Adobe Acrobat Sign vs signNow
We give Adobe Acrobat Sign a 1.6 GPA and signNow a 2.6, out of 4.0. signNow 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
signNow
E-signatures with unlimited users and a yearly invite allowance
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAAdobe Acrobat SignWeak | 2.6GPAsignNowGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CBusiness is $15 a month for the whole team, billed yearly ($30 monthly), so $5 a head for three. But it includes 100 invites a year and you'd send about 240. Extra invites have no published price, and Enterprise at $1.50 an invite comes to about $30 a month. |
| 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, and the free trial lasts 7 days; the listing doesn't say it needs a card. There's a 30-day money-back guarantee too, but that isn't a trial. |
| 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. | BSigning order, reminders and unlimited templates on Basic; bulk send, signing links, payments and kiosk signing on Business; conditional fields, approvals, SMS and signer checks on Advanced. That covers the whole job across its plans. |
| 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. | B4.47 from about 18,100 App Store ratings. Not the top of this category, but a big and mostly happy crowd for a signing app. |
| 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, with Google Workspace, Gmail, ChatGPT and Claude. Salesforce, NetSuite, Dynamics 365 and the full API need Enterprise, and there's no desktop app, so it's a B. |
| Best for | teams that need Acrobat's PDF tools anyway | one low plan price shared by the whole team |
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 signNow. 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. signNow starts at $8 a month and scores 3.0.
signNow scores higher and starts $8.99 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 10 score higher than Adobe Acrobat Sign for less, and none scores higher than signNow 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. signNow starts at $8 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly).
- Only signNow lists an Android app.
- signNow also covers templates.
At a glance
| Adobe Acrobat Sign | signNow | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $16.99 per license / month, annual plan billed monthly | $8 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Studio for teams, for up to 10 licenses | 7-day free trial |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Adobe | airSlate |
| Price read from | adobe.com | signnow.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 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
signNow
- Small businesses with many people who each send only a few documents
- Teams that want bulk send and payment collection at a low plan price
- High-volume senders who would rather pay per invite than per seat
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.
signNow
- Basic, Business and Advanced each include 100 signature invites a year; more invites are sold on top, at a price the page does not give.
- Salesforce, NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrations, SSO and the full API need Enterprise, billed per invite from $1.50.
- The trial lasts 7 days; the pricing page also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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.
signNow
- Unlimited users per plan
- Team members can be added to any plan for free; the plan's yearly allowance of signature invites is what limits use.
- Signing order and tracking
- Send to several recipients in a set order or all at once, with an audit trail, reminders and a dashboard of document status.
- Bulk send and signing links
- From Business, send one document to a list of recipients for their own copies, or share a link anyone can use to sign.
- Payments and form fields
- Business adds payment collection at signing, drop-down and radio fields, CSV pre-fill and exportable form responses.
- Mobile and in-person signing
- iOS and Android apps sign, send and track documents, and scan paper to sign it; Business adds a kiosk mode for signatures at a desk.
- Advanced signing flows
- The Advanced plan adds conditional and formula fields, signer attachments, approval steps, SMS delivery and signer authentication.
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.
signNow
Basic$8
per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
Unlimited users and 100 signature invites a year, with unlimited templates, signing order, reminders and the mobile apps.
Business$15
per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
Adds bulk send, signing links, payment collection, scheduled sending, shared templates and team reports; 100 invites a year.
Advanced$30
per month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)
Adds custom branding, SMS sending, signer authentication, formula and conditional fields, and approval workflows; 100 invites a year.
EnterpriseCustom
Billed per signature invite from $1.50, falling with volume: full API, Salesforce and NetSuite, SSO and HIPAA compliance.
Ways to pay less
Adobe Acrobat Sign
No public discounts listed.
signNow
- Annual discount
Save up to 60% with annual billing
signNow's pricing page lists Basic at $8 a month billed annually against $20 monthly, Business at $15 against $30 and Advanced at $30 against $50.
