Is Adobe Acrobat Pro’s 3-year license worth it? Here’s how it beats the subscription

Adobe Acrobat Pro has long been our number one PDF editor - and we've tested about a hundred different ones.

It does everything professionals need, with a raft of tools and features like Fill & Sign.

But we'd expect nothing less from the company that invented the PDF format in the first place.

The main issue many business owners and freelancers talk to us about is the price of an on-going Adobe subscription.

So, when I saw Newegg Business running a sale on the Acrobat Pro 2024 three-year license for $274 (was $324) with code BGTWF272 , it raised an obvious question: is it actually worth it? • Best for: Small business owners and freelancers who use Acrobat's desktop tools every day and don't want another subscription. • What we like: Acrobat Pro remains our favorite PDF editing software based on all our tests.

It's packed with features, and this three-year license removes the biggest hurdle: recurring monthly costs. • Is it worth it?: Yes, if you only need the desktop tools, because three years of Adobe's cheapest Acrobat Pro plan costs $719.64, more than double the license price.

It effectively works out at $7.61 a month vs. $19.99 a month.

Today's best Adobe Acrobat Pro deal Acrobat Pro 2024 (3 year subscription): was $324 now $274 Acrobat Pro 2024 is a three-year term license delivered as a download code, for Windows and Mac.

It includes offline desktop PDF tools for editing text and images, reordering and deleting pages, converting PDFs to Word, Excel or PowerPoint, filling and signing forms, password protection and redaction.

It is non-renewing, so no subscription is required, and Newegg Business sells and ships it with a limit of three per customer.

View Deal How the math works On Adobe's pricing page , Acrobat Pro costs $19.99 a month on an annual plan billed monthly, which comes to $239.88 a year, or $719.64 over three years.

The $274 price works out to about $91 a year, saving $445.64.

It's the equivalent of $7.61 a month.

Adobe's per-license team plan is $287.88 a year, or $863.64 over three years, so the gap is wider for businesses that would otherwise pay for teams.