Adobe Acrobat Sign vs Sign.Plus
We give Adobe Acrobat Sign a 1.6 GPA and Sign.Plus a 2.4, out of 4.0. Sign.Plus grades higher on the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Adobe Acrobat Sign
Adobe's e-signatures, sold inside Acrobat plans or on their own
Sign.Plus
Swiss e-signature app with qualified signatures and mobile apps
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAAdobe Acrobat SignWeak | 2.4GPASign.PlusFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CAbout $51 a month for three on Acrobat Standard for teams, at $16.99 a licence on the annual plan billed monthly. That's the dearer end of this category, but it includes a full PDF editor and uncapped e-signatures. Bulk send and branding need Pro at $23.99. | CPersonal is $9.99 a month billed yearly ($14.99 monthly), at this category's cheaper quarter, but it's one user and 10 requests a month. A team needs Professional at $19.99 a user, past the dearer quarter, and qualified signatures are $5 a recipient on top. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. There's a 14-day trial of Pro or Studio for teams, but it runs on into a yearly commitment: cancel more than 14 days after it ends and you pay half of what's left. | CThe free plan lets you sign your own documents, but it's 3 signature requests in total, not per month, and one template. The 14-day trial needs a card or PayPal and turns into a paid plan unless you cancel. |
| Features | CSend from Acrobat, several signers at once, tracking, audit trails, web forms and branding, plus the PDF tools. But Adobe itself says the signing in Acrobat Standard and Pro doesn't reach the compliance level of Acrobat Sign Solutions, which is sold through sales. | BTemplates with conditional steps, bulk send, in-person signing, public forms, SMS and WhatsApp sends, ID checks and qualified signatures. It covers the whole job across its plans, though Zapier and branding start on Business. |
| Ease of use | F2.2 from about 650 App Store ratings for the Acrobat Sign app, by far the lowest in this category. You can send from Acrobat on a computer instead, but on a phone this is the app. | CThere are iPhone and Android apps, but no store rating on record. It's a web app where you build templates and workflows before it pays off. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, desktop Acrobat and iPhone, with Word, Teams, Salesforce, Workday, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. No Android app is listed, so it misses an A. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, sending from Google Docs, Gmail and Word and pulling files from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and Box. Zapier is on Business, the API is sold separately, and there's no desktop app. |
| Best for | teams that need Acrobat's PDF tools anyway | qualified signatures and signing by WhatsApp |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Adobe Acrobat Sign and Sign.Plus. How we grade
Price against what you get
Adobe Acrobat Sign starts at $16.99 a month for each person and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sign.Plus starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.7.
Sign.Plus scores higher and starts $7 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 14 score higher than Adobe Acrobat Sign for less, and 1 scores higher than Sign.Plus for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Adobe Acrobat Sign starts at $16.99 per license / month, annual plan billed monthly. Sign.Plus starts at $9.99 per month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly).
- Sign.Plus has a free plan. Adobe Acrobat Sign does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Sign.Plus lists an Android app.
- Sign.Plus also covers templates.
At a glance
| Adobe Acrobat Sign | Sign.Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $16.99 per license / month, annual plan billed monthly | $9.99 per month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Sign your own documents, 3 signature requests in total (not per month) and one template. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Studio for teams, for up to 10 licenses | 14-day free trial of a paid plan; a card or PayPal is required and it converts to paid unless cancelled |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Adobe | Alohi |
| Price read from | adobe.com | sign.plus |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Adobe Acrobat Sign
- Teams that already need Acrobat for PDF editing and want e-signatures included
- Businesses that send a high volume of agreements, since team plans have no e-signature cap
- Large companies that need Adobe's enterprise e-signature compliance, via sales
Sign.Plus
- Businesses in the EU or Switzerland that need qualified signatures
- Teams that want signers reached by SMS or WhatsApp as well as email
- Healthcare teams that need HIPAA with a signed BAA
Worth knowing
Adobe Acrobat Sign
- Small teams cannot buy Acrobat Sign on its own: it comes inside an Acrobat for teams plan, and the standalone Acrobat Sign Solutions is sold only through sales.
- Plans are annual commitments paid monthly; cancelling more than 14 days after the trial ends costs half the remaining commitment.
