{
 "categories": [
  "documents",
  "pdf"
 ],
 "deployment": "hybrid",
 "evidence": [
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Adobe presents Acrobat as its PDF creation, editing, conversion, signing, sharing, and AI document product.",
   "source": "https://www.adobe.com/acrobat.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Adobe supports Acrobat web access from current Windows and macOS browsers and from iOS Safari and Android Chrome; current Reader requirements also document native desktop and mobile applications.",
   "source": "https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/web/get-set-up/learn-the-basics/technical-requirements.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "Adobe offers a 500-transaction monthly PDF Services free tier and paid credentials with higher processing quotas; Acrobat also has free Reader and paid product plans.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/limits",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Adobe maintains cloud PDF manipulation APIs for server-side applications.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The public PDF Services surface uses authenticated REST asset, operation, job-status, and result endpoints.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/gettingstarted",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Unattended PDF Services clients exchange an Adobe client ID and secret for an OAuth bearer access token.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/gettingstarted",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "Acrobat Sign applications use scoped OAuth access tokens to act for an authorizing user and manage webhook-backed agreement workflows.",
   "source": "https://opensource.adobe.com/acrobat-sign/acrobat_sign_events/index.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Document Services covers creation, export, page operations, OCR, compression, protection, extraction, properties, forms, generation, accessibility, and sealing; Acrobat Sign covers agreement workflows.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/howtos/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk",
   "note": "Adobe publishes server-side SDK packages, samples, and direct REST guidance for PDF Services.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/gettingstarted",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages",
   "note": "Current PDF Services SDKs and samples cover Java, Node.js, Python, and .NET.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/gettingstarted",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate",
   "note": "Adobe publishes PDF Services through a first-party premium Power Automate connector for document workflows.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting",
   "note": "Direct REST calls, official SDKs, Document Generation templates, PDF Embed integrations, and Acrobat Sign applications provide supported extension surfaces.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.webhooks",
   "note": "Acrobat Sign exposes scoped REST operations to create, read, change, retain, and delete webhooks for agreement and account events.",
   "source": "https://opensource.adobe.com/acrobat-sign/developer_guide/webhookapis.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export",
   "note": "PDF Services exports PDF to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, RTF, JPEG, and PNG, while Extract returns structured JSON for text, tables, figures, and layout.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/howtos/export-pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import",
   "note": "Create PDF accepts Office, HTML, URL, text, archive, and image inputs; Document Generation merges JSON data into Word templates.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/howtos/create-pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The official API family is broad, documented, asynchronous, SDK-backed, region-aware, and production-oriented, but server-side credentials, per-operation transactions, 100 MB inputs, page caps, and request-rate limits are material constraints.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/limits",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.integrations",
   "note": "The first-party Power Automate connector exposes useful PDF workflows and deletes processed uploaded assets, but it is premium and narrower than the underlying API family.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/security/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current PDF Services operation and sample index.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/howtos/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current transaction, free-tier, page, file-size, and request-rate limits reference.",
   "source": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/limits",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-08-16",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Adobe's Acrobat Sign webhook API reference.",
   "source": "https://opensource.adobe.com/acrobat-sign/developer_guide/webhookapis.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
 ],
 "freshness": {
  "last_verified": "2026-08-16",
  "volatility": "medium",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/howtos/"
   },
   {
    "type": "limits",
    "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/limits"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://opensource.adobe.com/acrobat-sign/developer_guide/webhookapis.html"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://www.adobe.com/acrobat.html",
 "id": "adobe-acrobat",
 "license": "freemium",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": "unknown"
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "oauth2-client-credentials",
    "oauth2-delegated"
   ],
   "coverage": "full",
   "docs": "https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "pdf",
    "doc",
    "docx",
    "jpeg",
    "png",
    "pptx",
    "rtf",
    "xlsx",
    "structured-json"
   ],
   "import": [
    "pdf",
    "html",
    "doc",
    "docx",
    "ppt",
    "pptx",
    "xls",
    "xlsx",
    "txt",
    "rtf",
    "images",
    "json"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "pdf-services-rest",
    "pdf-services-sdks",
    "acrobat-sign-rest"
   ],
   "webhooks": true
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": true,
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. PDF Services, Document Generation, Extract, Embed, Electronic Seal, and Acrobat Sign APIs provide supported server-side paths without controlling the Acrobat desktop, web, or mobile interfaces.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "desktop-native",
    "web-dom",
    "mobile-native"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "java",
    "javascript",
    "python",
    "dotnet"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Adobe Acrobat",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "macos",
  "web",
  "ios",
  "android"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "pdf-tools",
   "foxit-pdf-editor",
   "nitro-pdf-pro"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Adobe",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 8,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": 6,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Acrobat is broadly automatable through Adobe's cloud Document Services and Acrobat Sign API families. PDF Services uses asynchronous REST jobs to create PDFs from Office, HTML, text, image, and URL inputs; export PDFs to Office and image formats; combine, split, reorder, rotate, insert, replace, and delete pages; run OCR; compress, linearize, protect, and unprotect files; extract structured text, tables, figures, and metadata; import or export form data; generate documents from Word templates and JSON; and apply electronic seals. OAuth server-to-server credentials support unattended PDF processing, while Acrobat Sign adds user-authorized agreement and webhook workflows. Adobe maintains Java, Node.js, Python, and .NET SDKs, direct REST examples, and a first-party premium Power Automate connector. The service is server-side only: credentials must not reach untrusted clients, input and output assets have retention and regional-processing rules, and transaction, page, file-size, and request-rate limits affect workflow design. No first-party MCP status, general-purpose CLI, repeatable desktop RPA result, or computer-use result was established.\n"
 }
}