Compare Acrobat plans, products, and versions.
Buying options
There are three ways to get Adobe Acrobat. You can purchase Acrobat for teams or Acrobat for enterprise subscription licenses through Adobe’s Value Incentive Plan (VIP), which allows you to streamline deployment and management and maximize savings. Or you can purchase Acrobat 2020 as a perpetual license through CLP.
Use this chart to help you determine which version is the best fit for your organization.
| Acrobat 2020 (perpetual) |
Acrobat for teams (subscription) |
Acrobat for enterprise (subscription) |
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| Ideal for | Organizations that require desktop software and limited free services |
Small to midsize businesses or departments that need desktop, mobile, and web workflows as well as premium services |
Midsize to large businesses or departments that need desktop, mobile, and web workflows as well as premium services |
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| Acrobat desktop software |  |
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| Free Document Cloud services to store, share, and access any type of file online | |
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Premium Document Cloud services, which let you:
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| Online document storage | 2GB | 100GB | 100GB |
| Access to the newest features as soon as they are available at no extra cost | |
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| MANAGEMENT & DEPLOYMENT | |||
| License management portal | Adobe Licensing Website | Admin Console for teams | Admin Console for enterprise |
| Ability to add and reassign licenses through a web-based console | |
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| Individually remove, assign, and reassign licenses by group or by product | |
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| One easy place to manage Acrobat DC and Adobe Creative Cloud licenses | |
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| Centralized IT deployment tools (self-install option also available) | |
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| Automatically remove users who leave the company when Federated ID (SSO) is enabled | |
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| Ability to set up multiple types of administrators | |
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| Streamline installation and configuration with Microsoft SCCM/SCUP, Apple Remote Desktop, and Adobe Customization Wizard | |
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| SECURITY | |||
| User identity management | Business ID | Federated ID with single sign-on (SSO), Enterprise ID, or Business ID | |
Dedicated encryption key for at-rest assets |
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| Ability to control access to services (turn on/off) | Controllable via the Customization Wizard only | Controllable via the Customization Wizard only | |
| DEDICATED HELP & SUPPORT | |||
| Online tutorials | |
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| Technical support for IT | 24x7 advanced support | 24x7 enterprise support | |
| Expert support for users | Two sessions per user per year |
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| Ability to open and track support cases from the Admin Console | |
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| PURCHASING | |||
| License type | Perpetual | Subscription | Subscription |
| Buying program | CLP/TLP Purchase in one simple transaction or get a cumulative discount over two years |
VIP Subscription licensing program that makes it convenient for organizations of all sizes to purchase, deploy, and manage Adobe products |
VIP Subscription licensing program that makes it convenient for organizations of all sizes to purchase, deploy, and manage Adobe products |
| Volume discount | Discount on 50 and 100 seats for full-seat purchases through CLP | Discount on 10+ licenses of Acrobat DC, Creative Cloud, or a combination of Acrobat DC and Creative Cloud | Discount on 10+ licenses of Acrobat DC, Creative Cloud, or a combination of Acrobat DC and Creative Cloud |
Product comparison
Compare the features of Acrobat Pro subscription to Acrobat Standard subscription.
