Markets · bedrock market · provisional
PDF and Document Standards (PDF tooling, document signing trust, invoice documents)
Register market (adobe aatl document-signing trust; eidas qes / qseal via the legal-esignature lotl edges). The Kin Score Market layer reads each provider in its market: who it integrates with, how deep those integrations go, and where the market publishes its own structure. Methodology.
124providers measured
61 (49.2%)declare their own
14 (11.3%)covered by others only
7 (5.6%)distribution only (sell through, not integrations)
42 (33.9%)undeclared
16declare compatibility (report only, not weighted)
0in-market workflows shown
Provisional. Provisional and unweighted: the Market layer is not part of the composite or agent readiness. Leader lists are read within a position, never as one ranking. A provider that declares nothing we can
read is shown as undeclared, with no number: we never infer integrations.
Where this market publishes its structure
- Adobe Approved Trust List members (helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/approved-trust-list1.html) machine-readable, 88 members in 34 countries, 87 with a website, 28 with the CSC TSP mark; 17 held (governments / regulators / end-users / parent domain); 5 in-market linked (digicert, infocert, namirial, notarize, swisscom), 1 out of market (wordline); most commercial CAs have no repo (harvest list in the report)
- Adobe AATL programme page (helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/approved-trust-list2.html) machine-readable, programme description + technical requirements; links the member list
- EU Trusted List browser (eidas.ec.europa.eu/efda/trust-services/browse/eidas/tls) machine-readable, same register as the EU LOTL XML read by sweep-legal.py (legal-esignature); not re-written here; its 13 QES / QSeal QTSPs with repos are in this cohort
- PDF Association members (pdfa.org/members/) not machine-readable: Cloudflare 403 to every non-browser request (robots.txt included); a bot block, not passed with a browser
- PDF Association / veraPDF PDF/A and PDF/UA conformance product listings (pdfa.org) not machine-readable: same pdfa.org Cloudflare block; verapdf.org publishes the validator and docs only, no vendor / product list
Own = declares at least one integration itself; covered = visible only because an aggregator, standards body, regulator or partner contract names it; distribution-only = listed only on cloud marketplaces it sells through, a channel reported beside, never counted as its own declared integrations; undeclared = nothing we can read, so no number; declares_compatibility = providers with a `compatible` shape vote, report only (kin, 2026-10-13): never counted as own, never in depth or position.
Taxonomy how this market maps onto apis.io
Derived 2026-10-23 from the 124 providers in this market we could resolve in the catalog. The percentage is the share of those providers carrying each one; it describes the market, not the tag or industry. Tag groups have no page of their own yet, so they are listed unlinked.
| Tags | PDF 45%, E-Signature 27% |
|---|---|
| Tag groups | Documents 73%, OCR 25% |
| Industries | Legal & Compliance Tech 28%, Artificial Intelligence 27% |
share of resolved cohort carrying it; tags >=0.20 & >=3 members (max 12, junk dropped), tag_groups >=0.20 (cooccurrence, non-cross-cutting; max 8), industries >=0.20 (max 6), areas >=0.10 (max 6; areas are keyword-matched and sparse), capabilities L1 >=0.20 (max 8); derive-market-taxonomy.py
Leaders by position (provisional)
Provisional: grouped by position, depth compared within a position only. Distribution (cloud marketplaces) and iPaaS bridges are counted beside position, never inside it. Unknown-builder listings are left out of position shares and counted here.
gravity 3 · other companies invest to build on it
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | 62.1 | 100 | 39 / 61 | 0 | 5 | 32 | partner-built 42%, ipaas-bridge 31%, contract 4%, standard 8%, covered 3%, builds-on-platform 8%, distribution 5% |
| Bluebeam | 51.8 | 62 | 45 / 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | partner-built 75%, provider-built 24%, ipaas-bridge 1% |
| Adobe Acrobat Sign | 19.7 thin | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | partner-built 50%, ipaas-bridge 50% |
builds-on 30 · publishes apps on other platforms' stores
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF Generator API | 51.7 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 33%, builds-on-platform 67% |
| Seismic | 50.4 | 11 | 0 / 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 9%, standard 9%, builds-on-platform 73%, distribution 9% |
| Signicat | 50.4 | 8 | 0 / 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | contract 25%, standard 12%, builds-on-platform 38%, distribution 25% |
| PandaDoc | 49.9 | 14 | 0 / 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ipaas-bridge 36%, standard 14%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Templafy | 49.0 | 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | standard 17%, builds-on-platform 67%, distribution 17% |
| Veryfi | 40.7 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 25%, builds-on-platform 75% |
| Wordsmith | 40.5 | 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 17%, standard 17%, builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 17% |
| Documint | 37.9 | 5 | 0 / 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 40%, standard 20%, builds-on-platform 40% |
| Xelix | 36.4 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | builds-on-platform 33%, distribution 67% |
| Carbone | 34.9 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 25%, builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 25% |
| DocSpring | 34.5 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | builds-on-platform 100% |
| Emboss | 33.6 | 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ipaas-bridge 50%, standard 17%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| CraftMyPDF | 29.6 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Uploadcare | 29.6 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| AppZen | 26.8 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 50% |
| ConvertAPI | 23.9 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 25%, distribution 25% |
| Urlbox | 23.7 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Sahifa | 23.2 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 25%, builds-on-platform 25%, distribution 50% |
| CloudConvert | 22.2 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 67%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| Docparser | 22.2 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 67%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| PDF Monkey | 22.2 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 67%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| PDFfiller | 22.2 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 67%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| Browserless | 19.7 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ipaas-bridge 75%, builds-on-platform 25% |
| SignWell | 19.7 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| APITemplate.io | 18.6 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ipaas-bridge 75%, builds-on-platform 25% |
| PDF.co | 18.6 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ipaas-bridge 75%, builds-on-platform 25% |
| Html2PDF | 17.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | builds-on-platform 100% |
| Nutrient.io | 17.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | builds-on-platform 100% |
| Sejda | 17.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | builds-on-platform 100% |
| thirds.ai | 4.0 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
covered 6 · reached mainly through aggregators
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poste Italiane | 41.1 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | contract 50%, covered 50% |
| Unstructured | 34.9 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 25%, standard 25%, covered 25%, distribution 25% |
| LlamaParse | 17.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | covered 100% |
