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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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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
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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.

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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

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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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January 26, 2024

It just works!

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
- Building plan markup - Layers within PDFs - Comments and review - Form creation and data collection - Page modification & merging - Document signatures.
January 26, 2024

If you're looking to organize your documents, Adobe Acrobat is perfect for the job!

Verified User
Paraprofessional in Corporate
Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
January 26, 2024

Powerful tool for your PDF files

Alexis Correa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alexis Correa
Owner
Minuevositio.com (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Having a tool like Adobe Acrobat is important for an office that works with a high volume of documents, more specifically, with PDF files. In many cases it makes it easier for you to put together employee or client files. Having the tool you can easily merge these files, add notes to these documents, and you can also automate processes by creating forms.
January 26, 2024

Adobe Acrobat: An essential part of every business's app workflow.

James Bishop | TrustRadius Reviewer
James Bishop
Nonprofit Marketing Consultant
James Bishop Co. (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Acrobat is amazing at creating and handling PDF files, which are primarily used to package completed content for distribution and/or printing. Acrobat lacks a more robust ability to adapt content or create new content within existing documents. Acrobat is best utilized for finalized content that you intend to package for distribution.
January 26, 2024

Acrobat Creative Cloud version makes editing PDFs easy.

Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeffrey Lange
PHP Web Developer and Linux Server Administrator
Confidential (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I don't have many reasons not to use Acrobat when using PDFs. It's certainly the go-to. I recommend using the Creative Cloud paid plan through Adobe instead of the free version. You get a lot more features.
January 25, 2024

Adobe Acrobat - The industry standard

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Denny Marlin
Executive Director
Saint Francis Ministries (Non-profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's great as a universal platform for sharing completed documents created in other software, specifically if you would prefer they are not easily edited by the recipient. It's also very useful for e-signing and sharing agreements. While editing document is possible in Acrobat Pro it is generally best, easier, and less frustrating to make the edits in the source file and recreate the PDF file after the edits have been made.
January 25, 2024

Helping me close transactions faster!

Verified User
Employee in Sales
Banking Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
To be frank, there really is not other program that compares to Adobe. It's perfect for office work, contracts, flyers, essentially anything you need that you want to present in a formal fashion. Just being able to convert a word document or excel sheet to a pdf makes that document 100% more professional. I cannot think of any instance where it would be less appropriate.
January 25, 2024

CdA Consultants and Adobe

Charles de Andrade | TrustRadius Reviewer
Charles de Andrade
President
CdA Consultants (Writing & Editing, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
We use Adobe to lock down final issued agreements, and DocuSign uses an Adobe output for our permeant records.

We send almost all documents as an Adobe version.

We depend on Adobe to handle the conversion of other formatted documents into an Adobe format.

Even our invoicing uses the Adobe format for producing the invoice sent by e-mail.

January 25, 2024

Acrobat is exactly what we needed!

Verified User
Team Lead in Marketing
Medical Device Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
We use Adobe Acrobat the most when we have to change a regular PDF into a editable form. Most times it is when the VA sends us documents that can not be written on or scanned. We will convert the document to a fillable PDF and make our edits that way as to keep within government guidelines.
January 25, 2024

Adobe Acrobat Review

Verified User
Manager in Legal
Architecture & Planning Company, 201-500 employees
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
This was the original program to open and edit pdfs. Recent updates have only made the program worse in my opinion. Adobe Acrobat needs to seriously go back to the fundamentals and stop moving around the interface and calling it an update. Organizing pages and combining files into PDF is done well.. They have ruined commenting and editing files in my opinion. On top of it, the program is a memory hog and tends to slow most computers to a crawl when doing file comparisons I've found. File comparison has not changed in at least the 8 years I have been heavily using. It does pick up changes in two files, but the way they have chosen to display is cluttered and difficult to view and assess in my opinion. They would do well to allow more filtering of the changes so you can see only some changes at a time. Scrolling through pages in comparison view always is chunky and slows computer to a crawl making it a frustrating experience in my opinion. To give Adobe Acrobat the benefit of the doubt, I have yet to find a program that does this well. If I do, I will switch immediately. With AI tech - this would be a good place to start and improve the software and actually make it worth the high price.
January 25, 2024

Adobe Review

Bridget Falk | TrustRadius Reviewer
Bridget Falk
Sr. Regional Field Marketing Manager, Americas
Nozomi Networks (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
The tool is easy to use and makes documents easier to read and interact with. This keeps the pdf clean so there’s no guesswork with the information like you would have with handwriting. I feel other programs could be better when it comes to picture manipulation.
January 25, 2024

