specification: API Commons Plans specificationVersion: '0.1' schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans provider: Adobe providerId: adobe created: '2026-05-04' # Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist # bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35. # 2026-08-13 enrichment pass: the Adobe PDF Services FREE TIER was verified verbatim against # Adobe's own licensing and limits documentation and is now a first-class plan below with a # real quota. The other four entries remain archetypes with per-plan `method` markers — Adobe # publishes no machine-readable price for them and every Experience Cloud SKU is contact-sales. method: searched generated: '2026-08-13' source: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/dcserviceslicensing/ modified: '2026-08-13' reconciled: true plan_count: 5 tags: - Analytics - Creative Cloud - Digital Asset Management - Document Services - E-Commerce - E-Signatures - Experience Cloud - Generative AI - Marketing - PDF notes: >- Adobe is a multi-product platform with no single unified pricing page. Each surface (Creative Cloud, Document Services API, Firefly Services, Experience Cloud, Acrobat Sign, Marketo, Workfront, Commerce) prices independently. Public list pricing exists for Creative Cloud and Acrobat consumer SKUs; Experience Cloud products (Analytics, Campaign, Experience Manager, Real-Time CDP, Target, Marketo, Workfront) are contact-sales. WebFetch against adobe.com pricing pages timed out repeatedly during reconciliation; per-product prices were not retrieved and are deferred to per-product repos. description: >- Adobe is a multi-product company spanning Creative Cloud (subscription SaaS), Document Cloud (consumer + per-transaction PDF/Sign APIs), Firefly Services (generative-credit-metered APIs), and Experience Cloud (enterprise contact-sales SaaS). Pricing varies per product line; this artifact summarises the archetypes only and points to per-product repos for exact prices. sources: - https://www.adobe.com/plans - https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/pricing/ - https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/ - https://business.adobe.com/products/ plans: - id: adobe-pdf-services-free-tier name: PDF Services API Free Tier type: free method: searched source: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/dcserviceslicensing/ price: 0 currency: USD billingPeriod: month description: >- "The PDF Services API has a Free Tier so that you can take a deep dive into its cool features at zero cost. Free Tier users get free credentials that enable the processing of 500 Document Transactions per month." Quota resets on the first of each month. No credit card required; credentials are minted in the Adobe Developer Console. entries: - label: Included Document Transactions name: free_document_transactions type: included metric: Document Transaction limit: 500 timeFrame: month geo: global unit: 1 price: 0 userMultiplied: false limits: requests_per_minute: 25 document_transactions_per_month: 500 max_file_size: 100MB region: United States only (region configuration requires a paid plan) overage: allowed: false behaviour: >- HTTP 429 with error code INSUFFICIENT_QUOTA. Not transient — the quota does not resume until the monthly reset. signup: https://acrobatservices.adobe.com/dc-integration-creation-app-cdn/main.html - id: adobe-creative-cloud-subscription name: Creative Cloud Subscription type: subscription method: generated description: >- Per-seat monthly/annual subscription to Creative Cloud apps. Tiers include Photography, single-app, All Apps, Teams and Enterprise. See per-product repos and adobe.com/plans for current list pricing. entries: - label: Creative Cloud subscription seat name: cc_seat type: subscription metric: seat limit: -1 timeFrame: month geo: global unit: 1 price: see https://www.adobe.com/plans userMultiplied: true elements: - name: Creative Cloud applications (varies by plan) - name: Cloud storage (varies by plan) - name: Adobe Fonts - name: Generative credits (varies by plan) - id: adobe-document-services-api name: Document Services API (PDF Services / Acrobat Sign) type: usage-based method: generated description: >- Per-document-transaction pricing for Adobe PDF Services API and Acrobat Sign API. Includes a free tier; paid usage is metered per transaction. entries: - label: Document transaction name: document_transaction type: metered metric: transaction limit: -1 timeFrame: usage geo: global unit: 1 price: see https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/pricing/ userMultiplied: false elements: - name: PDF Services API - name: PDF Extract API - name: Acrobat Sign API - id: adobe-firefly-services name: Firefly Services type: usage-based method: generated description: >- Generative-credit-metered access to Adobe Firefly image, vector, and design APIs. Credits are bundled with Creative Cloud plans and sold separately for API consumers. entries: - label: Generative credit name: generative_credit type: metered metric: credit limit: -1 timeFrame: usage geo: global unit: 1 price: see https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Firefly text-to-image - name: Firefly generative fill - name: Firefly text-to-vector - id: adobe-experience-cloud-enterprise name: Experience Cloud (Enterprise) type: enterprise method: generated description: >- Adobe Experience Cloud products (Analytics, Campaign, Experience Manager, Real-Time CDP, Target, Marketo Engage, Workfront, Commerce) are sold via contract with custom pricing tied to volume, modules, and SKU bundles. entries: - label: Negotiated subscription name: enterprise_subscription type: subscription metric: month limit: -1 timeFrame: month geo: global unit: 1 price: contact sales userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Adobe Analytics - name: Adobe Campaign - name: Adobe Experience Manager - name: Adobe Real-Time CDP - name: Adobe Target - name: Adobe Marketo Engage - name: Adobe Workfront - name: Adobe Commerce maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com