{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "brex", "name": "Brex", "vendor": "Brex LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://www.brex.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "spend-management", "summary": "Brex is a spend platform with corporate cards, expense management, bill pay, travel and business accounts. Its REST Developer API reads and writes cards, expenses, spend limits, vendors and transfers, and a hosted MCP server is in beta.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brex", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brex.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brex.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/brex.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the Brex Platform Agreement and the Brex Access Agreement", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.brex.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is self-serve for a Brex customer. An account admin or card admin accepts the Developer API agreement in the dashboard, then creates a user token with chosen scopes at Settings \u003e Developer. The token is sent as a Bearer header, is shown once, can be revoked, and expires after 90 days without a call. Partners acting for other Brex accounts apply to Brex for a client ID and secret and use the OAuth 2.0 authorisation code grant, with one-hour access tokens and refresh tokens. The MCP server takes OAuth with dynamic client registration, where each employee signs in with their own permissions, or an admin's user token.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "No separate API fee. brex.com/pricing lists Brex API access under Essentials at $0 per user per month, with Premium at $12 per user per month and Enterprise priced on request. Access needs an approved Brex business account, so an agent can't start without one. There is no customer sandbox, and the staging server is for approved partners only. The Access Agreement lets Brex introduce API fees on 30 days' notice (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$12 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI specs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 43, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.brex.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.brex.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developer.brex.com/_bundle/openapi/team_api.yaml", "capabilities": [ "spend.transactions", "spend.expenses", "spend.cards", "spend.bills" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "status-page", "soc2", "pci-dss" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 345, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 25, "reliability": 60, "schema": 80, "security": 72, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-02 and 2026-09. The changelog records the List expenses maximum `limit` cut from 1,000 to 100 in February 2026, and `GET /v2/users/{id}/limit` removed from the Team API in September 2026 without a deprecated label in the entry. The Team API is at version 1.0, and the launch-stages page says breaking changes to generally available APIs come as new versions with deprecation timelines. Both changes are documented in the month they shipped, and notice by email couldn't be checked, so the smallest deduction applies (https://developer.brex.com/changelog)." ], "verdict": "User tokens carry per-resource scopes with read-only variants, every POST and PUT accepts an `Idempotency-Key`, and ten OpenAPI specs are public. The Expenses API changes only an expense's memo, there is no customer sandbox or official SDK, and the status page logs API errors lasting over four hours on 4 August 2026.", "bestFor": "A finance team already on Brex that wants an agent to read expenses and transactions, issue and lock cards, set spend limits, upload receipts and pay vendors.", "strengths": [ "Ten public OpenAPI 3 specs covering 115 operations, plus llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every docs page", "User tokens take scopes chosen at creation, most with a read-only variant, and card numbers need the separate `cards.pan` scope", "Every POST and PUT accepts an `Idempotency-Key`, and Create transfer and Create card require one", "API access is listed on the Essentials plan at $0 per user per month", "The hosted MCP server uses OAuth with dynamic client registration and each employee's own Brex permissions" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Expenses API update endpoint accepts only `memo`, so an outside agent can't set a category or custom field on an expense through it", "No customer sandbox. The docs say staging isn't a sandbox and won't accept customer tokens", "No official SDK. The docs list three community libraries that Brex doesn't support", "status.brex.com logs API request errors from 16:01 to 20:34 UTC on 4 August 2026 and invalidated developer tokens on 21 September 2026", "The MCP server is beta with 43 tools, and approvals and card management aren't available through it" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask an account admin or card admin for a user token with only the scopes the task needs, and prefer the `.readonly` variants. A token unused for 90 days expires.", "Send a stored `Idempotency-Key` on every POST and PUT. Create transfer and Create card reject requests without one.", "Only settled transactions are returned. Poll card and cash transactions with `posted_at_start` and a lookback of at least one day.", "Keep under 1,000 requests in 60 seconds per client and account, and back off exponentially with jitter on 429.", "Send only ASCII in free-text fields, and quote the `X-Brex-Trace-Id` response header when reporting an error." ], "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": 60.