If you choose Standard, you don’t get document comparison, redaction, or built-in OCR that converts scanned PDFs to editable documents. It's $22.99 per month if you pay monthly with no commitment. Pro runs on Windows and macOS.Ī lower-featured Acrobat Standard, for Windows only, costs $12.99 per month with a one-year commitment, or $155.88 if you pay for the full year upfront. If you pay month to month with no commitment, it's $29.99 per month. Acrobat Pro costs $19.99 per month with a one-year commitment, or a much less costly $239.88 per year if paid for the year upfront. This review focuses on Acrobat Pro, the highest-end of Acrobat’s many versions, but even the minimalist free version, Adobe Acrobat Reader, is worth having if you don’t want or need the full versions.Īcrobat isn’t cheap. Adobe invented the portable document format in 1993, and in its many versions, Adobe Acrobat is the one app that towers over all others that view and manage PDFs, even if other apps are better in some aspects. It’s the one format that lets you exchange formatted documents with anyone, anywhere, using any operating system.