{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "foxit-pdf-services", "name": "Foxit PDF Services API", "vendor": "Foxit Software Incorporated", "vendorUrl": "https://developer-api.foxit.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "pdf-tools", "summary": "Foxit's cloud REST API for PDF work. It converts Office files, HTML, Markdown and web pages to PDF and back, merges, splits, compresses, protects, redacts, fills forms and runs OCR. An official MCP server wraps it.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foxit-pdf-services", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foxit-pdf-services.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foxit-pdf-services.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/foxit-pdf-services.json", "repo": "https://github.com/foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server", "license": "Proprietary service under the Foxit API Service Agreement. The MCP server is MIT per its package.json, with no licence file in the repository", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "Self-serve. Sign up at app.developer-api.foxit.com with an email address and the dashboard shows a client ID and client secret for a default application. Exchange them at `https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/oauth/token` (client credentials, HTTP Basic recommended) for a Bearer token that lasts about 24 hours, with no refresh token and no scopes. An account holds up to 10 applications on the free plan and 50 on paid plans, each in sandbox or production mode. The MCP server sends the client ID and secret as `client_id` and `client_secret` headers on every call.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free Developer plan with 500 credits a year, renewed yearly, and the sign-up page asks only for an email address. Startup is $1,750 a year for 5,000 credits and Business $4,500 a year for 15,000, with Volume by quote. A PDF Services request costs 1 credit when it returns 2xx, whatever the page count. Failed requests, uploads, task polling and downloads are free. Credits are shared with the eSign (5 an envelope) and Document Generation APIs and do not roll over (https://app.developer-api.foxit.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$0.35 / call", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the OpenAPI file, the reference guides or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 42, "popularity": { "githubStars": 12, "npmWeekly": 47, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://app.developer-api.foxit.com/reference/tag/pdf-services-overview", "openapi": "https://app.developer-api.foxit.com/documentation/foxit-apis.yaml", "registryName": "io.github.foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "pdf.convert", "pdf.merge", "pdf.forms", "pdf.generate", "pdf.extract", "docs.ocr" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "async-jobs", "free-tier", "typescript", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-13", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 48.3, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 727, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 40, "reliability": 47, "schema": 62, "security": 40, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One credit per successful request, with failed calls, uploads, polling and downloads free, and a 500-credit yearly free plan. Access has no scopes, and the official MCP server reads and writes any local path. The status page has no component for the API, and no changelog was found.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs conversion, page operations, protection, redaction, forms and OCR at a flat per-request price with free failures.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 file covering 38 PDF Services operations, with request examples and coded error bodies", "Flat price of 1 credit per successful request. Failed requests, uploads, task polling and downloads are not billed", "Free Developer plan with 500 credits a year, and paid plans published at $1,750 and $4,500 a year", "Rate limits published as 15 requests a minute in sandbox mode and 100 in production, per application", "Vulnerability disclosure policy with safe harbour, and Foxit assigns its own CVE IDs as a CNA" ], "weaknesses": [ "OAuth client credentials carry no scopes, so every application credential can convert, delete and download", "status.foxit.com has no component for the API gateway at na1.fusion.foxit.com or for PDF Services", "No API changelog or deprecation policy found, and no llms.txt. The reference pages are drawn by script", "MCP server 1.1.2 has 42 tools with no annotations, and its public repository still holds 0.2.3", "The API agreement says uploads are deleted within 30 days. The privacy policy says on completion, with outputs kept about a day" ], "agentNotes": [ "Exchange the client ID and secret at `https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/oauth/token` and cache the Bearer token. `expires_in` is about 24 hours and there is no refresh token", "Upload first with `POST /pdf-services/api/documents/upload`, start the operation, poll `GET /pdf-services/api/tasks/{task-id}` until `COMPLETED`, then download `resultDocumentId`", "Read the body of a 429. It means either the rate limit (15 a minute in sandbox, 100 in production) or `QUOTA_EXCEEDED` when credits run out", "Keep uploads under 100 MB, and delete documents with `DELETE /pdf-services/api/documents/{document-id}` when done. Deletion is permanent", "With the MCP server, pass only paths the task needs. `upload_document` reads any `file://` path and `download_document` writes to any absolute path" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 48.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 40, "reliability": 47, "schema": 62, "security": 40, "transparency": 44 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "install": "npx @foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server", "http": "curl --request POST 'https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/oauth/token' \\\n --user 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID:YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET' \\\n --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \\\n --data 'grant_type=client_credentials'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "foxit-pdf": { "args": [ "-y", "@foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "FOXIT_CLOUD_API_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id", "FOXIT_CLOUD_API_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret", "FOXIT_CLOUD_API_HOST": "https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/pdf.convert", "tool": "https://letme.dev/foxit-pdf-services" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "PDF Services request, Startup plan", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.35, "note": "$1,750 a year for 5,000 credits, 1 credit per successful request" }, { "item": "PDF Services request, Business plan", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.3, "note": "$4,500 a year for 15,000 credits, 1 credit per successful request" }, { "item": "Startup", "unit": "month", "usd": 168, "note": "Billed monthly. $1,750 billed yearly, 5,000 credits a year" }, { "item": "Business", "unit": "month", "usd": 431, "note": "Billed monthly. $4,500 billed yearly, 15,000 credits a year" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Foxit Software Incorporated", "domain": "foxit.com", "domainRegistered": "2004-01-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.foxit.com/api/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.foxit.com/company/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.foxit.