It does everything it's supposed to do with some features that might surprise you.
Updated April 22, 2021
It does everything it's supposed to do with some features that might surprise you.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
We've used Adobe Acrobat in many ways over the years. We use it for creating fillable form PDFs, and converting documents to PDF. I also really like the ability to convert scanned documents to PDF with editable text using OCR. I have my signature uploaded, so I always use it to quickly fill and sign documents that are sent to me, even if the publisher did make them fillable/signable. Most recently, we've added using the Adobe Sign feature for sending documents for signature to our own clients.
- It's the standard in creating PDFs. You can convert pretty much any document to PDF.
- Editing existing PDFs is easy with Adobe Acrobat. Even if the existing PDFs are scanned documents, you can still edit the text of the document.
- Filling out PDFs sent to you is really easy, even if the publisher of the PDF did not make it fillable and signable.
- Sending documents for signature is easy with the Adobe Sign integration.
- I don't really have any complaints. It does everything it's supposed to do very well.
- Filling and Signing documents
- Organizing Pages
- Editing/Cropping Pages
- Commenting/Marking up
- OCR
- For years, only our marketing department had Adobe Acrobat licenses because of the need for it in graphic design. The rest of the company just used Adobe Reader. But now, our sales department also uses Adobe Acrobat to create order forms and agreements for clients to sign electronically using the Adobe Sign add-on to Acrobat. This has saved a lot of time and made it easier for clients who have trouble with technology to get back paperwork more quickly, thus shortening the sales cycle.
The closest competitor to Adobe Acrobat that we've tried is DocuSign, HelloSign, and other document signing services. Now, DocuSign and the others aren't meant to replace Acrobat in the PDF editing arena, only for electronic signatures. I'd say DocuSign is comparable in that respect. It just doesn't do everything else that Acrobat does.
Do you think Adobe Acrobat delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Adobe Acrobat's feature set?
Yes
Did Adobe Acrobat live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Adobe Acrobat go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Adobe Acrobat again?
Yes