Adobe Acrobat Sign vs Signable
We give Adobe Acrobat Sign a 1.6 GPA and Signable a 2.2, out of 4.0. Signable grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, features 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
Signable
UK e-signature service priced by envelopes, with unlimited users
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAAdobe Acrobat SignWeak | 2.2GPASignableFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | C£40 a month billed yearly, plus VAT, for unlimited users and 300 envelopes a year. Split five ways, that's around this category's middle per head once pounds become dollars. One person alone pays the full £40, and going over the allowance costs a fee per envelope. |
| 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. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial with no card needed. Pay As You Go skips the subscription, from £2.60 an envelope, which suits the odd document but isn't free. |
| 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. | CUnlimited users and templates, advanced signatures, an eSeal, two-factor checks for signers, reminders, signing order and AI field placement. The gaps the listing names: bulk send, teams, the API and qualified signatures start on Business, sold through sales. |
| 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. | CNo store rating on record, and no phone app. It's a web app where you set up templates, users and roles before it runs smoothly. |
| 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 only, but it connects to Google Drive, Google Docs, Dropbox, HubSpot, Slack, Zapier and Make. No phone or desktop app is listed, and text-message checks for signers work in the UK only. |
| Best for | teams that need Acrobat's PDF tools anyway | UK teams with many senders and few envelopes |
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 Signable. 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. Signable starts at about $52.88 a month and scores 2.3.
Signable scores higher, and starts $35.89 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 14 score higher than Adobe Acrobat Sign for less, and 9 score higher than Signable 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. Signable starts at £40 per month for 300 envelopes a year, billed annually, plus VAT.
- Only Adobe Acrobat Sign lists an iOS app.
- Adobe Acrobat Sign also covers forms.
- Signable also covers templates.
At a glance
| Adobe Acrobat Sign | Signable | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $16.99 per license / month, annual plan billed monthly | £40 per month for 300 envelopes a year, billed annually, plus VAT |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Studio for teams, for up to 10 licenses | 14-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Adobe | Signable Ltd |
| Price read from | adobe.com | signable.com |
| 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
Signable
- UK businesses that want data held in the UK and UK-based support
- Organizations with many people sending documents but modest volumes
- Teams that need qualified electronic signatures under UK and EU rules
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.
Signable
- Prices are in pounds, exclude VAT and are billed yearly; the envelope allowance is a yearly total available upfront.
- Pay As You Go has no subscription and charges from £2.60 per envelope; going over a plan's allowance without a bundle adds a fee per envelope.
- The API, teams, bulk send and qualified signatures start at Business, which is sold through sales; SSO is Enterprise only.
- Two-factor checks for signers by text message work in the UK only.
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.
Signable
- Unlimited users
- Plans charge by envelopes, not seats, so a whole organization can be added at no extra cost, with user roles and teams to split it up.
- AES and QES signatures
- Advanced electronic signatures and an eSeal on every plan; qualified electronic signatures, for documents that need verified identity, from Business.
- Templates, reminders and bulk send
- Reusable templates with pre-filled fields and field tags, automatic reminders and expiry, signing order, and bulk send from Business.
- AI-assisted fields
- Suggests where signature fields and other inputs belong in a document before it is sent.
- API and embedded signing
- The Signable API, from Business, lets other software send envelopes and embed the sending and signing pages inside its own app.
- UK hosting and compliance
- Data is hosted in the UK on AWS; Signable is ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certified and follows eIDAS, ESIGN and UETA.
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.
Signable
Essentials£40
per month for 300 envelopes a year, billed annually, plus VAT
Unlimited users and templates, advanced electronic signatures, digital signing, signer two-factor checks and your branding.
Business£100
per month and up, billed annually, plus VAT
Sold through sales, from 1,200 envelopes a year. Adds the API, teams, bulk send, IP allowlists, qualified signatures and onboarding.
Enterprise£250
per month and up, billed annually, plus VAT
Sold through sales, from 5,000 envelopes a year. Adds SSO, an account manager, template and branding set-up and premium support.
Ways to pay less
Adobe Acrobat Sign
No public discounts listed.
Signable
- Nonprofit
10% off the first year for UK charities
UK-registered charities can get 10% off their first year on any annual Signable plan.
