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Adobe Acrobat Sign vs Docusign: which is more reliable? (2026) Adobe Acrobat Sign is more reliable than Docusign, scoring 61.6 vs 44.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Adobe Acrobat Sign reported 16 incidents and Docusign reported 17, with effective uptime of 99.28% and 98.35% respectively. Adobe Acrobat Sign resolves incidents faster on average (4h).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
Metric Adobe Acrobat Sign Docusign Reliability score 61.6 44.3 Rank (e-signature tools) #10 #11 Uptime (90 days) 99.28% 98.35% Incidents (90 days) 16 17 Partial / major outages 2 1 Avg time to resolve 4h 13h 59m Outages we detected 0 0 Transparency score 100/100 100/100
Where Adobe Acrobat Sign and Docusign differ Docusign reported 6% more incidents than Adobe Acrobat Sign over the last 90 days (17 vs 16). Adobe Acrobat Sign had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Docusign. Adobe Acrobat Sign fixes problems faster: 4h on average, against 13h 59m for Docusign (3.5× quicker). Adobe Acrobat Sign's longest outage on record lasted 1d 4h (Sep 17, 2026); Docusign's lasted 1h 31m (Apr 17, 2026). 90-day uptime Adobe Acrobat Sign Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026: no incidents Sep 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 incidents Sep 24, 2026: 99.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 26, 2026: no incidents Sep 27, 2026: 99.81% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Sep 28, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026: no incidents Oct 3, 2026: 99.73% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidents Oct 8, 2026: 99.84% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 10, 2026: no incidents Oct 11, 2026: 99.82% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 12, 2026: no incidents Oct 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 incidents Oct 19, 2026: 99.94% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 20, 2026: no incidents Oct 21, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026: no incidents Oct 25, 2026: 99.98% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 26, 2026: no incidents Oct 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 incidents Nov 1, 2026: 99.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Nov 2, 2026: no incidents 90 days ago 99.267% average daily uptime Today Docusign Aug 5, 2026: 97.99% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 6, 2026: 99.12% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026: no incidents Aug 11, 2026: 88.01% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 12, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 13, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 14, 2026: 96.98% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 15, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidents Aug 24, 2026: 96.15% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no incidents Aug 27, 2026: 99.78% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 28, 2026: 98.86% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Aug 29, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026: no incidents Sep 4, 2026: 99.56% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Sep 5, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026: no incidents Sep 9, 2026: 98.78% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026: no incidents Sep 28, 2026: 96.33% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Sep 29, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Sep 30, 2026: 93.29% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance) Oct 1, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 2, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 3, 2026: 87.47% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidents Oct 8, 2026: 95.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026: no incidents Oct 16, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 17, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026: no incidents Oct 19, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Oct 20, 2026: no incidents Oct 21, 2026: 98.46% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage) Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026: no incidents Oct 31, 2026: 98.87% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Nov 1, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) Nov 2, 2026: 93.64% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance) 90 days ago 98.320% average daily uptime Today No incidents Degraded Partial outage Major outage No dataRecent Docusign incidents Degraded performance Oct 31, 2026 · resolved in 1d 4h
Some users may not be receiving login verification code and password reset emails (Incident 6112)
Affected: NA3, NA1, NA4, NA2
Partial outage Oct 21, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Signing and login unavailable for Docusign France customers (Incident 5945)
Affected: PROD
Degraded performance Oct 21, 2026 · resolved in 2h 27m
Errors for templates, reports, envelope preparation and other features (Incident 6034)
Affected: AU
Degraded performance Oct 19, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Customers may have experienced intermittent latency and disruption using eSign services (Incident 6014)
Affected: NA1, NA4, NA3
Degraded performance Oct 16, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Errors for templates, reports, envelope preparation and other features (Incident 5994)
Affected: AU
Degraded performance Oct 8, 2026 · resolved in 7h 11m
Errors for templates, reports, envelope preparation and other features (Incident 5932)
Affected: EU
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