{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "codat", "name": "Codat", "vendor": "Codat Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://codat.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Codat connects a business's accounting, banking and commerce software to financial products and banks through one REST API. Product APIs cover bill pay, expenses, bank feeds and lending data, with official SDKs for TypeScript, Python and C#.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/codat", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/codat.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/codat.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/codat.json", "repo": "https://github.com/codatio/oas", "license": "Proprietary service under Codat's Master Services Agreement. The documentation repository codatio/codat-docs is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.codat.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@codat/platform" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "codat-platform" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "An API key, Base64 encoded, in an `Authorization: Basic` header on every call to https://api.codat.io. An account comes through Codat's sales team. The docs say to get in touch to create one, and no self-serve signup was found. A client can hold up to 10 named keys, created and deleted in the Portal by Administrator or Developer users or through the /apiKeys endpoints. Keys have no scopes, so each one reaches every company the client has connected. End customers authorise their accounting package through Codat's Link flow.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public price. codat.io/pricing returns 404 and the site's buttons ask for a meeting. The standard MSA sets a platform fee invoiced in advance and a unit fee per active company per month, both in an order form. The docs describe a free trial limited to 50 companies, no hourly syncs and 365 days, and a Codat Sandbox integration that is excluded from billing, but an account starts with a request to Codat (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs repository, the OpenAPI specs or the site (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 2690, "pypiWeekly": 222, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.codat.io/using-the-api/overview", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codatio/oas/main/json/Codat-Platform.json", "capabilities": [ "accounting.unified", "accounting.bills", "accounting.reports", "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "sales-led", "api-key", "openapi", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "idempotency", "sandbox", "typescript", "python", "csharp", "status-page", "soc2", "iso27001", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 257, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 10, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 49, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Public OpenAPI specs, an Idempotency-Key header on writes, Retry-After on 429 and a written three-month deprecation notice suit an agent that retries. Access is the limitation. No price or self-serve signup is published, the general Accounting API is closed to new clients, and API keys carry no scopes.", "bestFor": "Banks, lenders, bill pay, expense and card products that already have or will sign a Codat contract and need writes into many accounting packages.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3 specs for every API in codatio/oas, with long operation descriptions and per-integration response examples", "Idempotency-Key header on POST and PATCH, cached for 90 minutes, and released after a 429 so the same key can be retried", "429 responses carry Retry-After, and every response carries X-Rate-Limit-Limit, Remaining and Reset headers", "Breaking changes are posted at least three months ahead, with a deprecation calendar and quarterly emails", "Annual SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 audits and a private bug bounty, per codat.io/security" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public price. The pricing page returns 404 and fees are set in an order form", "No self-serve signup found. The docs and the site ask new users to get in touch", "The general Accounting API spec says it is relevant only to existing clients, and the status page labels it Legacy", "API keys have no scopes or read-only mode, and one key reaches every connected company", "Two complete API outages in July 2026, of 14 and 12 minutes, and intermittent Xero failures from 22 to 29 July", "The Java and Go SDKs were archived in April and May 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Basic \u003cbase64 of the API key\u003e` to https://api.codat.io. The Portal shows the ready-made header value", "Send a new GUID as `Idempotency-Key` on every POST and PATCH, and reuse the same key when retrying after a 429", "Treat writes as asynchronous on most APIs. Keep the push operation key and wait for the `{dataType}.write.successful` or `.unsuccessful` webhook", "Call the Get model (options) endpoint for the connection before a create or update, because required fields differ by accounting package", "Filter with `query=modifiedDate\u003e...` and keep `pageSize` at 100. The daily quota is 1,000 requests times one plus the number of active connected companies" ], "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": 64.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 10, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 49, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @codat/platform", "http": "curl https://api.codat.io/companies \\\n -H \"Authorization: Basic $CODAT_ENCODED_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.unified", "tool": "https://letme.dev/codat" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Codat Limited", "domain": "codat.io", "domainRegistered": "2016-10-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://codat.io/msa-standard/", "privacy": "https://codat.io/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.codat.io", "changelog": "https://docs.codat.io/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The standard MSA (version 2.0, 5 September 2022) names Codat Limited, registered in England and Wales, number 10480375, 6-7 St. Cross Street, London EC1N 8UB, for clients in the UK and the rest of the world outside the USA. The privacy notice also names Codat, Inc., a Delaware corporation.", "codat.io/legals lists two agreements, the Master Services Agreement (standard and enterprise versions) and the Start-up Plan terms. The standard MSA is the one recorded here.", "The Codat Global Privacy Notice was last updated in April 2025. It is written mainly for website visitors, and the MSA points to the same page for the sub-processor list.", "codat.io, app.codat.io and api.codat.io all return 404 for /.well-known/security.txt. codat.io/security has a disclosure form.", "RDAP for codat.io gives a registration date of 2016-10-17." