Adobe Acrobat vs. Wondershare PDFelement vs. Perftech.DocSay

Perftech.DocSay

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).	$29.99 per month per seat
Wondershare PDFelement	Score 5.0 out of 10	N/A	PDFelement is a document management solution from Wondershare Software headquartered in China.	$79.99 per year per user
Perftech.DocSay	Score 0.0 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Perftech.DocSay - Document Management Solution. Perftech.DocSay is a solution that provides comprehensive information and document management in a modern business environment. The solution is scalable and can be adapted to business processes and environment. Perftech.DocSay is used to manage various aspects of documentation, such as ISO documentation management, inbound mail capture and processing, invoice management, project documentation…	N/A

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat

Wondershare PDFelement

Perftech.DocSay

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

PDFelement: 79.99USD
per year per user
PDFelement: 129.99USD
one-time fee per user

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Acrobat	Wondershare PDFelement	Perftech.DocSay
Free Trial
Yes	Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Required

Additional Details

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For Individuals: Yearly Plan: $79.99/user; 2-Year Plan: $109.99/user Perpetual Plan(one-time): $129.99/user For Teams: Yearly plan starts at $109/year for 1 user For Education: Yearly Plan: $47.99/user; Perpetual Plan(one-time): $99.99/user

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Community Pulse
	Adobe Acrobat	Wondershare PDFelement	Perftech.DocSay
Considered Multiple Products	Adobe Acrobat LW Lisa Wilder Customer Support Supervisor Chose Adobe Acrobat Ease of use and avaialbility were better for Acrobat Incentivized Helpful? Joyce Williams Graphic Designer Chose Adobe Acrobat The ability with this software especially of multiple PDF files management and creation is more productive and the performance is effective and easy usability is cost effective. Data security and integration functionalities are also a big point with this system and final … Incentivized Helpful? Allen Gendler President Chose Adobe Acrobat 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Adobe Acrobat We find Adobe Acrobat very easy to use, and the software performs that it has to do with no bad surprises or format problems. Helps so much to create forms, edit documents, sign documents, other important feature is sharing documents to peers, you can have the control and … Incentivized Helpful? WO Weronika Oesterreicher Account Director Chose Adobe Acrobat They have a much less intutive user interface and don't always provide a complete solution one stop shop for all the features that we make use of. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe is a better product Incentivized Helpful? Joey Harman Sales Assistant Manager - Project Consultant Chose Adobe Acrobat I've had very little interaction with these other three, PDF Studio was probably the most I've played with. But honestly, I just wasn't impressed really. Not impressed enough to see much of a difference or improvement. Adobe has always been the chosen one for our company so … Incentivized Helpful? Paula Byrd IRS Registered e-File Provider / Tax Preparer & Consultant Chose Adobe Acrobat Foxit has an easier interface I think. PDF Element was a need for my iPad and I only used it one time. I like the customizations available in FoxIt and it seems to be cheaper all around. Incentivized Helpful?	