{ "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 The home page does not link that page, so the figures may be out of date.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": "2026-10-10T04:40:42.52224275Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 842, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 847, "p95ms24h": 927, "samples24h": 133, "samples30d": 133, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.basiq.io", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Minor Service Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T04:40:43.00413883Z" }, "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": "2026-10-10T04:40:42.52224275Z" } }, "answer": "TrueLayer scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Basiq's 60.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Basiq leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "truelayer", "name": "TrueLayer", "vendor": "TrueLayer", "vendorUrl": "https://truelayer.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "banking-data", "summary": "UK and EU open banking, regulated by the FCA and the Central Bank of Ireland.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/truelayer", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/truelayer.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/truelayer.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/truelayer.json", "repo": "https://github.com/TrueLayer/truelayer-signing", "license": "Apache-2.0 or MIT (signing libraries)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.truelayer.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "truelayer-signing" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 from the Console's client id and secret. Data API v3 takes a client_credentials token with scope `data` from https://auth.truelayer.com/connect/token (auth.truelayer-sandbox.com in sandbox); the end user then authorises on a TrueLayer-hosted page. Data API v1 uses the authorisation code flow with refresh tokens. Payments API v3 also needs every request signed with an EC secp521r1 private key (Tl-Signature header) whose public half is uploaded to the Console.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No price list on the site (truelayer.com/pricing returns 404, checked 2026-09-30) and none in the docs or llms.txt (https://docs.truelayer.com/llms.txt). Sign-up in the Console is self-serve and the sandbox is free (https://docs.truelayer.com/docs/quickstart-make-a-payment). Live data and payments are priced by contract.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 23, "npmWeekly": 16811, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.truelayer.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.truelayer.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.truelayer.com/openapi/", "capabilities": [ "bank.accounts", "bank.transactions", "bank.identity", "bank.payments", "bank.consent" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "llms-txt", "openapi", "oauth", "webhooks", "uk", "eu", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 443, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 10, "reliability": 71, "schema": 89, "security": 66, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "UK data and payments from one licensed vendor, with EEA coverage through the Irish entity on Data v1.", "strengths": [ "FCA and Central Bank of Ireland authorised, holding the AISP and PISP licences itself", "Data API errors list 23 codes, each marked retryable or not", "Markdown twin of every docs page, llms.txt with about 280 entries and per-API OpenAPI files", "OAuth client credentials scoped to data or payments, with signed payment requests", "Status page with 25 incidents since 3 July 2026, all minor or no impact and none on the Data API" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public pricing anywhere on the site or in the docs", "Data API v3 is UK only; Europe runs on Data API v1 with a different flow", "security.txt expired on 6 May 2026 and hadn't been renewed by 1 October", "No changelog entry since 23 April 2026 and no SDK release since 25 June 2026", "TrueLayer's own rate limits aren't published, only the banks' 4-a-day cap" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use auth.truelayer-sandbox.com and api.truelayer-sandbox.com with a separate sandbox client; live credentials don't work there", "Send the user's IP when they're present, or a bank allows 4 calls a day per account", "Check the retry column of the Data API error table before retrying; codes marked No need the user or a config fix", "Set data_access_type to one_time for a single read and skip the 90-day reauthorisation", "Append .md to any docs URL to get the page as Markdown" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 10, "reliability": 71, "schema": 89, "security": 66, "transparency": 37 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://auth.truelayer-sandbox.com/connect/token \\\n -d \"grant_type=client_credentials\u0026client_id=$TRUELAYER_CLIENT_ID\u0026client_secret=$TRUELAYER_CLIENT_SECRET\u0026scope=data\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/bank.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/truelayer" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "TrueLayer Limited", "domain": "truelayer.com", "domainRegistered": "2013-04-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://truelayer.com/legal/enduser_tos/", "privacy": "https://truelayer.com/legal/enduser_tos/#consumer-privacy-notice", "statusPage": "https://status.truelayer.com", "changelog": "https://docs.truelayer.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "TrueLayer Limited, company 10278251, FCA reference 901096, 40 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1PX. TrueLayer (Ireland) Limited, company 671615, Central Bank of Ireland C433487, covers the EEA.", "The public legal page carries end-user terms updated 12 May 2026; the developer contract is agreed in the Console and isn't published.", "security.txt expired 2026-05-06 and was still expired on 2026-10-01; it points to a disclosure programme and a bug bounty on Intigriti.", "The docs changelog is monthly, newest entry 23 April 2026.", "rdap.org returned 403; the registration date is from Verisign's RDAP server." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/truelayer.json", "live": { "slug": "truelayer", "probe": { "target": "https://api.truelayer.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T04:41:07.270200895Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 34, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 39, "p95ms24h": 99, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 2282, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.truelayer.