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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAdobe 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

    Nitro Productivity Suite

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ANitro Productivity Suite combines electronic signature and general PDF editing, from Nitro, Inc. It is built around capabilities such as getting approvals and esignatures in seconds and sharing and reviewing documents from anywhere.

    $9.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Adobe AcrobatNitro Productivity Suite
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Nitro Sign® Essentials
    $9.99
    per month billed annually per user
    Nitro Sign® Advanced
    $19.99
    per month billed annually per user
    Nitro Sign® Premium
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    Adobe AcrobatNitro Productivity Suite
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Adobe AcrobatNitro Productivity Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    We have eventually used Nitro Productivity Suite, it is a more advanced software and with many more functions than Adobe Acrobat DC, however it is much more difficult to configure and has tools that we never used, we chose Adobe Acrobat DC because it has an intuitive user …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Having previously used Nitro Pro, we were pleased to gain the additional functionality that Adobe provides. Sending and tracking documents is much easier than on Nitro. The support function is slicker and quicker and there is a wider community of users to draw upon. I didn't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe is altogether a more expensive system than Nitro or Qoppa, and as such, it is much more robust. There were many issues with downloading Nitro Pro 9, and it has much less advanced options. In addition, Qoppa is missing advanced redaction and form creation, which I find …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat is the gold standard and you pay for it. It is easy to use and works how you expect it to. The alternatives are cheaper, but don't offer as many features, and require retaining everyone to switch applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    There's no comparison; Adobe does it better, faster and more reliable. It's interface is simpler, more intuitive and easier to use. Acrobat is an industry go to solution for business needs. We value its solid foundation, limited issues and dependability.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I selected Adobe Acrobat because of the following reasons..

    1. It provides the Ai powered features and straight forward cloud integration which is not available with other providers. 2.Adobe Acrobat has global certifications of market standards for security and compliance areas.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Both of the alternatives Nitro and Foxit, lacks some functionalities. Eg: Foxit doesn't have a very user friendly UI, thats' the same issue Nitro as well. Also, Nitro's licensing is a bit complex. Adobe Acrobat is a plug and play product. The UI is friendly, one can learn it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe has been the first one that we´ve ever used and it has been established as the industry standard.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Acrobat is very popular in the world and secure software, so it is easy for the client to open confidential documents in Acrobat and design the document. Acrobat has a modern view, which is very easy to use. Acrobat takes less time to execute different operations in comparison …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    We decided to go for Adobe Acrobat in the end as it is the most well-established product with the most support. Most of our staff already had experience with Adobe Acrobat in some form or another to it allowed us to integrate the product easily into the business with minimal …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    We used Nitro PDF and the online solution offered by Google Workspace through Google Drive to edit and download our PDF files.

    We ended up accepting our very old but powerfully known brand, Adobe Acrobat.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    In my experience, Adobe Acrobat offers more advanced features and security safeguards than competitors. It may come at a price, but you feel that you can trust in the brand and the abilities of the platform when compared to competitors. With that in mind, some users may find …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Nitro did not always provide updates in a timely manner. I also had issues with it being available on multiple platforms.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I have used nitro and abbyy for OCR usage and found similar results. Google Drive I've used for OCR recognition as well. From a usage point of view, I have found Acrobat to have a much more intuitive interface to manage the features I need like editing, page insertion, …
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    All the other applications in the market are replications of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe is the original one. The work on Adobe Acrobat with all the updates does not allow competition from other applications to work. Adobe Acrobat has many features in this applications that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe is the clear-cut market leader.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat DC is what all our users are very comfortable using. We would need to provide training if we implemented something new.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    The majority of our “power users” - users that work heavily with PDF documents - were much more comfortable using Adobe Acrobat over Foxit and Nitro, so in the end we decided to go with Adobe Acrobat to make our users happy and ease the learning curve versus the other competing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    We tried a few users on Nitro and found it to be less functional and user-friendly than Adobe. Ease of use is important for user acceptance, and with Adobe being more functional for our team, it has remained our internal standard. We also have not found any other clients who …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe DC seems much easier to use overall.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    We actually had Nitro before Adobe. While it made claims to offer more features and be intuitive, most staffers felt the opposite. And some of the Nitro extra features were completely unnecessary and we never used them such as the ability to customize certain tabs or create …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat is a bit more expensive, however, the user interface is a bit more refined. The major issue is that Adobe Acrobat makes it literally impossible to pay to renew your licenses, so I had to switch to another software vendor for PDFs. Foxit PDF had a very simple …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I would say that Adobe Acrobat offers a whole suite of of feature that Niro Pro just doesn't have.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat is more expensive, but it has a complete and robust package. A wide range of integration with other platforms, including Windows, Mac, and mobile devices. All of Acrobat's features are advanced and industry standard. Nitro PDF is limited. It has less integration …
    Incentivized
    Nitro, Inc
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    You need a subscription to use Adobe Acrobat. You can pay a one-off license fee to use Nitro.
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    I downloaded the trial versions of both Acrobat DC and Nitro PDF, and found Nitro to be superior in price, while Acrobat was superior in software features and user-friendliness. I knew I would be using Nitro for basic publishing and editing of PDFs, which both programs do well, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    Nitro Productivity Suite is able to perform just as well as Adobe. It uses less resources on my machine than Adobe. I think it is much easier to use than Tungsten as well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    I think Adobe is probably the best PDF solution since they essentially developed and own the PDF format, but Nitro is a very good alternative and is more competitively priced.

