{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "name": "Adobe Photoshop API", "vendor": "Adobe", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "Photoshop as an async REST service inside Firefly Services.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/photoshop-apis" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth server-to-server credentials from the Adobe Developer Console. Exchange client ID and secret at https://ims-na1.adobelogin.com/ims/token/v3 (scopes openid, AdobeID, read_organizations) for a 24-hour bearer token, then send it with the client ID in x-api-key. Inputs and outputs are pre-signed URLs on your own storage.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public price list and no self-serve plan. Access needs an active enterprise contract that includes Firefly Services, arranged through an Adobe representative. Creative Cloud plans don't include API access (https://business.adobe.com/products/firefly-business.html).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Enterprise contract billing only. No x402 in the docs or OpenAPI spec (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 498, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API/main/static/photoshopv2-api.json", "capabilities": [ "image.edit", "design.templates", "design.render" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "enterprise", "openapi", "async-jobs", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 43.9, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 879, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 36, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 70, "security": 62, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-01. Two months after the v1 end of life on 2026-07-31, the getting-started page's first API call is still https://image.adobe.io/pie/psdService/hello, and the actions and rendering guides still show v1 /pie/psdService endpoints with no deprecation notice. The only official SDK, @adobe/photoshop-apis 2.0.1, calls v1 paths only. https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting-started/ and https://github.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API" ], "verdict": "Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price.", "bestFor": "Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.", "strengths": [ "Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards", "Runs Photoshop actions and UXP scripts server side", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec for v2 and a Markdown migration guide written for AI assistants", "Documented per-organisation limits and retry rules, including retry-after on 429", "OAuth server-to-server credentials with 24-hour tokens, and a signed security.txt with a bug bounty" ], "weaknesses": [ "Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price", "The getting-started page and the official SDK still call v1 endpoints that reached end of life on 2026-07-31", "The release notes page has no entries, so changes are visible only in the docs repo", "Adobe's usage notes say error messages may not be helpful", "Every input and output is a pre-signed URL on your own storage" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call v2 paths on photoshop-api.adobe.io. Remove background and its status live on image.adobe.io", "Skip @adobe/photoshop-apis and the getting-started curl, which still target v1 /pie/psdService paths", "Poll /v2/status/{jobId} or subscribe to I/O Events, since every call returns a job", "Retry only 5xx and 429, using retry-after and at most three attempts", "Cache the IMS token and refresh it before 24 hours run out" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 43.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 36, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 70, "security": 62, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://image.adobe.io/v2/remove-background \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PS_FF_SERVICES_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"x-api-key: $PS_FF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"image\":{\"source\":{\"url\":\"\u003csigned_get_url\u003e\"}},\"mode\":\"cutout\",\"output\":{\"mediaType\":\"image/png\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.edit", "tool": "https://letme.dev/adobe-photoshop-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "adobe-firefly", "adobe-pdf-extract", "adobe-commerce", "adobe-acrobat-sign" ], "area": "design-diagrams", "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", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The API is served from photoshop-api.adobe.io and image.adobe.io, Adobe's developer API domain, not adobe.com", "The v2 OpenAPI spec is published in the AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API GitHub repo", "The release notes page at developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/guides/release-notes/ has a heading and no entries as of 2026-10-01", "security.txt is PGP-signed, expires 2027-07-30 and lists an Intigriti bug bounty" ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json", "live": { "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "probe": { "target": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:06:58.614897148Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 87, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 62, "p95ms24h": 134, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 2458, "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": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.adobe.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T10:02:50.202814968Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/photoshop-apis", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:36:37.553174539Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 321, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://adobe.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-07-30T01:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:12.654656852Z" }, "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/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/guides/release-notes/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:12:05.524417157Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "af0d1bcf59a1" }, { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting-started/deprecation-announcement/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:35:08.050900255Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "964e96b3de59" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:06:58.614897148Z" } }, "answer": "Photoroom API scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "photoroom", "name": "Photoroom API", "vendor": "Photoroom", "vendorUrl": "https://www.photoroom.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "Photoroom's API edits product photos over HTTP. One call removes a background, adds a shadow or generated background, relights, expands, resizes or fills a template, and returns the image. A hosted MCP server wraps the same API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/photoroom.json", "repo": "https://github.com/PhotoRoom/api-code-samples", "license": "Proprietary service under the Photoroom Terms and Conditions. The sample code repository is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key, sent in the `x-api-key` header. A person creates a Photoroom account and activates the API in the dashboard at app.photoroom.com/api-dashboard. A team can create several keys and revoke each one. No scopes were found. Prefixing the key with `sandbox_` makes free, watermarked calls. The hosted MCP server uses an OAuth authorisation code grant with PKCE and dynamic client registration, and creates its own API key for the connection (https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/introduction.md, https://www.photoroom.com/api/claude).