Lumin Sign vs Acrobat Sign

Almost everyone has used an Adobe product at some point in their lives, so this company might have a special place in your heart. Maybe you used Acrobat to sign your first lease, your first car loan agreement or that gym membership you forgot to use.

Lumin Sign may not be as instantly recognizable as Acrobat Sign or some of the other products in the Abode stable. However, fame isn't everything. Could Lumin Sign be a better match for your team?

What is Lumin Sign?

First came wet signatures on paper, then electronic signatures. Now, it's all about signature workflow automation – an innovation where Lumin Sign is at the forefront.

This platform makes collecting legally binding digital signatures easier than it's ever been. Instead of just collecting signatures, you can request them from multiple people simultaneously – and automate the product to send reminders when people fail to take action, which probably happens a lot. You can also track your contracts with incredible accuracy.

What is Acrobat Sign?

If you need something signed – and quick – Acrobat Sign might be your tool. It offers both standard and enterprise-grade eSignature capabilities out of the box. So you can spend less time chasing signatures and more time on productive stuff.

Adobe Acrobat dates back to the early 1990s, so Lumin Sign is the relatively newer kid on the block, hitting the market in 2023. Both platforms offer some great signature automation features you should know about:

Tools

Lumin Sign has everything you need to request and collect eSignatures, meaning you can complete contracts and do deals without any of the hassle.

Want to send a document to up to 20 people to sign at the same time? Or set automatic notifications and reminders to track those docs? Lumin Sign has you covered. It also integrates with Lumin’s other products – its PDF editor and its template library – so you can work with a full-loop document ecosystem.

Acrobat Sign's features include eSignature automation, tracking, and the ability to collect payments from clients via documents like digital invoices. The platform also integrates with Microsoft Office, Salesforce and other third-party apps without an API.

Both tools have pre-built templates you can send to clients for signing, such as tax forms, invoices and lease agreements.

UX

You might already be familiar with Acrobat Sign if you've used an Adobe product in the past. It has a streamlined interface, which results in a stress-free user experience.

The same goes for Lumin Sign, which has a super simple learning curve. Even if you're a small business, you can request, collect and track signatures with a few clicks of a mouse or swipes of a finger.

Security

You'll be pleased to know that Lumin Sign and Acrobat Sign take security seriously. Both store your data on Amazon Web Services, one of the most secure global cloud infrastructures on the planet.

Lumin and Acrobat also comply with PCI-DSS, GDPR and other security certifications and regulations, so you can ensure those signatures are both secure and legally binding.

Pricing

Lumin Sign has a free version that lets you send five free documents a month, add fillable fields and multiple signers to those docs and more.

For additional features, you might want to subscribe to its most popular plan, Pro, which costs just $18 per user per month.

Acrobat Sign loses points by not having a free option. Its most popular plan, Acrobat Pro for Teams, costs $23.99 per user per month. That extra $6 a month can soon add up if you have lots of people on your team.

Both Lumin Sign and Acrobat Sign overflow with eSignature automation features, making it easier to chase down signers and authenticate your documents. However, like a lot of things in life, deciding between these two platforms might all come down to price.

Lumin Sign not only has a free version but its most popular plan works out a lot cheaper every month.

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