Adobe Acrobat Pro
Adobe Acrobat Pro is the global industry-standard PDF software — edit, digitally sign, secure, share, and collaborate on PDFs. The 2024 release integrates AI Assistant for document summarisation and Acrobat Sign, making it especially well suited to organisations already using Adobe Creative Cloud that need an uninterrupted PDF workflow.
Overview
Adobe Acrobat Pro is the world's leading PDF software — the tool that created the PDF format and remains the industry standard after more than 30 years. Acrobat Pro provides a complete feature set: PDF content editing, form creation and management, digital signing, document security, OCR, collaboration, and PDF/A archiving.
The 2024 version of Acrobat Pro integrates AI Assistant — a feature that lets users ask questions about PDF content in natural language, summarise lengthy contracts, and extract specific information without reading the entire document. This is the most practical AI feature in the PDF segment, saving significant time for legal, finance, and management teams.
Acrobat Sign — included in the Teams plan — is a cloud electronic signature service: send documents to multiple signatories in sequence, track status, receive completion notifications, and store a full audit trail. This is a capability Foxit PDF Editor does not match at the same level.
For organisations already using Adobe Creative Cloud, Acrobat Pro integrates deeply and seamlessly — export PDFs from InDesign with correct bleed and slug, from Illustrator with vectors fully intact, and from Photoshop with accurate ICC colour profiles. Purchased through Dzo, organisations receive a Vietnamese-language VAT invoice, PKI digital signing configuration support, and Vietnamese-language training.
Key features
PDF Editing & Creation
- → Edit text, font, size, and colour directly in a PDF
- → Edit images and objects within a PDF (Pro exclusive)
- → OCR — recognise text from scanned images, supporting 40+ languages
- → Compare Documents — automatically compare two document versions
AI & Digital Signing
- → AI Assistant — summarise documents and ask questions about PDF content in natural language
- → PKI digital signing with USB token — VNPT-CA, Viettel-CA, BKAV-CA
- → Acrobat Sign — cloud electronic signature collection from multiple recipients
- → Full audit trail — signing history, timestamps, and IP addresses
Security & Compliance
- → AES-256 encryption and per-recipient document permissions
- → Permanent redaction — remove sensitive information with no possibility of recovery
- → PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/E, PDF/UA — long-term archiving and print compliance standards
- → Microsoft Information Protection — integration with Azure MIP sensitivity labels
Who it's for?
Legal, Finance & Banking Organisations
- Ngành
- Legal, finance, banking, insurance
- Quy mô
- 20–500 employees
- Use case
- AI-powered summarisation of lengthy contracts, multi-party signature collection via Acrobat Sign, securing sensitive documents, PDF/A archiving to regulatory requirements
- Vì sao chọn
- AI Assistant saves hours of contract reading; Acrobat Sign automates multi-party approval workflows — a clear ROI for legal and finance teams processing large volumes of complex documents.
Design Agency Already Using Adobe Creative Cloud
- Ngành
- Design agencies, publishing, advertising
- Quy mô
- 5–50 creative staff
- Use case
- Exporting print-ready PDFs from InDesign/Illustrator, preflight checks before sending to press, sending client proofs for review and sign-off via Acrobat Sign
- Vì sao chọn
- Organisations already on Creative Cloud have little reason to consider alternatives — Acrobat Pro is the only PDF tool that integrates 100% seamlessly with InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Education, Healthcare & Government Organisations
- Ngành
- Education, healthcare, government agencies, NGOs
- Quy mô
- 50–1,000 employees
- Use case
- Digitising records via batch OCR, long-term PDF/A document archiving, electronic document approval workflows under government decrees, securing patient or student records
- Vì sao chọn
- Acrobat Pro's PDF/A compliance and Microsoft Information Protection meet government storage and security requirements. AI Assistant accelerates summarisation of long administrative reports and documents.
Strengths
- ✓ Most practical AI Assistant on the market — summarise and query PDF content in natural language
- ✓ Full Acrobat Sign — multi-step electronic signature workflow with a complete audit trail
- ✓ Deepest Creative Cloud integration — error-free PDF export from InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- ✓ Microsoft Information Protection — classify and protect sensitive documents
- ✓ Web access — use Acrobat.com without installing software
Limitations to consider
- ! 40–60% higher cost than Foxit PDF Editor for equivalent core features
- ! More RAM-intensive and slower to start than Foxit — noticeable on machines with 8 GB RAM
- ! AI Assistant may incur additional charges on some plans — check licence terms
Pricing
Acrobat Standard
- ✓ Basic text editing in PDFs
- ✓ Digital signing and simple form creation
- ✓ PDF to Word/Excel conversion
- ✓ Windows only — no macOS support
Acrobat Pro
- ✓ Everything in Acrobat Standard
- ✓ AI Assistant — document summarisation and Q&A
- ✓ Image and object editing in PDFs
- ✓ Compare Documents, Action Wizard
- ✓ PDF/A and PDF/X compliance
- ✓ Windows + macOS
Acrobat Pro Teams
- ✓ Everything in Acrobat Pro
- ✓ Acrobat Sign Teams — full multi-step eSign workflow
- ✓ Admin Console — centralised licence management
- ✓ Microsoft Information Protection
- ✓ Licence reassignment when staff leave
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Adobe Acrobat Pro and Acrobat Standard?
Acrobat Pro additionally includes: image and object editing within PDFs, advanced form creation with JavaScript, PDF/A and PDF/X compliance, Compare Documents (two-version diff), Action Wizard (batch automation), full AI Assistant, Microsoft Information Protection integration, and macOS support. Acrobat Standard suits basic users who only need simple text editing and digital signing.
What can Acrobat AI Assistant do?
Acrobat AI Assistant can: summarise long documents (contracts, reports, research) in seconds; answer questions about specific content; compare content across multiple documents; and generate executive summaries. Full English support and basic Vietnamese support are available.
Is a VAT invoice available? Can I pay in VND?
Yes. When purchasing Adobe Acrobat Pro through Dzo, your organisation receives a valid electronic VAT invoice under Decree 123/2020. Payment is accepted in VND via business bank transfer — no foreign-currency credit card required, unlike purchasing directly from Adobe.com.
Does Acrobat Pro support Vietnamese USB digital signing tokens?
Yes. Adobe Acrobat Pro supports standard PKI digital signing with USB tokens from VNPT-CA, Viettel-CA, and BKAV-CA. Additionally, Acrobat Sign (included in the Teams plan) provides a cloud electronic signature service — allowing signature collection from multiple recipients via email without a physical USB token.
Should I choose Acrobat Pro or Foxit PDF Editor?
Choose Acrobat Pro if: you are already using Creative Cloud, need AI Assistant for complex document processing, need Acrobat Sign for large-scale eSign workflows, or need Microsoft Information Protection. Choose Foxit if: you want to reduce costs by 40–60%, need lightweight software, and basic digital signing is sufficient.
Interested in Adobe Acrobat Pro?
Dzo delivers an exact quote within 24h — e-VAT invoice, VND payment, local training.