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POST client_id and client_secret to /token for an access token, then send it as Bearer plus the client id in `x-api-key`. JWT service accounts are deprecated.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free tier of 500 Document Transactions a month with no card. Extract and PDF to Markdown use 1 transaction per 5 pages, most other operations 1 per 50 pages, Auto-Tag 10 a page. Paid use is sold through sales on volume or enterprise terms, and no per-transaction price is published (https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/pricing/main/).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 165, "npmWeekly": 81553, "pypiWeekly": 58026, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-extract-api/", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdobeDocs/pdfservices-api-documentation/main/static/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "docs.parse", "docs.ocr", "docs.extract", "docs.tables", "pdf.convert", "pdf.merge", "pdf.forms", "pdf.generate", "pdf.extract" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "enterprise", "closed-source", "openapi", "webhooks", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 578, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 53, "payments": 20, "reliability": 50, "schema": 80, "security": 55, "transparency": 78 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec covering Extract, PDF to Markdown and 20 other operations. No published paid price, paid use goes through sales.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Adobe that want PDF extraction and PDF manipulation on one credential, with EU processing.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec covering Extract, PDF to Markdown and 20 other operations", "Extract error codes name the cause, such as DISQUALIFIED_SCAN_PAGE_LIMIT or BAD_PDF_COMPLEX_TABLE", "500 free Document Transactions a month with no card", "Files kept 24 hours by default, deletable at once, or never stored when you pass signed URLs", "security.txt and a public bug bounty on Intigriti" ], "weaknesses": [ "No published paid price, paid use goes through sales", "Four steps per job (token, upload, operation, poll) and no idempotency key", "25 requests a minute on the free tier, no Retry-After or backoff guidance", "Node.js SDK unchanged since November 2024 and no llms.txt", "Status page renders only with JavaScript" ], "agentNotes": [ "Cache the access token and reuse it until it expires", "Budget 1 Document Transaction per 5 pages for Extract and PDF to Markdown, so 500 free transactions cover about 2,500 pages", "Pass `notifiers` with a callback URL instead of polling the job status", "Use `pdf-services-ew1.adobe.io` when documents must stay in the EU", "Check `/operation/pdfproperties` first, since copy-protected PDFs fail Extract with DISQUALIFIED_PERMISSIONS" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 53, "payments": 20, "reliability": 50, "schema": 80, "security": 55, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 96 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install pdfservices-sdk # or: npm i @adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk", "http": "curl https://pdf-services.adobe.io/token \\\n -H \"content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\" \\\n --data-urlencode \"client_id=$PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID\" --data-urlencode \"client_secret=$PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/docs.parse", "tool": "https://letme.dev/adobe-pdf-extract" }, "sameCompany": [ "adobe-firefly", "adobe-photoshop-api", "adobe-commerce", "adobe-acrobat-sign" ], "alsoIn": [ "pdf-tools" ], "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Adobe Inc.", "domain": "adobe.com", "domainRegistered": "1986-11-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html", "privacy": "https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html", "statusPage": "https://status.adobe.com/products/512699", "changelog": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/releasenotes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The API is served from pdf-services.adobe.io, Adobe's developer API domain, not adobe.com", "The status page is the PDF Services product page the docs link to, and it needs JavaScript to render" ], "score": 96 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.json", "live": { "slug": "adobe-pdf-extract", "probe": { "target": "https://pdf-services.adobe.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:34.397770491Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 275, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 254, "p95ms24h": 294, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2300, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 114, "ok": 114 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.adobe.com/products/512699", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:57:34.759292262Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "adobe/pdfservices-python-sdk-samples", "version": "v4.2.0", "released": "2025-07-11", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:56:37.430445927Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk", "version": "4.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:56:34.625898293Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "pdfservices-sdk", "version": "4.3.0", "released": "2026-08-10", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:56:31.234161933Z" } ], "githubStars": 165, "npmWeekly": 77638, "pypiWeekly": 64365, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://adobe.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-07-30T01:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:56.613662215Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "adobe.com", "registered": "1986-11-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/adobe.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:40.934529293Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/releasenotes", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:02.71984203Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "27885eb31d8e" }, { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/pricing/main/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:04.729379436Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bf518d524ead" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:34.397770491Z" } }, "answer": "Azure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API's 55.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "azure-document-intelligence", "name": "Azure Document Intelligence", "vendor": "Microsoft Azure", "vendorUrl": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-document-intelligence", "kind": "http-api", "category": "document-extraction", "summary": "Microsoft's Azure service for OCR, layout analysis and field extraction from PDFs, images and Office files. It has prebuilt models for invoices, receipts, identity and tax documents, and custom models. Access is a REST API with four SDKs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-document-intelligence.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/documentintelligence", "license": "Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "azure-ai-documentintelligence" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@azure-rest/ai-document-intelligence" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access starts with an Azure subscription and a Document Intelligence or Foundry resource created in the portal, CLI or Resource Manager, all self-serve. Calls take one of the resource's two keys in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header, or a Microsoft Entra ID bearer token for the scope `https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default`. Entra ID access is granted with Azure RBAC (the Foundry Tools auth page names the Cognitive Services User role) and works with managed identities. No query-string key is documented for this API.