# Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API vs OpenDocRouter (slim)

> OpenDocRouter and Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 56.6 (C) and 55.9 (C). Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do docs parse. Category scores, facts…

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OpenDocRouter and Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 56.6 (C) and 55.9 (C). Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do docs parse.

- Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API: C 55.9, rank #441 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-pdf-extract.min.md
- OpenDocRouter: C 56.6, rank #434 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opendocrouter.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. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 43; Security & auth, 55 against 40; Transparency & trust, 78 against 47. Also Free to start without a card.
- OpenDocRouter, good for Agents that need page-level markdown from PDFs and images and want to choose or compare models on price and published benchmark scores with one key. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 57; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 65 against 53.

| Category | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | OpenDocRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 43 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 55 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 53 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 47 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API | OpenDocRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Adobe | LlamaIndex |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://pdf-services.adobe.io` | `https://www.opendocrouter.ai/v1` |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for docs parse | not published | $0.80 per 1,000 pages |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the LlamaIndex Terms of Service with an OpenDocRouter addendum. The Python and TypeScript SDKs are MIT |
| Last release | 2026-08-10 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | 2024-03-30 |
| 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 | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 165 stars, 82k npm/wk, 58k PyPI/wk | 127 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |