eSora Sign or Adobe Acrobat Sign?
Adobe sells e-signing inside its Acrobat PDF plans, and sells Acrobat Sign Solutions to larger organizations through sales. If you edit PDFs all day, Acrobat gives you both in one app. If you mainly send documents for signature, eSora Sign costs less, has a free plan, and keeps data in Canada by default.
Checked against Adobe Acrobat Sign's public website on October 31, 2026. Prices in US dollars. Plans change, so check their site before you decide.
| eSora Sign | Adobe Acrobat Sign | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | $0 forever: 3 documents a month, 1 sender | No free plan on the business pricing page; 7-day free trial of Acrobat Pro |
| Entry plan | Premium: $12/month, or $7/month billed yearly | Acrobat Standard: $14.99/month on an annual plan billed monthly, $179.88/year prepaid, or $24.99 month to month |
| Plan with templates and bulk send | Teams: $10 per member/month, or $6 billed yearly | Acrobat Pro: $19.99/month on an annual plan billed monthly, $239.88/year prepaid, or $29.99 month to month |
| Team plan | Teams: $10 per member/month, or $6 billed yearly (minimum 2 members) | Acrobat Pro for teams: $23.99 per license/month on an annual plan ($287.88/year prepaid); Standard for teams $16.99 |
| Top tier | Enterprise: talk to sales | Acrobat Sign Solutions: priced by users or transactions through sales |
| Month-to-month billing | Yes, on Premium and Teams | Individual plans only; team plans are annual, with a fee of half the remaining commitment if you cancel after 14 days |
| Document limits | Unlimited documents on Premium and up | Unlimited transactions per user per year on Standard and Pro bought on adobe.com |
| Signer accounts | Signers never pay, never need an account, never install anything | No account or software required to sign |
| Signer identity checks | Email code on every plan; SMS and access code on Premium; photo ID and selfie on Enterprise or as a Teams add-on; company sign-in | Email code, password, phone, knowledge-based, government ID and digital identity providers are documented; which plans include them is not published |
| Reminders and expiry | First reminder after N days, repeat, stop after N; quiet hours in the signer's time zone; per-person schedules; expiry dates | Notifications and reminders |
| Templates | Unlimited templates on Premium; shared templates on Teams and up | Reusable e-sign templates on Acrobat Pro and up |
| Bulk send | Bulk send from a CSV on Teams and up | Send in bulk on Acrobat Pro and up |
| Public signing links and web forms | Public signing links from any template (one link, many signers) | Web forms on Acrobat Pro and up |
| Branding | Logo, colours and email sender name on Teams | Logo and custom URL on Acrobat Pro |
| API access | REST API and webhooks on Teams, 500 API calls a month included | APIs included with Acrobat Sign Solutions; not listed for Standard or Pro |
| Single sign-on | SAML/OIDC SSO and SCIM on Enterprise | SSO with Acrobat Sign Solutions |
| Data residency in Canada | Canada by default on every plan; US or EU on Enterprise | Acrobat Sign is hosted on AWS and Microsoft Azure; a Canadian region for Acrobat Sign was not stated on the pages checked |
| PDF tools | eSora PDF: 1 file at a time free; all 49 tools for $6/month or $4 billed yearly per member | Full Acrobat PDF editing included in every Acrobat plan |
| AI features | Agents that draft and send under your rules; Claude connector (MCP) | AI Assistant in Acrobat Studio; Acrobat Pro and AI Assistant for $28.98/month on an annual plan |
| Payments | Not offered | Braintree payments on Acrobat Pro where available |
| Ready-made integrations | Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Zapier and more (see Integrations) | Microsoft 365, Teams, Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, HubSpot, Zapier and more |
| Support | Email support; 24/7 urgent support and 99.95% uptime on Enterprise | 24x7 technical support on business plans, plus 2 expert sessions per user per year |
| Security certifications | None claimed yet; TLS 1.2+, AES-256 at rest, data in Canada by default | Cites SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS for Acrobat Sign Solutions |
- You edit, convert and prepare PDFs every day and want signing in the same Acrobat app.
- You need a vendor that already cites SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001. eSora Sign does not claim any certification yet.
- You rely on prebuilt connectors for Workday, ServiceNow, SAP or Microsoft Dynamics that eSora Sign does not list.
- You want to collect payments while the document is signed.
- Your organization already holds an Adobe enterprise agreement that includes Acrobat Sign.
Switching takes an afternoon
Export your completed agreements and audit reports from Acrobat Sign. If you keep your Acrobat plan for PDF editing, nothing changes there; you only move the sending. Upload past signed PDFs to eSora Sign if you want one searchable record.
Upload each template document, add roles and fields, and set variables. Turn each web form into a public signing link, so one link can collect many signatures, such as a waiver.
Invite senders, assign roles, add your branding, and pick default reminders and identity checks. If you used phone or government ID checks, use SMS codes on Premium and photo ID with selfie on Enterprise or the Teams add-on.
Send new documents from eSora Sign while open agreements finish in Acrobat Sign. Time the change to your Adobe renewal, because annual plans billed monthly charge a fee if you cancel after 14 days.