{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "basiq", "name": "Basiq", "vendor": "Basiq Pty Ltd (Cuscal Limited)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.basiq.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "banking-data", "summary": "Basiq is an Australian open banking platform owned by Cuscal Limited. Its REST API reads accounts, transactions and identity details from Australian and New Zealand institutions with the holder's consent, and builds income, expense and affordability reports.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basiq", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basiq.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basiq.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/basiq.json", "repo": "https://github.com/basiqio-oss/Basiq-docs", "license": "Proprietary service under the Basiq Terms of Service. The public docs repository carries no licence file, and the OpenAPI files state the licence as Commercial", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://au-api.basiq.io", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A self-serve API key from the dashboard at dashboard.basiq.io, sent verbatim (not Base64-encoded) as `Authorization: Basic \u003ckey\u003e` to `POST /token` with a `basiq-version: 3.0` header. The call returns a bearer token that lasts 60 minutes. Scope `SERVER_ACCESS` covers server calls and `CLIENT_ACCESS`, bound to one `userId`, is for the hosted Consent UI. An application can hold many named keys, each revocable, and permission sets limit a key to chosen endpoints. The docs advise rotating keys every 90 days. Dashboard logins support 2FA by text message and SAML single sign-on on request. Live Open Banking data is switched on by Basiq's customer success team after a contract. The MCP server at api.basiq.io/mcp listed its tools with no credential, and its `execute-request` tool takes API credentials as headers set in the MCP client.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "$0.50 per user per month for customer data plus a platform access fee with no published amount, $0.25 per user per month for enrichment and from $3.00 per affordability report (https://www.basiq.io/pricing.html, checked 2026-10-09). The home page does not link that page, so the figures may be out of date. The page does not state the currency, and the Terms of Service say all amounts are in Australian dollars. A user is billable for the full month once created. Plans run for at least 12 months and volume discounts go through sales. The sandbox is free and self-serve from the dashboard, with no card mentioned, so an agent's owner can start on test data without a contract. The pricing page is not linked from the site pages we read.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the ten OpenAPI files or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://api.basiq.io/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://api.basiq.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/basiqio-oss/Basiq-docs/refs/heads/v3.0/reference/connect.json", "capabilities": [ "bank.accounts", "bank.transactions", "bank.identity", "bank.consent" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "webhooks", "sandbox", "australia", "new-zealand", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.4, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 515, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 84, "security": 55, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Ten public OpenAPI files, an llms.txt index with Markdown twins and a free self-serve sandbox let an agent start on test data. Live access needs a 12-month plan with an unpublished platform access fee, no SLA or security.txt was found, and the privacy policy says collected content may be kept indefinitely.", "bestFor": "Consented bank data for Australia and New Zealand, with income and affordability reports for lenders.", "strengths": [ "Ten OpenAPI 3.0 files are public in the `basiqio-oss/Basiq-docs` repository, 73 operations in all, and every reference page has a Markdown twin listed in llms.txt", "The sandbox is free and self-serve from the dashboard, with a test bank named Hooli and an Open Banking flow that covers authorise, extend, refresh and revoke", "API keys are created, named and revoked in the dashboard, permission sets limit a key to chosen endpoints, and access tokens expire after 60 minutes", "The CDR Policy names the outsourced service providers and says data is stored in AWS data centres in Sydney and Melbourne", "Error bodies carry a `correlationId`, a string `code`, a `title`, a `detail` and a `source` pointer, with the codes listed by HTTP status in the docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "Live data needs a plan with a 12-month minimum and a platform access fee whose amount is not published", "No SLA was found, and the Terms of Service say Basiq does not warrant uninterrupted service", "The privacy policy says collected content may be retained indefinitely after an account ends, while the docs security page says data is deleted at once", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and the accreditation logos on the data security page carry no text", "No idempotency keys or `Retry-After` header are documented, and no official SDK is published. The docs say to generate one from the OpenAPI files" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the API key verbatim after `Basic` in the `Authorization` header of `POST /token`. Base64-encoding it returns a 400.", "Send `basiq-version: 3.0` on the token request, cache the bearer token for its 60 minutes, and stay under 1,500 token requests per 5 minutes.", "Send the account holder through the hosted Consent UI in a browser with a `CLIENT_ACCESS` token bound to their `userId`. The API alone cannot create a first connection on version 3.0.", "Poll `GET /jobs/{jobId}` until `verify-credentials`, `retrieve-accounts` and `retrieve-transactions` all read `success` before reading accounts or transactions.", "Follow `links.next` on `GET /users/{userId}/transactions`. A page holds at most 500 items, and pending transactions get new ids on each refresh." