshot of Screenshot of Screenshot of Screenshot of