You renewed your Acrobat licence at £180 a year. You used it 14 times in the past year, mostly for merge, sign and compress. That's £13 per use, for tasks the browser handles for free.
The maths is unkind. Here is the migration.
Audit what you actually use Acrobat for
Track for one week what PDF tasks you do. For most professionals: merge, sign, compress, edit text, redact. Maybe convert. That's the list.
If that's your list, you don't need Acrobat. Browser tools handle every one of them at the same or better quality.
Map each task to a browser tool
Merge → Flint merge. Sign → Flint sign. Compress → Flint compress. Edit text → Flint edit. Redact → Flint redact. Bookmark all five.
Fifteen seconds of bookmarking replaces a £180 annual seat.
Test the migration with real work
For one week, route every PDF task through the browser tools. Compare quality, speed, and friction against Acrobat. For 95% of users, the browser wins or ties on every metric.
The 5% case is niche — advanced PDF/A, complex forms, scripting. If you're not doing those, you don't need Acrobat.
Cancel the licence
If the migration sticks (it will), cancel before the next renewal. The savings compound — £180 a year for solo, multiply by every team seat. A 20-person team saves £3,600 a year.
For teams that genuinely need Acrobat for niche functions, keep one or two seats for the power users and free everyone else.
FAQ
Doesn't Acrobat have more features?
Yes, dozens of niche features most users never touch. The question is: are you using those features, or paying for the possibility of using them? Audit your actual usage.
What about advanced PDF forms?
Niche use case. If you build complex interactive PDF forms regularly, Acrobat is justified. For occasional form-filling, browser tools handle it.
Are browser PDF tools secure?
Flint processes files in your browser — they don't upload to a server. That's actually more private than desktop tools that phone home telemetry.
What about my existing PDF/A and archival needs?
Most browser tools output PDF/A-compatible files. Verify with your specific compliance requirements, but for general archival, browser output is fine.
Acrobat is the answer to a question most users no longer have. Move your top five tasks to Flint for a week and decide for yourself.