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 25, "reliability": 60, "schema": 80, "security": 72, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -i -X GET \\\n https://api.brex.com/v2/users/me \\\n -H 'Authorization: Bearer \u003cYOUR_TOKEN_FROM_STEP_1_HERE\u003e'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http brex https://api.brex.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "brex": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_BREX_ACCESS_TOKEN" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://api.brex.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/spend.transactions", "tool": "https://letme.dev/brex" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Essentials plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 0, "note": "Brex API access listed on this plan" }, { "item": "Premium plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 12, "note": "Enterprise is priced on request" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Brex LLC", "domain": "brex.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-10-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.brex.com/legal/platform-agreement", "privacy": "https://www.brex.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.brex.com", "changelog": "https://developer.brex.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Platform Agreement defines Brex as Brex LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One, N.A., and the pricing page footer gives addresses in San Francisco and Salt Lake City.", "API use is also governed by the Brex Access Agreement at https://www.brex.com/legal/developer-portal, which an admin accepts in the dashboard before creating a token.", "The API and the MCP server answer at api.brex.com and the authorisation server at accounts-api.brex.com, both brex.com subdomains. The former host platform.brexapis.com still works per the docs.", "www.brex.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. brex.com/trust/responsible-disclosure has a disclosure policy and a form run with Bugcrowd.", "RDAP for brex.com gives a registration date of 1998-10-22." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brex.json", "live": { "slug": "brex", "probe": { "target": "https://api.brex.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:42.131785756Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 401, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 427, "p95ms24h": 469, "samples24h": 42, "samples30d": 42, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 42, "ok": 42 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.brex.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:28.458206534Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://brex.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:43.637271768Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.brex.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:07.265606865Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "953aa59e7531" }, { "url": "https://www.brex.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:48.465771046Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b6066f1a37fc" }, { "url": "https://www.brex.com/legal/platform-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:45.950905207Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "86931ef51c0f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:42.131785756Z" } }, "answer": "Brex scores 60.7 (C) on agent readiness against Ramp's 57.3 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Ramp leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "ramp", "name": "Ramp", "vendor": "Ramp Business Corporation", "vendorUrl": "https://ramp.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "spend-management", "summary": "Ramp is a finance platform with company cards, expense management, bill pay, procurement and travel. Its Developer API reads and writes transactions, receipts, funds, bills and purchase orders. A hosted MCP server and CLI work with the signed-in user's permissions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ramp.json", "repo": "https://github.com/ramp-public/ramp-cli", "license": "Proprietary service under the Ramp Platform Agreement and the API Agreement. The ramp-cli repository is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.ramp.com", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "Access is self-serve for a Ramp customer. An admin creates an app at Company \u003e Developer, accepts the terms, and picks grant types and scopes. Client credentials tokens are requested from `/developer/v1/token` with HTTP Basic auth, last 10 days and act with the app creator's permissions. The authorisation code grant is for apps acting for other businesses, with one-hour access tokens by default, optional refresh tokens, and consent limited to Admin and Business Owner users. Scopes follow `resource:read` and `resource:write`, and `cards:read_vault` needs a production review by Ramp. The MCP server and CLI use OAuth and work with the signed-in user's permissions, and custom MCP clients need their redirect URI allowlisted by Ramp.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "No separate API fee is published. ramp.com/pricing lists Free at $0 per user per month, Plus at $15 per user per month plus a platform fee by team size, and Enterprise on request, with a 30-day Plus trial. The OpenAPI spec marks 51 of 260 operations as needing Plus. Access needs an approved Ramp business account, so an agent can't start without one. A sandbox at demo-api.ramp.com is available on request through a form. The API Agreement reserves the right to charge API fees (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$15 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Ramp's own API isn't paid for by x402, MPP or L402. Ramp lets a connected agent pay other sellers by x402 from a funded wallet, or by Stripe MPP, per the agentic payments guide (https://docs.ramp.com/llms-guides/agent-payments.txt, checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 53, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.ramp.