Adobe Acrobat vs. Adobe Acrobat Sign

Adobe Acrobat

3,214 Reviews and Ratings

Adobe Acrobat Sign

558 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Adobe Acrobat	Score8.8 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
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

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat Sign

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

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

Pricing Offerings
Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Acrobat Sign
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

Optional

$34.99 license per month

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	Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Acrobat Sign
Considered Both Products	Adobe Karambir Singh Khalsa Chief Executive Officer in Corporate at Gong Tones, Incorporated (Non-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat Sign was evaluated and found to be lacking in terms of setting up a document for data entry and signature. We chose to continue to use Adobe Acrobat DC for situations requiring data entry and signature because the ROI for purchasing this more expensive package did … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat I feel like Adobe Acrobat does it all from converting files to and from PDFs while it preserves the formatting. although Adobe Acrobat Sign and Adobe Acrobat Reader are pretty self explanatory i just feel that Adobe Acrobat has and does it all. This is what i love the most. Incentivized Helpful? Gina Monthes Operations Manager in Product Management at Iron Horse (Architecture & Planning, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Both read documents through Adobe, which is better for security and because the service is more optimized. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Ease of use Incentivized Helpful? Sara Schleske Marketing in Marketing at Livermore Ford (Automotive, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe helps aid in keeping financial records in order when you organize documents digitally, which helps make it easy to search for items such as spreadsheets, receipts, payments, expense reports, and other documents for tax or billing information. Plus there is much more … Incentivized Helpful? Cassandra Nicholl Strategist in Marketing at Havas (Marketing & Advertising, 10,001+ employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I use all of my Adobe products for different reasons. As someone who works in creative a lot of the time, the products I listed are super important in my daily work. I typically use Adobe Acrobat to organize and export the files I worked on. I find it to be an all purpose … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat All of Adobes products work cohesively together making projects seamless. Adobe Acrobat DC is my go-to software to share files and documents with others that I know don't have access to more involved Adobe platforms such as InDesign or Illustrator. I know that users will be … Incentivized Helpful? Orin Mamun Junior Frontend Developer in Information Technology at Merge Creation (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat DC simplifies the process of editing and creating PDFs. With drag-and-drop functionality, it's simple to use. We can also choose to forego reading by utilizing the text-to-speech function. It's InDesign and Illustrator-compatible. Templates in Acrobat DC make it … Incentivized Helpful? Andrea Tidwell Legal Assistant in Legal at Workman Nydegger (Legal Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat This is a feature I personally have had to use a lot as we have to contact inventors for their signatures on a lot of documents. The ability for them to sign digitally is extremely helpful. A manual signature is harder to get and contacting these individuals can be hit or miss … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe has more features than the others and they are included in my Adobe software. No other integrations needed Incentivized Helpful?	Adobe Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Better integrates with our other systems, and allows employees to use it easier along other applications. We already use lots of adobe products so the decision was based heavily on that. I think Adobe Acrobat Sign can be a little clunky at times, but once a user has been … Incentivized Helpful? Doug Marchand IT Manager in Information Technology at Saint Andrew's Chapel (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I feel Adobe Acrobat Sign holds their own to the DocuSign brand. I see more organizations using DocuSign, but feel I can easily use the toolset that Adobe Acrobat Sign offers. I really like the signature tracking feature that Adobe Acrobat Sign offers and combined with the … Incentivized Helpful? Emily Wallace Talent Acquisition Coordinator in Human Resources at The Warehouse Group (Retail, 10,001+ employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We utilize DocuSign over Adobe Acrobat Sign for e-signature purposes. The functionality of DocuSign is much greater in its' self-contained application; usability appears superior, and, to my knowledge, costing is more beneficial for the total value package. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We sometimes received DocuSign documents from clients for signature. I've found that, while DocuSign is similar to Adobe Sign, it does not seem as user friendly or as intuitive as Adobe Sign. We selected Adobe Sign due to its value and ease of use. We have other products … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Both products allow you to create a fillable form and send the form out for signature. Acrobat did not originally set up to do these features. But we share the Adobe Sign across the HR Dept for sending out new hire forms. