An Adobe Acrobat Sign alternative when you only need signatures

Why teams look past Acrobat for signing

• Every sender needs an Acrobat license. Adobe's business pricing lists Acrobat Standard for teams at US$16.99 per license a month and Acrobat Pro for teams at US$23.99, both on annual plans billed monthly.
• There's no month-to-month team plan. Teams plans are annual, billed monthly or prepaid. Adobe charges half of what's left on the year if you cancel after 14 days.
• The signing extras sit on Pro. Adobe's plan comparison lists bulk e-signature requests, web forms and payments through Braintree on Pro and Studio, and its FAQ puts your logo and custom URL on Pro.
• In-person signing needs the standalone product. Adobe's July 30, 2026 announcement says in-person signing comes with Acrobat Sign Solutions and is not available with Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Pro on their own.

Acrobat Sign Solutions, which Adobe describes as its standalone e-signature product with unlimited seats, has no public price. You talk to Adobe's sales team for a quote.

SignMaster and Acrobat Pro for teams side by side

Adobe figures are US list prices read on Adobe's business pricing, plan and announcement pages on November 5, 2026. Adobe shows other currencies in other regions, and plans change, so check before you buy. The SignMaster vs Adobe Acrobat Sign page has the full row-by-row comparison.

What five people pay

Five Acrobat Pro for teams licenses come to US$119.95 a month on the annual plan, or US$1,439.40 a year prepaid. Five Acrobat Standard licenses are US$84.95 a month, or US$1,019.40 a year, but Standard leaves out bulk send, web forms and your logo.

SignMaster Crew is $49 a month for 5 people, or $490 a year, with bulk send, your logo and in-person signing included. Each extra person is $8 a month, and you can stop at the end of any month.

Where Adobe is the better choice

• You edit PDFs all day. Acrobat is a full PDF editor. SignMaster lets you add text boxes, highlights and cover-ups before sending, but it isn't a replacement for Acrobat's editing and conversion tools.
• You need advanced or qualified signatures for Europe. Adobe's eIDAS page says Acrobat Sign works with the trust service provider you choose and can use advanced or qualified signatures. SignMaster offers neither.
• You live in Microsoft, Salesforce or Workday. Adobe says you can send and sign without leaving Word, Teams, Salesforce or Workday. SignMaster reaches other apps through webhooks and its API.
• You want payment collected at signing. Acrobat Pro and Studio take payments through Braintree. SignMaster doesn't collect payments.
• Your team uses Android phones. Adobe has free Acrobat apps for Android. SignMaster runs in Android browsers but has no Android app.

Who SignMaster fits better

Teams whose documents are already finished and just need signatures, often across a table: contractors, landlords, agencies and small offices. You hand a phone or iPad to the customer with in-person signing, turn paper into a signable PDF with scan, and send renewals to a whole list from a CSV with bulk send.

Signers see the signing page and emails in any of 6 languages, Spanish included, and Alana fills the draft and places the fields for you to check. When everyone has signed, each person gets the PDF with a certificate of completion.

How to switch from Acrobat

1. 1

   Try Crew free

   New workspaces get 14 days of Crew with no card. Send your next Acrobat agreement from SignMaster instead.

2. 2

   Bring the PDFs you already send

   Upload them and save each as a template. Fillable fields you built in Acrobat come in with the file, and Alana can place signature boxes on the rest.

3. 3

   Keep Acrobat where you edit

   If some people still edit PDFs, they can keep an Acrobat Standard license for that and send for signature from SignMaster.

4. 4

   Plan around Adobe's renewal date

   Teams plans run for a year, so time the switch to your renewal. Let agreements already out finish in Acrobat and save the signed copies.