Comparison
Edit My PDF vs Adobe Acrobat online
Adobe's free web tools and the Acrobat Standard, Pro and Studio subscriptions, with the web editor saving to Adobe cloud storage.
| At a glance |  Adobe Acrobat online | Edit My PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Where your file is processed | Uploaded to their servers"Acrobat online services upload your files to Adobe cloud storage." | In your browserEverything runs in your tab with pdf.js and pdf-lib. Nothing is uploaded. |
| File retention | Files you do not save are deleted "within a short time period"; no number is given. Edits in Acrobat on the web auto-save to cloud storage. | Nothing is sent, so nothing is retained. Documents stay in your browser's IndexedDB until you remove them. |
| Account | For some tasksOne free transaction per tool without signing in; after that, and to download from Edit PDF, you sign in. | Not required |
| Free tier | One transaction per tool without an account, then sign in. A free account can fill, sign and comment; premium tools get one use every 30 days. Editing existing body text is not free.File size cap: 100 MB (200 MB for PDF to Word or PowerPoint; 2 GB for Compress). Limit: One use of each premium tool per 30 days with a free account. Watermark: no. | Everything is free. No task counter, no watermark, no file size cap beyond browser memory. |
| Paid plans | $14.99/monthapprox.regionalAcrobat Standard: Regional pricing; the UK store shows £14.99 a month on an annual plan. US list prices are commonly quoted as $14.99 a month but were not shown to us.Edit text and images, convert, organise, forms and signatures.Acrobat Pro: UK £19.97 a month on an annual plan (≈ $19.99 per third parties)Adds OCR, redaction, comparison and 70+ tools.Acrobat Studio: UK £24.98 a month on an annual plan ($24.99 at launch in August 2025)Adds AI Assistant, PDF Spaces and Adobe Express. | None. Everything is free. |
| Edits the text already on the page | YesOn the free tier: No | Yes |
| Keeps the page's original font | PartlyPaid. The web editor uses embedded fonts "to ensure your document looks the same"; Adobe's desktop guide says a font that is not installed on your computer limits you to changing colour or size. | YesOpens the clicked text in the PDF's embedded font, at its size, colour, letter and word spacing; exports it as real text in a subset of that font. |
| Annotate and draw | Yes | Yes |
| Sign | Yes | Yes |
| Fill forms | Yes | No |
| OCR | Yes | No |
| Convert to and from other formats | Yes | No |
| Merge and split | Yes | No |
| Compress | Yes | No |
| Desktop apps | Yes | No |
| Mobile apps | Yes | No |
| API | Yes | No |
- OCR and editing of scanned documents (Pro).
- Converting to and from Office formats, cloud storage, sharing links and review workflows.
- E-signatures with audit trails, forms authoring and redaction.
- Desktop and mobile apps, an AI Assistant on Studio, enterprise compliance and region pinning.
- Very large documents handled server-side (up to 1,500 pages in page tools).
Where Adobe Acrobat online is better
- No upload. Every Acrobat online file goes to Adobe's cloud, and deletion timing is unspecified.
- No sign-in after the first use, and no subscription with an early-cancellation fee.
- Editing existing text is free; in Acrobat it needs Standard or above.
- No 100 MB file cap and no one-use-per-30-days quota.
- The embedded font is used without having to be installed on your computer.
Where Edit My PDF is better
Acrobat Studio launched in August 2025 and now carries the AI features; Standard and Pro no longer include them on the storefronts we saw.
Read on 2 November 2026 from Adobe Inc.'s own pages, with independent reviews used only to fill gaps. Prices are as the vendor showed them, in the currency and region seen. Where a vendor publishes nothing, the page says "Not stated".
- Acrobat online Edit PDF
- Adobe FAQ: trying Acrobat online services
- Acrobat web help: edit text
- Acrobat desktop help: fonts when editing text
- Acrobat pricing (UK storefront)
- Adobe news: Acrobat Studio launch
Adobe Acrobat online is a product of Adobe Inc.. The name is used only to identify the product being compared.
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