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.ramp.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.ramp.com/openapi/developer-api.json", "capabilities": [ "spend.transactions", "spend.expenses", "spend.cards", "spend.bills", "spend.procurement" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "oauth", "mcp", "cli", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "sandbox", "soc2", "pci-dss", "security-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 423, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 25, "reliability": 30, "schema": 86, "security": 79, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-06-25 and 2026-02-11. The changelog records the webhook event type `transactions.all_requirements_met_and_approved` removed on 25 June 2026, three days after the 22 June entry marked it a deprecated alias, and `functional_currency_amount` dropped from default transaction responses on 11 February 2026. Both are documented on the day they shipped and the first names a replacement. Notice by email couldn't be checked, so the smallest deduction applies (https://docs.ramp.com/developer-api/v1/changelog)." ], "verdict": "OAuth 2.0 scopes split read from write across about 40 resources, a 260-operation OpenAPI spec is public, and an audit log endpoint records actions by user and agent. No public status page was found, 89 operations are marked beta, the API Agreement allows changes without notice, and idempotency keys cover only eight write operations.", "bestFor": "A finance team already on Ramp that wants an agent to read transactions, upload receipts, code and split expenses, issue funds with limits, create bills and work with purchase orders and procurement requests.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0.2 spec with 260 operations, plus llms.txt and a plain-text export of every guide and the API reference", "OAuth 2.0 scopes follow `resource:read` and `resource:write`, tokens are bound to scopes at issue, and `POST /developer/v1/token/revoke` invalidates them", "`GET /developer/v1/audit-logs/events` filters events by user, date, event type and actor type, including Ramp's own agents", "A sandbox at demo-api.ramp.com and demo.ramp.com moves no real money and has demo actions that create test transactions", "The changelog is dated to the day, with 26 dated entries between 15 July and 7 October 2026 and an RSS feed" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public status page was found. status.ramp.com doesn't resolve, and no status link appears in the docs, help centre or trust centre pages read", "89 of 260 operations carry `x-beta`, among them creating a fund and splitting a transaction, and the MCP guide says the server is subject to change", "`X-Idempotency-Key` is accepted on 8 of 155 write operations. Creating a bill, a purchase order or a vendor has none", "The API Agreement says Ramp may change or discontinue the APIs at any time with or without notice", "No official SDK was found in the docs, and 51 operations (custom records, purchase orders, the audit log) need the paid Plus plan" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `scope` on the client credentials token request. Without it Ramp issues a token with no scopes and every resource call fails with 403", "Follow the full URL in `next` to page. `page_size` defaults to 20 and stops at 100, and the cursor is opaque", "Stay under 200 requests in any 10 seconds per source IP and back off 1, 2 then 4 seconds on 429. No Retry-After header is documented", "Don't use `synced_after` or `from_created_at` to find changed records. Bills and transactions have no updated-at filter, so subscribe to webhooks", "Send `X-Idempotency-Key` when creating funds or procurement requests. Elsewhere a retried POST can create a duplicate, so read back before retrying" ], "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": 57.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 25, "reliability": 30, "schema": 86, "security": 79, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 84 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://agents.ramp.com/install.sh | sh", "http": "curl https://api.ramp.com/developer/v1/transactions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $RAMP_ACCESS_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/spend.transactions", "tool": "https://letme.dev/ramp" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 0, "note": "No separate API fee is published" }, { "item": "Plus plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 15, "note": "Plus a platform fee by team size, not stated. Enterprise is priced on request" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Ramp Business Corporation", "domain": "ramp.com", "domainRegistered": "1994-03-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://ramp.com/legal/developer-terms/developer-terms/api-agreement", "privacy": "https://ramp.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.ramp.com/developer-api/v1/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The API Agreement (last updated 26 March 2026) names Ramp Business Corporation, 28 West 23rd Street, Floor 2, New York, NY 10010.", "The API answers at api.ramp.com and demo-api.ramp.com, and the MCP servers at mcp.ramp.com and demo-mcp.ramp.com.", "No status page was found. status.ramp.com doesn't resolve, and no status link appears in the docs, help centre, trust centre, home or pricing pages read on 8 October 2026.", "ramp.