| iLovePDF | 14.6 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 67%, covered 33% |
| DocuSeal | 12.1 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 50%, covered 50% |
| Sensible | 12.1 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 50%, covered 50% |
regulated 6 · named in a regulator's register or partners' contracts
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emburse | 41.7 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | contract 25%, builds-on-platform 25%, distribution 50% |
| Evrotrust | 35.8 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | contract 50%, distribution 50% |
| YouSign | 26.4 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 50%, contract 50% |
| IDnow | 26.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | contract 100% |
| Digio | 19.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | contract 100% |
| Kontomatik | 19.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | contract 100% |
standard 12 · listed by a voluntary standard's own directory
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edicom | 69.3 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | contract 25%, standard 75% |
| InfoCert | 65.2 | 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | contract 17%, standard 67%, distribution 17% |
| Fonoa | 64.5 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 100% |
| Swisscom | 57.5 | 9 | 0 / 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | contract 22%, standard 56%, builds-on-platform 11%, distribution 11% |
| KPN | 55.5 | 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | contract 17%, standard 67%, builds-on-platform 17% |
| Nitro Software | 51.7 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 67%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| 01Mind | 40.9 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Inkit | 36.6 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Docling | 23.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 100% |
| Notarize | 23.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 100% |
| OpenEnvoy | 23.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 100% |
| conrizon | 17.2 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | standard 100% |
core 3 · builds the connectors its customers need
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docusign | 60.3 | 81 | 20 / 61 | 0 | 1 | 3 | partner-built 29%, provider-built 45%, ipaas-bridge 3%, contract 3%, standard 10%, builds-on-platform 7%, distribution 1% |
| Namirial | 51.5 | 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | provider-built 67%, contract 8%, standard 17%, distribution 8% |
| Skribble | 10.9 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | provider-built 75%, ipaas-bridge 25% |
mixed 5 · no single mode dominates
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digicert | 59.7 | 13 | 0 / 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | contract 15%, standard 38%, builds-on-platform 31%, distribution 15% |
| Scrive | 51.1 | 9 | 0 / 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 11%, contract 11%, standard 44%, builds-on-platform 33% |
| airSlate | 46.2 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33%, distribution 33% |
| Reducto | 44.1 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | standard 33%, covered 33%, distribution 33% |
| GoNitro | 39.1 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 33%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33% |
long-tail 9 · reached only through iPaaS bridges
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affinda | 12.1 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 50%, distribution 50% |
| Anvil | 5.0 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Templated | 5.0 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Zoho Sign | 5.0 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Doctly | 2.5 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Eversign | 2.5 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Rossum | 2.5 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Wunderite | 2.5 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
| Zoho Writer | 2.5 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 100% |
distribution 8 · only sells through cloud marketplaces
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIFreaks - API Hub for Developers | 28.7 | 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | distribution 100% |
| Formfeed | 21.7 | 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ipaas-bridge 25%, distribution 75% |
| Qomplement | 19.2 thin | 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | distribution 100% |
| Certifaction | 9.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | distribution 100% |
| InvoiceCraftly Developer Document API | 9.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | distribution 100% |
| Ironfang | 9.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | distribution 100% |
| Temlavo | 9.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | distribution 100% |
| Workist | 9.6 thin | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | distribution 100% |
undeclared 42 · declares nothing we can read: no number
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache PDFBox | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| API Snap | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| apilayer pdflayer | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ApyHub | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BuildPDF | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Claix | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cloudmersive Document and Data Conversion | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Crocodoc | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| DocRaptor | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Docupilot | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Jelly | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| JuriSign | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Keynua | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Makershub | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mathpix | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mindee | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| MostlyPDF | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| O11 | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pagesnap | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Parseflow | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ParseForMe | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Payem | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| PDFEndpoint | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| pdflayer | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PDFShift | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PEXA | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PrexView | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ReadSoft | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Restpack | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rocket Lawyer | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ruka.ai | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sadq | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Safety Data Sheet (SDS/MSDS) Extraction API | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| SchemaExtract | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ScreenshotAPI | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Snap API | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| SnapAPI | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| SnapAPI | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Solve Intelligence | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tvarka ATK API | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Vectorizer.AI | undeclared | - | - | - | - | - |
Generated 2026-10-24 from API Evangelist's own files; nothing on this page is a model's judgement. Provisional and unweighted; not part of the Kin Score composite or agent readiness. Read the Market layer methodology. Disagree with an edge? Every edge cites its evidence and can be corrected through the normal correction path.