You're Paying
$35/User/Month for Acrobat.
You Use It to Click
"Send for Signature."
The industry pricing model is broken.
We created Propper to fix that.
Grant Peterson
CSO, Propper · Former DocuSign CTO, 12 Years
Sound Familiar?
Why Teams Are Leaving Adobe Sign
Bundled Bloat
10 users on Acrobat Pro is $2,880 a year. Most of that pays for PDF editing features your team never opens. You are subsidizing Adobe's editor business with your signing budget.
Clunky Workflow
Adobe Sign was built as an add-on to a PDF editor, not a standalone signing platform. Templates are buried, routing is rigid, and every update ships Acrobat features instead of signing improvements.
Ecosystem Lock-In
Deep Creative Cloud integration means your signing data is tangled with licensing for Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. Switching feels impossible because Adobe designed it that way.
You Only Pay When a Document Is Completed.
Not when it is opened.
Not when it is resent.
Not when it is ignored.
Only when it is completed.
If it does not close, you do not pay.
Meanwhile, your current tool counted that envelope the moment you clicked send.
THE REAL COST
They Bundle. We Don't.
Adobe forces you to buy Acrobat Pro just to get eSignatures. Propper® charges a monthly subscription for signing. That's it. No PDF editor tax.
What you are paying
Adobe Sign's Pricing Model
- Bundled with Acrobat Pro ($22-$35+/user/month)
- Paying for PDF editing tools you may not need
- Per-user licensing across Creative Cloud
- Advanced signing features locked behind enterprise tier
- Complex multi-product licensing agreements
- Ecosystem lock-in makes switching feel impossible
10 users on Acrobat Pro = $2,880/year. Most of that is PDF editing you never use.
Switch to this
Propper®'s Pricing Model
- Monthly subscription. Pick a plan.
- No seat fees. Add your whole team.
- Only completed documents count.
- Send a document as many times as needed. Still one document.
- Features included, not gated behind tiers.
- Cost scales with usage, not headcount.
You pay for outcomes. Not attempts. Not seats.
What Happens When Your Team Grows
| Team Size | Adobe Sign | Propper® |
|---|---|---|
| 5 users | $1,440/year | Same monthly fee |
| 10 users | $2,880/year | Same monthly fee |
| 25 users | $7,200/year | Same monthly fee |
| 50 users | $14,400/year | Same monthly fee |
You're paying for Acrobat when all you need is signing. We just do the signing.
We'll compare your current plan side by side. Takes 5 minutes.
Here's What You're Actually Paying For
Adobe Acrobat Pro with Sign: $22-$35/user/month.
What you use
- Send for signature
- Track status
- Store signed docs
What you pay for
- Full PDF editing suite
- Form creation tools
- Redaction
- OCR
- Compare documents
- Organize pages
- Rich media embedding
- Acrobat Reader distribution
- Creative Cloud integration
Ask your team: When was the last time anyone opened Acrobat to edit a PDF - not just to send one for signing?
10 users x $24-$35/month = $2,880-$4,200/year. Most of that is subsidizing Adobe's editor business with your signing budget.
With Propper: You pay for signing. That's it. One subscription. Your whole team.
Why Propper
Four Reasons Teams Switch
Cut Your Costs by 50-73%
Seat fees. Envelope limits. Tier upgrades. Renewal creep. Your current tool charges you more as you grow. Propper charges one flat fee. Your whole team gets access. Only completed documents count. The math is simple.
Close Faster. Earn Faster.
Every unsigned document is revenue at risk. A candidate choosing another offer. A policy left unbound. A loan member walking to the competitor. Propper gets documents signed in minutes, not days.
Give Every Person a Send Button
No more routing through the one person with a license. No seat approvals. No IT tickets. Template once, send in two clicks. Your whole team is productive from day one.
Stay Audit-Ready Without Trying
Every signature includes a timestamped, IP-verified, tamper-evident audit trail. Search by name, date, or department. Pull any document in 30 seconds. Compliance isn't a project - it's automatic.
The Product
Built for Signing. Nothing Else.
Clean interface. No feature bloat. Your team is productive from day one.
Side-by-Side
How Propper Compares
| DocuSign | Adobe Sign | Propper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per seat + per envelope | Per seat (bundled with Acrobat) | Flat monthly fee |
| 10 users cost | $4,800/yr + envelopes | $2,880–$4,200/yr | One subscription |
| 50 users cost | $24,000/yr + envelopes | $14,400–$21,000/yr | Same subscription |
| Resends | Each costs an envelope | Included | Included |
| Unsigned docs | Still count | Still count | Don't count |
| SMS auth | Higher tier only | Higher tier only | Included |
| Bulk send | Higher tier only | Higher tier only | Included |
| Team access | Pay per person | Pay per person | Everyone included |
| Migration | You figure it out | You figure it out | We do it for you |
| Renewal pricing | Goes up | Goes up | Stays the same |
Run the Numbers
How Much Are You Overpaying?
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Your annual savings
$709
49% less per year
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How It Works
Getting Started Is Simple
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See Propper Sign in action. No pitch deck. No pressure. Just the product.
We Migrate Your Templates
Send us your existing templates. We handle the setup. You don't rebuild anything.
Start Signing
Your team is live. Signing works the same way your people already expect.
Questions?
Common Questions About Switching
Your Next Renewal
Doesn't Have to Be a Surprise.
See exactly what Propper costs for your team. One subscription, your whole team, only completed documents count.
No credit card required. No commitment. Cancel your current tool when you're ready - not before.
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