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security-external@ramp.com as the contact and expires on 18 March 2027.", "The Platform Agreement was last updated on 22 September 2026, the privacy policy on 21 August 2026 and the DPA on 10 July 2026. The legal pages render with JavaScript, and we read the published documents from the site's own script files.", "RDAP for ramp.com gives a registration date of 1994-03-14 and Cloudflare, Inc. as registrar." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp.json", "live": { "slug": "ramp", "probe": { "target": "https://api.ramp.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:56.682948963Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 139, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 139, "p95ms24h": 194, "samples24h": 42, "samples30d": 42, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 42, "ok": 42 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "ramp-public/ramp-cli", "version": "v0.2.54", "released": "2026-10-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:26:56.585492266Z" } ], "githubStars": 53, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://ramp.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-03-18T19:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:51.088112552Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.ramp.com/developer-api/v1/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:18.141617922Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "df9c69ecf0f3" }, { "url": "https://ramp.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:38.570721399Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://ramp.com/legal/developer-terms/developer-terms/api-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:36.289237573Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:56.682948963Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Brex LLC", "b": "Ramp Business Corporation", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.brex.com", "b": "https://api.ramp.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Brex Platform Agreement and the Brex Access Agreement", "b": "Proprietary service under the Ramp Platform Agreement and the API Agreement. 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Ramp leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Brex or Ramp?" }, { "answer": "Brex takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Ramp uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Brex and Ramp need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Brex has a hosted endpoint at https://api.brex.com and Ramp at https://api.ramp.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Brex and Ramp without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 60 against 30" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A finance team already on Brex that wants an agent to read expenses and transactions, issue and lock cards, set spend limits, upload receipts and pay vendors.", "slug": "brex", "watchFor": "The Expenses API update endpoint accepts only `memo`, so an outside agent can't set a category or custom field on an expense through it" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 80", "Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 72", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 74 against 66" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A finance team already on Ramp that wants an agent to read transactions, upload receipts, code and split expenses, issue funds with limits, create bills and work with purchase orders and procurement requests.", "slug": "ramp", "watchFor": "No public status page was found. status.ramp.com doesn't resolve, and no status link appears in the docs, help centre or trust centre pages read" } ], "job": { "capability": "spend.transactions", "name": "Spend transactions" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-expensify.json", "title": "Brex vs Expensify", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-expensify" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-pleo.json", "title": "Brex vs Pleo API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-pleo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-spendesk.json", "title": "Brex vs Spendesk API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-spendesk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expensify-vs-ramp.json", "title": "Expensify vs Ramp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expensify-vs-ramp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pleo-vs-ramp.json", "title": "Pleo API + MCP vs Ramp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pleo-vs-ramp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ramp-vs-spendesk.json", "title": "Ramp vs Spendesk API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ramp-vs-spendesk" } ], "scores": [ { "brex": 60, "by": 30, "edge": "brex", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "ramp": 30, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "brex": 80, "by": 6, "edge": "ramp", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "ramp": 86, "weight": 13 }, { "brex": 70, "by": 4, "edge": "brex", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "ramp": 66, "weight": 13 }, { "brex": 72, "by": 7, "edge": "ramp", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "ramp": 79, "weight": 14 }, { "brex": 25, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "ramp": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "brex": 66, "by": 8, "edge": "ramp", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "ramp": 74, "weight": 7 }, { "brex": 67, "by": 3, "edge": "ramp", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "ramp": 70, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Brex scores 60.7 (C) on agent readiness against Ramp's 57.3 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Ramp leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do spend transactions.", "verdicts": { "brex": "User tokens carry per-resource scopes with read-only variants, every POST and PUT accepts an `Idempotency-Key`, and ten OpenAPI specs are public. The Expenses API changes only an expense's memo, there is no customer sandbox or official SDK, and the status page logs API errors lasting over four hours on 4 August 2026.", "ramp": "OAuth 2.0 scopes split read from write across about 40 resources, a 260-operation OpenAPI spec is public, and an audit log endpoint records actions by user and agent. No public status page was found, 89 operations are marked beta, the API Agreement allows changes without notice, and idempotency keys cover only eight write operations." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-ramp", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-ramp.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-ramp.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brex-vs-ramp.min.md" }, "markdown": "Brex scores 60.7 (C) on agent readiness against Ramp's 57.3 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Ramp leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do spend transactions.\n\n- Brex: grade C, 60.7/100, rank #345 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brex.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/brex.json\n- Ramp: grade C, 57.3/100, rank #423 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ramp.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Brex (C)\n\nGood for: A finance team already on Brex that wants an agent to read expenses and transactions, issue and lock cards, set spend limits, upload receipts and pay vendors.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 30\n\nWatch for: The Expenses API update endpoint accepts only `memo`, so an outside agent can't set a category or custom field on an expense through it\n\n### Ramp (C)\n\nGood for: A finance team already on Ramp that wants an agent to read transactions, upload receipts, code and split expenses, issue funds with limits, create bills and work with purchase orders and procurement requests.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 80\n- Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 72\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 74 against 66\n\nWatch for: No public status page was found. status.ramp.com doesn't resolve, and no status link appears in the docs, help centre or trust centre pages read\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Brex | Ramp | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 30 | Brex +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 86 | Ramp +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 66 | Brex +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 72 | 79 | Ramp +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 25 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 74 | Ramp +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 70 | Ramp +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.7 · C** | **57.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Brex | Ramp |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Brex LLC | Ramp Business Corporation |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.brex.com` | `https://api.ramp.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Brex Platform Agreement and the Brex Access Agreement | Proprietary service under the Ramp Platform Agreement and the API Agreement. The ramp-cli repository is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 43 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | none | 53 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Brex.** User tokens carry per-resource scopes with read-only variants, every POST and PUT accepts an `Idempotency-Key`, and ten OpenAPI specs are public. The Expenses API changes only an expense's memo, there is no customer sandbox or official SDK, and the status page logs API errors lasting over four hours on 4 August 2026.\n\n**Ramp.** OAuth 2.0 scopes split read from write across about 40 resources, a 260-operation OpenAPI spec is public, and an audit log endpoint records actions by user and agent. No public status page was found, 89 operations are marked beta, the API Agreement allows changes without notice, and idempotency keys cover only eight write operations.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Brex\n\n1. Ask an account admin or card admin for a user token with only the scopes the task needs, and prefer the `.readonly` variants. A token unused for 90 days expires.\n2. Send a stored `Idempotency-Key` on every POST and PUT. Create transfer and Create card reject requests without one.\n3. Only settled transactions are returned. Poll card and cash transactions with `posted_at_start` and a lookback of at least one day.\n4. Keep under 1,000 requests in 60 seconds per client and account, and back off exponentially with jitter on 429.\n5. Send only ASCII in free-text fields, and quote the `X-Brex-Trace-Id` response header when reporting an error.\n\n### Ramp\n\n1. Send `scope` on the client credentials token request. Without it Ramp issues a token with no scopes and every resource call fails with 403\n2. Follow the full URL in `next` to page. `page_size` defaults to 20 and stops at 100, and the cursor is opaque\n3. Stay under 200 requests in any 10 seconds per source IP and back off 1, 2 then 4 seconds on 429. No Retry-After header is documented\n4. Don't use `synced_after` or `from_created_at` to find changed records. Bills and transactions have no updated-at filter, so subscribe to webhooks\n5. Send `X-Idempotency-Key` when creating funds or procurement requests. 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