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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat Sign

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Acrobat Sign is an e-signature solution that combines simple and secure e-signatures with Adobe Acrobat. With Acrobat Sign, the user can create, sign, send for signature, manage, and track documents from one Adobe platform. The user can create signing experiences for customers and teams by enabling them to sign documents on any device or browser – anytime, anywhere. No additional software download or accounts are needed. As Microsoft’s e-signature solution, Acrobat Sign…

    $14.99

    per month license

    Dropbox Sign

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AHelloSign is an electronic signature software offering acquired by Dropbox in early 2019. It includes features such as customization for businesses of any size and bank-level security.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    Adobe Acrobat SignDropbox Sign
    Editions & Modules
    Acrobat Standard DC for teams
    $14.99
    per month license
    Acrobat Pro DC with advanced e-sign
    $16.99
    per month license
    Acrobat Sign Solutions
    Call 800-685-4192 for pricing
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    $15
    per month
    Standard
    $17.5
    per month starting at two users, per user
    Essentials API
    $75
    per month Starting at 50 signature requests / mo.
    Standard API
    $250
    per month Starting at 100 signature requests / mo.
    Premium
    Custom
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Acrobat SignDropbox Sign
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$34.99 license per monthOptional
    Additional Details—Additional pricing available for HelloWorks and HelloFax
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Acrobat SignDropbox Sign
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    I have previously used DocuSign and HelloSign. I prefer Adobe Acrobat Sign because I am familiar with it, and it's easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    Even though we are happy with Adobe Sign, we gave HelloSign a try because their interface seems to have a fresher, more modern look, and we thought maybe it would have more features and a better mobile app than Adobe Sign. It turned out HelloSign had far less features than …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    HelloSign is a similar product to Adobe Sign; however, I found it lacking in some features that are present in Adobe Sign. Usability is similar, [but] I believe that Adobe Sign has a slight edge and I found it nicer to use [with a] better layout and design to be honest.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    Other e-sign programs like DocuSign and HelloSign offer comparable services to Adobe Sign. Ultimately, we went with Adobe Sign because there was a sale price, and their package (# transactions/documents included for the price) had better value. HelloSign is a great option for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    DocuSign is a per-email pricing structure, which is extremely inconvenient for us as we send out thousands of emails a day - and also MUCH more technical in setup. Adobe Sign most certainly meets our needs and expectations. HelloSign is great for a Non-Profit type tool, but …
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    I have prior experience at a previous company with DocuSign, and while that platform may provide a smaller set of features & functionality, it is also more intuitive for first-time users.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    We felt Adobe's branding and trustworthiness as a great fit for what we do, considering we deal with many sets of sensitive information. We also use other Adobe products, so it was a natural fit with the rest of our mix of tools. We also felt the advanced functionality would be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign
    Adobe Sign has the brand-name edge on the other products. It is towards the upper end of the price range, with features comparable to the others. It would be a stronger contender if it had support and if logging in wasn't such a challenge. Not my first choice, but not a bad …
    Incentivized
    Dropbox
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    The cost is the main feature
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Great software, however the integration of the Dropbox cloud in tandem with this is amazing and simpler than this great competitor for an all in one solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Dropbox seemed easier to use and cheaper than the others. It was just as functional.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    It stacks up pretty well, I do think some of the templates I've seen are a bit lacking with Dropbox sign.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    It is less expensive and assists nonprofits. That was the biggest factor for us, especially when it came to the integration with Salesforce and SharePoint. Although we do not use it now, we plan on using it other applications were way out of our price range, and DocuSign was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Less features simpler to use though
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Cost and interface were the main factors, as well as DocuSign has issue with IRS tax forms deleting all the prefilled fields upon upload.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    I selected Dropbox Sign because it was very easy to use, started with a free plan, and I knew that if I needed a professional plan, it would be reasonably priced. DocuSign was too expensive, and Adobe products are always hard to use and integrate with.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Dropbox sign stacks up positively against other signature programs in ease of use and cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    While the options above are viable, they don't seem to have the cost structures set up appropriately to capture the longtail of users that my company and I exist in. Even if they are cheaper, they entangle you in a mesh that basically leaves you stuck in their ecosystem. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    One feature DocuSign and Sertifi do better are "forward to another contact" for signature.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Adobe was too complicated to set up.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    We've been using HelloSign for so long that we are sticking with Dropbox Sign. I find Adobe's proprietary nonsense to be frustrating and annoying; I'm happy with Dropbox as a company and don't want to learn a new tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    I find that this system is way easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Very similar to the others, except this is tightly integrated within the dropbox file/cloud storage, which our company already uses, so that makes it that much more convenient you don't have to go to another platform. You can access it directly within the dropbox ecosystem.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    Dropbox Sign stacks up very comparably, but I think the mobile UE on DocuSign is better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    I used HelloSign because I read good reviews. I had no time to look for other competitors during the lockdown period. Now, we are evaluating other e-signature systems and I will spend more time to compare them with HelloSign. I don't know if other solutions are as focused as …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    We trialed HelloSign, Adobe Sign, DocuSign, and Instanet. We chose HelloSign because it was the most user-friendly for us and for our signers. The customization was unmatched and met all of our needs fully. The other platforms felt bulky or not intuitive, where HelloSign was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    HelloSign and DocuSign offer similar features. I prefer to recommend HelloSign to freelancers and smaller businesses because they can get started on the free plan and only upgrade when they are ready. DocuSign doesn't offer a free plan. Adobe Sign isn't very intuitive so I'm …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    We chose to use HelloSign due to ease and flexibility of their API as compared to competitive solutions in the market. Cost was a secondary factor, but our primary driver was the control that we had in integrating the e-sign step in our onboarding.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox Sign
    From a functional perspective, HelloSign is similar. However, I prefer HelloSign's pricing model.
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Acrobat SignDropbox Sign
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (227 ratings)
    9.0
    (177 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (193 ratings)
    9.8
    (123 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (164 ratings)
    1.7
    (18 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (120 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)