Adobe Acrobat

Rhena Reynolds | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rhena Reynolds
Business Owner
The Purple Pegasus (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Yesterday I had to remove 2 pages from a 33 page document and replace with others, it worked so seemlessly I was shocked. Changing a pdf to a word file is amazing, little quirks but overall the best there is out there. I have used many pdf programs and this one by far is the best.
January 25, 2024

Flip for Adobe Acrobat

Robin Martin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Robin Martin
Creative Director
Franklin Energy (Utilities, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Acrobat is very useful when editing existing .pdf files for simple edits. Adobe Acrobat has the ability to add, delete, move pages around. Adobe Acrobat gives the user the ability to add comments, etc. to a .pdf. Adobe Acrobat would not, or should not, be used to edit a source art file.
January 24, 2024

Honest Adobe Acrobat

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Civil Engineering Company, 11-50 employees
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe Adobe Acrobat still does a good job at creating PDFs whether it be directly printing or through the application interface. Adobe Acrobat has not kept up in the AEC industry especially when it comes to project tracking and forwarding of signed or modified documents. I think project flow needs allot of work to keep up with competition.
January 24, 2024

Adobe Acrobat Is A Cut Above

Verified User
Administrative Assistant in Customer Service
Government Administration Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Most of the correspondence that I receive is in PDF form. Adobe Acrobat Reader allows me to read it without a problem. Also, a lot of documents that I create are in Microsoft Word form. When I need to convert these files into PDF, Adobe Acrobat makes it so simple.
January 24, 2024

Easy implementation

CORINE OHARA | TrustRadius Reviewer
CORINE OHARA
Attorney
CorEtt Builders Corp. (Construction, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I need to design flyers regularly and I am NOT an artist. Nor am I artistic. I am able to use adobe to generate a specific design and then rework it to my needs. I can do this easily and without frustration. If I was an artist then this may not be the best program. But I am able to put together snappy documents and flyers with this.
January 24, 2024

Adobe Acrobat is a great little tool to have

CM
Cameron Murray
Communications & Marketing Manager
Derian House Children's Hospice (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I think it's perfect for what we use it for.

As an organisation, we deal with a lot of documents that are PDF only, and therefore it's a necessity that we can both edit and amend these, and also convert PDFs to other types of file.

I wouldn't have any room for improvement really.
January 24, 2024

Adobe Acrobat: It gets the job done

Verified User
Professional in Professional Services
Graphic Design Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Acrobat Acrobat is a valuable tool to use specifically for prepress applications as a quick way to look at how many colors are in a PDF, such as: Is it 4 color process? Are there spot colors? Is there a combination of both? Are the fonts embedded? All things a prepress engineer needs to know, and Acrobat Acrobat does it will without launching more sophisticated prepress or preflighting applications.
January 24, 2024

Organizational Improvement using Adobe Acrobat

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Cheryl Shelton
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
Mott Community College (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is wonderful for our administrative staff to be able to route documents for signature and provide feedback if a document is 'stuck' in someone's inbox. It would be helpful if reminders could be sent if signatures have not. been provided. It is not really a word processor so it should not be used to create every document needed in the workplace.
January 23, 2024

Adobe Acrobat is a must have for any business!

Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Acrobat is a must for sharing documents internally. The docusign function also helps, especially now that many companies have remote workers. The ease of docusign and PDF is fantastic. Also, the print quality of fliers is phenomenal. I'm not a graphic deisgner, but Adobe Acrobat allows me to create files that are pretty high quality.
January 23, 2024

Amazing product, SO easy to use!!

Verified User
Manager in Other
Construction Company, 11-50 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Acrobat is specifically used by me in a work setting. Being in commercial construction, the ability to send and receive files quickly, and safely is ideal. I typically send out roughly 15-25 files per day and receive roughly the same. It is well suited in a professional work environment.
January 23, 2024

Adobe Acrobat Allows In-House Professional Results

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
E-Learning Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe is the standard for making professional static content and applying parameters for how content in documents are accessed. The security features are top notch and pretty resistant to manipulation once set properly. But for a quicker turnaround or for the novice document processor, interacting with the product can be time consuming.
January 23, 2024

The only PDF editor i use.

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Trevor Wilson
IT MANAGER
Howard Butler Ltd (Oil & Energy, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Useful for all businesses where documents may be scanned and then need editing in the future as it handles text recognition very well.
Useful for small business where a simple way to read, edit and export PDF documents is required.
Useful for companies that find the features of the browser PDF viewer to be too limited.
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