Saveable PDF Forms - Acrobat Standard or Pro?

We need to create PDF forms where users can fill them in and then save the completed forms (just simple forms, mainly text but also some checkboxes). I know this is a feature of Acrobat XI, but unless I'm just being blind I can't find anything that states explicitly that it is a feature of the Standard version, do we need the Pro version or will Standard do the job? I think it is in Standard but I want to check before we buy it then find we have to upgrade to Pro!
Thanks in advance.
Matthew

Thank you for the reply.
When you say Reader-enable the form, do you mean to allow the user to use Reader to type onto the form and save the changes? I have found some things that imply that Standard can do this, but others that imply that we need Pro.
Just to clarify, we don't need digital signatures or anything like that. We have application forms for our products where the introducers who sell the product want to be able to complete the client's details, save the form and e-mail it to the client who then prints it off, signs it (we still need wet signatures unfortunately!) and returns it. From what I can tell the necessary feature was part of Acrobat X Standard but I want to be sure that it's part of XI Standard before we buy it.
Many thanks
Matthew

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