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/codat.json", "live": { "slug": "codat", "probe": { "target": "https://api.codat.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:43.662253972Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 179, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 68, "p95ms24h": 179, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.codat.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:31.533184983Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.codat.io/updates", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:26.233949031Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "07529b659c92" }, { "url": "https://codat.io/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:28.10988641Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e89a28b3e19e" }, { "url": "https://codat.io/msa-standard/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:25.833678794Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a5936b16dc49" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:43.662253972Z" } }, "answer": "Codat scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against FreshBooks API's 45.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. FreshBooks API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "freshbooks", "name": "FreshBooks API", "vendor": "FreshBooks", "vendorUrl": "https://www.freshbooks.com/api/start", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "REST API for FreshBooks, the invoicing-first accounting product for freelancers and small firms.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshbooks", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshbooks.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshbooks.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/freshbooks.json", "repo": "https://github.com/freshbooks/freshbooks-python-sdk", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.freshbooks.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@freshbooks/api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "freshbooks-sdk" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 authorisation code with scopes such as user:invoices:read and user:journal_entries:write. Access tokens are JWTs that expire (check the expiry in the token). Refresh tokens never expire but are single use, and only one is alive per user per app, so a refresh invalidates the old one. Call GET /auth/api/v1/users/me for the account_id used by /accounting endpoints and the business_id used by projects and time tracking.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "The API comes with any FreshBooks plan under section 12 of the terms, with no separate developer fee. Plans are Lite at $23 a month (5 billable clients), Plus at $43 (50 clients), Premium at $70 (unlimited) and Select on request, with introductory discounts. Double-entry accounting reports and bank reconciliation start at Plus (https://www.freshbooks.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 11, "npmWeekly": 685, "pypiWeekly": 415, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.freshbooks.com/api/start", "capabilities": [ "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices", "accounting.bills", "accounting.reports" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "byo-plan", "oauth", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2024-09-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.4, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 568, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 14, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 48, "security": 57, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OAuth scopes split read and write per resource, such as user:invoices:read. Rate limits have no numbers, status code or headers.", "bestFor": "An agent that bills clients, chases invoices and reads the books for a freelancer or small service firm already on FreshBooks.", "strengths": [ "OAuth scopes split read and write per resource, such as user:invoices:read", "Journal entries, chart of accounts, trial balance and general ledger through the API", "Numbered error codes such as 1001 RequiredField and 1012 UnknownResource", "30-day product trial with no card", "PCI DSS Level 1 with an annual third-party audit" ], "weaknesses": [ "Rate limits have no numbers, status code or headers", "No sandbox, so testing happens in a trial account", "Official SDKs last released in April 2023 (Python) and September 2024 (Node)", "Changelog holds a single entry, the move to JWT tokens", "About two hours of full outage on 4 August 2026, and no API component on the status page" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call /auth/api/v1/users/me first and keep both ids. Accounting endpoints take account_id, projects and time tracking take business_id", "Serialise token refreshes. Issuing a new refresh token kills the old one at once", "Mark an invoice as sent (action_mark_as_sent) or email it. Reports ignore drafts", "Send x-api-version: 2023-09-25 on journal entry calls", "Back off on any throttling response yourself. There's no Retry-After to read and no published limit" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 14, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 48, "security": 57, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/$FRESHBOOKS_ACCOUNT_ID/invoices/invoices?per_page=10\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $FRESHBOOKS_ACCESS_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.ledger", "tool": "https://letme.dev/freshbooks" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "2NDSITE Inc.", "domain": "freshbooks.com", "domainRegistered": "2004-03-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.freshbooks.com/policies/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.freshbooks.com/policies/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.freshbooks.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms name 2NDSITE Inc., 225 King St W, Suite 1200, Toronto, under Ontario law, effective 29 October 2025 for new accounts.", "The API terms are section 12 of the general terms. There's no separate developer agreement.", "The API changelog page has a single entry, the 2021 to 2023 move from fixed-length bearer tokens to JWTs.", "www.freshbooks.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 403 to our fetch." ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshbooks.json", "live": { "slug": "freshbooks", "probe": { "target": "https://api.freshbooks.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:47.163300662Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 342, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 144, "p95ms24h": 227, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1933, "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": 217, "ok": 217 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.freshbooks.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:39.805173676Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "freshbooks/freshbooks-python-sdk", "version": "release/1.2.1", "released": "2023-04-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:12:23.376590552Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@freshbooks/api", "version": "4.