Wondershare PDFelement NL Nathan Lopez Pastor Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDF Element isn't as easy to use as Adobe Acrobat but it sure is a lot cheaper and no monthly subscription. Incentivized Helpful? Amani Ali Admin Associate Chose Wondershare PDFelement Very similiar to Adobe Acrobat. Might actually have more modern features like adding shapes, stamps, and a background color to your PDFs. We ultimately chose this over Adobe because there was a one time fee rather than a monthly subscription. Incentivized Helpful? Allen Schellenberg Executive Director Chose Wondershare PDFelement Price was the only factor that drove me to look at other PDF editing software options. I was very pleased to find PDFelement, as it usually met or exceeded the capability of Adobe Acrobat. Obviously, as a long-time user to Acrobat, there is the tendency to become frustrated … Helpful? Stuart McLellan Business Owner Chose Wondershare PDFelement I have evaluated Acrobat but found it less user friendly than PDFelement and very expensive on a product to product comparison Incentivized Helpful? KY khan yash Accountant Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is the ideal solution for Adobe Acrobat because of its small size, clean interface, quick start, strong features, light system resource usage, and low pricing. Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is more intuitive, and snapper, with more wow factors. Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Wondershare PDFelement Both of the programs mentioned above have worked much better for my needs. Helpful? Anthony Zurica Owner Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is not only much much easier to use but it is less expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrative Assistant Chose Wondershare PDFelement We haven't used any other similar products, and don't feel any desire to stop using PDFelement. Helpful? Eric Y General Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement The experience is different. From a cost perspective, PDFelement is more cost effective and can get things done. Incentivized Helpful? roland goulet Quality Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement Adobe PDF is the alternative for me but much more expensive. It has more features but I don’t need them. For a small business PDFelement's affordability makes it a cost effective option. Helpful? Steve Rafalsky Author Chose Wondershare PDFelement I didn't try or buy other programs, but did a good bit of research on them. I went with PDFelement because of the lower pricing, and because of the rich features I learned it had. I also appreciated the great customer service I received from reps in the community forums, which … Incentivized Helpful? DR Dave Robinson Owner Chose Wondershare PDFelement No other products outside Adobe. Incentivized Helpful? Madson Pinto Diretor Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement has among the several options available in the market, a productivity solution with relevant acquisition costs associated with the benefits offered. Among the functions available in the application, other companies have the same function with lower performance and … Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement Just as good, and just as clean; but easier to use. Just as many options and an easy to use format and layout. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Wondershare PDFelement Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement was much easier to use compared to Adobe and Foxit, it has much better user interface and feels like native app in Mac Incentivized Helpful? Ricardo Vargas Webmaster Chose Wondershare PDFelement Adobe, it's the top leader in web software solutions. They use SaaS licenses instead of an alternative. This kind of license needs to be paid periodically, and this can be a high-cost solution. PDFelement uses user licenses, that reduces the cost and help to make software less … Incentivized Helpful? Julie Naismith CEO and Founder Chose Wondershare PDFelement Price and ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? Alan Feldman Owner & Photographer Chose Wondershare PDFelement Easy to use and much cheaper than the Adobe products that do the same functions. Incentivized Helpful? Stephen Minder CEO and Managing Director Chose Wondershare PDFelement Value for money judged more beneficial with PDF Element. Incentivized Helpful? JS Jeff Shaffer Director of Technology Chose Wondershare PDFelement It has almost identical functionality for what I have done. Incentivized Helpful? DB Don Brashear Network Administrator Chose Wondershare PDFelement I think it is less complicated to use Incentivized Helpful?	Perftech.DocSay No answer on this topic

