Dropbox Sign vs Adobe Acrobat Sign

Compared on	Dropbox Sign Free plan · from $15/mo VisitRemove	Adobe Acrobat Sign Free trial · from $16.99/seat/mo VisitRemove
What it is	E-signature tool from Dropbox, formerly HelloSign, with unlimited signature requests on paid plans	Adobe's e-signature service, sold inside Acrobat for teams plans or as custom-priced Acrobat Sign Solutions
Free plan	Up to three signature requests a month	No
Cheapest paid plan	$15/mo billed annually (Essentials)Dropbox Sign pricing	$16.99/seat/mo billed annually (Acrobat Standard for teams)Adobe Acrobat Sign pricing
What it covers	1 user, unlimited signature requests, 5 templates; $180 billed yearly.	Per license on an annual plan, billed monthly or prepaid ($203.88 a year); includes collecting e-signatures and tracking responses with no usage cap; cancelling after 14 days costs half the remaining annual commitment.
Free trial	30-day free trial of paid features; no charge if the trial is ended within 30 days	Free trial of Acrobat Pro for teams and Acrobat Studio for teams for up to 10 licenses; trial length not stated on the plans page
Platforms	Web, API	Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Integrations with Dropbox, Microsoft Word, Salesforce, Google Drive and HubSpot, among CRM, file storage and productivity tools	Integrations with Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP SuccessFactors, Microsoft Dynamics 365, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Power Automate and Zapier
Open source	No	No
Good for	Sending unlimited signature requests from a single-user account Small teams that want branding and bulk send without envelope caps Getting signatures on documents stored in Dropbox or Google Drive	Teams that already edit PDFs in Acrobat and want e-signatures in the same subscription Sending agreements from Microsoft 365, Salesforce or Workday Regulated enterprises that need HIPAA or 21 CFR Part 11 controls
Watch out for	Free plan: up to three signature requests a month Essentials is for 1 user with 5 templates and has no branding, bulk send or signer attachments SSO, advanced signer fields and data residency need the custom-priced Premium plan	Business plans are annual commitments; cancelling after 14 days costs half the remaining commitment Standalone Acrobat Sign Solutions has no published price The pages read do not describe payment collection during signing
Made by	Dropbox, Inc.	Adobe Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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