{ "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": 780, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 7, "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": "2026-10-09T10:14:06.659577026Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 53, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 62, "p95ms24h": 92, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2295, "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": 109, "ok": 109 } ] }, "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": "2026-10-08T15:56:39.709106616Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 409, "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/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": "2026-10-08T18:17:08.820377202Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "964e96b3de59" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:06.659577026Z" } }, "answer": "Shotstack scores 65.3 (B) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "shotstack", "name": "Shotstack", "vendor": "ShotStack Pty Ltd", "vendorUrl": "https://shotstack.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "Shotstack is a cloud video editor driven by JSON. It renders video, images and audio from edits and templates with merge fields. Agents reach it through the Edit API, a hosted MCP server or a CLI with an agent skill.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shotstack", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shotstack.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shotstack.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shotstack.json", "repo": "https://github.com/shotstack/shotstack-cli", "license": "Proprietary service under Shotstack's Terms and Conditions. The CLI and skill are Apache-2.0, the schemas package and SDKs are MIT, and the Studio SDK is under PolyForm Shield 1.0.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.shotstack.io/edit/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shotstack/cli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shotstack/schemas" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "shotstack-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "shotstack-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST calls and the CLI send an API key in the `x-api-key` header. A browser signup at app.shotstack.io gives one sandbox key and one production key, self-serve, with no scopes found in the docs. The same keys reach the Edit, Serve and Ingest APIs. The MCP server uses OAuth (authorisation code with PKCE S256, dynamic client registration, one scope, `mcp:tools`) or the API key in an `x-api-key` header for headless use.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "10 free credits on signup, valid 30 days, with no card. Pay as you go is $10 for 50 credits, 20 cents a minute of rendered video. Monthly plans run from $39 for 250 minutes to $499 for 10,000. The `stage` sandbox renders free with a watermark, so an agent can start without a contract. AI generation is charged per model in credits (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$0.20 / credit", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Prepaid credits and monthly plans. No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt, OpenAPI definition or pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 15, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": 1211, "pypiWeekly": 326, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://shotstack.io/docs/guide/", "llmsTxt": "https://shotstack.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://shotstack.io/docs/api/api.edit.json", "capabilities": [ "design.templates", "design.render", "video.edit", "video.generate", "image.generate", "speech.tts", "audio.music" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "cli", "agent-skill", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "video", "images", "sandbox", "status-page", "sla" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 297, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 45, "reliability": 85, "schema": 88, "security": 48, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "4 October 2026. Release 1.22.0 of the published API definition removed the `pricing` object from the `GET /models` response and replaced it with `POST /generate/quote`, in a minor release with no breaking-change mark and no notice found. We did not test whether the live response changed that day (https://github.com/shotstack/oas-api-definition/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)" ], "verdict": "A public OpenAPI definition, Markdown docs, a hosted MCP server with OAuth and a free watermarked sandbox let an agent draft, check and render video with little setup. API keys have no scopes, webhooks are unsigned, no security contact or certification of Shotstack's own was found, and the published Node and Python SDKs date from July 2024.", "bestFor": "Teams that render video, images or audio from JSON or templates at volume and want an agent to draft edits that a person reviews in Studio.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.1 definition at `https://shotstack.io/docs/api/api.edit.json` with 122 schemas, plus llms.txt, llms-full.txt and a Markdown twin of every guide page", "Hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.shotstack.io/` with 15 tools, OAuth authorisation code with PKCE S256 and dynamic client registration, or an `x-api-key` header", "`shotstack validate` checks an edit offline and `shotstack studio` opens a preview link, both with no API key and no credits", "The `stage` environment renders free with a watermark, and `POST /generate/quote` returns the credit cost of an AI generation without charging", "Rate limits are published per API (Edit 300 requests per 60 seconds in production), and the terms carry a 99.9 per cent uptime SLA with a 10 per cent credit" ], "weaknesses": [ "API keys have no scopes. One production key and one sandbox key reach the Edit, Serve and Ingest APIs, and key rotation was not found in the docs", "Webhook callbacks are not signed, per the webhooks guide, which tells receivers to confirm a render by calling the API", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or certification of Shotstack's own was found. The DPA relies on AWS's SOC 2 and ISO 27001 reports", "The published API definition dropped the `pricing` object from `GET /models` in release 1.22.0 on 4 October 2026, a minor release with no breaking-change mark", "The npm `shotstack-sdk` (0.2.9) and PyPI `shotstack-sdk` (0.2.8) packages were last published in July 2024" ], "agentNotes": [ "Fetch `https://shotstack.io/docs/api/api.edit.json` and the conventions guide before writing an edit. Track order is reversed, so the first track renders on top", "Render in `stage` first. It is free and watermarked, but AI generation there is charged from the production credit balance", "Call `POST /generate/quote` before `POST /generate`, and send an `Idempotency-Key` header on generation. `POST /render` has no idempotency key, so do not resubmit blindly", "Do not store the `url` from the render status response. It expires after 24 hours. Use the CDN address built from `owner` and the render id", "On a 429, wait for the 60-second window to reset and retry with backoff. Limits are per API key, 300 a minute on the Edit API in production" ], "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": 65.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 45, "reliability": 85, "schema": 88, "security": 48, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @shotstack/cli", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.shotstack.io/edit/stage/render -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"x-api-key: $SHOTSTACK_API_KEY\" -d @edit.json", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http shotstack https://mcp.shotstack.io", "config": { "mcpServers": { "shotstack": { "url": "https://mcp.shotstack.io/" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shotstack" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pay as you go credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.2, "note": "$10 for 50 credits, one credit renders one minute of video, valid 12 months" }, { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 39, "note": "250 minutes a month" }, { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "750 minutes a month" }, { "item": "Scale", "unit": "month", "usd": 199, "note": "2,000 minutes a month" }, { "item": "Volume", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "10,000 minutes a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "ShotStack Pty Ltd", "domain": "shotstack.io", "domainRegistered": "2017-06-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://shotstack.io/terms/", "privacy": "https://shotstack.io/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.shotstack.io", "changelog": "https://github.com/shotstack/oas-api-definition/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms name ShotStack Pty Ltd, ACN 632 863 024, and the privacy policy gives an address in Maroubra, New South Wales.", "The terms were last updated on 6 October 2026. They cover the APIs, Studio and AI generation, and include plans and an SLA as schedules.", "The privacy policy was last updated on 21 December 2021. A DPA and a sub-processor list, both updated 6 October 2026, are at shotstack.io/dpa/ and shotstack.io/sub-processors/.", "The API answers at api.shotstack.io, the MCP server at mcp.shotstack.io and hosted files at cdn.shotstack.io.", "shotstack.