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Adobe Acrobat

Overview

What is Adobe Acrobat?

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).

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Acrobat checks the box

7 out of 10
February 03, 2024
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We use Acrobat in a variety of different ways in our organization. The main two uses for our team are in our marketing and sales efforts. …
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Pricing

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Acrobat Standard for Individuals

$12.99

Cloud
per month

Acrobat Standard for teams

$14.99

Cloud
per month per user

Acrobat Pro for Individuals

$19.99

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing/b…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $12.99 per month
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Product Details

What is Adobe Acrobat?

Documents are more than just a collection of information and proof. They are foundational to connecting people and ideas, pushing business forward.  Adobe Acrobat helps to keep users connected to their teams while driving business forward – no matter where they are working.

Acrobat is a PDF and e-signature solution with users among Fortune 500 companies. Acrobat users can create, edit, convert, share, sign, and combine documents from the Adobe platform. It provides for digital experiences that enable team to collaborate and work from any device, anytime, anywhere. Liquid Mode in Acrobat also enables users to view PDFs on small screens without the need to pinch and zoom.

In partnership with Microsoft, Adobe aims to reimagine how work gets done in a modern, secure, and connected hybrid workplace. Acrobat solutions are designed to seamlessly integrate with any preferred Microsoft apps so that users save time by creating, editing, sharing, and signing right from Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and more. It also features smart integrations with Google, Box, and other daily use apps.

Acrobat provides access to file protection features to protect documents from being copied, changed, or printed – for added peace of mind. Acrobat helps organizations comply with security standards and regulatory requirements such as GLBA and FERPA. It also meets ISO 32000 standards for electronic document exchange, including special-purpose standards such as PDF/A for archiving, PDF/E for engineering, and PDF/X for printing.

Adobe Acrobat Screenshots

Screenshot of Create, edit, convert, and share PDF files all from within Microsoft Teams – as part of Acrobat integrations with Microsoft 365 apps.Screenshot of With Liquid Mode in Adobe Acrobat Reader mobile app, 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 Fill and sign PDF forms from anywhere and on any device.  Collect signatures, digitally track progress, and automatically archive the signed document.Screenshot of With Adobe Scan mobile app, capture and convert documents into high-quality, interactive PDF documents that can be filled out, signed, and shared.  Eliminates the hassle of finding a printer, filling a form by hand, and scanning it again.

Adobe Acrobat Videos

Adobe Acrobat DC is built for the cloud-connected, multi-device world. It streamlines reviews and feedback with a new review service, and users can edit PDFs on tablets with a touch of the finger, or send documents for Signature.
How to make changes to PDFs and send them out to get e-signed in Acrobat Pro.
Password-protected PDFs to keep formatting locked and sensitive info more secure.
Sending PDFs for review, gathering comments in one place, and responding in real time with Acrobat Pro.

Adobe Acrobat Integrations

Adobe Acrobat Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesBulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukranian

Frequently Asked Questions

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).

Adobe Acrobat starts at $12.99.

Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) are common alternatives for Adobe Acrobat.

Reviewers rate Ease of integration highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Adobe Acrobat are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Sean Moore | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat is best for sharing graphic designs with people who do not have the native software to open graphic files. Adobe Acrobat is also great at capturing signatures for important documentation (like contracts, reviews, etc.). The software could improve its direct editing tools and make them a bit easier to use.
Kelvin Morgan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat makes PDF editing and document scanning very easy. The ability to export files through multiple file formats is amazing, and the tool is a great one for batch file conversion, saving project time. The file preview functions are reliable, and the platform allows easy management of different project documents.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe is best for finalized documentation that is not subject to any updates. It is the best way to give PDF items at handoff to customers, co-workers, vendors, etc. However, it is not best when trying to create a document from scratch or on collaborative projects because it has fewer (and less robust) editing options.
Adam Montgomery | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Acrobat is the best option in the industry. It's not perfect but it's really good. It's an Adobe product so it integrates seamlessly with other Adobe applications. As a graphics professional it is great for displaying artwork, reviewing, commenting, and signing. It also makes large artwork files smaller for easy sending and display.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Viewing, creating, editing and combining PDFs are some of the most key and valuable features that are offered by Adobe Acrobat. Everyday at workplace, individuals need to review a lot of PDF files related to work and thus Adobe Acrobat is solving problems on a very large basis.
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Although Adobe Acrobat is a great tool there are many options that are free that offer the same service. If the service is free in tools that are already being used such as Google Docs or Drive then there isnt a need to use Adobe Acrobat. When it comes to signing documents we favour docusign and preview for internal signing.
Joyce Williams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This Adobe Acrobat tool is an easy and very stable product and the features capability like forms management and easy content creation and also content editing through this package is productive. The reports are easy to obtain and share different data with other teams professionals and to provide accurate and clear document with the product is amazing.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
While I would caution that Adobe Acrobat could lead to occasional system issues due to the amount of system resources required on low powered corporate laptops, these are rare. Acrobat is great for viewing PDFs and annotating. It's the perfect platform to create and edit PDFs, and it is easy to use as a team and share comments around as well. It also works well in trainings as we can have some documents open across multiple windows on both screens that are shared and not shared without unecessarily bogging down systems.
Raphael Sanguinete | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I recommend Adobe Acrobat because many companies already subscribe to the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, so with that they already have a powerfull tool for their PDF editing needs at their hands. There are a lot of PDF editing sites and cloud services that are expensive and not so good as Adobe Acrobat, so for the companies that already have Adobe Creative Cloud, I see Adobe Acrobat as the way to go. However, if the company doesn't have Adobe Creative Cloud and don't need it for other software, maybe another PDF tool is better suited.
February 03, 2024