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Foxit API Service Agreement (effective 30 June 2025) applies to the API services and is read with the General Terms of Service (effective 27 June 2025) and the Foxit Software Privacy Policy.", "The API answers at na1.fusion.foxit.com, a foxit.com subdomain. The developer portal is developer-api.foxit.com and the reference is app.developer-api.foxit.com.", "www.foxit.com/.well-known/security.txt carries `Expires: 2025-01-01T100:00:00.000Z`, which is past and not a valid timestamp. It names security-ml@foxit.com and the disclosure policy.", "status.foxit.com has no component for the API gateway or PDF Services. Its only entry naming the developer portal is an outage record of 9 December 2025 whose single update reads Testing.", "The privacy policy states it is effective as of 10 May 2022, and also carries later sections on AI model training and server locations.", "No API changelog was found on the developer portal, in the reference or in the MCP repository.", "RDAP for foxit.com gives a registration date of 2004-01-04." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foxit-pdf-services.json", "live": { "slug": "foxit-pdf-services", "probe": { "target": "https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:28.910394796Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 135, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 145, "p95ms24h": 318, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.foxit.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:57:56.42451441Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:28.910394796Z" } }, "answer": "Foxit PDF Services API scores 48.3 (D) on agent readiness against PDF.co API + MCP's 37.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. PDF.co API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation.", "b": { "slug": "pdf-co", "name": "PDF.co API + MCP", "vendor": "PDF.co (Artifex Software)", "vendorUrl": "https://pdf.co", "kind": "http-api", "category": "pdf-tools", "summary": "Credit-billed REST API for merging, splitting, converting, filling and securing PDFs, plus PDF to text, CSV, JSON and Excel, template parsing and an AI invoice parser.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pdf-co.json", "repo": "https://github.com/pdfdotco/pdfco-mcp", "license": "MIT (MCP server)", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.pdf.co/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "pdfco-mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "`x-api-key` header. The MCP server reads the key from X_API_KEY.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Credit subscriptions. Basic $9.99 a month ($8.99 billed yearly) for 16,500 credits, Personal $24.99 ($22.49) for 37,000, Business 1 $49.99 ($44.99) for 80,500, Business 2 $99.99 ($89.99) for 159,850, Business 3 $300 ($270) for 483,000, Enterprise above 500,000. Monthly prices worked out from the yearly totals. Credits per page or per call vary by endpoint, e.g. merge 2 a page, PDF to text 21, Document Parser 42, AI invoice parser 100. A free trial exists but its size isn't on the page (https://pdf.co/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in docs, MCP README or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 38, "popularity": { "githubStars": 9, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 20, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.pdf.co", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.pdf.co/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developer.pdf.co/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "pdf.convert", "pdf.merge", "pdf.forms", "pdf.generate", "pdf.extract", "docs.ocr", "docs.tables", "docs.extract" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "python" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 37.9, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 817, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 34, "payments": 20, "reliability": 20, "schema": 74, "security": 23, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with structured error bodies for 400 to 454, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs. No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime.", "bestFor": "An agent that needs many PDF operations from one vendor and can handle files by URL.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with structured error bodies for 400 to 454, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs", "Credit cost of each endpoint published per page or per call, from 2 for merge to 100 for the AI invoice parser", "Manipulation and extraction in one API, with 38 MCP tools covering both", "Output links expire after one hour by default and can be cut to one minute" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime", "Rate limits moved to per-minute windows in June 2026 but the numbers aren't published, and 429 carries no documented Retry-After", "No SLA, no security.txt, and terms that allow changes without notice", "MCP server has no tool annotations, no read-only mode and no tests, and `upload_file` reads any absolute path", "Trial size and card requirement aren't stated anywhere we looked" ], "agentNotes": [ "Upload local files with `upload_file` or the presigned upload first, then pass the returned URL", "Read the `content` field, not `status`. The MCP server says `working` even when the API returned an error", "Call `wait_job_completion` after each job. Every MCP call runs async and returns a job id", "Download results within the hour. Output links expire after 60 minutes by default", "Keep the key in `X_API_KEY` and leave the `api_key` argument empty" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 37.