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Updated February 10, 2026
Adobe Acrobat vs PDF Reader Pro: Which is best for you?
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Starting Price
$23.99
per month
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Free Version
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Top Rated
Features
Features
Document Templates
5.0
File Management
4.83
PDF Reader
4.82
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Text Editing
4.86
Electronic Signature
4.83
PDF Conversion
4.79
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Integrations
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Pros / Cons
- It is the best tool for viewing, signing, managing, creating PDF documents, enhancing security with passwords, and much more.
- What I liked least about Adobe Acrobat is that it can be quite slow to load large files and often consumes a lot of system resources, which affects performance during multitasking.
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- Also, I believe one of the best features is its capability of being able to search or filter words, you can immediately know in which part of the PDF you need to edit.
- The major drawback was when we work on large files of pdf documents, we may face slow performance of the app.2.For free version there are only limited features to work on Pdf documentations.
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Ease-of-Use
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.6/ 5in the comparison
4.5/ 5
Value for Money
4.3/ 5
4.3/ 5
Customer Support
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.3/ 5in the comparison
4.2/ 5
Functionality
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.6/ 5in the comparison
4.4/ 5
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
FrontRunners
N/A
N/A
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Recommendations
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Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad