FileTally makes one of the products compared here. Competitor facts were checked on October 6, 2026 against the sources linked on this page.
The facts
| Item | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Acrobat Pro price (US, individual) | US$19.99/mo on an annual plan billed monthly; US$29.99/mo month to month; US$239.88/yr prepaid | Adobe pricing |
| Acrobat Standard price | US$14.99/mo annual billed monthly; US$24.99/mo month to month | Adobe pricing |
| Batch tool | Action Wizard, an Acrobat Pro feature, applies a series of steps to one or many files | Adobe Help |
| Batch page count | Community method: an Action with JavaScript writes each file name and page count to the JavaScript Console; you copy the text out | Adobe Community |
| Non-PDF files | Counted as PDF pages only after converting them to PDF | Acrobat counts PDF pages |
FileTally, for comparison
| Item | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Counts | PDF, Word (DOC, DOCX), Excel (XLS, XLSX, printed pages by print area), PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX), multi-page TIFF, JPG/PNG/BMP, MSG and EML email, TXT; supported ZIPs extracted locally | FileTally features |
| Statuses | Every result Exact or Estimated; files it can't count cleanly listed as Action needed with the reason | FileTally |
| Exports | CSV, XLSX and a printable PDF summary | FileTally |
| Privacy | Runs 100% locally on Windows 10 and 11. No upload, no account | FileTally security |
| Price | $24.99 one-time, 12 months of updates, 7-day trial from first scan | FileTally licensing |
Where Acrobat wins
Editing, redaction, Bates numbering, combining files, forms and signatures. If you already pay for Acrobat Pro and the set is PDF-only, the JavaScript Action gets you counts without buying anything else.
Where FileTally wins
Mixed folders. Point it at a folder and it counts every PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TIFF, image, email and text file in the tree, with each number marked Exact or Estimated and anything unreadable listed as Action needed. The export is a real per-file table, not console text. And it is $24.99 once, not a subscription.
Use Acrobat when
- You need to edit, redact, Bates-number or combine PDFs.
- The set is PDF-only and you already have Pro.
- You're comfortable maintaining a JavaScript Action.
Use FileTally when
- The folder mixes PDFs with Office files, TIFFs or email.
- You need a per-file record in a spreadsheet.
- You don't want a subscription for a count.
Step-by-step guides: count multiple PDFs and export to Excel and count a folder of PDFs. Back to all comparisons.
Questions people ask
Can Adobe Acrobat count pages in multiple PDFs at once?
Yes, in Acrobat Pro, with a custom Action that runs JavaScript. Each file's page count is written to the JavaScript Console, which you copy into a spreadsheet yourself.
Can Acrobat count pages in Word or Excel files?
Only after converting them to PDF. Acrobat counts PDF pages. FileTally counts Word and Excel files directly, alongside PDFs.
How much does Acrobat Pro cost compared with FileTally?
Adobe lists Acrobat Pro at US$19.99 per month on an annual plan or US$29.99 month to month. FileTally is $24.99 one-time with 12 months of updates.
Do I need Acrobat to use FileTally?
No. FileTally counts PDF pages on its own. Microsoft Office helps for layout-accurate Word and Excel counts, but Acrobat is not required.