| ACROBAT STANDARD (SUBSCRIPTION) |
ACROBAT PRO (SUBSCRIPTION) |
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| Compatible with | Windows and macOS |
Windows and macOS |
| MANAGE AND INTERACT WITH PDFs | ||
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| View, interact with, and comment on PDF content from your computer, mobile device, or web browser | |
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| Access a list of documents you need to view, review, or sign along with detailed information about the task | |
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| Get alerts across devices when others review or sign documents—or request actions from you | |
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| Store, manage, and share files online with instant access to recently viewed files across devices | |
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| Access, edit, and store PDFs in your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive accounts | |
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| Open multiple PDFs in a single window with tabbed viewing | |
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| Compare two versions of a PDF to review all differences | |
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| Access your most important files easily across devices by starring them | |
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| CREATE AND PROTECT PDFs | ||
| Create PDFs using your computer, mobile device, or web browser | |
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| Create high-quality, protected PDFs in Microsoft 365 for Mac and Microsoft 365 online apps | |
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| Create, combine, and convert PDF files from your SharePoint or OneDrive toolbar | |
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| Turn Adobe Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI), or InDesign (INDD) files into PDFs from your desktop or mobile device | |
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| Create PDFs from any application that prints | |
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| Convert documents and images to PDFs, or web pages to interactive PDFs with links | |
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| Create, protect, and send PDFs in popular Microsoft 365 desktop apps for Windows | |
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| Combine multiple documents and file types into one PDF file | |
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| Convert web pages to interactive PDFs, complete with links | |
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| Prevent others from copying, editing, or printing sensitive information in PDFs | |
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| Create password-protected PDFs | |
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| Convert or validate PDFs for compliance with ISO standards like PDF/A or PDF/X | |
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| Create and validate PDFs to meet accessibility standards for people with disabilities | |
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| Prepare PDFs consistently with guided actions | |
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| Redact to permanently remove visibly sensitive information in PDFs | |
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| EDIT AND CONVERT PDFs | ||
| Convert PDFs to other file formats from your computer, mobile device, or web browser | |
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| Edit text and images in a PDF on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, or Chromebook with Android support | |
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| Edit text and images in a PDF with full-page paragraph reflow from your desktop | |
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| Convert PDFs to editable Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files with formatting accuracy | |
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| Convert PDFs to JPEG, TIFF, or PNG image formats | |
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| Insert, delete, and organize pages in a PDF | |
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| Create numbered or bulleted lists without reformatting | |
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| Edit text and images and organize pages in a PDF on your iOS or Android tablet | |
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| Turn scanned paper documents into instantly searchable, editable PDFs with fonts that match the original | |
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| Add audio, video, and interactive objects to your PDFs | |
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| Preflight and prepare files for high-end print production | |
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| Add Bates numbering to legal documents | |
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| SEND DOCUMENTS FOR E-SIGNATURE | ||
| Unlimited transactions—Sign and collect unlimited legally binding signatures and track responses in real time | |
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| Bulk send—Send one agreement for multiple people to sign | |
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| Self-serve web forms—Post PDFs and documents to your website that customers can instantly fill, sign, and submit | |
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| Customized branding—Customize signature requests with your own branding | |
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| Administration—Control e-signature settings at the account level | |
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| Collect payments—Collect signatures from customers with an option to collect payments with Braintree (where available), in a single transaction | |
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| COMMENT ON AND SHARE PDFs | ||
| Share PDF links so others can view, comment on, or sign, and get notified when the recipients take action | |
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| Turn paper or Microsoft Word files into fillable PDF forms | |
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| Fill, sign, and send forms faster using data from your autofill collection on your computer or mobile device | |
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| Collect group feedback in one PDF file online with no reviewer login required | |
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| Add comments to PDFs with a full suite of commenting tools, including text editing, highlighter, and sticky notes | |
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| Host SharePoint-based reviews on Microsoft 365 sites from Windows or macOS | O | |
| Review and comment in Microsoft Teams | |
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| DEPLOY AND MANAGE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION | ||
| Use a web console to add, remove, reassign, and track licenses; manage users and groups; and set up multiple admin roles | |
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| Deploy Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Standard, and Acrobat Reader product and updates from your local server with AUSST, and deploy automatically with RUM | |
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| Use virtualization tools with support for serialized or named user licensing for Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, VMware Horizon, Microsoft App-V, and Microsoft Windows Terminal Server (WTS) | |
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| Safeguard systems and data with application security and sandboxing technology | |
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| Customize features and settings with the Acrobat Customization Wizard DC and Acrobat Enterprise Toolkit | |
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| Deploy and update with Microsoft SCCM/SCUP and Apple Remote Desktop | |
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O Denotes a portion of the capability
Acrobat version comparison
See what a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Pro can do for you—enhanced with premium features in the Acrobat Reader mobile app and Adobe Document Cloud services.
