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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAdobe 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).

    $29.99

    per month per seat

    PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/APDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is a pdf editing and conversion software offering from Tracker Software Products. It includes features such as create pdf and convert to pdf.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe AcrobatPDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe AcrobatPDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Adobe AcrobatPDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I have limited experience with Foxit PDF Editor, but use PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor extensively, and have used it for more than a decade. In my limited experience, Foxit PDF Editor was superior to Adobe Acrobat DC in virtually every way, but my familiarity with PDF Xchange …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    For sure Adobe is one of the top products you can use but it is very pricey compared to other vendors. If it is not required by the company and you need basic functions such as comments or converting, then you can probably choose other vendors.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    PDF Xchange includes many more features in their basic product than Adobe Acrobat DC does. However, the interface for PDF Xchange seems very dated. It looks like an old Windows 95 program.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I tried to find the other .pdf software that I've used in the past but it was not all in the drop-down menu for selection (i.e. CutePDF writer). They've all been reasonably competent at creating and editing .pdf documents but Adobe is still the top dog in features and security.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat DC is the most user-friendly PDF platform I have used. Compared to other platforms where the tools to edit and organize a PDF will still be there, Adobe Acrobat DC offers a graphical user interface that is very simple and easy to understand. The icons used for the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe is the industry standard. The learning curve for inward and outward users was much easier. We are an education based organization, so our documents need to be reliable and compliant for safety and accessibility measures.
    Incentivized
    Tracker Software Products
    Chose PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    I have had problems with other software crashing with large PDF files, except for Adobe. However, Adobe Acrobat is very expensive, and this has done as well for me as Adobe Acrobat. I also dislike monthly fees since income for our business can rise and fall. I prefer to …
    Incentivized
    Chose PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    A license and an Adobe Account are needed for Adobe Acrobat DC. PDF Xchange is easy to get it up and running without any of the login information. It saves the hassle of having to be bogged down by Cloud features and other features. PDF Xchange is simple, free of promotional …
    Incentivized
    Chose PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    Better price for single licenses and user packs.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    897 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    768 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    899 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    594 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    683 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Adobe AcrobatPDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    PDF Editors
    Comparison of PDF Editors features of Adobe Acrobat and PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat
    -
    Ratings
    PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Edit Text and Images00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Merge or Split PDFs00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Add Annotations00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Text Recognition (OCR)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Page Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Form Creation and Editing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Secure PDFs00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Convert to Different Formats00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Comment and Review Tools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Undo and Redo Actions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Adobe AcrobatPDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
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    Tungsten Power PDF
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    Esker
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Nitro PDF Pro
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Tungsten Capture
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Adobe Acrobat Reader
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe AcrobatPDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (967 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (46 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (382 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.2
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (64 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    3.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe AcrobatPDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    In my opinion there isn't a better document program that works with everyone. In a previous role; I had advocated for staff across departments to get Adobe Acrobat licenses because they kept sending every little thing to me since I had the main Adobe license. It really made their departments (sales & finance) run much smoother for a very minimal cost.
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    Tracker Software Products
    This software handles large PDF files and has not crashed for me, unlike some other PDF software. It does what I need very well, although it has a lot of features beyond what I need. It extracts and adds documents easily and certainly does well with its search function after applying optical character recognition.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • It is easy to sign and send a document.
    • It makes it easy to scan and save a document.
    • It is easy to add text to any document.
    • You can create an editable PDF form for others to complete based on the questions you include.
    • You can create and send a secure document to a client for their signature.
    • It is easy to add photos to any document.
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    Tracker Software Products
    • Intuitive an easy to understand interface
    • Fast
    • Good value for the price
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • I wish the backward compatibility was a little more friendly. PDFLyer had to be updated sooner that we would like when we updated from Adobe 2017 to Adobe 2026.
    • I wish it had list processing like Excel where it could remove duplicates, change formatting, etc.
    • Sometimes after an update we lose our plugins and have to restablish the connection to the plugin or reinstall.
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    Tracker Software Products
    • Have the ability to add a little more customization (like font sizes in Typewriter tool, etc).
    • Have the ability to export individual pages into separate PDFs.
    • Have the ability to easily resize.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Tracker Software Products
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    Usability
    Adobe
    I would say overall, the product is great and as someone who has used it for many years now, I'm quite familiar with the ins and outs of the application. However, we found that when users were shown it for the first time and a bit after, they would feel a bit overwhelmed by the options and what everything meant. I think the UI could be simplified or an option to have a simplified mode and an advanced mode added.
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    Tracker Software Products
    It does everything I need, such as OCR, redaction, Bates stamping, bookmarking, and handling large PDF files without crashing. It also does well with the extraction and addition of documents.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    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
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    Tracker Software Products
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    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.
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    Tracker Software Products
    Performance wise, PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is flawless. It runs fast, and I haven't experienced any immediately crashing. The reports save quickly, and the document size is never an issue. It saves into a regular PDF, and we're able to open it on any other program or computer. All text boxes, features, and headers show up flawlessly on other programs.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    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.
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    Tracker Software Products
    The application had no issues (we did not contact support) and that's why I give a 10.
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    Answered basic questions.
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    Tracker Software Products
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    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
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Adobe Acrobat has the most premium features that other software can't offer. The seamless UI is consistent on any device, and the ease of use. The security and the advanced AI features are what you won't get on any other platforms or apps.
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    Tracker Software Products
    PDF Xchange hits a sweet spot for me and my users. It is powerful, includes a full suite of creation, markup, and management tools. It is very affordable.
    Bluebeam is too much that isn't print and PDF related. It is EXPENSIVE ... more than $300 per person before almost mandatory additional training.
    PDF Creator is good for PDF creation. It doesn't include markup and management tools.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    I am not responsible for sales or purchasing
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    Tracker Software Products
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    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.
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    Tracker Software Products
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Definitely a positive ROI when I can receive clear notes/direction on edits for a PDF via Acrobat's comment system, rather than chicken scratch on a printed document.
    • The ability to password-protect my PDFs so I can make sure only the workforce I want to see the information has been priceless!
    • As I mentioned before, a huge positive impact is the ability to edit PDFs without having to return to the original file's native software.
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    Tracker Software Products
    • PDF XChange costs around $50-75 per person depending on the version.
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    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.