Adobe Acrobat vs. Wondershare PDFelement

Adobe Acrobat

3,214 Reviews and Ratings

Wondershare PDFelement

99 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
Wondershare PDFelement	Score8 out of 10	N/A	PDFelement is a document management solution from Wondershare Software headquartered in China.	$79.99 per year per user

Pricing

Adobe Acrobat

Wondershare PDFelement

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

PDFelement: 79.99USD
per year per user
PDFelement: 129.99USD
one-time fee per user

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

Optional

No setup fee

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For Individuals: Yearly Plan: $79.99/user; 2-Year Plan: $109.99/user Perpetual Plan(one-time): $129.99/user For Teams: Yearly plan starts at $109/year for 1 user For Education: Yearly Plan: $47.99/user; Perpetual Plan(one-time): $99.99/user

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Adobe Acrobat	Wondershare PDFelement
Considered Both Products	Adobe Joyce Williams Graphic Designer in Professional Services at LE BURO (Design, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat The ability with this software especially of multiple PDF files management and creation is more productive and the performance is effective and easy usability is cost effective. Data security and integration functionalities are also a big point with this system and final … Incentivized Helpful? Allen Gendler President in Professional Services at Allen S. Gendler, PA (Real Estate, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat There really is no comparison. Although we use other PDF programs, we mainly utilize Adobe. Not only because we find it to be a better program but also because everyone is more familiar with it. However, the other products are implemented for various reasons, such as a feature … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat We find Adobe Acrobat very easy to use, and the software performs that it has to do with no bad surprises or format problems. Helps so much to create forms, edit documents, sign documents, other important feature is sharing documents to peers, you can have the control and … Incentivized Helpful? Weronika Oesterreicher Account Director in Human Resources at Key Search (Human Resources, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat They have a much less intutive user interface and don't always provide a complete solution one stop shop for all the features that we make use of. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Adobe Acrobat Adobe is a better product Incentivized Helpful? Joey Harman Sales Assistant Manager - Project Consultant in Sales at Coval Homes LLC (Construction, 11-50 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat I've had very little interaction with these other three, PDF Studio was probably the most I've played with. But honestly, I just wasn't impressed really. Not impressed enough to see much of a difference or improvement. Adobe has always been the chosen one for our company so … Incentivized Helpful? Paula Byrd IRS Registered e-File Provider / Tax Preparer & Consultant in Professional Services at Paula Byrd Tax Services (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Foxit has an easier interface I think. PDF Element was a need for my iPad and I only used it one time. I like the customizations available in FoxIt and it seems to be cheaper all around. Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Wilder Customer Support Supervisor in Customer Service at Travelpass Group (Hospitality, 51-200 employees) Chose Adobe Acrobat Ease of use and avaialbility were better for Acrobat Incentivized Helpful?	Wondershare Technology khan yash Accountant at Private (Accounting, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is the ideal solution for Adobe Acrobat because of its small size, clean interface, quick start, strong features, light system resource usage, and low pricing. Incentivized Helpful? Stuart McLellan Business Owner in Professional Services at Stuart McLellan Master Photographer (Events Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement I have evaluated Acrobat but found it less user friendly than PDFelement and very expensive on a product to product comparison Incentivized Helpful? Allen Schellenberg Executive Director in Professional Services at Lutheran Foundation Canada (Philanthropy, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement Price was the only factor that drove me to look at other PDF editing software options. I was very pleased to find PDFelement, as it usually met or exceeded the capability of Adobe Acrobat. Obviously, as a long-time user to Acrobat, there is the tendency to become frustrated … Incentivized Helpful? Amani Ali Admin Associate in Human Resources at Council of Community Housing Organizations (Non-Profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement Very similiar to Adobe Acrobat. Might actually have more modern features like adding shapes, stamps, and a background color to your PDFs. We ultimately chose this over Adobe because there was a one time fee rather than a monthly subscription. Incentivized Helpful? Nathan Lopez Pastor at ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDF Element isn't as easy to use as Adobe Acrobat but it sure is a lot cheaper and no monthly subscription. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is more intuitive, and snapper, with more wow factors. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wondershare PDFelement Both of the programs mentioned above have worked much better for my needs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wondershare PDFelement We haven't used any other similar products, and don't feel any desire to stop using PDFelement. Incentivized Helpful? Eric Y General Manager in Finance and Accounting at Plantax Pacific Financial Inc. (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement The experience is different. From a cost perspective, PDFelement is more cost effective and can get things done. Incentivized Helpful? roland goulet Quality Manager in Quality Assurance (Defense & Space, 51-200 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement Adobe PDF is the alternative for me but much more expensive. It has more features but I don’t need them. For a small business PDFelement's affordability makes it a cost effective option. Incentivized Helpful? Steve Rafalsky Author at Grace Baptist Church, Woodhaven, NY (Writing and Editing, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement I didn't try or buy other programs, but did a good bit of research on them. I went with PDFelement because of the lower pricing, and because of the rich features I learned it had. I also appreciated the great customer service I received from reps in the community forums, which … Incentivized Helpful? Dave Robinson Owner in Engineering at Dave Robinson Consulting (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement No other products outside Adobe. Incentivized Helpful? Madson Pinto Diretor in Corporate at Microlins (Consumer Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement has among the several options available in the market, a productivity solution with relevant acquisition costs associated with the benefits offered. Among the functions available in the application, other companies have the same function with lower performance and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wondershare PDFelement Just as good, and just as clean; but easier to use. Just as many options and an easy to use format and layout. Incentivized Helpful? Anthony Zurica Owner in Legal at Zurica Law (Law Practice, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is not only much much easier to use but it is less expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wondershare PDFelement Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement was much easier to use compared to Adobe and Foxit, it has much better user interface and feels like native app in Mac Incentivized Helpful? Ricardo Vargas Webmaster in Information Technology at Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement Adobe, it's the top leader in web software solutions. They use SaaS licenses instead of an alternative. This kind of license needs to be paid periodically, and this can be a high-cost solution. PDFelement uses user licenses, that reduces the cost and help to make software less … Incentivized Helpful? Julie Naismith CEO and Founder in Social Media at Julie Naismith's SubThreshold Training (E-Learning, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement Price and ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? Alan Feldman Owner & Photographer in Professional Services at Feldman's Photography (Photography, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement Easy to use and much cheaper than the Adobe products that do the same functions. Incentivized Helpful? Stephen Minder CEO and Managing Director in Professional Services at YCN Group, LLC (Accounting, 1-10 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement Value for money judged more beneficial with PDF Element. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Shaffer Director of Technology in Information Technology at Hicksville Schools (Computer & Network Security, 51-200 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement It has almost identical functionality for what I have done. Incentivized Helpful? Don Brashear Network Administrator in Information Technology at General Data Company, Inc. (Machinery, 201-500 employees) Chose Wondershare PDFelement I think it is less complicated to use Incentivized Helpful?
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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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User Ratings
	Adobe Acrobat	Wondershare PDFelement
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (481 ratings)	9.1 (55 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.7 (26 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.3 (237 ratings)	8.6 (5 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	8.1 (8 ratings)	7.5 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	7.8 (56 ratings)	8.4 (8 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.6 (9 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	8.5 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	6.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (8 ratings)	7.5 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	4.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	5.5 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)