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "$0.02 an image on the Remove Background API (Basic plan) and $0.10 a call on the Image Editing API (Plus plan), bought as a monthly subscription of images that do not roll over. Sandbox mode is free for 1,000 watermarked calls a month, and a new account gets 10 free production background removals, with no card. Failed calls are not billed. Enterprise pricing from 200,000 images a year is by sales (https://www.photoroom.com/api/pricing, https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/pricing.md).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI description or the pricing pages (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 1, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.photoroom.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.photoroom.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://image-api.photoroom.com/openapi", "capabilities": [ "image.edit", "design.templates", "image.generate", "image.upscale" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "sandbox", "background-removal", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-04-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 642, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 40, "reliability": 46, "schema": 86, "security": 54, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A call costs $0.02 for background removal or $0.10 for any combination of edits, and a sandbox key gives 1,000 free watermarked calls a month without a card. No status page or official SDK was found, and Photoroom's privacy policy and security page disagree on whether API images train its models.", "bestFor": "Product-photo work at volume, such as cutouts, white backgrounds, shadows, generated scenes and clothing shots, one image a call.", "strengths": [ "Prices are per image and public, $0.02 for the Remove Background API and $0.10 for an Image Editing call with any number of edits combined", "A `sandbox_` key prefix gives 1,000 free watermarked Image Editing calls a month (100 a day) with no card, per the docs and pricing page", "Calls that end in an error do not consume an image, per the pricing page of the docs", "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file, an `llms.txt` index and a Markdown twin of every docs page, plus a ready-made prompt for coding agents", "The security page says images sent to the API are discarded when the response returns and names five sub-processors and US hosting" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page was found on the site or in the docs, so there is no public incident history to read", "The privacy policy says model improvement does not apply to API images. The security page says self-serve API plans train by default with an opt-out", "No official SDK. The vendor publishes MIT sample code for web, Node.js, Python and iOS and tells callers to use a plain HTTP client", "The changelog's last dated entry is 21 April 2026, while the docs list Virtual Try-On, which has no changelog entry", "The terms forbid any automated system that sends more requests than a person could from a browser. This matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `x-api-key` header. Prefix it with `sandbox_` while testing, because calls with the plain key consume paid images", "Save the response body as a file. A 200 returns image bytes, PNG by default, and any other status returns JSON with `error.message` or `detail`", "Send model selectors such as `pr-ai-shadows-model-version: 2026-04-15` as HTTP headers, not form fields. They are not in the OpenAPI file", "Stay under 60 images a minute. On 429 back off with an exponential delay, and set a client timeout of at least 60 seconds for AI edits", "Use `POST /v2/edit` with `imageFile` for local files and `GET /v2/edit` with `imageUrl` for hosted ones. Each call takes one image" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 40, "reliability": 46, "schema": 86, "security": 54, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 78 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --request POST \\\n --url https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit \\\n --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \\\n --form imageFile=@/absolute/path/to/image.jpg \\\n --form removeBackground=true \\\n --form background.color=FFFFFF \\\n --form padding=0.15 \\\n --form shadow.mode=ai.soft \\\n --output result.png", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http Photoroom https://mcp.photoroom.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.edit", "tool": "https://letme.dev/photoroom" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Remove Background API", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.02, "note": "Basic plan, `/v1/segment`" }, { "item": "Image Editing API", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.1, "note": "Plus plan, `/v2/edit`, any number of edits in the call" }, { "item": "Basic plan, 1,000 images", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "example from the pricing page FAQ" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Photoroom SAS", "domain": "photoroom.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-11-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.photoroom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.photoroom.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms and Conditions, effective 29 July 2026, cover the platform, the application programming interface and related services of Photoroom SAS. No separate API terms were found.", "The legal notice gives PHOTOROOM, SAS, RCS Paris 853 059 384, 229 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris. The site footer reads Photoroom, Inc.", "The privacy policy, updated March 2026, names Photoroom as controller for photoroom.com, app.photoroom.com and the apps, and has one sentence on API images.", "The API answers at image-api.photoroom.com and sdk.photoroom.com and the MCP server at mcp.photoroom.com.", "https://www.photoroom.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP for photoroom.com gives a registration date of 1998-11-21, which predates the company.", "No status page was found. status.photoroom.com did not answer one request." ], "score": 78 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.json", "live": { "slug": "photoroom", "probe": { "target": "https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:20.195533745Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 130, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 135, "p95ms24h": 247, "samples24h": 107, "samples30d": 107, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "githubStars": 25, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:38:01.676305945Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f86895e2d75" }, { "url": "https://docs.photoroom.com/getting-started/pricing.md", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:38:04.09337971Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "eb0f8c798163" }, { "url": "https://www.photoroom.com/api/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:00.228391694Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7774b6bf0d79" }, { "url": "https://www.photoroom.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:02.426751592Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d41a425b8f9c" }, { "url": "https://www.photoroom.com/legal/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:53:04.386172113Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9874ac57ac8b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:20.195533745Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Adobe", "b": "Photoroom", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "b": "https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "not published", "b": "$0.10 per image", "name": "Price for image editing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the Photoroom Terms and Conditions. The sample code repository is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "1", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-08", "b": "2026-04-21", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-07-29", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-10-24", "b": "2026-03-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes, with an opt-out", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "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": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "498 npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "1.