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 34, "payments": 20, "reliability": 20, "schema": 74, "security": 23, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/text-simple \\\n -H \"x-api-key: $PDFCO_API_KEY\" -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"url\":\"https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pdf-to-csv/sample.pdf\",\"inline\":true}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add pdfco -e X_API_KEY=$PDFCO_API_KEY -- uvx pdfco-mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "pdfco": { "args": [ "pdfco-mcp" ], "command": "uvx", "env": { "X_API_KEY": "${PDFCO_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/pdf.convert", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pdf-co" }, "alsoIn": [ "document-extraction" ], "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Basic", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "16,500 credits. $8.99 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Personal", "unit": "month", "usd": 24.99, "note": "37,000 credits. $22.49 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Business 1", "unit": "month", "usd": 49.99, "note": "80,500 credits. $44.99 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Business 3", "unit": "month", "usd": 300, "note": "483,000 credits. $270 a month billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Artifex Software, Inc.", "domain": "pdf.co", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://pdf.co/resources/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://pdf.co/resources/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developer.pdf.co/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "RDAP has no service for .co, so the registration date is unread", "status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime rather than a status page" ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.json", "live": { "slug": "pdf-co", "probe": { "target": "https://api.pdf.co/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:36.729262118Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 448, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 447, "p95ms24h": 478, "samples24h": 259, "samples30d": 2311, "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": 125, "ok": 125 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "pdfdotco/pdfco-mcp", "version": "0.0.9", "released": "2026-07-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:24:56.071344573Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "pdfco-mcp", "version": "0.0.9", "released": "2026-07-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:24:55.886165515Z" } ], "githubStars": 9, "pypiWeekly": 21, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://pdf.co/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:43.350254482Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.pdf.co/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:44.855714849Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "pdf.co", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:48.097773738Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.pdf.co/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:16.214392576Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3c375c1f7429" }, { "url": "https://pdf.co/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:53.068516987Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:11:13.668509933Z", "fingerprint": "6e0f64eb25b8" }, { "url": "https://pdf.co/resources/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:55.207977072Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:11:15.865662656Z", "fingerprint": "f0d9bf8ac24f" }, { "url": "https://pdf.co/resources/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:57.23089674Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:11:17.843599671Z", "fingerprint": "d607e9e8dc87" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:36.729262118Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Foxit Software Incorporated", "b": "PDF.co (Artifex Software)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services", "b": "https://api.pdf.co/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Foxit API Service Agreement. The MCP server is MIT per its package.json, with no licence file in the repository", "b": "MIT (MCP server)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "42", "b": "38", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-07-13", "b": "2026-07-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-06-30", "b": "2026-03-24", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "12 stars, 47 npm/wk", "b": "9 stars, 20 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Foxit PDF Services API scores 48.3 (D) on agent readiness against PDF.co API + MCP's 37.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. PDF.co API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Foxit PDF Services API or PDF.co API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Foxit PDF Services API uses an OAuth sign-in. PDF.co API + MCP needs an API key.", "question": "Do Foxit PDF Services API and PDF.co API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Foxit PDF Services API has a hosted endpoint at https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services and PDF.co API + MCP at https://api.pdf.co/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call Foxit PDF Services API and PDF.co API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 47 against 20", "Security \u0026 auth, 40 against 23", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 51" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that needs conversion, page operations, protection, redaction, forms and OCR at a flat per-request price with free failures.", "slug": "foxit-pdf-services", "watchFor": "OAuth client credentials carry no scopes, so every application credential can convert, delete and download" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 62" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that needs many PDF operations from one vendor and can handle files by URL.", "slug": "pdf-co", "watchFor": "No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime" } ], "job": { "capability": "pdf.convert", "name": "Pdf convert" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-nutrient-dws-processor.json", "title": "Foxit PDF Services API vs Nutrient DWS Processor API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-nutrient-dws-processor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nutrient-dws-processor-vs-pdf-co.json", "title": "Nutrient DWS Processor API vs PDF.co API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nutrient-dws-processor-vs-pdf-co" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 27, "edge": "foxit-pdf-services", "foxit-pdf-services": 47, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "pdf-co": 20, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "pdf-co", "foxit-pdf-services": 62, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "pdf-co": 74, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "foxit-pdf-services": 49, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "pdf-co": 49, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "foxit-pdf-services", "foxit-pdf-services": 40, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "pdf-co": 23, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "foxit-pdf-services", "foxit-pdf-services": 40, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "pdf-co": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "foxit-pdf-services", "foxit-pdf-services": 38, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "pdf-co": 34, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "foxit-pdf-services", "foxit-pdf-services": 63, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "pdf-co": 51, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Foxit PDF Services API scores 48.3 (D) on agent readiness against PDF.co API + MCP's 37.