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Adobe Acrobat Reader vs FormatPDF Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is a cloud-based software designed to help businesses view, sign, and annotate PDF documents from desktops, browsers, or mobile devices. Users can create customizable forms by adding various tools such as drop-down lists, barcodes, signature fields, list boxes, and more.

If you're looking for a secure, convenient way to modify your PDFs, you've found it. FormatPDF allows you to edit, compress, convert, draw on, and write on PDFs, plus 28 other ways to get your documents looking like you to need them.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

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Pricing

Starting from

1.95

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

4.9

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

10.5K

5

4

3

2

1

7.4K

2.6K

449

45

20

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
83%
would recommend this app

4.8

101

5

4

3

2

1

80

21

0

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
92%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Adobe Acrobat Reader is frequently updated which make it the benchmark standing for reading PDF documents, so much so that it's almost all i use for documents.”
SS

Savannah S.

Associate Dentist

“An useful new feature that I like. Because Adobe Acrobat Reader can feel slow and heavy, and some important usefull tools aren't present in the free version, I would choose a tool that is lighter, smoother and with less friction.”
DK

Danielle K.

Owner-operator

“It provides reliable PDF document management and useful signature and signing tools for everyday tasks.”
BL

Brooks L.

Substitute Teacher

Pros

“It is honestly my first approach when facing any type of template structurization - I can modify, edit, customize to my liking any type of PDF that you can use from your phone as well as your computer.”
SB

Sarah B.

Tech Research Specialist

“Editing different Engineering working 2D drawings and the categorization of multiple Construction projects document is amazing and i have to list the file conversion features which are the most important tools on FormatPDF.”
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Jordan P.

Arquitecto

“I became a frequent user of FormatPDF tool when the pandemic strike and we were working from home, it saves me the headache of having a printer, saves me cost of printing papers, printer ink and also time.”
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George M.

Financial Advisor

Cons

“I think the UI can be complicated when looking for certain tools, such as making all pages the same size as each other.”
MP

Maria P.

Accessories Designer

“A few features are locked behind paid upgrades, which can be annoying when you just want to do something simple like edit text.”
MW

Meegan W.

Educator

“Users frequently report that the application is "bloated," often consuming significant system memory (RAM) and causing slow loading times, even on powerful hardware.”
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eldho t.

battery test tecnition

Cons

“I faced a problem that was i converted a large Ms word file to pdf and when I inspected my pdf file I found that some of my content alignment was unwise and this lead me to problem.”
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Paras V.

MERN Stack Trainee

“Files can be edit difficult”
SS

Shanky S.

Mern stack developer

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  • Last review15 days ago
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  • Last review3 years ago

Key features

  • Total features30
  • Annotations
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compression
  • Convert to PDF
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Data Import/Export
  • Delete Pages
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Encryption
  • File Management
  • File Transfer
  • Forms Management
  • Image Editing
  • Indexing
  • Merge/Append Files
  • Mobile Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • PDF Conversion
  • PDF Reader
  • Rearrange Pages
  • Rotate Pages
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Text Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Watermarking
  • Total features10
  • Annotations
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compression
  • Convert to PDF
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Data Import/Export
  • Delete Pages
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Encryption
  • File Management
  • File Transfer
  • Forms Management
  • Image Editing
  • Indexing
  • Merge/Append Files
  • Mobile Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • PDF Conversion
  • PDF Reader
  • Rearrange Pages
  • Rotate Pages
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Text Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Watermarking

Integrations

  • Total integrations4
  • Box
  • Dropbox
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Box
  • Dropbox
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Word