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 84, "security": 55, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 83 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --location --request POST 'https://au-api.basiq.io/token' \\\n --header 'Authorization: Basic $YOUR_API_KEY' \\\n --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \\\n --header 'basiq-version: 3.0' \\\n --data-urlencode 'scope=SERVER_ACCESS'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "basiq": { "url": "https://api.basiq.io/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/bank.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/basiq" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Basiq Pty Ltd", "domain": "basiq.io", "domainRegistered": "2015-10-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://docs.basiq.io/en/articles/415750-basiq-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://docs.basiq.io/en/articles/382581-basiq-privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.basiq.io", "changelog": "https://api.basiq.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The site footer names Basiq Pty Ltd, ABN 95 616 592 011, a wholly owned but non-guaranteed subsidiary of Cuscal Limited, ABN 95 087 822 455, and gives the Consumer Data Right accreditation number ADRBNK000208.", "The terms link is the Basiq Terms of Service, dated 27 August 2025 on the help centre, which govern the platform, SDK and APIs and carry the SDK licence as Schedule 1.", "The privacy link is the Basiq Privacy Policy, dated 4 November 2025. A separate Consumer Data Right (CDR) Policy, dated 8 September 2026, covers data received under that regime.", "The API answers at au-api.basiq.io, the docs and MCP server at api.basiq.io, the Consent UI at consent.basiq.io and the dashboard at dashboard.basiq.io, all under basiq.io.", "www.basiq.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and www.basiq.io has no robots.txt.", "status.basiq.io runs on Atlassian Statuspage. Its robots.txt disallows `/api/`, so the record was read from the page and the Atom feed it links.", "The registry's RDAP record gives 2015-10-08 as the registration date of basiq.io and Name.com, Inc. as registrar. The privacy policy gives PO Box Q279, Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230." ], "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basiq.json", "live": { "slug": "basiq", "probe": { "target": "https://au-api.basiq.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T01:37:44.772316254Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 842, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 849, "p95ms24h": 941, "samples24h": 102, "samples30d": 102, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.basiq.io", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Minor Service Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T01:33:22.347990381Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "basiqio-oss/Basiq-docs", "version": "v3.0.8", "released": "2026-07-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:42:41.939603853Z" } ], "githubStars": 5, "pages": [ { "url": "https://api.basiq.io/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:31.512737613Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7ea5161f947f" }, { "url": "https://www.basiq.io/pricing.html", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:48:29.43933836Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1c9866bc1634" }, { "url": "https://docs.basiq.io/en/articles/382581-basiq-privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:36.227093441Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "af5c5eabea79" }, { "url": "https://docs.basiq.io/en/articles/415750-basiq-terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:38.602578211Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2bce9aa59c11" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:37:44.772316254Z" } }, "answer": "Basiq scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "flinks", "name": "Flinks", "vendor": "Flinks Technology Inc. (National Bank of Canada)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.flinks.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "banking-data", "summary": "Flinks is a Canadian bank-data aggregator owned by National Bank of Canada. Its REST API and Flinks Connect widget read accounts, balances, transactions and holder details from Canadian and US institutions with the holder's consent, and start Canadian bank payments.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flinks", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flinks.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flinks.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/flinks.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Flinks' Master Terms and Conditions. No open-source SDK or repository was found", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Two static keys issued by Flinks at onboarding. The secret key goes in the `flinks-auth-key` header of `/GenerateAuthorizeToken` and returns a single-use authorise token that expires after 15 minutes. Data endpoints take the `requestId` from `/Authorize` plus an `x-api-key` header. Neither key expires, and no scopes were found. Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256 in a `flinks-authenticity-key` header. Flinks Outbound, the open banking product, uses an OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow with a `client_id` and `client_secret` and Bearer tokens. Sandbox keys for the shared Toolbox instance are published in the docs. Production keys come from a Flinks representative after a contract.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Plans with a monthly minimum and a one-year term (https://www.flinks.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08). Connect is $500 a month for 200 unique connections, $1,250 for 1,100, and custom from 20,000. Enrich is $250 a month for 100 API calls and $1,100 for 1,250. Upload is $500 a month for 20 documents and $1,500 for 100. Flinks Pay is quoted by sales. The page does not state the currency or the overage rates, and says there is no pay-as-you-go plan and no self-serve trial. The Toolbox sandbox is free, with keys published in the docs and no card.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the ten OpenAPI files or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.flinks.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.flinks.