Adobe Acrobat Sign vs Skribble (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Skribble grades higher than Adobe Acrobat Sign: 2.4 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Skribble 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
Skribble
Swiss e-signatures with qualified signatures for EU and Swiss law
Which one is for you
Pick Adobe Acrobat Sign if
- Fits if your team edits PDFs in Acrobat already and wants signing included
- Works for teams that send many agreements, since team plans put no cap on e-signatures
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you only want e-signatures, as you're paying for a whole PDF editor
- Not for you if you might cancel early, as every plan is a year's commitment and leaving late costs half of what's left
- Too light for regulated work, as Adobe keeps its full compliance for Sign Solutions, sold through sales
- Pricey if you want bulk send or branding, which need Pro at $23.99, or the AI Assistant, an add-on below Studio
- Watch out: the Sign phone app is rated 2.2 on iPhone, and no Android app is listed
Pick Skribble if
- Fits if you need qualified signatures under EU or Swiss law
- Works for teams that sign inside Word or SharePoint
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you sign many documents at the advanced or qualified level, since Team includes 72 per user a year
- Watch out: prices are in euros and exclude VAT
- Tight if you want branding or single sign-on, which are extra on Pro
- Skip it if you have more than 20 users, as Team stops there and Scale goes through sales
- Skip it if you want an API on a cheaper plan, because it starts on Pro at EUR 36
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAAdobe Acrobat SignWeak | 2.4GPASkribbleFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CTeam is EUR 23 a user a month billed yearly (EUR 29 monthly), between the category's $20 middle and $29 dearer quarter. Starter is EUR 1 a simple signature. |
| 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. | C14-day trial on Team and Pro with no card, and no free plan. |
| 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. | BThree signature standards, signers with no account, signing inside Word, Excel and SharePoint, audit controls and an API on Pro. Advanced and qualified signatures are metered. |
| 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 the signature levels and allowances take reading before you choose. |
| 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, with Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Salesforce, Zapier and Power Automate, plus an API on Pro. |
| Best for | teams that need Acrobat's PDF tools anyway | Swiss and EU qualified signatures |
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 Skribble. 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. Skribble starts at about $25.70 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
Skribble scores higher, and starts $8.71 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, 25 score higher than Adobe Acrobat Sign for less, and 4 score higher than Skribble 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 also covers forms.
- Skribble also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Adobe Acrobat Sign | Skribble | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $16.99 per license / month, annual plan billed monthly | €23 per user / month, billed yearly (€29 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 | 14-day free trial on Team and Pro, no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Adobe | Skribble |
| Price read from | adobe.com | skribble.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
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.
Skribble
- Prices are listed in euros and exclude VAT; the page shows €/CHF for the per-signature fees.
- Advanced and qualified signatures beyond the yearly allowance cost €2 to €3 each for AES and €4 to €5 each for QES.
- Company branding and single sign-on on Pro are charged extra, and Scale is sold through sales.
- The Team plan caps at 20 users.
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.
Skribble
- Three signature standards
- Simple (SES), advanced (AES) and qualified (QES) signatures are all available, chosen by the legal risk of the document.
- Signers need no account
- External parties sign without a Skribble account, and the party that invites them covers the cost of any AES or QES.
- Compliance and hosting
- The vendor cites ZertES, eIDAS, UETA and ESIGN validity, Adobe-approved trust list support, and hosting in Switzerland.
- Signing inside other tools
- Sign from Word, Excel, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Google Drive, with Salesforce, Zapier and many industry connectors.
- Audit and signing controls
- Set signing order, add observers and attachments, send reminders and download a signature protocol as proof.
- API
- An API on Pro lets companies embed signing in their own systems.
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.
Skribble
Starter€1
per simple signature, no subscription
Pay per signature for one user: €1 simple, €3 advanced (AES), €5 qualified (QES). Excludes VAT.
Team€23
per user / month, billed yearly (€29 billed monthly)
Up to 20 users, unlimited simple signatures and 72 AES or QES per user a year, pooled across the company.
Pro€36
per user / month, billed yearly (€49 billed monthly)
Everything in Team with 120 AES or QES per user a year, auto-delete of documents, API, and Word, Excel and SharePoint signing.
ScaleCustom
For 20 or more users or high volumes: custom bundles, cost centres, Salesforce signing and restricting signature standards.
Ways to pay less
Adobe Acrobat Sign
No public discounts listed.
Skribble
- Annual discount
3 months free with yearly billing
The pricing page offers '3 months for free' on yearly billing: Team at €276 a year instead of €348, Pro at €432 instead of €588.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Adobe Acrobat Sign or Skribble?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Adobe Acrobat Sign is cheaper to start with: $16.99 a month for each person, against about $25.70 a month for each person for Skribble. Adobe Acrobat Sign starts at $16.99 per license / month, annual plan billed monthly, and Skribble starts at €23 per user / month, billed yearly (€29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Adobe Acrobat Sign or Skribble?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Adobe Acrobat Sign nor Skribble has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
Which platforms do Adobe Acrobat Sign and Skribble run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Adobe Acrobat Sign lists an iOS app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.