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Adobe Systems

Adobe Acrobat

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

243 Reviews Write a Review

What is Adobe Acrobat?

With Document Cloud, featuring the all-new Adobe Acrobat DC, get every ounce of potential out of your PDFs from any device. From shared PDF reviews across devices to collecting the most secure e-signatures from right inside your favorite apps, including Microsoft Office.

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Awards & Recognition

Adobe Acrobat won the following awards in the Document Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Adobe Acrobat Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Adobe Acrobat?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Document Sharing

Editor Functions

Document Hosting

Searchability

Security and Access Control

Access Tracking

Publication Workflow

Metrics and Reporting

Indexing and Classification

Check Out Check in

Version Control

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Adobe Acrobat Reviews

Isabel P.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

The best document collaboration tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Adobe Acrobat from other similar products?

The suite of tools provided for working with PDF documents is just amazing and cannot even come close to the offerings of any competitor

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of working with PDF tools using adobe acrobat dc and features such as e-sign integration makes PDF document editing a seamless process.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Most of the important features are only available through a pro subscription which makes it a bit expensive.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If there is high usage of PDF documents in your organisation Adobe Document Cloud should be your goto software solution

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Effective Service

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Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Good Doc Management S/w. Best for PDFS

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Adobe Acrobat from other similar products?

1) PDF Editor & Viewer is inbuilt 2) Good integration for Images & Videos too

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

PDF Editing

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricey as compared with other Clouds. They may not be immediate competitors though. But do solve the purpose for free or with limited budget

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Very good solution if you wish to store and share Documents, especially PDF files with version & access control. But, do compare with other Clouds. They may not be immediate competitors though. But do solves the purpose for free or with limited budget So, check the features you need and the ROI before purchase

Pros

Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Caring
Saves Time

Andrea S.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Easiest to use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Adobe Acrobat from other similar products?

Very easy to use and edit

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of Use

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it!

Pros

Caring
Saves Time
Respectful
Acts with Integrity

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Adobe Acrobat Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Adobe Acrobat?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Document Sharing Document sharing is the ability to share a document with those who have not been granted explicit access

Editor Functions Features to allow designated editors to have the ability to review a document, make notes, corrections, and insert markups for re-editing by the author(s).

Document Hosting Centralized hosting of electronic documents, allowing the ability for contributors to upload to a secure area.

Searchability DMSes generally allow for the ability to conduct searches on document content.

Security and Access Control Securing of electronic documents from unauthorized access and the ability to assign access to specific users or user groups.

Access Tracking The tracking of document access, including who had opened it or downloaded it.

Publication Workflow Workflow capability that routes documents across defined roles in the publication process, either for review, editing, publication, etc.

Metrics and Reporting This feature enables the DMS administrator to produce reports on the DMS, such as document volumes, document access, publication trends, etc.

Indexing and Classification Where the DMS will search the contents of all documents, index search results and organize them based on the organization’s taxonomy

Check Out Check in Similar to checking out or signing out a book from the library, this option enables a similar function for designated documents.

Version Control Tracking of document versions with each iteration of document changes.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Adobe Acrobat Reviews

Isabel P.

The best document collaboration tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐣 𝐊.

Good Doc Management S/w. Best for PDFS

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Andrea S.

Easiest to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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