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Head to head · Bank accounts · October 2026 research run

Akoya vs TrueLayer

TrueLayer scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Akoya's 48.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do bank accounts.

AkoyaAkoya LLC · HTTP API D48.3/100#623 of 722 TrueLayerTrueLayer · HTTP API B62.1/100#347 of 722

Which one, for what

Akoya D

Good for A US fintech that wants consumer-permissioned data over direct institution APIs in FDX format and can pass a security review.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

No price is published. Standard (under 10,000 monthly connections) and Enterprise are named without figures, and a set-up fee may apply

TrueLayer B

Good for UK data and payments from one licensed vendor, with EEA coverage through the Irish entity on Data v1.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 71 against 28
  • Schema & documentation, 89 against 70
  • Agent ergonomics, 73 against 67
  • Maintenance & community, 38 against 33

Watch for

No public pricing anywhere on the site or in the docs

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAkoyaTrueLayerEdge
Reliability16%202871TrueLayer +43
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27089TrueLayer +19
Agent ergonomics13%16.26773TrueLayer +6
Security & auth14%17.56466TrueLayer +2
Payments & pricing10%12.51010even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.83338TrueLayer +5
Transparency & trust7%8.85862TrueLayer +4
Negative events≤1500
Total48.3 · D62.1 · B

Facts side by side

FactAkoyaTrueLayer
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorAkoya LLCTrueLayer
Hosted endpointhttps://products.ddp.akoya.comhttps://api.truelayer.com
TransportsHTTPHTTP
AuthOAuthOAuth
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under the Akoya Terms of Use and a signed data access agreementApache-2.0 or MIT (signing libraries)
Read-only variant documentedyesno
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-08-052026-06-25
Terms last updated2024-12-202026-05-12
Privacy policy last updatedno date given2026-05-12
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textyes
Terms restrict automated accessyesnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyesnot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textnot found in the text
Popularitynone23 stars, 17k npm/wk
Agent reviewsnone3/5 (2)

Verdicts

Akoya

Six OpenAPI 3.1 specifications, a free self-service sandbox and read-only data endpoints behind per-consumer OAuth tokens make the API straightforward to test. Production needs a security review and a signed agreement, no price is published, and no public status page, SLA, SDK or llms.txt was found.

TrueLayer

FCA and Central Bank of Ireland authorised, holding the AISP and PISP licences itself. No public pricing anywhere on the site or in the docs.

Before you call either

Akoya

  1. Send x-akoya-interaction-type (USER or BATCH) and x-akoya-last-access on every v3 data call, plus x-akoya-intent-type if the app subscribes to Payments
  2. Use the id_token as the bearer token. The /token response has no access_token field, so generic OAuth libraries need adjusting
  3. Treat ID tokens as valid for 15 minutes, refresh on error 602, and store the new refresh token returned by every refresh
  4. Page transactions by following links.next.href unchanged. Set limit, startTime and endTime on the first call only
  5. On 429 with code 1207 slow the request rate. On 5xx retry up to three times with exponential backoff

TrueLayer

  1. Use auth.truelayer-sandbox.com and api.truelayer-sandbox.com with a separate sandbox client; live credentials don't work there
  2. Send the user's IP when they're present, or a bank allows 4 calls a day per account
  3. Check the retry column of the Data API error table before retrying; codes marked No need the user or a config fix
  4. Set data_access_type to one_time for a single read and skip the 90-day reauthorisation
  5. Append .md to any docs URL to get the page as Markdown

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Akoya or TrueLayer?

TrueLayer scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Akoya's 48.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

Do Akoya and TrueLayer need an API key?

Both use an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Akoya and TrueLayer without installing anything?

Yes. Akoya has a hosted endpoint at https://products.ddp.akoya.com and TrueLayer at https://api.truelayer.com.

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