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Adobe Acrobat Sign vs SignNow: which is more reliable? (2026)

SignNow is more reliable than Adobe Acrobat Sign, scoring 98.9 vs 61.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Adobe Acrobat Sign reported 16 incidents and SignNow reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.28% and 99.99% respectively. SignNow resolves incidents faster on average (8m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

MetricAdobe Acrobat SignSignNow
Reliability score61.698.9
Rank (e-signature tools)#10#5
Uptime (90 days)99.28%99.99%
Incidents (90 days)161
Partial / major outages20
Avg time to resolve4h8m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Adobe Acrobat Sign and SignNow differ

  • Adobe Acrobat Sign reported 16× as many incidents as SignNow over the last 90 days (16 vs 1).
  • Adobe Acrobat Sign had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for SignNow.
  • SignNow fixes problems faster: 8m on average, against 4h for Adobe Acrobat Sign (29.3× quicker).
  • Adobe Acrobat Sign's longest outage on record lasted 1d 4h (Sep 17, 2026); SignNow's lasted 5h 9m (Mar 11, 2026).

90-day uptime

Adobe Acrobat Sign

Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026: no incidentsSep 17, 2026: 68.40% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 18, 2026: 73.26% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 19, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026: no incidentsSep 24, 2026: 99.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 26, 2026: no incidentsSep 27, 2026: 99.81% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026: no incidentsOct 3, 2026: 99.73% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidentsOct 8, 2026: 99.84% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 10, 2026: no incidentsOct 11, 2026: 99.82% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 12, 2026: no incidentsOct 13, 2026: 99.73% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 96.50% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026: no incidentsOct 19, 2026: 99.94% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026: no incidentsOct 25, 2026: 99.98% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026: no incidentsOct 27, 2026: 97.66% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 99.90% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026: no incidentsNov 1, 2026: 99.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.267% average daily uptimeToday

SignNow

Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: 99.91% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 5, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.999% average daily uptimeToday

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