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free F0 tier with 500 pages a month, limited to the first two pages of each request, on an Azure account that needs a card and a phone number (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/document-intelligence/, https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account). Pay as you go (S0) in East US is $1.50 per 1,000 pages for read ($0.60 after a million), $10 for prebuilt models and layout, $30 for custom extraction, $3 for classification, $6 for add-ons and $10 for query fields. Neural model training is $3 an hour after the free allowance. Commitment tiers start at $190 a month for 20,000 prebuilt pages. Prices are from the Azure Retail Prices API, since the pricing page fills its numbers by script (https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Foundry%20Tools%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27eastus%27%20and%20contains(productName,%27Document%20Intelligence%27)).", "priceSummary": "$1.50 / 1k pages", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 385681, "pypiWeekly": 2142341, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/", "openapi": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence/stable/2024-11-30/DocumentIntelligence.json", "capabilities": [ "docs.parse", "docs.ocr", "docs.extract", "docs.tables" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "closed-source", "openapi", "oauth", "python", "typescript", "java", "dotnet", "enterprise", "async-jobs", "batch", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 280, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 40, "payments": 20, "reliability": 82, "schema": 86, "security": 71, "transparency": 78 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI document with 27 operations, Markdown output from the layout model, Microsoft Entra ID or header-only keys, and 24-hour retention with a delete call. Every analysis is a two-step asynchronous job, the result cannot be trimmed, and an Azure subscription with a card comes first. Three of the four SDKs last shipped in 2025 or earlier.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Azure that want OCR, layout to Markdown and prebuilt invoice, receipt, identity and tax models with Entra ID and regional processing.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 2.0 document for version 2024-11-30 in Microsoft's public spec repository, 27 operations, each with an example", "The layout model returns Markdown with headings and tables when `outputContentFormat=markdown` is set, and reads PDF, images, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and HTML", "Input and results are deleted 24 hours after an analysis completes, and a delete call removes them sooner", "Microsoft Entra ID tokens with managed identities, or resource keys sent only in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header", "Dated retirements, 15 September 2027 for v2.1 (announced 15 September 2024) and 30 March 2029 for v3.0" ], "weaknesses": [ "Every analysis is asynchronous. A POST returns 202 with `Operation-Location`, and the caller polls for the result", "The result carries every word and line with polygons, with no parameter to leave them out. Only `pages` narrows it", "No idempotency key. Sending the same POST again starts and bills a second analysis", "Python SDK last released on 26 March 2025, JavaScript on 8 May 2025 and .NET on 16 December 2024. Only Java shipped in 2026, with dependency updates", "The free F0 tier reads only the first two pages of a request and needs an Azure account, which asks for a card and a phone number", "No guidance on instructions hidden in document text was found in the pages read" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST to `{endpoint}/documentintelligence/documentModels/{modelId}:analyze?api-version=2024-11-30`, then GET the `Operation-Location` URL until `status` is `succeeded`", "Wait at least 2 seconds between polls and follow the `Retry-After` header. Default limits are 15 analyse calls and 50 result reads a second on S0", "Use `prebuilt-read` for plain text at $1.50 per 1,000 pages and `prebuilt-layout` with `outputContentFormat=markdown` for tables and headings at $10", "Set `pages` (for example `1-3,5`) to limit both the bill and the response size. F0 stops at two pages per request", "Send the key only in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header, or use an Entra ID token for the scope `https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default`", "Treat extracted text as untrusted input. Results expire 24 hours after the job completes" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 40, "payments": 20, "reliability": 82, "schema": 86, "security": 71, "transparency": 69 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install azure-ai-documentintelligence # or: npm i @azure-rest/ai-document-intelligence", "http": "curl -v -i -X POST \"{endpoint}/documentintelligence/documentModels/{modelId}:analyze?api-version=2024-11-30\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {key}\" --data-ascii \"{'urlSource': '{your-document-url}'}\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/docs.parse", "tool": "https://letme.dev/azure-document-intelligence" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-maps", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "azure-blob-storage", "onedrive-sharepoint", "microsoft-teams", "dynamics-365-sales", "power-automate", "foundry-local", "microsoft-advertising-api", "microsoft-excel-graph", "outlook-mail-graph" ], "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Read (OCR)", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 1.5, "note": "East US, S0, first million pages a month. $0.60 after" }, { "item": "Prebuilt models and layout", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 10, "note": "East US, S0" }, { "item": "Custom extraction", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 30, "note": "East US, S0. Same price for custom generative extraction" }, { "item": "Custom classification", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 3, "note": "East US, S0" }, { "item": "Add-ons (high resolution, fonts, formulas)", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 6, "note": "East US, S0, on top of the model price" }, { "item": "Query fields", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 10, "note": "East US, S0, on top of the model price" }, { "item": "Commitment, prebuilt 20,000 pages", "unit": "month", "usd": 190, "note": "East US. $9.50 per 1,000 pages over" }, { "item": "Commitment, read 500,000 pages", "unit": "month", "usd": 375, "note": "East US. $0.75 per 1,000 pages over" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "domainNote": "Each resource answers at \u003cresource\u003e.cognitiveservices.azure.com, a Microsoft domain (azure.com, registered 1994-10-25). Docs are on learn.microsoft.