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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Wondershare PDFelement	Perftech.DocSay
Likelihood to Recommend	8.8 (811 ratings)	9.1 (55 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (45 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.2 (254 ratings)	8.6 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	5.7 (10 ratings)	7.5 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.2 (63 ratings)	8.4 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.8 (15 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (4 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	4.5 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.0 (8 ratings)	7.5 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.0 (4 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	1.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	1.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Adobe Acrobat	Wondershare PDFelement	Perftech.DocSay
Likelihood to Recommend	Adobe 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. Incentivized Alan Gilbertson Creative Director Read full review	Wondershare Technology It's a wonderful asset to have when you lose your original Word doc, etc. so you can still edit a document (and not have to start from ground zero). That feature alone is why I bought this product and why I will continue to recommend. Incentivized Abbie Duquette Project Manager Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
Pros	Adobe Ability to manipulate a PDF in various ways. Print production is incredibly helpful for checking off and making sure PDFs are ready for print. Commenting in Adobe Acrobat is awesome! So nice to be able to hand off a PDF and get it back with edits that are easy to navigate and resolve! Incentivized PT phillip Tusler Graphic Designer Read full review	Wondershare Technology PDFelement provides the same powerful features as Adobe Acrobat, but the interface is easy to learn and use. The product is extremely intuitive, which saves our clients from becoming frustrated as they learn the product. PDFelement Pro's ability to create fillable forms with the click of one button is one of our clients favorite features. I was impressed at how accurately PDFelement performed this task and the ease with which these fields can be edited, if needed. Security is more important than ever these days and PDFelement provides the encryption and permissions to protect documents quickly and easily. I especially like the batch encrypt feature, this makes it easy to protect multiple files with the same password. PDFelement makes it easy to extract the data from form fields. This is a huge plus for our clients. Incentivized Coleen Carswell Co-Owner Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
Cons	Adobe 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. Incentivized LK Lucia Kwon Creative Design Manager Read full review	Wondershare Technology I wish there was a lighter program for just reviewing a document and then to transition seamlessly to an editing mode. It takes a few seconds longer to load than Preview on my Mac, and based on that frustration, I use Preview to view documents. A lower price for upgrades. Incentivized Thomas Myers Vice President Of Marketing And Business Development Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
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 Avery Chipman Interior Designer Read full review	Wondershare Technology Excellent, easy to use product Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
Usability	Adobe 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 Incentivized HH Heidy Hernandez Graphic Designer Read full review	Wondershare Technology I am a novice and I am using it like a pro because it is so easy to work with Incentivized Amy Carter Director of Instruction Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Rod Lott Manager of Marketing Strategy Read full review	Wondershare Technology No issues. Works perfect Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. 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	Wondershare Technology There is a lot of learning. Although some of the functions you can probably pick up relatively quickly, some of them, including compressing the size or using a different language, remains a myth to me. Incentivized Eric Y General Manager Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized BP Bradley Pearce Managing Member Read full review	Wondershare Technology PDFelement is always in contact with me, by email and by giving constant tips and recommendations. But what makes me give you a 10, was the outstanding support service received on July 9th by one of your support professionals Amanda, who helped me with a tariff issue, and makes me [rate] your product. Juan Pablo Montes Strategic Manager Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
Online Training	Adobe Answered basic questions. Incentivized Michael Craven President Read full review	Wondershare Technology No answers on this topic	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Rod Lott Manager of Marketing Strategy Read full review	Wondershare Technology Just pay, download, activate and start using it Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Adobe In my opinion, both complement each other. Microsoft clearly has with Copilot the AI Edge. However, the visual dynamics of Adobe Creative are Outstanding and provide a balanced approach to creativity, utilizing both Excellent, user-friendly Tools. Incentivized JR Joe Reddix President and CEO Read full review	Wondershare Technology I didn't try or buy other programs, but did a good bit of research on them. I went with PDFelement because of the lower pricing, and because of the rich features I learned it had. I also appreciated the great customer service I received from reps in the community forums, which showed me they have an aim in keeping their customers happy - which is always good to have when using fairly complex technical apps. Incentivized Steve Rafalsky Author Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	Adobe I am not responsible for sales or purchasing Incentivized Sean Moore Marketing Specialist Read full review	Wondershare Technology No answers on this topic	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
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	Wondershare Technology Super easy Word style layout and format. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Adobe Adobe Acrobat has saved us time in managing documents. In this day, everything is fast, moves fast, and keeping up with that pace demands software that functions at the same level. Adobe Acrobat does that. It has streamlined the steps I need to take to edit and create documents we need to manage our customers. Adobe Acrobat removes the worry and stress associated with managing a large influx of documents. Something as simple as a document featuring an image that was sent to us upside down. Using the old method, I would have to open other software, click 'Edit', find the 'Rotate Image' button, click it a couple of times, save it as a JPEG, then attach it to Word, and finally save it as a PDF. It was a grueling process that consumed a great deal of time. Now, I simply open the image, and Adobe automatically recognizes it is upside down and fixes it for me. I can save and move on; it literally takes me seconds. Amazing. Adobe Acrobat is intuitive and easy to use, and the additional apps are relevant to the needs that come up. If I have an idea, I can go to the available apps and find exactly what I need. Impressive and speaks to the years of experience this company has had to fine-tune its product and make it obvious that it is aggressive in staying on top. Incentivized DB Dennis Blocker Office Manager Read full review	Wondershare Technology For me, it's been very important to me that my business as a pet sitter and dog walker not leave a negative footprint on the environment. To that end, it's been very important that i'm able to do as much paperwork as possible without using paper. PDFelement is wonderful at helping me meet those goals. Incentivized Lesley Maple Pet Sitter Read full review	Perftech d.o.o. No answers on this topic
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