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Adobe Acrobat Reader vs DocFly 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.

DocFly (formerly PDFPro) is an online PDF editor that allows users to create, convert, edit, and secure PDFs. It includes a set of editing tools designed to fully manipulate PDF files, such as reordering and extracting pages, merging and splitting files, editing PDF text, and more. DocFly is accessible from any modern browser and securely stores all files via Amazon Cloud hosting. Files can be deleted from the database at any time.

  • 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

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

1.95

Per month

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

Starting from

3.99

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

4.3

115

5

4

3

2

1

61

37

13

0

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
71%
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

“DocFly is fast and secure to handle files in daily usage, though its inflexibility in interactive form editing might not be adequate to meet stronger demands on customization.”
EK

Emre K.

IT Professor

“Compression and Merging Files Quality is good at DocFly.”
EK

Emre K.

IT Professor

“It is user friendly and i am.ablr to integrate with Microsoft office.”
KW

Kelly W.

Porter

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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battery test tecnition

Cons

“Its user interface is a bit complicated.”
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Vijendr W.

Insurance Professional

“I couldn't test it, it's too slow.”
AR

Andrea R.

pharmaceutical

“My experience with this software is pretty average.”
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Vijendr W.

Insurance Professional

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review16 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features30
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Annotations
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compression
  • Convert to PDF
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Data Import/Export
  • Delete Pages
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Capture
  • Document Classification
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Encryption
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Transfer
  • Forms Management
  • Image Editing
  • Indexing
  • Merge/Append Files
  • Mobile Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • PDF Conversion
  • PDF Reader
  • Rearrange Pages
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Text Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Version Control
  • Watermarking
  • Total features17
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Annotations
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compression
  • Convert to PDF
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Data Import/Export
  • Delete Pages
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Capture
  • Document Classification
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Encryption
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Transfer
  • Forms Management
  • Image Editing
  • Indexing
  • Merge/Append Files
  • Mobile Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • PDF Conversion
  • PDF Reader
  • Rearrange Pages
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Text Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Version Control
  • Watermarking

Integrations

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