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "The status page runs on Kener and links an RSS feed of incidents and maintenance.", "The changelog is the CHANGELOG.md of the API definition repository. No changelog page was found on shotstack.io.", "RDAP for shotstack.io gives a registration date of 2017-06-30 and Gandi SAS as registrar." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shotstack.json", "live": { "slug": "shotstack", "probe": { "target": "https://api.shotstack.io/edit/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:27.338167556Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 853, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 856, "p95ms24h": 890, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shotstack.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:32.082902585Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:27.338167556Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Adobe", "b": "ShotStack Pty Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "b": "https://api.shotstack.io/edit/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Shotstack's Terms and Conditions. The CLI and skill are Apache-2.0, the schemas package and SDKs are MIT, and the Studio SDK is under PolyForm Shield 1.0.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "15", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-08", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-10-24", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "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": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "498 npm/wk", "b": "0 stars, 1.2k npm/wk, 326 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "1.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Shotstack scores 65.3 (B) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or Shotstack?" }, { "answer": "Adobe Photoshop API uses an OAuth sign-in. Shotstack takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Adobe Photoshop API and Shotstack need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Adobe Photoshop API has a hosted endpoint at https://photoshop-api.adobe.io and Shotstack at https://api.shotstack.io/edit/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Adobe Photoshop API and Shotstack without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 48" ], "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": [ "Reliability, 85 against 55", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 70", "Agent ergonomics, 63 against 36", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 42", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 59" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that render video, images or audio from JSON or templates at volume and want an agent to draft edits that a person reviews in Studio.", "slug": "shotstack", "watchFor": "API keys have no scopes. 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API keys have no scopes, webhooks are unsigned, no security contact or certification of Shotstack's own was found, and the published Node and Python SDKs date from July 2024." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-shotstack", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-shotstack.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-shotstack.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-photoshop-api-vs-shotstack.min.md" }, "markdown": "Shotstack scores 65.3 (B) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Photoshop API leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do design templates.\n\n- Adobe Photoshop API: grade E, 43.9/100, rank #780 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json\n- Shotstack: grade B, 65.3/100, rank #297 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shotstack.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shotstack.json\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- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 48\n\nWatch for: Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price\n\n### Shotstack (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that render video, images or audio from JSON or templates at volume and want an agent to draft edits that a person reviews in Studio.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 55\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 70\n- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 36\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 45 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 42\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 59\n\nWatch for: API keys have no scopes. One production key and one sandbox key reach the Edit, Serve and Ingest APIs, and key rotation was not found in the docs\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Adobe Photoshop API | Shotstack | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 85 | Shotstack +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 88 | Shotstack +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 36 | 63 | Shotstack +27 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 48 | Adobe Photoshop API +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 45 | Shotstack +45 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 73 | Shotstack +31 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 73 | Shotstack +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **43.9 · E** | **65.3 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Adobe Photoshop API | Shotstack |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Adobe | ShotStack Pty Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://photoshop-api.adobe.io` | `https://api.shotstack.io/edit/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Shotstack's Terms and Conditions. The CLI and skill are Apache-2.0, the schemas package and SDKs are MIT, and the Studio SDK is under PolyForm Shield 1.0.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 15 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-08 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 498 npm/wk | 0 stars, 1.2k npm/wk, 326 PyPI/wk |\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**Shotstack.** A public OpenAPI definition, Markdown docs, a hosted MCP server with OAuth and a free watermarked sandbox let an agent draft, check and render video with little setup. API keys have no scopes, webhooks are unsigned, no security contact or certification of Shotstack's own was found, and the published Node and Python SDKs date from July 2024.\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### Shotstack\n\n1. Fetch `https://shotstack.io/docs/api/api.edit.json` and the conventions guide before writing an edit. Track order is reversed, so the first track renders on top\n2. Render in `stage` first. It is free and watermarked, but AI generation there is charged from the production credit balance\n3. Call `POST /generate/quote` before `POST /generate`, and send an `Idempotency-Key` header on generation. `POST /render` has no idempotency key, so do not resubmit blindly\n4. Do not store the `url` from the render status response. It expires after 24 hours. Use the CDN address built from `owner` and the render id\n5. On a 429, wait for the 60-second window to reset and retry with backoff. Limits are per API key, 300 a minute on the Edit API in production\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or Shotstack?\n\nShotstack scores 65.3 (B) on agent readiness against Adobe Photoshop API's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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