- Adobe says the e-signature features in Acrobat Standard and Pro do not offer the compliance level of Acrobat Sign Solutions.
- The Acrobat AI Assistant is a paid add-on on Standard and Pro and is included only in Acrobat Studio.
Sign.Plus
- The free plan allows only 3 signature requests in total, not per month, and one template.
- Qualified signatures cost $5 per recipient, bought as credits in packs of 10 to 1,000.
- Personal is one user with 10 requests a month and Professional stops at 5 users; Zapier and branding start at Business, SSO at Enterprise.
- The eSignature API is sold separately, from $75.99 a month billed yearly ($79.99 monthly) for 50 signature requests a month.
Key features
Adobe Acrobat Sign
- Send from Acrobat
- Request e-signatures directly from Acrobat on desktop, web or mobile, with no usage cap on e-signatures in Acrobat for teams plans.
- Several signers at once
- Send one document to multiple signers, each of whom gets a personal copy; Acrobat Pro adds bulk sending.
- Tracking and audit trails
- Real-time status and notifications for documents out for signature, with audit trails kept for completed ones.
- Web forms and branding
- Turn PDFs or Word files into fillable forms, post signable web forms on a website and add your logo to agreements.
- PDF tools in the same plan
- The Acrobat plans also edit, convert, combine, password-protect and, in Pro, compare and redact PDFs.
- Cloud storage and app links
- Store signed files in Box, Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive, and send from Microsoft Word, Teams, Salesforce or Workday.
Sign.Plus
- Qualified electronic signatures
- QES under the EU's eIDAS and Swiss ZertES rules is available on every plan, at $5 per recipient, alongside standard signatures under the US ESIGN Act.
- Many ways to sign
- Recipients can sign by email link, in person, through a public form or from a request sent by SMS or WhatsApp, with no account needed.
- Templates and workflows
- Reusable templates with dynamic fields, signing order and conditional steps, reminders, expiry dates and bulk send of a template to many people.
- Google, Word and cloud storage
- Send from Google apps and Microsoft Word, pull files from Google Drive, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or Box, and connect other apps through Zapier.
- Mobile apps and Scan.Plus
- Apps for iPhone and Android, and paid plans include Scan.Plus Pro, Alohi's mobile document scanner.
- Security and compliance
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2, AES-256 encryption with a key per user, and HIPAA with a BAA and a choice of data location on Enterprise.
Plans
Adobe Acrobat Sign
Acrobat Standard for teams$16.99
per license / month, annual plan billed monthly
Acrobat plan with PDF editing and conversion that can request e-signatures and track them; the AI Assistant is an add-on.
Acrobat Pro for teams$23.99
per license / month, annual plan billed monthly
Adds bulk send, brand customization, PDF comparison and redaction, plus 24x7 support; the AI Assistant is an add-on.
Acrobat Studio for teams$29.99
per license / month, annual plan billed monthly
Everything in Acrobat Pro plus PDF Spaces, the Acrobat AI Assistant and Adobe Express Premium.
Acrobat Sign SolutionsCustom
The standalone e-signature product, sold through sales, with unlimited seats, deeper integrations and compliance features.
Sign.Plus
Free$0
Sign documents yourself, send 3 signature requests in total and keep one template.
Personal$9.99
per month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly)
One user, 10 signature requests a month, 5 templates, reminders, audit trail, mobile app, Gmail extension and cloud storage links.
Professional$19.99
per user / month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly)
Up to 5 users, unlimited requests, 10 templates, folders, SMS checks, in-person signing, public forms, ID checks, 10 SMS or WhatsApp sends.
Business$29.99
per user / month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly)
Any number of users, unlimited templates, document sharing, Zapier and custom branding, with 30 SMS or WhatsApp sends per seat a month.
Enterprise$49.99
per user / month, billed annually ($79.99 billed monthly)
Adds SSO, HIPAA with a BAA, PHIPA, advanced security controls, data residency, priority support and 150 SMS or WhatsApp sends per seat.
Ways to pay less
Adobe Acrobat Sign
No public discounts listed.
Sign.Plus
- Annual discount
Save up to 40% with annual plans
Sign.Plus states savings of up to 40% on yearly billing: Business is $29.99 a user a month billed yearly against $49.99 monthly.