Acrobat checks the box

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think that most organizations are pretty well suited for using Adobe Acrobat. Any team that does lots of marketing or is trying to add sales I feel like having this tool is pretty much a must. No one wants to receive huge files of powerpoints or ugly word formatted sales presentations
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat is very well suited when it comes to generating documents which need to be digitally signed, making it extremely easy, convenient and conducive to promoting effective business or legal transactions that can be trusted thanks to the use of digital certificate which prevent falsification. The associated automation and notification features really help make everyone save an enormous amount of time and essentially eliminate the need to print, mail or fax documents.

In addition, Adobe Acrobat is obviously the originating leader of PDF document management and therefore sets the direction and support for the product and associated standard, so that is one important reason to trust and invest in the company's product line.
Tony Morales, PMP, CSM | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I honestly don't know who is not using Adobe Acrobat in the professional world. Adobe Acrobat is definitely suited for business and academia. I believe it is versatile enough to be used in the art world.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are a small law firm, and I find Acrobat to be an excellent program to assist us with our document-related jobs. It offers a comprehensive program to create PDFs, review them, compare them, combine them, redact them, etc. I use it for legal filings as well as recordkeeping (e.g., attaching invoice PDFs to transactions).
Mert Kilinc | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat is well suited for editing PDF documents and combining them. It is also well suited for filling and signing forms. I believe it is less appropriate if you are just only reading/viewing PDF documents. For this kind of workflow, you can use Adobe Reader, in my opinion.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Well-Suited: Professional Document Creation, Legal Document Management, Collaborative Review, Interactive Form Creation. Less Appropriate Scenarios: Heavy-Duty Graphic Design, Complex Desktop Publishing, Real-Time Collaborative Editing
Scott Strader | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe is well suited for users that constantly need to manipulate PDF's. This is chopping pages off, combining pages, or editing certain text and fields on a PDF. It is not needed for the basic user who just essentially needs the reader product for viewing purposes. Edge now has a build in viewer as well and there are some additional functions that suit majority of the users.
Scott Lawson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Acrobat is well suited for converting and combining documents for e-filing. It also works very well for e-signing. Acrobat has no functionality to create court/discovery packages with automated tables of content or other features. Overall, it is a great product, and Adobe seems to be updating features regularly.
January 26, 2024

Acrobat keeps us agile!

Paul Gully | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Extremely well suited for editing PDF files. Even when they have been scanned in with handwritten text. Very adept for any documents that require signature or feedback. Making collaboration quick and easy while looking very professional. Not as useful when you are trying to extract content from a PDF. Very hard to do this, especially for grabbing fonts or images when needed.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat professional document platform is at its best when working with individual documents, editing basic language text, and extracting for manipulation and insertion/reinsertion. Where Adobe Acrobat professional document platform comes up short is when attempting to do all of the above at scale and volume. Also, users using this function would like to be able to store and manage contracts in the same platform - an ecosystem (that doesn't exist).
Allen Gendler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I prepare legal court documents as well as real estate documents and contracts. I would be lost without this program. It virtually does everything I need to keep my documents updated and accessible. At times, it is difficult to keep the correct formatting when copying a document in Word into a PDF document. Otherwise, everything else is appropriate for my line of work.
January 26, 2024

It just works!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
- Building plan markup - Layers within PDFs - Comments and review - Form creation and data collection - Page modification & merging - Document signatures.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It provides all the features you need when handling documents, from organizing the documents to be in the order you would like them to be from obtaining signatures to making edits and writing any notes you have. I've been using Adobe Acrobat since I started my business in October 2020.
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