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Drawboard PDF

Designed to make beginners experts. Advanced PDF tools with a best‑in‑class ink engine that’s easy to learn and even easier to use. Get your team working together from day 1!

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is a desktop application that is made for manipulation and basic markup of PDFs.

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Drawboard PDF &

Adobe Acrobat

 pricing comparison

Individuals
Pro Lite

$5.99/mo
$50.00/yr

(+save 30% on annual plan)

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Acrobat standard

$

12.99

/mo

$

158.88

/yr

(incl. annual discount)

Individuals & Teams
Pro Plus

$9.99/mo
$84.00/yr

(save 30% on annual plan)

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Acrobat Pro

$

19.99

/mo

$

239.88

/yr

(incl. annual discount)

Teams / Business
Pro Unlimited

$18.99/mo
$159.99/yr

(+save 30% on annual plan)

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Acrobat for teams

$

22.19

/mo

$

287.88

/yr

(only 7.5% annual discount on 5+ licenses)

Students & Teachers
Pro Lite - 50% off

$2.99/mo
$25.16/yr

(save additional 30% when billed annually)

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Acrobat for Students & Teachers

$

19.99

/mo

$

287.88

/yr

(incl. annual discount)

Pro Plus - 50% off

$4.99/mo
$41.96/yr

(save additional 30% when billed annually)

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Features
Drawboard PDF
Drawboard PDF logo
Adobe Acrobat
Duplicate, Cut, Copy and Paste Annotations
/ Markup / Screenshots / Images
Yes
Edit, resize, rotate annotation
Yes
Edit PDF
Yes
Export PDF
Yes
Create PDF
Yes
Convert PDF
Yes
Combine files
Yes
Pressure Sensitive Ink
-
Yes
Optimized for touch and pen
-
Yes
Light mode and Dark mode
Yes
Measurement tools
Yes
Draw or type signatures

Unlimited

Yes
Bookmarks
Yes
Redaction
Yes
Android
Yes
Smart ink
-
Yes
Partial Eraser
-
Yes
Snap to
Yes
Templates and Overlays
Yes
Color picker
Limited
Yes
Favorites Bar Unlimited
-
Yes
Dock, Float, and Reposition Toolbar
-
Yes
Tool menu drag and drop
-
Yes
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
-
Yes
Office Conversion
Yes
Form filling
Yes
Doc Builder
Yes
Compression (low or high)
Yes
Detailed Markup History
Yes
Audio Notes
Yes
Export Text Review .txt .csv
-
Yes
Annotation Library
Yes
Hyperlink
Yes
Z-Order
-
Yes
Multi Window
Yes
Tags
Folders only
Yes
Callouts
-
Yes
Advanced Line Styles
-
Yes
Snapshot
-
Yes
Align / Distribute
-
Yes
View & edit password
protected PDF
Yes
Email upload
-
Yes
Multi language
Yes
Access across all devices
Yes
Support
Yes
Share
Yes
Live sync document & annotations
between multiple users and clients
Yes
Comment

Limited

Yes
Request e-Signatures
-
Yes
Text Recognition and OCR
Yes
Print production
-
Yes
Create custom tool
-
Yes
Version overlay
-
Yes
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