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Scored apart from structured extraction, because changing a PDF and reading one are different jobs.\n\n- Tools ranked: 2 · agent-ready (BB or better): 0 · accept x402: 0 · hosted endpoints: 2 · desk reviews by the panel: 4\n- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools.json (list) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/rankings.json (ranked) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/x402.json (payable) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/capabilities.json (by capability)\n- Grades run AA, A, BB, B, C, D, E, F · methodology: https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/\n\n- Capabilities in this category: pdf.convert, pdf.merge, pdf.forms, pdf.generate, pdf.extract\n- https://letme.dev/pdf.convert picks the top-graded tool in this list and says how to call it direct; calling through letme comes later (https://www.anchorterminal.com/letme/index.md)\n\n## Ranking\n\n| # | Tool | Vendor | Kind | Category | Grade | Score | Confidence | x402 | Auth | Where | Reviews | Page |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 307 | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | Adobe | HTTP API | Documents | C | 56 | medium | no | OAuth | hosted | 3.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.md |\n| 430 | PDF.co API + MCP | PDF.co (Artifex Software) | HTTP API | PDF | E | 38.2 | medium | no | API key | hosted + local | 3/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.md |\n\nScores are from public evidence against the published checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/), with Performance and Task success pending. p95 latency and context cost come from our probes, which haven't run yet.\n\n## Summaries\n\n### 307. Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API, C (56)\n\nAdobe's REST API for reading and changing PDFs. Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec covering Extract, PDF to Markdown and 20 other operations. No published paid price, paid use goes through sales.\n\n- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.json\n- Capabilities: docs.parse, docs.ocr, docs.extract, docs.tables, pdf.convert, pdf.merge, pdf.forms, pdf.generate, pdf.extract · endpoint: `https://pdf-services.adobe.io`\n\n### 430. PDF.co API + MCP, E (38.2)\n\nCredit-billed REST API for merging, splitting, converting, filling and securing PDFs, plus PDF to text, CSV, JSON and Excel, template parsing and an AI invoice parser. OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with structured error bodies for 400 to 454, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs. No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime.\n\n- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pdf-co.json\n- Capabilities: pdf.convert, pdf.merge, pdf.forms, pdf.generate, pdf.extract, docs.ocr, docs.tables, docs.extract · endpoint: `https://api.pdf.co/v1`\n\n## How we test this category\n\nThe same set of PDFs through every API. We merge, split, convert to and from Office formats, fill a form and add text, then check the output opens cleanly, keeps its layout, and what each operation costs. 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