    If our clients didn't use PDF documents or sent us everything in MS Word, then our Office 365 would be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    Nitro is a more specified app with simple pdf editing use and a low cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    It has more functionalities compared to the other software
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    Nitro has probably 10x the features that Adobe does and just does it so much better. Ease of use is profoundly different. I won't ever go back!!
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    Nitro was more simplistic than Adobe and a much better price
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    Features are comparable.
    Incentivized
    Chose Nitro Productivity Suite
    We selected Nitro PDF because the features that the organization needed were comparable and the annual cost for the on-premises version of the application was considerably less expensive at the time. When we selected, Adobe was not yet in the cloud. At that time, there were …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
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    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe AcrobatNitro Productivity Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (481 ratings)
    9.3
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (26 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (237 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (56 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    4.0
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe AcrobatNitro Productivity Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    The 12 primary users represent our core Human Resources, Payroll, and Finance operations teams. Within this group, HR managers use the platform to oversee employee lifecycle events, handle benefits administration, and process new-hire onboarding. The payroll specialists and finance staff manage bi-weekly payroll runs, direct deposits, tax compliance, and general ledger reporting. Additionally, a couple of operational team leads use administrative access to approve timesheets, track attendance, and monitor departmental PTO accruals.
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    Nitro, Inc
    I run a professional services business from home. I need to edit documents quickly and easily and with minimal subscriptions to minimize overheads. I love that Nitro is a one-off payment to get a license to the software, and you can simply upgrade to the latest version if that's what you want, but you're not obligated to. I've been using the same version of Nitro for 7-8 years now. Despite the fact the upgraded versions have a lot of great, nice-to-have features, the version I'm on still does the job.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • For the business account, the Adobe Acrobat rep assigned to your account will actively look for ways to save you money.
    • We have found that our rep from Adobe Acrobat Business Account reviews our usage and related apps and has offered helpful tips on better ways to complete tasks we historically undertake with their software. They have saved us a great deal of time and money. They make us efficient.
    • The apps they offer that combine with the primary program are relevant to the tasks our business performs, and they function at a high level and never fail. It's really quite remarkable.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro, Inc
    • Ability to combine files SEAMLESSLY and order them around as necessary (so underrated)
    • Signing not only for yourself but for others. Helpful for those who have been granted the authority to sign for VPs and directors
    • Much easier to use than some other PDF viewing services
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Fonts can default (but not always) if the designer doesn't perform due diligence before generating PDFs.
    • The one area Adobe Acrobat is not good at: generating PDFs straight from a website. The results are touch-and-go.
    • The basic nav controls take a little getting used to. What I initially expected to be in one spot could only be found elsewhere.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro, Inc
    • Converting from PDF to Microsoft Word can be complicated at times. Some parts of a document such as tables are not converted properly.
    • Sometimes it appears to be easier to save MS Word documents to PDF rather than using NPS to convert. It can be a bit slow to convert at times.
    • In my view, it wasn't user friendly at the beginning.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Option 1: Cross-Departmental MixThe 12 Adobe Acrobat users in our organization represent several key business functions across operations:Legal & Compliance (3 users): Redact confidential information, review terms, and handle legally binding e-signatures for contracts.Finance (3 users): Consolidate financial statements, convert spreadsheets into secure PDFs, and process vendor invoices.Human Resources (2 users): Manage fillable onboarding paperwork, store confidential employee records, and distribute company policies.Sales (2 users): Send out client proposals, track service agreements, and capture executive signatures.Marketing (2 users): Review collateral proofs, combine media packages, and optimize PDF sizes for web distribution.
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    Nitro, Inc
    We will definitely be renewing the Nitro Productivity Suite. Saves the company a lot of money for something we use everyday
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Adobe
    The features on the desktop version are all toolbar based, which makes it a little more cumbersome on a smaller device (and much simpler on a large screen). The web forms adjust well to different screen size so work well on mobile, tablet and computer
