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Compare PDFs

Compare turns document review into a structured decision flow with source-aware changes and follow-on actions.

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Problem

Reviewers need to understand what changed between versions without relying on filename conventions or manual visual checks.

Use

Generate text and visual differences between a baseline and revised PDF, then preserve review decisions.

Evidence plan

What this unlocks

  • Compare two PDFs side-by-side
  • Inspect without modifying the source document
  • Better package access keeps the path explicit

Workflow

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Simple pathForm W-9

Quick OCR and field check

Turn a scanned form into a searchable PDF and verify the obvious fields before routing it.

  1. 1Upload the W-9
  2. 2Run OCR
  3. 3Inspect detected text and form regions
  4. 4Save a searchable copy

Tool chain

OCRForms Ops StudioSet Metadata Studio
Searchable PDFField review notesClean source metadata
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Inputs & outputs

Accepted formats
pdf
Produced formats
report

Common use cases

  • Review contract revisions
  • Compare before and after redaction
  • Preserve accept/reject decisions for audit

Workflow steps

  1. 1Pick the baseline and revised documents
  2. 2Review text and visual differences
  3. 3Persist decisions and route the next action

Outputs

  • Comparison report
  • Decision log
  • Linked baseline and revised artifacts

Review checks

  • Use exact version IDs for baseline and revised files
  • Review visual and text changes together
  • Export decisions with the final handoff packet

API

Endpoint family: /v1/forensics, /v1/preflight, /v1/reports
POST/v1/documents/uploadPOST/v1/ocr/{document_id}GET/v1/jobs/{job_id}/downloadPOST/v1/comparePOST/v1/ai/chatPOST/v1/processing/redact
  • Use compare endpoints for headless diff generation where supported.
  • Pair compare results with versioning and comments for review workflows.
Integration overview

Limits

Availability
Included in Better
Readiness
beta
Automation
Single-document workflow

Confirm entitlement, input requirements, and deployment fit in the package and API documentation before you automate this capability.

Integration overview

Evidence

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Evidence

Decision logs

3 API

Reviewer choices, comments, citations, approvals, and exceptions captured alongside the document workflow.

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Evidence

Provenance ledgers

3 API

A durable chain of source files, processing steps, generated outputs, and release artifacts.

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Evidence

API job artifacts

4 API

Machine-readable files, logs, status changes, webhook deliveries, and generated documents from automated PDF jobs.

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Evidence

Room access evidence

3 API

Recipient gates, grants, watermark maps, revocations, view activity, and export decisions for governed external rooms.

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Public example workflows

Integration overview
Simple

Quick OCR and field check

Form W-9

Turn a scanned form into a searchable PDF and verify the obvious fields before routing it.

Proof artifacts

Searchable PDF, Field review notes

Complex

Diligence review run

Adobe FY2025 Form 10-K

Compare revisions, summarize changes, extract tables, redact selected passages, and package the decision log for review.

Proof artifacts

Comparison report, Table export

Roles and use cases

Legal and review teams

Legal Ops

Prepare evidence-ready PDFs and review packages.

Connected tools

Signature Center, Redact & Remove, Encrypt PDF

Decision history: Compare review decisionsAudit record: Provenance ledger

Governance and compliance teams

Compliance / Audit

Validate standards, signatures, audit trails, and retention posture.

Connected tools

Standards Preflight, Trust Chain Validation, Retention + Redaction

Preflight report: Standards preflight reportVerification result: Trust-chain verdict

Security teams

Security / IT

Control self-hosted processing, active content, and data paths.

Connected tools

Sanitize, JavaScript Control, Codec Policy

Review report: X-ray reportGenerated artifact: Parser diff scan