| ACROBAT PRO 2020 (PERPETUAL) |
ACROBAT PRO (SUBSCRIPTION) |
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| MANAGE AND INTERACT WITH PDFs | ||
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| View, interact with, and comment on PDF content from your computer, mobile device, or web browser | O | |
| Access a list of documents you need to view, review, or sign along with detailed information about the task | |
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| Get alerts across devices when others review or sign documents—or request actions from you | |
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| Store, manage, and share files online with instant access to recently viewed files across devices | O | |
| Access, edit, and store PDFs in your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive accounts | O | |
| Open multiple PDFs in a single window with tabbed viewing | |
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| Compare two versions of a PDF to review all differences | |
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| Manage all your work from the Home view—your single place to organize, manage, and search for all your PDFs | |
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| CREATE AND PROTECT PDFs | ||
| Create PDFs using your computer, mobile device, or web browser | O | |
| Create high-quality, protected PDFs in Microsoft 365 for Mac and Microsoft 365 online apps | |
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| Create, combine, and convert PDF files from your SharePoint or OneDrive toolbar | |
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| Turn Adobe Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI), or InDesign (INDD) files into PDFs from your desktop or mobile device | |
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| Create PDFs from any application that prints | |
|
| Convert documents and images to PDFs | |
|
| Create, protect, and send PDFs in popular Microsoft 365 desktop apps for Windows | |
|
| Combine multiple documents and file types into one PDF file | |
|
| Convert web pages to interactive PDFs, complete with links | |
|
| Prevent others from copying, editing, or printing sensitive information in PDFs | |
|
| Create password-protected PDFs | |
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| Convert or validate PDFs for compliance with ISO standards like PDF/A or PDF/X | |
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| Create and validate PDFs to meet accessibility standards for people with disabilities | |
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| Prepare PDFs consistently with guided actions | |
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| Redact to permanently remove visibly sensitive information in PDFs | |
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| EDIT AND CONVERT PDFs | ||
| Convert PDFs to other file formats from your computer, mobile device, or web browser | O | |
| Edit text and images and organize pages in a PDF on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, or Chromebook with Android support | |
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| Edit text and images in a PDF with full-page paragraph reflow | |
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| Convert PDFs into editable Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files with formatting accuracy | |
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| Convert PDFs to JPEG, TIFF, or PNG image formats | |
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| Insert, delete, and organize pages in a PDF | |
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| Create numbered or bulleted lists without reformatting | |
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| Turn scanned paper documents into instantly searchable, editable PDFs with fonts that match the original | |
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| Add audio, video, and interactive objects to your PDFs | |
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| Preflight and prepare files for high-end print production | |
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| Use Preflight libraries to get customized sets of profiles, checks, and corrections | |
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| Add Bates numbering to legal documents | |
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| SEND DOCUMENTS FOR E-SIGNATURE | ||
| Unlimited transactions—Sign and collect unlimited legally binding signatures and track responses in real time | |
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| Bulk send—Send one agreement for multiple people to sign | |
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| Self-serve web forms—Post PDFs and documents to your website that customers can instantly fill, sign, and submit | |
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| Customized branding—Customize signature requests with your own branding | |
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| Administration—Manage users and settings | |
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| Collect payments—Collect signatures from customers with an option to collect payments with Braintree (where available), in a single transaction | |
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| COMMENT ON AND SHARE PDFs | ||
| Share PDF links so others can view, comment on, or sign, and get notified when the recipients take action | |
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| Turn paper or Microsoft Word files into fillable PDF forms | |
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| Fill, sign, and send forms faster using data from your autofill collection on your computer or mobile device | |
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| Collect group feedback in one PDF file online with no reviewer login required | |
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| Comment on PDFs with a full suite of markup tools including text editing, highlighting, and sticky notes | |
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| Host SharePoint-based reviews on Microsoft 365 sites from Windows or macOS | |
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| Review and comment in Microsoft Teams | |
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| DEPLOY AND MANAGE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION | ||
| Use a web console to add, remove, reassign, and track licenses; manage users and groups; and set up multiple admin roles | |
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| Deploy Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Standard, and Acrobat Reader products and updates from your local server with the Adobe Update Server Setup Tool (AUSST), and deploy automatically with Remote Update Manager (RUM) | |
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| Use virtualization tools with support for serialized or named user licensing for Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, VMware Horizon, Microsoft App-V, and Microsoft Windows Terminal Server (WTS) | |
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| Safeguard systems and data with application security and sandboxing technology | |
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| Customize features and settings with the Acrobat Customization Wizard and Acrobat Enterprise Toolkit | |
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| Deploy and update with Microsoft SCCM/SCUP and Apple Remote Desktop | |
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O Denotes a portion of the capability
Acrobat and Acrobat Sign product comparison
| ACROBAT STANDARD |
ACROBAT PRO |
ACROBAT SIGN FOR BUSINESS | ACROBAT SIGN FOR ENTERPRISE |
