Adobe PDF Services API by Adobe
Create, convert, OCR, compress, merge and extract content from PDFs via REST.
＋ Build a stack with Adobe PDF Services API Website Official pricing
Price
Free plan
list price
Free tier
Yes
500 free Document Transactions per month
SDK downloads
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npm @adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk · PyPI pdfservices-sdk
Pricing
| Free tier | 500 free Document Transactions per month |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | — |
| Usage price | — |
| Good to know | Paid volumes are contact-sales only, no public per-transaction price. Page metadata elsewhere describes the free tier as 500 transactions for 6 months. |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 10, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Community servers only |
|---|---|
| npm | npm install @adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk |
| PyPI | pip install pdfservices-sdk |
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