# Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API vs Amazon Textract (slim)

> Amazon Textract scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API's 55.9 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do docs parse. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon Textract scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API's 55.9 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do docs parse.

- Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API: C 55.9, rank #578 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.min.md
- Amazon Textract: BB 73.5, rank #85 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-textract.min.md
- Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API, good for Teams already on Adobe that want PDF extraction and PDF manipulation on one credential, with EU processing. Also Free to start without a card.
- Amazon Textract, good for Teams already on AWS with documents in S3 that need OCR, tables and form fields at volume with IAM and CloudTrail controls, and for US invoices, receipts, identity documents and mortgage packages. Ahead on Reliability, 96 against 50; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 57; Security & auth, 74 against 55; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 58 against 53. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | Amazon Textract |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 96 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 55 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 53 | 58 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | Amazon Textract |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Adobe | Amazon Web Services |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://pdf-services.adobe.io` | `https://textract.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement. The AWS SDKs and the Textractor helper library are Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-08-10 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | 2026-05-18 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 165 stars, 82k npm/wk, 58k PyPI/wk | 1.9M npm/wk, 208k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |