Likelihood to Recommend This is a useful tool for anyone who downloads and uses PDFs in the day-to-day operations of their role. It has many functionalities like PDF to word documents, e-signatures, commenting, and printing PDF documents. You can annotate PDFs from anywhere, store files on the cloud, and ultimately it makes it easier to collaborate with colleagues. It would be best for e-signatures and editing PDFs, but mainly the program is used for doing anything you like to a PDF.
Read full review The standard suite will work for most users, but you have to upgrade to the pro suite or the unlimited suite in order to get the cloud sharing for multiple accounts. So, if you are looking at just sending documents from one user to another user, the standard version will work, but if you are trying to use it as a calibration software, you will need to upgrade all users to the more expensive version to unlock those features.
Read full review Pros It has all the tools that individuals need for reading/doing light editing of PDF files. It is the most secure PDF reader on the market, and it tends to get patched with timely updates on a regular basis. It usually works very well, as far as the software itself. It doesn't crash a lot, or is particularly an error prone software platform. Read full review As was previously mentioned one of the greatest strengths of the program is the versatility of using across multiple platforms or being able to open the corresponding zip files on multiple platforms without having to install additional software. Another strength it has in the the graphical user interface (GUI). It is, and always has been, one of the better ones in the industry, as compared to other compression software. Read full review Cons Being able to add image "stamps" to a document is a little tricky as the stamp has to already be in PDF format (at least on Mac) to work. This mean you have to convert the image to PDF before you can use it as a stamp. Being only able to save one signature and one set of initials is a bit of a pain but you can actually use stamps if you need different versions frequently used scribbles for various reasons. The stamp won't secure the document and prevent future changes the same way the signature would though. All of the other features you might want to use are only included with Acrobat Pro but the options are all displayed in the Reader app. When clicked they will offer the free trial that leads to a paid subscription. This is more of an annoyance but you can't fault Adobe for trying to make a sale. Read full review When the dashboard comes up, it is not always intuitive as to the location of where files are going when unzipping; you have to click on the file to have the dialog come up. Password-protection usage is complex. Fewer icons as the number of them can be confusing. Read full review Likelihood to Renew To be honest, I do not have any say in the renewal of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. It is managed at an enterprise level, and the decision to renew or not renew is handled well above my pay grade as an external consultant.
Read full review We have been using it for 2 years and will renew because there isn't anything better.
Read full review Usability The main issues or limitations with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC usually stem from the device or OS rather than the software or document. Complaints typically arise when contributors use a different app to view or edit, which is understandably outside of Adobe's control. It would be helpful if the ability to open and fill a PDF was built into the OS, but that's more of a licensing issue than anything else.
Read full review Easy to install, easy to use not training required
Read full review Support Rating Listen, nobody can get a perfect 10 (just ask your boss at review time, you can't say you are a 10 because then you'd have nothing to strive for!). WinZip's Support team knows their product, which is a fantastic thing to hear, unlike when you call giant companies (Microsoft, Vipre, and Norton) and their turnaround in their support center is so disgusting that their Support team only knows how to read off of a script
Read full review Implementation Rating The application is pretty much "plug and play"
Read full review Alternatives Considered We have reviewed
DocuSign in comparison to [Adobe] Acrobat Reader [DC's] e-sign capabilities. We found that
DocuSign has more robust options when creating contracts and consent capabilities.
DocuSign 's online UI is much more suited to this type of task as well. However, we decided to stick with [Adobe] Acrobat Reader DC because of the price (
DocuSign is more expensive) and we felt we didn't need all of the bells and whistles for contract signature and consent.
Read full review 7Zip is a freeware file compression software that does a lot of the same core functions as WinZip but lacks the cloud functions of WinZip. If you need to share extremely large encrypted zip files and don't mind paying, WinZip is a very powerful software and will get the job done.
Read full review Return on Investment It's available for free, so there is no excuse to not install Contains features that you would normally have to pay for in competitor software, so it has a positive impact on ROI Reduces the amount of printing Decreases the amount of time spent on regulatory and governance documentation Read full review Reduced number of unnecessary applications or freeware/bloatware needed to decompress files such as rar or tgz Allows for easy securing of files and encryption for sensitive/confidential data Easily saves 1-2 man hours of work every few months searching for a tool to decompress a deprecated file format Read full review ScreenShots