PDCflow vs Adobe Acrobat Sign Comparison

No commitments, no per-user pricing. Esignatures and payments all in one place.

Considering Adobe Sign alternatives? A comprehensive electronic signature comparison – why PDCflow is a better fit for your business.

Here are some key advantages of PDCflow for electronic document signing:

  • More affordable than the cost of Adobe Sign
  • No contract commitments
  • Better payment options and reporting
  • More ways to get an esignature
  • Send requests via SMS
  • No features blocked by higher payment tiers
  • No extra fees to integrate as compared with Adobe Sign API pricing

This page will explain how PDCflow compares to Adobe Acrobat Sign, so you can make an informed decision when selecting your next signature solution.

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Key Features of PDCflow vs Adobe Acrobat Sign

PDCflow

Adobe Acrobat Sign

Pricing

$40 a month
Never pay per user

Limits user logins
Signature tools

Three signature options:

  • Simple esignature (no document required)
  • Simple esignature + payment request
  • Document with esignature
  • No simple signature option.
  • Can only get a signature on a document.
SMS
  • Send esignature requests via SMS
  • Integrate full SMS texting
No SMS
Create unlimited templates
Available
Only available with higher pricing tier
Payments
  • Built for payments
  • More credit card processing choices
  • All transaction reports in one place
  • Limited options
  • Can only take payments with a Braintree account
  • Need a separate account for payments
  • Only available with a higher pricing tier
Bulk upload
  • Easy CSV/Excel bulk upload
  • Send personalized messages in bulk
Only available with higher pricing tier
Customized branding
Available
Only available with higher pricing tier
Manage users and groups
Available
Only available with higher pricing tier
Document and transaction tracking and management
  • Event reporting on each step of the document signing and payment capture process.
  • Includes a documented audit trail.
Available
Advanced reporting analytics
Access advanced reporting and dashboards on documents, esignatures, and payments.
Only available with higher pricing tier

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PDCflow Pricing Compared to Adobe Sign Pricing

PDCflow Pricing

PDCflow’s pricing was created so entire teams can send documents for digital signing and/or collect payments with documents.

This team-focused pricing lets companies:

  • Remove bottlenecks holding up order fulfillment.
  • Allow staff to access the appropriate information, so they can quickly reach out to customers.
  • Enable multiple employees to request signatures and accept payments without incurring extra user costs.

PDCflow provides transparent pricing that includes:

Simple Pricing

  • $40 a month
  • Send documents, capture esignatures and accept payments – only pay for what you use
  • Volume pricing available
  • No extra costs or hidden fees to access APIs for integration
  • No long-term commitment

PDCflow's promise:

No Account Restrictions

  • Unlimited users
  • Ability to use email and SMS messages
  • Ability to request photos
  • Ability to upload and send personalized messages in bulk via easy CSV import
  • Unlimited templates
  • Ability to deposit payments to one or multiple accounts

Adobe Signature Pricing

Adobe Sign pricing is based on the number of users for individual and team plans.

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Adobe Sign vs PDCflow: Usability

More signature options

Adobe Sign only allows a signature on a PDF. This limits the ways companies can use the software when interacting with customers.

With PDCflow, companies can get a signature in several ways:

  • get an esignature on a document
  • gather a simple signature with no document
  • get an esignature and payment together
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Better Payments

PDCflow’s software is built specifically for businesses to take payments and signatures all in one account.

That means we can offer more options, flexibility, and versatility with our payments.

  • While Adobe only offers payments via one payment processor option, PDCflow lets companies choose from several payment processing vendors.
  • Payments come with a customizable online payment portal for self-serve options and can be used with or without getting a signature.
  • Because our software handles payments, digital documents, and signatures, you can access all transaction reporting in one place.

Send Emails and SMS

No need for customers to download an app to sign by phone. Instead, you can send requests to an email inbox, to a mobile phone via SMS, or both.

PDCflow even offers SMS integration APIs, so companies can integrate a full texting solution into an existing system of record.

Scalable and affordable for Small Businesses and Enterprise

Unlike other products, PDCflow doesn’t charge per user. We don’t have hidden costs or higher pricing tiers just to access the features your company needs.

With volume discounts and software flexibility, companies can easily scale operations without having to upgrade their plan.

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Adobe Sign vs PDCflow: Security and Compliance

Reliable security and compliance

PDCflow is designed with phone carrier and email messaging requirements in mind. Maximize deliverability and keep open rates high.

HIPAA compliant email and text requests use message authentication to keep unauthorized users out.

