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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (42.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.99 2 License Per Month
No pricing available
Adobe Acrobat
Star Rating
(4,231)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.99 2 License Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansAdobe Acrobat Reader
Star Rating
(1,731)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe Acrobat vs Adobe Acrobat Reader
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Adobe Acrobat Reader easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers felt that both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall.
- Reviewers felt that Adobe Acrobat meets the needs of their business better than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Adobe Acrobat Reader is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Adobe Acrobat over Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat Studio for teams
Starting at $29.99
2 License Per Month
The essential productivity solution with a complete set of PDF tools, PDF Spaces, Acrobat AI Assistant, and Adobe Express Premium, plus admin features.
- Available on desktop, web, and mobile
- View, print, share, and comment
- Edit text and images, plus export, protect, and organize documents
Adobe Acrobat Reader
No pricing availableFree Trial
Adobe Acrobat
Free Trial is available
Adobe Acrobat Reader
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.2
2,951
9.1
1,532
Ease of Use
8.8
3,215
9.1
1,539
Ease of Setup
9.0
960
9.2
202
Ease of Admin
8.7
471
8.8
156
Quality of Support
8.4
2,181
8.6
1,066
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
442
8.8
144
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
2,855
8.2
1,526
Features by Category
Signature Process
9.3
496
Not enough data
8.3
424
Not enough data
8.7
460
Not enough data
8.7
444
Not enough data
8.8
437
Not enough data
8.5
389
Not enough data
8.4
402
Not enough data
8.9
454
Not enough data
Agentic AI - E-Signature
7.5
108
Not enough data
7.9
107
Not enough data
7.7
109
Not enough data
7.5
108
Not enough data
7.4
108
Not enough data
7.3
108
Not enough data
Security and Scalability
8.9
401
Not enough data
8.9
422
Not enough data
8.7
403
Not enough data
Platform
8.5
369
Not enough data
8.5
386
Not enough data
8.5
339
Not enough data
9.0
396
Not enough data
8.2
330
Not enough data
Format
Not enough data
9.0
637
Not enough data
8.1
571
Not enough data
7.7
469
Edit
Not enough data
7.7
590
Not enough data
8.5
581
Not enough data
8.8
544
Data
Not enough data
8.3
564
Not enough data
8.1
454
Not enough data
8.8
538
Operating System
Not enough data
9.2
88
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
8.3
54
Organization
9.1
584
Not enough data
9.1
600
Not enough data
8.9
582
Not enough data
8.7
573
Not enough data
Editing
8.8
582
Not enough data
8.8
633
Not enough data
9.2
616
Not enough data
8.8
587
Not enough data
8.7
564
Not enough data
Operating System
9.0
522
Not enough data
8.6
446
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Security
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
323
Not enough data
9.0
319
Not enough data
Conversion
9.3
352
Not enough data
8.6
298
Not enough data
8.6
295
Not enough data
Logistics
8.5
292
Not enough data
9.0
346
Not enough data
9.1
324
Not enough data
Agentic AI - File Converter
8.0
98
Not enough data
Data Sources
8.7
283
Not enough data
8.2
257
Not enough data
9.1
296
Not enough data
Generation
8.6
279
Not enough data
8.1
256
Not enough data
8.6
103
Not enough data
Delivery
8.6
266
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.9
161
Not enough data
8.0
161
Not enough data
7.9
162
Not enough data
8.0
161
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Generation
7.4
69
Not enough data
Design
8.5
353
Not enough data
8.4
564
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.3
555
Not enough data
8.0
511
Not enough data
File Types
9.1
659
Not enough data
9.0
654
Not enough data
8.4
514
Not enough data
Edit & Revise
8.6
604
Not enough data
8.3
284
Not enough data
8.8
644
Not enough data
Integrate & Embed
8.0
461
Not enough data
8.3
502
Not enough data
8.4
543
Not enough data
Operating System
9.1
618
Not enough data
8.8
483
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.1
243
Not enough data
8.1
243
Not enough data
7.7
241
Not enough data
7.7
243
Not enough data
7.7
239
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Creation
7.8
121
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader share no categories
Unique Categories
Adobe Acrobat is categorized as PDF Editor, Document Generation, Document Creation, E-Signature, and File Converter
Adobe Acrobat Reader is categorized as File Reader
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe Acrobat
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
7.4%
Higher Education
5.1%
Marketing and Advertising
5.1%
Computer Software
4.8%
Education Management
3.7%
Other
73.9%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Computer Software
4.4%
Higher Education
4.3%
Hospital & Health Care
3.8%
Education Management
3.6%
Other
77.2%
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Discussions
What does Adobe Pro DC include?
8 Comments
AJ
e-Signatures, PDF edition, PDF creation, 3D model tree creation, PDF exporting, PDF protection and security, combine files, fill & sign, organize pages, scan...Read more
What are the features of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC?
7 Comments
DR
Not only does Adobe Acrobat Pro DC help with creating universally readable documents, the features include tools to increase accessibility for...Read more
Is it possible to rotate a page form the text?
3 Comments
LB
Can you please clarify your question? Are you trying to rotate the entire form? Or just a text box? Read more
is there any student package?
3 Comments
NW
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/buy/students.html
This link should take you to the student/educational pricing for the subscription to the software. ...Read more
Is there anyway to rotate within this software?
3 Comments
DT
You can rotate all or selected pages in a document. You can only rotate in 90° increments. Open the PDF in Acrobat DC, and then choose View> Rotate View....Read more
how to delete pages in adobe acrobat reader dc
2 Comments
G2
Select the page which you need to delete, and right click on page from thumbnail panel, you will see "Delete Page" option there, by clicking it you can...Read more
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