Adobe Acrobat alternatives
At 1 user, Adobe Acrobat costs $24.99 a month. 2 PDF editors cost less, from $9 (iLovePDF). The closest match, iLovePDF, covers 70% of what Adobe Acrobat does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Adobe Acrobat does
Core: Edit existing PDF text, Office and image conversion, Annotation and review, Native desktop apps.
Important: Merge, split and organize pages, Scanned document OCR, Fill and sign forms, Create fillable forms, Request signatures from others (partly), Sensitive data redaction, Passwords and digital IDs, Mobile apps, Cloud sharing and team review, Team admin and compliance (partly).
Also has: Batch processing, Accessibility and PDF/A, AI document assistant (partly), Browser-based editing, Developer API.
Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat at 1 user, best match first
- iLovePDF: $9/mo Team10 = 10 x $9 per-seat estimate; volume tiers unknown (Premium, monthly billing, 1 user). It covers 70% of Adobe Acrobat; missing or partial: Edit existing PDF text (partly), Annotation and review (partly), Scanned document OCR (partly), Fill and sign forms (partly), Create fillable forms (partly). Free plan: Basic: free for 1 user, with a 15 MB file cap on PDF to Word and PDF Forms and no OCR on Word export..
- Smallpdf: $15/mo Pro and Team prices from third-party listings (Pro, 1 user, monthly billing). It covers 58% of Adobe Acrobat; missing or partial: Edit existing PDF text (partly), Annotation and review (partly), Native desktop apps (partly), Merge, split and organize pages (partly), Scanned document OCR (partly). Free plan: Free account with a daily task limit and 2 e-sign documents a month (vendor table)..
Prices at every size
- Adobe Acrobat: 1 user $24.99/mo, a 10-person team $169.90/mo (Team10 is annual-commitment only (10 x $16.99/mo))
- iLovePDF: 1 user $9/mo, a 10-person team $90/mo (Team10 = 10 x $9 per-seat estimate; volume tiers unknown)
- Smallpdf: 1 user $15/mo, a 10-person team $120/mo (Pro and Team prices from third-party listings)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for subscription plans; one-time licenses are not compared. The headline is one user on the cheapest plan that can edit existing PDF text, convert, organise pages and fill and sign forms without free-tier limits; we also price a 10-person team plan with central seat management.
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