PDFBox

PDFBox

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About

Adobe Acrobat Studio is a leading enterprise document platform built to scale for global teams — delivering AI-powered document intelligence, trusted PDF tools, and on-brand content creation in one secure solution. Core capabilities include PDF creation, editing, conversion, annotation, redaction, e-signatures, and fillable forms. AI Assistant enables conversational document intelligence across PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, and more — surfacing summaries, key insights, and source-linked citations for verified, audit-ready answers. PDF Spaces organizes files, collaboration, and context into centralized knowledge hubs. The Generate Presentation feature transforms any document into a polished, branded deck using AI and Adobe Express templates. Enterprise-grade encryption, admin controls, and compliance workflows support secure document sharing and high-volume document processing at scale — across Legal, Finance, HR, Sales, and more. Available on desktop, web, and mobile.

About

The Apache PDFBox® library is an open-source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows the creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several command-line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0. Extract Unicode text from PDF files. Split a single PDF into many files or merge multiple PDF files. Extract data from PDF forms or fill a PDF form. Validate PDF files against the PDF/A-1b standard. Print a PDF file using the standard Java printing API. Create a PDF from scratch, with embedded fonts and images. Save PDFs as image files, such as PNG or JPEG and digitally sign PDF files. See also the export control information related to the encryption features included in Apache PDFBox.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Professionals, businesses, educators, and students seeking a secure, AI-enhanced PDF and e-signature solution to streamline document creation, collaboration, and workflow management

Audience

Individuals and companies seeking an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$23.99 per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.6 / 5
ease 4.7 / 5
features 4.6 / 5
design 4.6 / 5
support 4.5 / 5

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Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Adobe
Founded: 1982
United States
www.adobe.com/acrobat.html

Company Information

Apache Software Foundation
Founded: 1999
United States
pdfbox.apache.org

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Categories

Categories

PDF Features

Annotations
Convert to PDF
Digital Signature
Encryption
Merge / Append
PDF Reader
Watermarking

Digital Signature Features

Audit Trail
Authentication
Auto Reminders
Customizable Templates
Document Analytics
Mobile Signature
Multi-Party Signing
Progress Tracking
Task Progress Tracking

PDF Editors Features

Access Controls / Permissions
Annotations
Commenting / Notes
Compare Side-by-Side
Customizable Branding
Delete Pages
Electronic Signature
Forms Management
Full Text Search
Merge / Append
Offline Access
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Rearrange Pages
Rotate Pages
Watermarking

Integrations

AlphaLearn
Blue Ant
CardioAI
CommonLook PDF
Curtain MonGuard Screen Watermark
DocDigitizer
DocSpring
FastStone Capture
Keito Kapture
Loggle
Membership Tracking Program (MTP)
News Exposure
Objective Redact
PDF Conversion SDK
PitStop Pro
ReleaseWire
SafeSend
Screenpresso
ServiceNow
pdfGoHTML

Integrations

AlphaLearn
Blue Ant
CardioAI
CommonLook PDF
Curtain MonGuard Screen Watermark
DocDigitizer
DocSpring
FastStone Capture
Keito Kapture
Loggle
Membership Tracking Program (MTP)
News Exposure
Objective Redact
PDF Conversion SDK
PitStop Pro
ReleaseWire
SafeSend
Screenpresso
ServiceNow
pdfGoHTML
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