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. PDF.co API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do pdf convert.", "verdicts": { "foxit-pdf-services": "One credit per successful request, with failed calls, uploads, polling and downloads free, and a 500-credit yearly free plan. Access has no scopes, and the official MCP server reads and writes any local path. The status page has no component for the API, and no changelog was found.", "pdf-co": "OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with structured error bodies for 400 to 454, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs. No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-pdf-co", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-pdf-co.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-pdf-co.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-pdf-co.min.md" }, "markdown": "Foxit PDF Services API scores 48.3 (D) on agent readiness against PDF.co API + MCP's 37.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. PDF.co API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do pdf convert.\n\n- Foxit PDF Services API: grade D, 48.3/100, rank #727 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foxit-pdf-services.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/foxit-pdf-services.json\n- PDF.co API + MCP: grade F, 37.9/100, rank #817 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pdf-co.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Foxit PDF Services API (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs conversion, page operations, protection, redaction, forms and OCR at a flat per-request price with free failures.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 47 against 20\n- Security \u0026 auth, 40 against 23\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 51\n\nWatch for: OAuth client credentials carry no scopes, so every application credential can convert, delete and download\n\n### PDF.co API + MCP (F)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs many PDF operations from one vendor and can handle files by URL.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 62\n\nWatch for: No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Foxit PDF Services API | PDF.co API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 47 | 20 | Foxit PDF Services API +27 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 74 | PDF.co API + MCP +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 49 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 23 | Foxit PDF Services API +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | Foxit PDF Services API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 38 | 34 | Foxit PDF Services API +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 51 | Foxit PDF Services API +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **48.3 · D** | **37.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Foxit PDF Services API | PDF.co API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Foxit Software Incorporated | PDF.co (Artifex Software) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services` | `https://api.pdf.co/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Foxit API Service Agreement. The MCP server is MIT per its package.json, with no licence file in the repository | MIT (MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | 42 | 38 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.foxitsoftware/foxit-pdf-api-mcp-server` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-07-13 | 2026-07-28 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-06-30 | 2026-03-24 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 12 stars, 47 npm/wk | 9 stars, 20 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Foxit PDF Services API.** One credit per successful request, with failed calls, uploads, polling and downloads free, and a 500-credit yearly free plan. Access has no scopes, and the official MCP server reads and writes any local path. The status page has no component for the API, and no changelog was found.\n\n**PDF.co API + MCP.** OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with structured error bodies for 400 to 454, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs. No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Foxit PDF Services API\n\n1. Exchange the client ID and secret at `https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/oauth/token` and cache the Bearer token. `expires_in` is about 24 hours and there is no refresh token\n2. Upload first with `POST /pdf-services/api/documents/upload`, start the operation, poll `GET /pdf-services/api/tasks/{task-id}` until `COMPLETED`, then download `resultDocumentId`\n3. Read the body of a 429. It means either the rate limit (15 a minute in sandbox, 100 in production) or `QUOTA_EXCEEDED` when credits run out\n4. Keep uploads under 100 MB, and delete documents with `DELETE /pdf-services/api/documents/{document-id}` when done. Deletion is permanent\n5. With the MCP server, pass only paths the task needs. `upload_document` reads any `file://` path and `download_document` writes to any absolute path\n\n### PDF.co API + MCP\n\n1. Upload local files with `upload_file` or the presigned upload first, then pass the returned URL\n2. Read the `content` field, not `status`. The MCP server says `working` even when the API returned an error\n3. Call `wait_job_completion` after each job. Every MCP call runs async and returns a job id\n4. Download results within the hour. Output links expire after 60 minutes by default\n5. Keep the key in `X_API_KEY` and leave the `api_key` argument empty\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Foxit PDF Services API or PDF.co API + MCP?\n\nFoxit PDF Services API scores 48.3 (D) on agent readiness against PDF.co API + MCP's 37.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. PDF.co API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do Foxit PDF Services API and PDF.co API + MCP need an API key?\n\nFoxit PDF Services API uses an OAuth sign-in. PDF.co API + MCP needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Foxit PDF Services API and PDF.co API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. Foxit PDF Services API has a hosted endpoint at https://na1.fusion.foxit.com/pdf-services and PDF.co API + MCP at https://api.pdf.co/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-pdf-co.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foxit-pdf-services-vs-pdf-co.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"foxit-pdf-services\", \"b\": \"pdf-co\"}`. 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