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.flinks.com/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "bank.accounts", "bank.transactions", "bank.identity", "bank.payments", "bank.consent" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "sandbox", "canada", "us", "enterprise", "sales-led", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.7, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 727, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 25, "reliability": 53, "schema": 83, "security": 50, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Ten public OpenAPI files, an llms.txt index with Markdown twins and published sandbox keys let an agent start without a signup. Live access needs a one-year contract from $500 a month, keys never expire, no rate-limit numbers are published, and the status page logged 77 incidents in 90 days.", "bestFor": "A lender or fintech with steady volume that needs Canadian bank data, income and lending attributes, PDF statements or Canadian bank payments.", "strengths": [ "Ten OpenAPI 3.0 files are public at docs.flinks.com, 85 operations in all, with the main Connect and Enrich file holding 34", "Shared sandbox keys for the Toolbox instance are published in the docs, so test calls need no account", "llms.txt lists 216 pages with Markdown twins, and the docs add a skill file and a read-only documentation MCP server", "Plan prices are public. Connect starts at $500 a month for 200 unique connections, with no integration or platform fee", "Each instance is hosted in the country it serves, Canada or the US, and `/DeleteCard` deletes all data held for a connection" ], "weaknesses": [ "Live access needs a contract with a monthly minimum and a one-year term. The pricing page says there is no pay-as-you-go plan or self-serve trial", "The secret key, `x-api-key` and HMAC secret do not expire, and no scopes or rotation steps were found for the Connect API", "No rate-limit numbers are published, and `TOO_MANY_REQUESTS` is documented under HTTP 401 with no Retry-After", "status.flinks.com lists 77 incidents in the 90 days to 8 October 2026, 16 of them on Flinks' own components", "`/GetAccountsDetail` returns the whole 90 or 365 days of transactions in one payload with no pagination, and no official SDK was found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `/GenerateAuthorizeToken` with the secret key in `flinks-auth-key`, then pass the returned token to the Connect iframe or to `/Authorize`. The token is single-use and expires after 15 minutes.", "Send the account holder through Flinks Connect in a browser. The API alone cannot complete a first bank login, and sandbox iframes need `demo=true`.", "Store the `loginId`. Call `/Authorize` with it and `MostRecentCached: true` for a new `requestId` each session, because `/GetAccountsDetail` consumes the `requestId`.", "On a 202 from `/GetAccountsDetail`, poll `/GetAccountsDetailAsync` every 10 seconds for at most 30 minutes, or ask support to enable webhooks.", "Route each end user to the instance for their country. A `loginId` from the Canadian instance is not valid on the US one." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 52.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 25, "reliability": 53, "schema": 83, "security": 50, "transparency": 48 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --request POST \\\n --url https://toolbox-api.private.fin.ag/v3/{customerId}/BankingServices/GenerateAuthorizeToken \\\n --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n --header 'flinks-auth-key: YOUR_SECRET_KEY'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add flinks --transport http https://docs.flinks.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/bank.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/flinks" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Flinks Technology Inc.", "domain": "flinks.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-06-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.flinks.com/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.flinks.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.flinks.com", "changelog": "https://docs.flinks.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms link is the Master Terms and Conditions, last updated 3 August 2023, which govern use of the Flinks technology under an order form and name Flinks Technology Inc. Service schedules for connectivity, enrichment and upload are separate pages on flinks.com.", "The privacy link holds the General Privacy Statement (22 September 2022) and the Services Privacy Statement (19 April 2024) on one page. The Services statement covers bank data read through the product and names National Bank of Canada as Flinks' parent company.", "API calls go to https://{instance}-api.private.fin.ag and the widget to https://{instance}-iframe.private.fin.ag. Flinks Outbound answers at ob.flinksapp.com. Neither is under flinks.com, so the endpoint is recorded as off the vendor's domain. We did not confirm the registrant of fin.ag.", "flinks.com/.well-known/security.txt, www.flinks.com/.well-known/security.txt and docs.flinks.com/.well-known/security.txt return 404. The security page gives security@flinks.com for vulnerability reports.", "status.flinks.com runs on incident.io. changelog.flinks.com redirects to docs.flinks.com/changelog.", "Verisign RDAP gives 1997-06-03 as the registration date of flinks.com and GoDaddy.com, LLC as registrar. No street address for the company was found on the pages read." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flinks.json", "live": { "slug": "flinks", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.flinks.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T01:33:42.885820846Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://flinks.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:42.096554051Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.flinks.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:59.145378833Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.flinks.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:22.007609893Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "87533a32e60b" }, { "url": "https://www.flinks.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:50:08.604371388Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "23a9798fcf8f" }, { "url": "https://www.flinks.