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I'm familiar with Acrobat and this was easy to learn based on my knowledge of Acrobat. Incentivized Helpful? Todd Dodge Marketing Assistant/Graphic Designer in Marketing at Intertrips (Hospitality, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Our original idea was to edit our forms using Adobe Acrobat DC to make them fillable with text, but they (the clients) would still have to save, download, and email them back to us, and DocuSign had such an user-unfriendly layout and design, it was very slow and just overall … Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Power Virtual Enterprise Coordinator/Educator at NYC Department of Education / Francis Lewis High School (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign and DocuSign are very similar in use; however, in comparison, the navigation of the Adobe app and integration are much easier for marketing and design professionals because it is still very close to the format and structure of other Adobe products. Industry standard … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I was looking for a tool which needs no approval (third party) as well as well aware of it. I was using acrobat so has fair knowledge of features and options Incentivized Helpful? Adriano Eva Supervisor Wellness & Enrichment at City of Spokane (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Integration is key to help me determine the value of Adobe Sign to our organization. That is what set it apart from DocuSign in my opinion. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign In [every] way, Adobe Sign is good. The forms stayed familiar so users didn't get upset. We built out our forms in Word; [it was] very easy to build out forms and make them yours. Although support has been adequate, I usually bring difficult questions to the table, which … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Barbara Peeters Executive Assistant in Corporate at Aspirus Riverview Hospital (Hospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign had better functionality and pricing. It also synced more readily with the programs already in use and filled a need for our organization to obtain electronic signatures across multiple facilities, departments and users. We can't say enough about how great Adobe … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Some of the providers did not offer services that matched our needs. However, most of the major companies (Adobe SIgn, DocuSign, HelloSign, Zoho Sign) all do pretty much the same thing. Initially, we chose Adobe based on brand recognition and the fact that their pricing was … Incentivized Helpful? Shawn DeLauney Operations Security Engineer in Information Technology at MediaPRO (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Both are easy to use, however the biggest difference I see is the name. Adobe is more recognized. For me, when I used DocuSign, it feels the same for scrolling to sign, but from the set up it tends to be a little more confusing. Incentivized Helpful? Phylisha Moore Administrator - Sales Promotions Representative in Sales at EVO (Banking, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign is better with customer service and intuitive UI. However, DocuSign allowed for greater customization of workflows. Incentivized Helpful? Patrick Blake IT Director in Information Technology at ARTO (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign For what we use it stacks up to the same. Both Adobe and DocuSign work with our ERP environment. It comes down to price and negotiation with our account rep. We could easily move to DocuSign if Adobe chooses not to be competitive. Incentivized Helpful? Jo Brand Administrative Assistant at Bard Music West (Performing Arts, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We already had Creative Cloud and so used this because it was already paid for. That being said, we've really valued it and would likely purchase it on its own if we had needed it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign Adobe Sign is the only document signing software that I have used. I have nothing to compare it to. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign We occasionally use DocuSign because it is free but it is not as robust and seems to lack some security function. However, the cost comparison is not even close when it comes to Quote Roller. We were on the base plan and the transition was a no-brainer. Incentivized Helpful? Shannon Augustine, M.S. Manager, Cloud/Endpoint Engineering and Administration in Information Technology at Gallaudet University (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign They have better workflows and are very sleek. Their technical support and sale people do know how to sell and make it simpler for people to use their products Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign The main advantages for Sign are csv reports and encrypted signature. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign They are about as good, but Adobe Sign comes with the Adobe Suite, which I use as a Web Designer/ Developer, as a result, I don't have to get yet another solution, and the Adobe Suite becomes a whole lot more valuable. Incentivized Helpful? Caitlyn Weathers Photographer at Caitlyn Weathers Photography (Photography, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign I haven't used any outside products. I researched a few last year when deciding if I'd continue on my Adobe Cloud program but ultimately chose to continue with Adobe Sign. Prior to this program, I did everything on paper or through emailing, printing, writing and scanning … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Sign eSign was the first program I tried, and we've been happy with it for 3 years. I find it easy to use and very cost effective. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Adobe Acrobat Sign
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (481 ratings)	7.0 (227 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.7 (26 ratings)	8.0 (30 ratings)
Usability	9.3 (237 ratings)	7.2 (193 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (2 ratings)	9.0 (5 ratings)
Performance	8.1 (8 ratings)	9.0 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	7.8 (56 ratings)	7.3 (164 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.6 (9 ratings)	8.0 (7 ratings)
Configurability	8.5 (2 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	6.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (8 ratings)	5.0 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (2 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	4.0 (3 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	5.5 (2 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)