Sensitive payment information is encrypted and tokenized, then stored on our secure servers, so companies never have to store sensitive data in their systems.

PDCflow Compliance and Security

Adobe Sign vs PDCflow: Reviews

Adobe Sign reviews mention that the solution is easy to use and makes tracking documents easier.

PDCflow customers speak highly of how easy it is to customize to meet their business needs, the reporting, and excellent customer support.

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Mark K.

Star Rating
“PDCflow is super easy to use and integrate into our system. Support is very prompt and helpful. I would recommend them to any and everyone. Has boosted our revenue stream and has made communicating with our customers a breeze.”
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Nick B.

Star Ratings
“Gives the appearance of spending thousands for very little. I like that PDCflow is easy to set up, easy to use, but more importantly, it is easy for the consumers to use.”
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Colean R.

Star Ratings
“Customer service is beyond amazing. Very responsive and helpful! Having the customer electronically sign and pay with their credit card. Much easier than emailing them a proposal for them to print, sign and send back then we have to manually run their card.”
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Robert T.

Star Ratings
“The best in the business. We like the signature capture for our accounts receivables. Signature capture adds another layer of security.”
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Rebecca N.

Star Ratings
“PDCflow is awesome. Every time I have a question, their customer service team provides a rapid, detailed response, which is fabulous. I am assured that if I ever have an issue it will be resolved within the same day! Also very user-friendly!”
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Aron T.

Star Ratings
“Best decision ever. It allows us to gain real-time signature authorization from our customers.”
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Adobe Sign vs PDCflow: Integrations

Integrations at no extra cost

Adobe Sign does allow companies to integrate – as long as they pay extra.

On the other hand, PDCflow offers open APIs, so any company can integrate our features into another system. No need to upgrade your plan.

Adobe Sign Versus PDCflow: Customer Support

PDCflow doesn’t charge people more just to get help from customer support. We have an in-house Customer Success team dedicated to giving every customer what they need to succeed through:

  • Quick customer support response
  • Email ticket system AND telephone support
  • Help center articles and product walkthroughs
  • Personalized training for every customer
  • Published status page with system operations statuses and scheduled maintenance timeframes.

FAQs About Adobe Acrobat Sign vs PDCflow

How Small Business and Enterprise teams use PDCflow

What do actual PDCflow customers have to say about our software?
Melissa Matheson, Information Systems Manager, Corporate Direct Inc Sutton Law Center
Melissa Matheson
Information Systems Manager, Sutton Law Center

Give your team the tools they need to close deals fast.

“That was the big advantage to the payment side of PDCflow, because what we were using before did not have an interface where all of the reps could sign in and see who had paid. So all of the payment notifications were going to our bookkeeper by email.

She was having to find out whose client it was and forward off these payment notifications so that the reps would know that they needed to move forward on their work.”

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Amanda Lockwood, Carlisle Wide Plank Floors
Amanda Lockwood
Sales Operations Manager, Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

74% close rate of contracts signed with a payment.

“PDCflow has automated our deposit payment and electronic signature request processes. They've consolidated a multi-step process into one easy peasy step.”
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Joe Nelson, Controller, EastCoast Entertainment
Joe Nelson
Controller, EastCoast Entertainment

Save time, create faster customer signature and payment cycles

“One of the reasons we decided on going with PDCflow was due to your reporting features. The fact that the software gives each of our agents the ability to submit their own payments, have their own logins and allows everyone to view their own payments.”
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Cameron Karim
President & Director of Operations, Assistentcy LLC

Make doing business easy for your team and your customers.

“What I was most concerned with is how hard is it for our agents to use? How hard is it for our management team to set it up? And once the consumer gets the information, how hard is it to process the payment?

And as of right now with Flow, the check mark is in the easy box on all three of those. It’s easy for us to set it up, it is easy for us to send it out to the consumer, and it’s very easy for the consumer to make a payment.

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PDCflow vs Adobe Acrobat Sign – which to choose?

PDCflow is an Adobe Sign competitor offering more esignature options. Send documents and signature requests in bulk through email and SMS and capture a payment with a signature in one easy workflow.

With PDCflow, you can:

  • Add as many users as needed at no additional cost.
  • Get advanced document tracking and reporting capabilities.
  • Lockdown document and esignature workflows by template, location, department, or user, to reduce errors.
  • Keep documents secure and HIPAA compliant with optional dual-factor authentication.
  • Use an all-in-one solution for both document signing and payments.

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