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:50:11.102824679Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "30dc9b325b9b" }, { "url": "https://www.flinks.com/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:50:12.972391995Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "45a2b132d8e3" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:33:42.885820846Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Basiq Pty Ltd (Cuscal Limited)", "b": "Flinks Technology Inc. (National Bank of Canada)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://au-api.basiq.io", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Basiq Terms of Service. The public docs repository carries no licence file, and the OpenAPI files state the licence as Commercial", "b": "Proprietary service under Flinks' Master Terms and Conditions. No open-source SDK or repository was found", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-09-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2023-08-03", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2022-09-22", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Basiq scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Basiq or Flinks?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Basiq and Flinks need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Basiq has a hosted endpoint at https://au-api.basiq.io. No hosted endpoint is listed for Flinks.", "question": "Can an agent call Basiq and Flinks without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 53", "Agent ergonomics, 62 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 50", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 31", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 60" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Consented bank data for Australia and New Zealand, with income and affordability reports for lenders.", "slug": "basiq", "watchFor": "Live data needs a plan with a 12-month minimum and a platform access fee whose amount is not published" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A lender or fintech with steady volume that needs Canadian bank data, income and lending attributes, PDF statements or Canadian bank payments.", "slug": "flinks", "watchFor": "Live access needs a contract with a monthly minimum and a one-year term. The pricing page says there is no pay-as-you-go plan or self-serve trial" } ], "job": { "capability": "bank.accounts", "name": "Bank account data" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-basiq.json", "title": "Akoya vs Basiq", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-basiq" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-flinks.json", "title": "Akoya vs Flinks", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-flinks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-belvo.json", "title": "Basiq vs Belvo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-belvo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-enable-banking.json", "title": "Basiq vs Enable Banking", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-enable-banking" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-gocardless-bank-account-data.json", "title": "Basiq vs GoCardless Bank Account Data", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-gocardless-bank-account-data" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-mx.json", "title": "Basiq vs MX Platform API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-mx" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-plaid.json", "title": "Basiq vs Plaid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-plaid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-powens.json", "title": "Basiq vs Powens", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-powens" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-salt-edge.json", "title": "Basiq vs Salt Edge Account Information", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-salt-edge" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-teller.json", "title": "Basiq vs Teller", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-teller" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-tink.json", "title": "Basiq vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-truelayer.json", "title": "Basiq vs TrueLayer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-truelayer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-yapily.json", "title": "Basiq vs Yapily", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-yapily" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-yodlee-financial-data.json", "title": "Basiq vs Yodlee Core API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-yodlee-financial-data" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks.json", "title": "Belvo vs Flinks", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/enable-banking-vs-flinks.json", "title": "Enable Banking vs Flinks", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-salt-edge" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-teller.json", "title": "Flinks vs Teller", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-teller" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink.json", "title": "Flinks vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-truelayer.json", "title": "Flinks vs TrueLayer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-truelayer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-yapily.json", "title": "Flinks vs Yapily", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-yapily" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-yodlee-financial-data.json", "title": "Flinks vs Yodlee Core API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-yodlee-financial-data" } ], "scores": [ { "basiq": 70, "by": 17, "edge": "basiq", "flinks": 53, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "basiq": 84, "by": 1, "edge": "basiq", "flinks": 83, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "basiq": 62, "by": 8, "edge": "basiq", "flinks": 54, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "basiq": 55, "by": 5, "edge": "basiq", "flinks": 50, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "basiq": 20, "by": 5, "edge": "flinks", "flinks": 25, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "basiq": 48, "by": 17, "edge": "basiq", "flinks": 31, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "basiq": 72, "by": 12, "edge": "basiq", "flinks": 60, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 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Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do bank account data.", "verdicts": { "basiq": "Ten public OpenAPI files, an llms.txt index with Markdown twins and a free self-serve sandbox let an agent start on test data. Live access needs a 12-month plan with an unpublished platform access fee, no SLA or security.txt was found, and the privacy policy says collected content may be kept indefinitely.", "flinks": "Ten public OpenAPI files, an llms.txt index with Markdown twins and published sandbox keys let an agent start without a signup. Live access needs a one-year contract from $500 a month, keys never expire, no rate-limit numbers are published, and the status page logged 77 incidents in 90 days." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-flinks", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-flinks.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-flinks.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-flinks.min.md" }, "markdown": "Basiq scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do bank account data.\n\n- Basiq: grade C, 60.4/100, rank #515 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basiq.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/basiq.json\n- Flinks: grade D, 52.7/100, rank #727 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flinks.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/flinks.json\n- Best open banking and bank data APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/banking-data/index.md\n- All 105 bank data comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/banking-data/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Basiq (C)\n\nGood for: Consented bank data for Australia and New Zealand, with income and affordability reports for lenders.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 53\n- Agent ergonomics, 62 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 50\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 31\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Live data needs a plan with a 12-month minimum and a platform access fee whose amount is not published\n\n### Flinks (D)\n\nGood for: A lender or fintech with steady volume that needs Canadian bank data, income and lending attributes, PDF statements or Canadian bank payments.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20\n\nWatch for: Live access needs a contract with a monthly minimum and a one-year term. The pricing page says there is no pay-as-you-go plan or self-serve trial\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Basiq | Flinks | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 53 | Basiq +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 83 | Basiq +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 54 | Basiq +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 50 | Basiq +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 25 | Flinks +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 31 | Basiq +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 60 | Basiq +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **52.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Basiq | Flinks |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Basiq Pty Ltd (Cuscal Limited) | Flinks Technology Inc. (National Bank of Canada) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://au-api.basiq.io` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Basiq Terms of Service. The public docs repository carries no licence file, and the OpenAPI files state the licence as Commercial | Proprietary service under Flinks' Master Terms and Conditions. No open-source SDK or repository was found |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2023-08-03 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2022-09-22 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Basiq.** Ten public OpenAPI files, an llms.txt index with Markdown twins and a free self-serve sandbox let an agent start on test data. Live access needs a 12-month plan with an unpublished platform access fee, no SLA or security.txt was found, and the privacy policy says collected content may be kept indefinitely.\n\n**Flinks.** Ten public OpenAPI files, an llms.txt index with Markdown twins and published sandbox keys let an agent start without a signup. Live access needs a one-year contract from $500 a month, keys never expire, no rate-limit numbers are published, and the status page logged 77 incidents in 90 days.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Basiq\n\n1. Send the API key verbatim after `Basic` in the `Authorization` header of `POST /token`. Base64-encoding it returns a 400.\n2. Send `basiq-version: 3.0` on the token request, cache the bearer token for its 60 minutes, and stay under 1,500 token requests per 5 minutes.\n3. Send the account holder through the hosted Consent UI in a browser with a `CLIENT_ACCESS` token bound to their `userId`. The API alone cannot create a first connection on version 3.0.\n4. Poll `GET /jobs/{jobId}` until `verify-credentials`, `retrieve-accounts` and `retrieve-transactions` all read `success` before reading accounts or transactions.\n5. Follow `links.next` on `GET /users/{userId}/transactions`. A page holds at most 500 items, and pending transactions get new ids on each refresh.\n\n### Flinks\n\n1. Call `/GenerateAuthorizeToken` with the secret key in `flinks-auth-key`, then pass the returned token to the Connect iframe or to `/Authorize`. The token is single-use and expires after 15 minutes.\n2. Send the account holder through Flinks Connect in a browser. The API alone cannot complete a first bank login, and sandbox iframes need `demo=true`.\n3. Store the `loginId`. Call `/Authorize` with it and `MostRecentCached: true` for a new `requestId` each session, because `/GetAccountsDetail` consumes the `requestId`.\n4. On a 202 from `/GetAccountsDetail`, poll `/GetAccountsDetailAsync` every 10 seconds for at most 30 minutes, or ask support to enable webhooks.\n5. Route each end user to the instance for their country. A `loginId` from the Canadian instance is not valid on the US one.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Basiq or Flinks?\n\nBasiq scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Basiq and Flinks need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Basiq and Flinks without installing anything?\n\nBasiq has a hosted endpoint at https://au-api.basiq.io. No hosted endpoint is listed for Flinks.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-flinks.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/basiq-vs-flinks.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"basiq\", \"b\": \"flinks\"}`. 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