The Best Paid Adobe Acrobat DC AlternativesTop PDF Readers & PDF Editors like Adobe Acrobat DC

The best paid alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC is Nitro PDF . If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC and loads of them is paid so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting paid alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC are PDF Expert, Qoppa PDF Studio, Foxit PDF Editor and Wondershare PDFelement.

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  1. Nitro PDF  icon
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    Nitro offers comprehensive PDF solutions for editing, creating, and converting, alongside OCR and e-signature tools. Supports Mac, Windows, and iOS, providing a user-friendly interface with industry-standard security features. Ideal as an Adobe Acrobat alternative.

    175 Nitro PDF alternatives

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  2. PDF Expert icon
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    Read, annotate, and highlight PDFs, fill interactive forms with saved input, underline or strike through text, manage bookmarks, sync files from cloud services, and share documents. Compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat annotations, supporting extensive iOS features.

    138 PDF Expert alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. Create, Convert, Review and Edit PDF Documents on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    180 Qoppa PDF Studio alternatives

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    • Chrome OS
     
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  4. Comprehensive suite offering eSign, OCR, multi-platform editing, cloud integration, and robust security. Ideal for professional or personal use, facilitating collaboration while protecting content.

    60 Foxit PDF Editor alternatives

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. Provides editing of text, images, and objects in PDFs, annotation options, OCR for scanned files, conversion to multiple formats, form filling and signing, page management, merging and splitting, cloud integration, camera to PDF functionality, and sharing tools.

    137 Wondershare PDFelement alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Bluebeam Revu icon
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    Bluebeam Revu delivers award-winning PDF creation, editing, markup and collaboration technology to Windows desktop and tablet users. Create and navigate smart, information-rich document sets from converted Microsoft Office and CAD files.

    68 Bluebeam Revu alternatives

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    • iPad
     
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  7. Comprehensive cross-platform PDF suite enabling accurate conversion from native or scanned files to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and AutoCAD, with OCR support, document editing, annotation, redaction, interactive forms, table customization, batch creation, secure signing, and multilingual UI.

    90 Able2Extract Professional alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  8. Orion PDF Author, a new and easier way to create multi-page PDF-format user guides, instruction manuals, and booklets.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  9. Ashampoo PDF Pro 3 is a software solution for managing and editing PDF documents. It offers tools for creating, converting, editing, merging, and securing PDFs. The software allows users to create optimally sized documents for any device and offers encryption to protect...

    229 Ashampoo PDF Pro alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  10. PDF-Tools icon
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    Allowing both the creation (from Image file formats, Image Scanners/Web CAMS and text files etc) and manipulation of Adobe compatible PDF files, PDF-Tools is an ideal tool to compliment your existing PDF creation application or as a stand alone tool in its own right!

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    • Windows
     
  11. pdfDocs icon
     30 likes

    pdfDocs integrates with business systems to efficiently assemble, secure and distribute documents in PDF and PDF/A format.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Microsoft SharePoint
    • Worldox
     
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