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Photoroom API scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or Photoroom API?" }, { "answer": "Adobe Photoshop API uses an OAuth sign-in. Photoroom API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Adobe Photoshop API and Photoroom API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Adobe Photoshop API has a hosted endpoint at https://photoshop-api.adobe.io and Photoroom API at https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Adobe Photoshop API and Photoroom API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 55 against 46", "Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 54", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 42 against 23" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.", "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "watchFor": "Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 70", "Agent ergonomics, 64 against 36", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 59" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Adobe Photoshop API loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Product-photo work at volume, such as cutouts, white backgrounds, shadows, generated scenes and clothing shots, one image a call.", "slug": "photoroom", "watchFor": "No status page was found on the site or in the docs, so there is no public incident history to read" } ], "job": { "capability": "image.edit", "name": "Image editing" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-apitemplate-io.json", "title": "Adobe Photoshop API vs APITemplate.io", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-apitemplate-io" }, { "json": 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"weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 42, "by": 19, "edge": "adobe-photoshop-api", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "photoroom": 23, "weight": 7 }, { "adobe-photoshop-api": 59, "by": 9, "edge": "photoroom", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "photoroom": 68, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Photoroom API scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do image editing.", "verdicts": { "adobe-photoshop-api": "Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price.", "photoroom": "A call costs $0.02 for background removal or $0.10 for any combination of edits, and a sandbox key gives 1,000 free watermarked calls a month without a card. No status page or official SDK was found, and Photoroom's privacy policy and security page disagree on whether API images train its models." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom.min.md" }, "markdown": "Photoroom API scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do image editing.\n\n- Adobe Photoshop API: grade E, 43.9/100, rank #879 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json\n- Photoroom API: grade C, 56/100, rank #642 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/photoroom.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/photoroom.json\n- Best programmatic image and design asset APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design-assets/index.md\n- All 45 assets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design-assets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Adobe Photoshop API (E)\n\nGood for: Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 46\n- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 54\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 42 against 23\n\nWatch for: Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price\n\n### Photoroom API (C)\n\nGood for: Product-photo work at volume, such as cutouts, white backgrounds, shadows, generated scenes and clothing shots, one image a call.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 70\n- Agent ergonomics, 64 against 36\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Adobe Photoshop API loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: No status page was found on the site or in the docs, so there is no public incident history to read\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Adobe Photoshop API | Photoroom API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 46 | Adobe Photoshop API +9 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 86 | Photoroom API +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 36 | 64 | Photoroom API +28 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 54 | Adobe Photoshop API +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 40 | Photoroom API +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 23 | Adobe Photoshop API +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 68 | Photoroom API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **43.9 · E** | **56 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Adobe Photoshop API | Photoroom API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Adobe | Photoroom |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://photoshop-api.adobe.io` | `https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| Price for image editing | not published | $0.10 per image |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Photoroom Terms and Conditions. The sample code repository is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 1 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-08 | 2026-04-21 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-07-29 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | 2026-03-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\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 | yes |\n| Popularity | 498 npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Adobe Photoshop API.** Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price.\n\n**Photoroom API.** A call costs $0.02 for background removal or $0.10 for any combination of edits, and a sandbox key gives 1,000 free watermarked calls a month without a card. No status page or official SDK was found, and Photoroom's privacy policy and security page disagree on whether API images train its models.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Adobe Photoshop API\n\n1. Call v2 paths on photoshop-api.adobe.io. Remove background and its status live on image.adobe.io\n2. Skip @adobe/photoshop-apis and the getting-started curl, which still target v1 /pie/psdService paths\n3. Poll /v2/status/{jobId} or subscribe to I/O Events, since every call returns a job\n4. Retry only 5xx and 429, using retry-after and at most three attempts\n5. Cache the IMS token and refresh it before 24 hours run out\n\n### Photoroom API\n\n1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header. Prefix it with `sandbox_` while testing, because calls with the plain key consume paid images\n2. Save the response body as a file. A 200 returns image bytes, PNG by default, and any other status returns JSON with `error.message` or `detail`\n3. Send model selectors such as `pr-ai-shadows-model-version: 2026-04-15` as HTTP headers, not form fields. They are not in the OpenAPI file\n4. Stay under 60 images a minute. On 429 back off with an exponential delay, and set a client timeout of at least 60 seconds for AI edits\n5. Use `POST /v2/edit` with `imageFile` for local files and `GET /v2/edit` with `imageUrl` for hosted ones. Each call takes one image\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or Photoroom API?\n\nPhotoroom API scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Adobe Photoshop API and Photoroom API need an API key?\n\nAdobe Photoshop API uses an OAuth sign-in. Photoroom API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Adobe Photoshop API and Photoroom API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Adobe Photoshop API has a hosted endpoint at https://photoshop-api.adobe.io and Photoroom API at https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-photoroom.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"adobe-photoshop-api\", \"b\": \"photoroom\"}`. 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