Adobe PDF Library 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Adobe PDF Library

4.8

(24)

Pricing

Starting at $5,999.00 per year

About Adobe PDF Library

Create, edit and manage PDFs in large-scale applications to get to market faster with our SOC 2 Type 2 certified PDF SDK.

Using the same Adobe source code as Acrobat for the highest-quality results, Adobe PDF Library offers developers several programming language and platform options for shorter development times.

Free trial available in the following options:

Container
pdfRest API Toolkit Container

SDK
Languages:
.NET, NET Framework, Java, C/C++

Platforms:
Windows, Linux, MacOS

Package managers:
NuGet & Maven

PDF software engineers are available to discuss your project, or for self-help, check out our GitHub sample codes or our extensive documentation online. We can also extend your free trial license if you need more time.

Used globally by software OEMs, SaaS developers and independent software vendors who need to automate Adobe’s PDF functionality within their own applications & workflows.

Capabilities include but are not limited to:
-Annotations
-Archiving with PDF/A
-Content creation
-Content modification – change layers, change configurations, flatten transparencies, merge, split, underlines, highlights, watermarks
-Color management
-Extraction - text,...

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Adobe PDF Library Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $5,999.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Starting at $5,999

Pricing available upon request

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Adobe PDF Library - Starting Price

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Adobe PDF Library Features

Popular features found in Document Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Archiving & Retention
Collaboration Tools
Compliance Tracking
Document Classification
Document Editing
Document Generation
Electronic Signature
File Conversion
File Sharing
Third-Party Integrations
Version Control
More features of Adobe PDF Library
Annotations
API
Approval Process Control
Audit Trail
Batch Processing
Commenting/Notes
Compression
Content Management
Convert to PDF
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Data Synchronization
Delete Pages
Digital Signature
Document Automation
Document Capture
Document Management
Document Review
Document Storage
Document Templates
Encryption
File Management
File Transfer
Forms Management
Full Text Search
HIPAA Compliant
Image Editing
Indexing
Merge/Append Files
Metadata Extraction
Mobile Access
Offline Access
Optical Character Recognition
PDF Conversion
PDF Reader
Rearrange Pages
Rich Text Editor
Rotate Pages
Search/Filter
Secure Data Storage
Side-by-Side Comparison
Tagging
Template Management
Text Editing
User Management
Watermarking
Workflow Management

Adobe PDF Library User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

75%

25%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.7

Marty S.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

The Defacto Standard

Been using the PDF library for over 10 years now. We use it to make custom documents as a plugin. Have used it to implement all sorts of PDF related features from custom image clipping to accessibility text for hearing impaired.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Generates good clean PDF's, Very handy in cleaning up bad PDF's as well. Really this is the standard that everyone else try's to measure up to. The software has very good handling of PDF Documents many times it can load bad PDF's and fix the errors in them as well as clean up PDF document data for better optimization.

Cons:

Expensive, I guess you get what you pay for sometimes but its a huge reason why many people will/cannot use it.

Mona T.

Verified reviewer

Law Practice

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2022

This is the best PDF software

This experience has been positive, I’m satisfied. Signing documents without pen and paper or face to face meetings has saved time and propelled us into a better way of getting work done. This has saved the day many times when I received PDFs from clients and sometimes even from our attorneys that have tons of errors. I don’t know how else I would have fixed them. Like I said, Adobe is the creator of the PDF and will likely always be the best way to generate and edit them. The person or company who created something will almost always know more about it than another company who came along later.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Adobe created the Portable Document Format or PDF. This is the best PDF generator, reader, and editor. It’s the best way to print PDFs. This can be used with Adobe software like Adobe acrobat, giving it more uses. Sign documents without using pen and paper, cleanly without errors. If a PDF does have errors Adobe PDF library is able to fix them. Convert or compress a file. All of the current updates in the PDF world are present.

Cons:

This is expensive. Some people think it’s hard to use, the Java version has given me temporary problems. Signing documents is faster with newer APIs.

Reasons for choosing Adobe PDF Library

Adobe is a company everyone knows and we trust them more than companies we’ve never heard of.

Reasons for switching to Adobe PDF Library

This we only tried for a short time and quickly returned to Adobe PDF library and Adobe acrobat. It’s basically the same but Soda PDF wasn’t as good.

Julien P.

Verified reviewer

Printing

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

A must have for everyone dealing with PDF

We usually are able to do what we want. Except for big pdf (or poorly formatted) where sometimes we find some operations very slow.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Low level API Good documentation Easy to implement

Cons:

Very slow for some operations Very slow with huge PDF (sometimes it takes more than a day to merge several PDF and save the result)

Eddi S.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

2-10 employees

Used weekly for free trial

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Great software for PDF creation and edition.

I've used PDF Library for only the trial period and did not subscribe further as many of the advanced functions were not of my interest and overall speaking the software is just too expensive.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Adobe PDF Library is the most comprehensive software for PDF files. Is all-in-one for PC, tablet or mobile phones, allowing users to create or edit PDF files on the go.

Cons:

Pretty much any software from Adobe is considered too expensive for general users.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the nice review, we appreciate it! And we completely agree with you that this is too much for general users. A better option would be Adobe Acrobat - Standard Plan. Adobe PDF Library SDK (software development kit) is for developers to embed in OEM or SaaS software products for enterprise-sized PDF workflows. Again - thank you for your review, we appreciate it.

Replied December 2024

Saikrishna P.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2024

Datalogics API Review.

It is very good, I can easily use the API's by the manuals/

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, Understandable API's for writing and reading the document.

Cons:

Some documents can not be opened. When opened by Adobe they are automatically repaired and ignored some others. Some of these auto error correction have to be implemented in case of PDF Rendering libraries.

Constantin A.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2023

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Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software is very rich providing a large range of tools. Very practical while converting pdf, managing contents and signing documents.

Cons:

Not available for Android or iPhone, very difficult for beginners, lack of language switch (takes only English into account)

cindy w.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

adobe is awesome, they are the best in the business

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Quality, user friendly cost effective for the money

Cons:

none since it works so well the cons are negligible

Reasons for switching to Adobe PDF Library

stability of the adobe brand

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Good to have tool for PDF modification

The overall experience of using Adobe PDF Library for more than 2 years is quite good and I will continue using it until I found a better tool for PDF modification than Adobe PDF Library.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The main reason why I like Adobe PDF Library the most is because it's quite fast and easy to use and it also provides a large number of tools that are good to have for PDF modification. It gives high-quality PDFs as output so I will never get bored of using Adobe PDF Library.

Cons:

I do not dislike anything that is related to Adobe PDF Library.

Verified

Reviewer

Management Consulting

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Powerful tool for document management

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

My favorite features of Adobe PDF Library is that it is a 1 stop shop where documents are able to be created, edited and automated to streamline the PDF workflows. It also supports file conversion.

Cons:

This solution works well, however, it takes some time to get familiar with the interface, it's functions and capabilities.

Lia M.

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Consistent APIs, excellent quality