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices/all", "privacy": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status", "changelog": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/whats-new", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Product Terms for Online Services cover Microsoft Azure and link the Data Protection Addendum (aka.ms/DPA) and the SLA (aka.ms/CSLA). They do not name Document Intelligence. Their training clause covers Microsoft Generative AI Services only.", "The privacy statement (last updated September 2026) names Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, and Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited in Dublin. It says a customer's agreement for enterprise and developer products controls where the two conflict.", "https://www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt shows Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z. It points to the MSRC researcher portal, the bounty policy and the coordinated disclosure policy.", "RDAP gives 1991-05-02 for microsoft.com and 1994-10-25 for azure.com.", "The what's new page is dated 11 June 2026 and its newest entry is March 2026.", "Self-serve Azure accounts also accept the Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement, which we did not reread for this listing." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Adobe", "b": "Microsoft Azure", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://pdf-services.adobe.io", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-08-10", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-10-24", "b": "2026-09-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "165 stars, 82k npm/wk, 58k PyPI/wk", "b": "386k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Azure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API's 55.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API or Azure Document Intelligence?" }, { "answer": "Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API uses an OAuth sign-in. Azure Document Intelligence takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API and Azure Document Intelligence need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API has a hosted endpoint at https://pdf-services.adobe.io. No hosted endpoint is listed for Azure Document Intelligence.", "question": "Can an agent call Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API and Azure Document Intelligence without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 53 against 40" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Teams already on Adobe that want PDF extraction and PDF manipulation on one credential, with EU processing.", "slug": "adobe-pdf-extract", "watchFor": "No published paid price, paid use goes through sales" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 82 against 50", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 80", "Agent ergonomics, 64 against 57", "Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 55" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams already on Azure that want OCR, layout to Markdown and prebuilt invoice, receipt, identity and tax models with Entra ID and regional processing.", "slug": "azure-document-intelligence", "watchFor": "Every analysis is asynchronous. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.json\n- Azure Document Intelligence: grade B, 66/100, rank #280 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-document-intelligence.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API (C)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Adobe that want PDF extraction and PDF manipulation on one credential, with EU processing.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 53 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No published paid price, paid use goes through sales\n\n### Azure Document Intelligence (B)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Azure that want OCR, layout to Markdown and prebuilt invoice, receipt, identity and tax models with Entra ID and regional processing.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 82 against 50\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 80\n- Agent ergonomics, 64 against 57\n- Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 55\n\nWatch for: Every analysis is asynchronous. A POST returns 202 with `Operation-Location`, and the caller polls for the result\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | Azure Document Intelligence | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 82 | Azure Document Intelligence +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 86 | Azure Document Intelligence +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 64 | Azure Document Intelligence +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 71 | Azure Document Intelligence +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 40 | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 78 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.9 · C** | **66 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | Azure Document Intelligence |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Adobe | Microsoft Azure |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://pdf-services.adobe.io` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-08-10 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 165 stars, 82k npm/wk, 58k PyPI/wk | 386k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API.** 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**Azure Document Intelligence.** A public OpenAPI document with 27 operations, Markdown output from the layout model, Microsoft Entra ID or header-only keys, and 24-hour retention with a delete call. Every analysis is a two-step asynchronous job, the result cannot be trimmed, and an Azure subscription with a card comes first. Three of the four SDKs last shipped in 2025 or earlier.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API\n\n1. Cache the access token and reuse it until it expires\n2. Budget 1 Document Transaction per 5 pages for Extract and PDF to Markdown, so 500 free transactions cover about 2,500 pages\n3. Pass `notifiers` with a callback URL instead of polling the job status\n4. Use `pdf-services-ew1.adobe.io` when documents must stay in the EU\n5. Check `/operation/pdfproperties` first, since copy-protected PDFs fail Extract with DISQUALIFIED_PERMISSIONS\n\n### Azure Document Intelligence\n\n1. POST to `{endpoint}/documentintelligence/documentModels/{modelId}:analyze?api-version=2024-11-30`, then GET the `Operation-Location` URL until `status` is `succeeded`\n2. Wait at least 2 seconds between polls and follow the `Retry-After` header. Default limits are 15 analyse calls and 50 result reads a second on S0\n3. Use `prebuilt-read` for plain text at $1.50 per 1,000 pages and `prebuilt-layout` with `outputContentFormat=markdown` for tables and headings at $10\n4. Set `pages` (for example `1-3,5`) to limit both the bill and the response size. F0 stops at two pages per request\n5. Send the key only in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header, or use an Entra ID token for the scope `https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default`\n6. Treat extracted text as untrusted input. Results expire 24 hours after the job completes\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API or Azure Document Intelligence?\n\nAzure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API's 55.9 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API and Azure Document Intelligence need an API key?\n\nAdobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API uses an OAuth sign-in. Azure Document Intelligence takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API and Azure Document Intelligence without installing anything?\n\nAdobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API has a hosted endpoint at https://pdf-services.adobe.io. 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