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An India-made alternative to Adobe Acrobat

If you mainly edit, OCR, and sign PDFs, MayaPDF does it for a flat ₹999/year — with a trial that needs no credit card. Here is an honest comparison.

Adobe Acrobat is the tool most people know for PDFs, and it is genuinely capable. But for a lot of Indian users and teams, it is more subscription than they need, and its trial and billing model can feel like a trap. MayaPDF is a focused, India-first alternative for the everyday PDF work most people actually do. This page lays out the differences plainly — and where a number depends on Adobe's current pricing, we ask you to check Adobe's own page rather than quote a figure we cannot verify for you today.

The honest comparison

 MayaPDFAdobe Acrobat
Price₹999 / year (GST as applicable), flat Subscription (monthly/annual) — see Adobe's official India pricing for current rates
Free trial14 days, no credit card, no auto-charge Trial requires a payment method and auto-converts to paid unless cancelled
OCR in Indian languages14 languages, unlimited, in-browser OCR available; Indian-language coverage varies by plan/version
Where files are processedPage tools & OCR run in your browser (not uploaded) Mix of desktop and Adobe cloud services
Cryptographic signature (PKCS#7)Yes, incl. your own DSC/PFX on Pro Yes
E-sign workflowUnlimited on Pro; 2 during trial Included, with plan-based limits
InstallNothing to install — works in a browser Desktop app + web
Made inIndia (New Delhi), since 1999 United States

We deliberately do not print a specific Adobe price here, because subscription pricing changes and we will not quote a number we cannot verify for your region and date. Please check Adobe's official pricing page (linked above) for the current figure.

Where MayaPDF is the better fit

  • You want a flat, predictable annual price rather than an ongoing subscription.
  • You work with Indian-language scans and need reliable OCR in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and more.
  • You care that sensitive files are not uploaded to a cloud to be processed.
  • You want to try the whole product without handing over a card.
  • You need Bates numbering and bilingual stamps for legal/office work.

Where Adobe Acrobat may still be the right choice

We will be straight with you: Adobe Acrobat has a deep feature set built over decades. If you depend on advanced pre-press, complex form design, deep Creative Cloud integration, or specific enterprise workflows, Acrobat may do things MayaPDF does not. MayaPDF focuses on the common tasks — edit, organise, OCR, sign, e-sign, protect, stamp — and does them well for a fraction of the ongoing cost.

Try it in two minutes

The best comparison is your own document. Start a 14-day free trial — no credit card, no auto-charge — and run a real PDF through MayaPDF. If it does what you need, Pro is ₹999/year.

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