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T04:41:33.354387813Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "TrueLayer/truelayer-signing", "version": "java-v0.3.0", "released": "2026-06-25", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:25:12.682062862Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "truelayer-signing", "version": "0.2.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:25:11.874792774Z" } ], "githubStars": 24, "npmWeekly": 6700, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://truelayer.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-05-06T22:59:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:56.903889049Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.truelayer.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:55.575371199Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "truelayer.com", "registered": "2013-04-24", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/truelayer.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:41.916298803Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.truelayer.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:38:34.934413606Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:05:37.433141624Z", "fingerprint": "4d5662dfecb4" }, { "url": "https://truelayer.com/legal/enduser_tos/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:46:48.75122693Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "29790d7333ca" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T04:41:33.354387813Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Basiq Pty Ltd (Cuscal Limited)", "b": "TrueLayer", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://au-api.basiq.io", "b": "https://api.truelayer.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "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": "Apache-2.0 or MIT (signing libraries)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-06-25", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-05-12", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-05-12", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "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": "not found in the text", "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" }, { "a": "none", "b": "23 stars, 17k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "TrueLayer scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Basiq's 60.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Basiq leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Basiq or TrueLayer?" }, { "answer": "Basiq needs an API key. TrueLayer uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Basiq and TrueLayer need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Basiq has a hosted endpoint at https://au-api.basiq.io and TrueLayer at https://api.truelayer.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Basiq and TrueLayer without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 38", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 62" ], "also": null, "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": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 84", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 62", "Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 55" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "UK data and payments from one licensed vendor, with EEA coverage through the Irish entity on Data v1.", "slug": "truelayer", "watchFor": "No public pricing anywhere on the site or in the docs" } ], "job": { "capability": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/truelayer-vs-yodlee-financial-data" } ], "scores": [ { "basiq": 70, "by": 1, "edge": "truelayer", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "truelayer": 71, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "basiq": 84, "by": 5, "edge": "truelayer", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "truelayer": 89, "weight": 13 }, { "basiq": 62, "by": 11, "edge": "truelayer", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "truelayer": 73, "weight": 13 }, { "basiq": 55, "by": 11, "edge": "truelayer", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "truelayer": 66, "weight": 14 }, { "basiq": 20, "by": 10, "edge": "basiq", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "truelayer": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "basiq": 48, "by": 10, "edge": "basiq", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/truelayer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/truelayer.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- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 38\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 62\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### TrueLayer (B)\n\nGood for: UK data and payments from one licensed vendor, with EEA coverage through the Irish entity on Data v1.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 84\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 62\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 55\n\nWatch for: No public pricing anywhere on the site or in the docs\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Basiq | TrueLayer | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 71 | TrueLayer +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 89 | TrueLayer +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 73 | TrueLayer +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 66 | TrueLayer +11 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 10 | Basiq +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 38 | Basiq +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 62 | Basiq +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **62.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Basiq | TrueLayer |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Basiq Pty Ltd (Cuscal Limited) | TrueLayer |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://au-api.basiq.io` | `https://api.truelayer.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\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 | Apache-2.0 or MIT (signing libraries) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-06-25 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-05-12 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 23 stars, 17k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\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**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.\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### TrueLayer\n\n1. Use auth.truelayer-sandbox.com and api.truelayer-sandbox.com with a separate sandbox client; live credentials don't work there\n2. Send the user's IP when they're present, or a bank allows 4 calls a day per account\n3. Check the retry column of the Data API error table before retrying; codes marked No need the user or a config fix\n4. Set data_access_type to one_time for a single read and skip the 90-day reauthorisation\n5. 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