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| Request e-signatures | Use web or mobile apps to send documents that recipients can e-sign anywhere, on any device | |
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| Reminders and notifications | Track responses, get email notifications, and send reminders from anywhere | |
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| Unlimited transactions | Sign and collect unlimited e-signatures and track responses in real time | |
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| Branding | Easily add logos, taglines, and key messages to create a branded signing experience | |
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| Manage users and groups | Manage active users—and define user group-specific settings | |
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| Self-serve web forms | Post signable forms on your website so visitors can sign agreements easily | |
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| Online payments | Collect payments—including contract fees, donations, and online orders—right as customers fill and sign forms with a Braintree account (where available) | |
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| Administrative control | Administrative control over agreements—manage users and settings | |
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| Enhanced e-signature authentication | Ask signers to type a one-time verification code delivered to their phone or use knowledge-based authentication* | |
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| Prebuilt integrations | Quickly add e-signatures to your business applications with over 70 top-rated integrations, including Microsoft SharePoint and Dynamics, Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, Ariba, and Apttus | |
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| Languages | Let senders and signers choose from 34 available languages | |
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| Shared document library | Store frequently used documents and forms as reusable templates, and share across your team | |
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| Bulk sign | Send one document to many people using Send in bulk tool so each recipient gets a personalized version to sign† | |
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| Advanced forms | Add advanced calculations, conditional logic, hyperlinks, and more to forms | |
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| Enhanced e-signature authentication | Ask signers to type a one-time verification code delivered to their phone or use knowledge-based authentication* | |
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| Advanced roles and routing | Precisely control business processes to automate signing and approvals, collaboration steps like form filling, delivery to certified recipients, and more | |
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| Workflow Designer | Use a visual designer to create workflow templates that drive consistent, error-proof signature processes | |
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| Advanced language support | Let senders request signatures in additional languages | |
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| Microsoft 365 | Send documents for signature directly from Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint , or Teams‡ | |
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| Google Drive | Send documents for signature directly from Google Drive§ | |
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| Box | Send PDF and Word documents for signature directly from Box | |
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| Prebuilt integrations | Quickly add e-signatures to your business applications with top-rated integrations, including Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, Ariba, Apttus, and more | |
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| Preferred by Microsoft | Acrobat Sign is the preferred e-signature solution across the Microsoft enterprise portfolio, including SharePoint, Dynamics, Teams, Power Automate, and Power Apps | |
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| APIs | Embed e-signature processes into your custom business applications and update data in back-end systems automatically with comprehensive APIs | |
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| Security certification | Acrobat Sign is certified compliant with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 | |
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| Customize application experiences | Fine-tune default settings for security, authentication, the send page experience, and more | |
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| Enterprise support | Get 24x7, 365-day support with experts in licensing and other IT topics, as well as open and track support cases¶ | ¶ |
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| Single sign-on | Let users sign in with their existing Federated ID¶ | ¶ |
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| Account delegation | Delegate account viewing, sending, or modifying permissions to a different person, such as when someone is on vacation or leaves the company | |
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| Prepare forms | Automatically add signature and business fields to documents before sending using Adobe Sensei intelligence, or create your own custom form fields | |
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| Sign | Let recipients click on a link to open and sign—no downloads or sign-ups needed | |
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| In-person signatures | Use the Acrobat Sign mobile app to get handwritten signatures from others in person | |
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| Track and manage | Track responses, get email notifications, and send reminders from anywhere | |
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| Keep records | Store signed documents and audit trails securely, and send copies to all parties automatically | |
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| Scan and sign on mobile | Use your mobile device camera to turn paper documents into crisp, clear e-documents before sending to others for signature | |
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| Cross-device signature capture | When signing from a nontouch-enabled computer, easily add a handwritten signature by sending a text message to your mobile device | |
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| Written signature workflow | Print, sign, scan, and return documents without a fax machine. Get the accuracy, authentication, and auditability of electronic signing, even when working with handwritten signatures | |
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| Digital signatures | Comply with the most demanding signature laws and regulations. Signers use certificate-based digital IDs to verify their identity using desktop or cloud-based digital signatures | |
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| Stamps | Let participants add a visible business stamp to your document or form, such as a “Received” stamp, a company seal, or a personalized Hanko stamp in Japan | |
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| Simple e-signature authentication | Invite people to sign by sending an email, and optionally ask for a password before signing | |
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* Knowledge-based authentication is available in the United States only; additional fees apply
† Up to 50 recipients at a time with Acrobat Pro, or 300 at a time with Acrobat Sign for business or enterprise
‡ Requires free add-in from Microsoft AppSource
§ Requires free Adobe Acrobat for Google Drive add-in from Google Workspace Marketplace
¶ Requires Acrobat for enterprise VIP