{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "belvo", "name": "Belvo", "vendor": "Belvo", "vendorUrl": "https://belvo.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "banking-data", "summary": "Belvo is an open finance API for Latin America. It reads bank accounts, transactions and investments in Brazil, employment records in Brazil and Mexico and tax data in Mexico, and starts Pix payments in Brazil and direct debits in Mexico.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/belvo", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/belvo.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/belvo.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/belvo.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Belvo's General Conditions of Service Usage. The belvo npm package (0.28.0) is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.belvo.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "belvo" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "belvo-python" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "HTTP Basic with a `secretId` and `secretPassword` generated in the dashboard, one pair for each environment. The password is shown once and a lost one means resetting the keys. No scopes or read-only keys were found. Sandbox keys are self-serve after email sign-up. Production keys follow a request to Belvo, a sales meeting and a certification call. End users connect accounts in the Hosted Widget, started with a 10 minute token from POST /api/token/. The Direct Debit API in Mexico has its own keys and optional IP allowlisting set up by support.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The Launch plan is 1,000 USD a month and Growth is priced by sales, both through Contact Sales (https://belvo.com/plans-and-pricing/). No per-call or per-link price is published, and the terms put the price in a signed Service Order with a 12 month term. The sandbox is free, self-serve and for testing only, so an agent can start without a contract but can't reach real accounts. Changing the refresh rate of recurrent links is priced by sales.", "priceSummary": "$1000 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 1084, "pypiWeekly": 240, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.belvo.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.belvo.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.belvo.com/_bundle/apis/BelvoOpenApiSpec.yaml", "capabilities": [ "bank.accounts", "bank.transactions", "bank.identity", "bank.payments", "bank.consent" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "openapi", "llms-txt", "api-key", "webhooks", "sandbox", "brazil", "mexico", "latin-america", "sales-led", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 309, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 20, "reliability": 84, "schema": 80, "security": 57, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Belvo publishes a 146-operation OpenAPI file, an llms.txt with a Markdown twin of each docs page, and list endpoints with field selection and pages of up to 1,000. Production access needs a sales meeting, a certification call and a paid plan from 1,000 USD a month, and no changelog or maintained SDK was found.", "bestFor": "Lenders and fintechs that need consented bank data in Brazil, employment or tax records in Mexico, or Pix and direct debit collection, and can sign a contract.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0.2 file, version 1.223.0, with 146 operations on 83 paths, and a separate specification for Direct Debit in Mexico", "llms.txt lists a Markdown twin of every docs page in English, Spanish and Portuguese", "List endpoints take `fields`, `omit`, `page_size` up to 1,000 and range filters on dates and amounts", "Retention is set per link and per call with `stale_in`, `credentials_storage` and `save_data`", "ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and PCI DSS Level 1 are stated on the security page" ], "weaknesses": [ "Production keys follow a sales meeting, a certification call with a Belvo engineer and a paid plan from 1,000 USD a month", "One `secretId` and `secretPassword` pair per environment over HTTP Basic, with no scopes or read-only keys found", "No changelog was found, and the Python, Node and Ruby packages were last published in 2023 with their GitHub repositories returning 404", "Bank data covers Brazil only in the docs read on 8 October 2026, and Mexico has employment, fiscal and direct debit products", "security.txt expired on 22 March 2025", "General rate limits carry no published numbers, and the data webhooks have no signature, only an optional fixed authorisation header" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send HTTP Basic with `secretId` as username and `secretPassword` as password to https://sandbox.belvo.com, and switch to https://api.belvo.com only with production keys", "Create links through the Hosted Widget with a token from POST /api/token/, which expires after 10 minutes", "Read stored data with GET list calls. Each POST retrieval in Brazil counts against monthly Open Finance limits, such as 8 a month per CPF for owners and accounts", "Retry 50x responses up to five times from a 3 second base with a factor of two, and don't retry 40x apart from `too_many_sessions`", "Send `Belvo-Idempotency-Key` with a UUID when creating a payment intent, and `X-Belvo-Request-Mode: async` on link deletion to avoid the limit of 5 deletions a minute" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 20, "reliability": 84, "schema": 80, "security": 57, "transparency": 46 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X GET https://sandbox.belvo.com/api/ \\\n -H \"Authorization: Basic $(echo -n 'YOUR_SECRET_ID:YOUR_SECRET_PASSWORD' | base64)\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http belvo-docs https://developers.belvo.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "belvo-docs": { "type": "http", "url": "https://developers.belvo.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/bank.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/belvo" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Launch plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 1000, "note": "Production access, through sales. Growth plan is custom" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Belvo Tecnologias Ltda.", "domain": "belvo.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-07-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://belvo.com/terms-service/", "privacy": "https://belvo.com/privacy-policy-end-users/", "statusPage": "https://status.belvo.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The General Conditions of Service Usage, last updated 10 January 2025, define Belvo as Belvo Tecnologias Ltda., CNPJ 37.869.837/0001-81, and Belvo Instituição de Pagamento Ltda., CNPJ 43.215.815/0001-09, with affiliates. They are governed by Brazilian law with the courts of São Paulo.", "The legal notice also names Belvo Technologies, SAPI de CV in Mexico City (RFC BTE1912023D6) and Belvo Technologies Inc. Sucursal en España in Barcelona.", "The privacy link is the end-user policy, which covers data Belvo processes through its platform for clients. A separate policy for clients and site visitors at https://belvo.com/privacy-policy-clients/ was last updated 15 July 2024.", "security.txt is PGP-signed, gives security@belvo.com and a disclosure policy on Federacy, and expired on 22 March 2025.", "No changelog was found. developers.belvo.com/changelog returns 404 and llms.txt lists none.", "Verisign RDAP gives a registration date of 2005-07-17 for belvo.com." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/belvo.json", "live": { "slug": "belvo", "probe": { "target": "https://api.belvo.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.542099971Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 36, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 50, "p95ms24h": 181, "samples24h": 41, "samples30d": 41, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 41, "ok": 41 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.belvo.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:52.216286465Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://belvo.com/plans-and-pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:32.924207659Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e45bde6abe6f" }, { "url": "https://belvo.com/privacy-policy-end-users/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:35.22055183Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "44ff1673e0c9" }, { "url": "https://belvo.com/terms-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:55.309282506Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fc9af45fbdce" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.542099971Z" } }, "answer": "Belvo scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 4 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": 559, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "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": "2026-10-08T21:06:05.492387918Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:05.492387918Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Belvo", "b": "Flinks Technology Inc. (National Bank of Canada)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.belvo.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "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 Belvo's General Conditions of Service Usage. The belvo npm package (0.28.0) is MIT", "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": "2026-08-10", "b": "2026-09-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-01-10", "b": "2023-08-03", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2021-02-22", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "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" }, { "a": "1.1k npm/wk, 240 PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Belvo scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Belvo or Flinks?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Belvo and Flinks need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Belvo has a hosted endpoint at https://api.belvo.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Flinks.", "question": "Can an agent call Belvo and Flinks without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 53", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 50" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Lenders and fintechs that need consented bank data in Brazil, employment or tax records in Mexico, or Pix and direct debit collection, and can sign a contract.", "slug": "belvo", "watchFor": "Production keys follow a sales meeting, a certification call with a Belvo engineer and a paid plan from 1,000 USD a month" }, { "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. 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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/belvo-vs-flinks", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks.min.md" }, "markdown": "Belvo scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do bank accounts.\n\n- Belvo: grade B, 63.5/100, rank #309 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/belvo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/belvo.json\n- Flinks: grade D, 52.7/100, rank #559 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flinks.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/flinks.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Belvo (B)\n\nGood for: Lenders and fintechs that need consented bank data in Brazil, employment or tax records in Mexico, or Pix and direct debit collection, and can sign a contract.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 53\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Production keys follow a sales meeting, a certification call with a Belvo engineer and a paid plan from 1,000 USD a month\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 | Belvo | Flinks | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 84 | 53 | Belvo +31 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 83 | Flinks +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 54 | Belvo +26 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 50 | Belvo +7 |\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) | 30 | 31 | Flinks +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 60 | Belvo +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.5 · B** | **52.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Belvo | Flinks |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Belvo | Flinks Technology Inc. (National Bank of Canada) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.belvo.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Belvo's General Conditions of Service Usage. The belvo npm package (0.28.0) is MIT | 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 | 2026-08-10 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-01-10 | 2023-08-03 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-02-22 | 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 | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 1.1k npm/wk, 240 PyPI/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Belvo.** Belvo publishes a 146-operation OpenAPI file, an llms.txt with a Markdown twin of each docs page, and list endpoints with field selection and pages of up to 1,000. Production access needs a sales meeting, a certification call and a paid plan from 1,000 USD a month, and no changelog or maintained SDK was found.\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### Belvo\n\n1. Send HTTP Basic with `secretId` as username and `secretPassword` as password to https://sandbox.belvo.com, and switch to https://api.belvo.com only with production keys\n2. Create links through the Hosted Widget with a token from POST /api/token/, which expires after 10 minutes\n3. Read stored data with GET list calls. Each POST retrieval in Brazil counts against monthly Open Finance limits, such as 8 a month per CPF for owners and accounts\n4. Retry 50x responses up to five times from a 3 second base with a factor of two, and don't retry 40x apart from `too_many_sessions`\n5. Send `Belvo-Idempotency-Key` with a UUID when creating a payment intent, and `X-Belvo-Request-Mode: async` on link deletion to avoid the limit of 5 deletions a minute\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, Belvo or Flinks?\n\nBelvo scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Belvo and Flinks need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Belvo and Flinks without installing anything?\n\nBelvo has a hosted endpoint at https://api.belvo.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Flinks.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"belvo\", \"b\": \"flinks\"}`. 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