    Incentivized
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    Nitro, Inc
    For the most part, the entire software is extremely easy to navigate and use. You won't need to follow tutorials or anything for the bulk of the core features, as it's all pretty seamlessly designed.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    We have not had availability issues with Adobe Acrobat, or at least none that I am personally aware of. Some may encounter crashes of the software during outages of electricity in their city or neighborhood, which no one can plan for, but with generators in our organization, we have been lucky not to have outages
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    Nitro, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Adobe
    One of the best features of Adobe Acrobat is its speed and stability. When dealing with massive multi-page files, having to reload a crashed program over and over again would slow down progress unnecessarily. And expanding on that, having the table of contents generated allows me to skip to different pages with ease, a necessary feature with exceptionally long files. word searches are even more helpful with text recognition.
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    Nitro, Inc
    It works as advertised.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    For a while, Acrobat DC crashed pretty frequently. I contacted Adobe Acrobat support about the problem. At first support was unable to provide a solution. After about a month Adobe's software engineers provided a fix. I just wish it had taken less than a month to solve the problem.
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    Nitro, Inc
    Nitro checks all the boxes for what we need. It is fairly priced, it allows us to read and edit PDF documents, convert PDF to MS Word and convert MS Word to PDF. It allows us to combine multiple files and do all the post processing like adding page numbers and adding headers and footers
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    Easy to follow and understand
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    Nitro, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    I was not involved with the implementation process, so I cannot answer this question. However, when it was installed on my computer system, they did so virtually. I just sat there while they took control of my computer over the network and watch them install it, lickety split
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    Nitro, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    In my opinion, both complement each other. Microsoft clearly has with Copilot the AI Edge. However, the visual dynamics of Adobe Creative are Outstanding and provide a balanced approach to creativity, utilizing both Excellent, user-friendly Tools.
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    Nitro, Inc
    Every 1-2 years will do a check on current PDF options to include trialing the software. Have tried Foxit and several that seem to have failed in the marketplace. Over the last 4 years, I have always stuck with Nitro. Unfortunately, we still need to keep Adobe Acrobat (free version) installed to view a small percentage of some PDFs we receive.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    The only thing I can think of that may be helpful would be a more flexible tiered pricing options based on usage or document volume.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Adobe
    I find that many users aren't aware of many features of the software they use, nor may they be comfortable with learning multiple-step processes. For the simplest of PDF purposes (scanning, downloading, exporting), it gets a thumbs-up. For anything involving electronic signatures, meh--causes eyes to glaze over, or forgetting what all is involved.
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    Nitro, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Automation of contract offer generation enabled the HR team to reduce the time to process contracts by 97%.
    • The automated workflow is more accurate and decreased document errors by up to 90 percent.
    • The signature collecting process was cut from a minimum of 30 minutes to only 2 minutes.
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    Nitro, Inc
    • ROI was very quick as the license costs were so low. We purchased 8 licenses versus the initial 2 we were planning on for Adobe.
    • More people were able to use the product than we initially thought due to low purchase costs.
    • We haven't had any further costs to own the product after the initial purchase. We would need to purchase new licenses if we wanted to upgrade.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Acrobat Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to create, edit, convert, and share PDF files all from within Microsoft Teams – as part of Acrobat integrations with Microsoft 365 apps.Screenshot of Liquid Mode in Adobe Acrobat Reader mobile app, where users can read PDFs on phones and tablets without having to pinch and zoom. Navigate lengthy documents with intelligent outline and search tools, while maximizing readability and comfort with font size and line spacing that are adjustable.Screenshot of where to fill and sign PDF forms from anywhere and on any device. Here, users can collect signatures, digitally track progress, and automatically archive the signed document.Screenshot of the Adobe Scan mobile app, used to capture and convert documents into high-quality, interactive PDF documents that can be filled out, signed, and shared. This eliminates the hassle of finding a printer, filling a form by hand, and scanning it again.