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:12:17.456676262Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "freshbooks-sdk", "version": "1.3.0", "released": "2024-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:12:23.186763622Z" } ], "githubStars": 11, "npmWeekly": 925, "pypiWeekly": 193, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://freshbooks.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:51.609487724Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "freshbooks.com", "registered": "2004-03-23", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/freshbooks.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:59.146069659Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.freshbooks.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:54.316439511Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:11:59.395322104Z", "fingerprint": "4803a26e7245" }, { "url": "https://www.freshbooks.com/policies/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:49.805877308Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:49.805877308Z", "fingerprint": "5f9c94f6bd5a" }, { "url": "https://www.freshbooks.com/policies/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:52.104944649Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:52.104944649Z", "fingerprint": "1b34cd7eae1e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:47.163300662Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Codat Limited", "b": "FreshBooks", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.codat.io", "b": "https://api.freshbooks.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Your plan", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Codat's Master Services Agreement. The documentation repository codatio/codat-docs is Apache-2.0", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2024-09-11", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2022-09-05", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-04-01", "b": "2026-10-05", "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": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "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": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2.7k npm/wk, 222 PyPI/wk", "b": "11 stars, 685 npm/wk, 415 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Codat scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against FreshBooks API's 45.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. FreshBooks API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Codat or FreshBooks API?" }, { "answer": "Codat needs an API key. FreshBooks API uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Codat and FreshBooks API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Codat has a hosted endpoint at https://api.codat.io and FreshBooks API at https://api.freshbooks.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Codat and FreshBooks API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 35", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 48", "Agent ergonomics, 81 against 61", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 14", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 65" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Banks, lenders, bill pay, expense and card products that already have or will sign a Codat contract and need writes into many accounting packages.", "slug": "codat", "watchFor": "No public price. The pricing page returns 404 and fees are set in an order form" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 49", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that bills clients, chases invoices and reads the books for a freelancer or small service firm already on FreshBooks.", "slug": "freshbooks", "watchFor": "Rate limits have no numbers, status code or headers" } ], "job": { "capability": "accounting.ledger", "name": "Accounting ledger" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-freshbooks.json", "title": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs FreshBooks API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-freshbooks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-freeagent.json", "title": "Codat vs FreeAgent API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-freeagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "Codat vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-xero.json", "title": "Codat vs Xero API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-xero" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-freshbooks.json", "title": "FreeAgent API vs FreshBooks API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-freshbooks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-merge-accounting.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs Merge Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-merge-accounting" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-rutter.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs Rutter Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-rutter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-xero.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs Xero API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-xero" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-invoice-ninja.json", "title": "Codat vs Invoice Ninja API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-invoice-ninja" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-invoice-ninja.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs Invoice Ninja API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-invoice-ninja" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-codat.json", "title": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs Codat", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-codat" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-merge-accounting.json", "title": "Codat vs Merge Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-merge-accounting" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-rutter.json", "title": "Codat vs Rutter Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-rutter" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 45, "codat": 80, "edge": "codat", "freshbooks": 35, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 29, "codat": 77, "edge": "codat", "freshbooks": 48, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 20, "codat": 81, "edge": "codat", "freshbooks": 61, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 8, "codat": 49, "edge": "freshbooks", "freshbooks": 57, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "codat": 10, "edge": "freshbooks", "freshbooks": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 61, "codat": 75, "edge": "codat", "freshbooks": 14, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 6, "codat": 71, "edge": "codat", "freshbooks": 65, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Codat scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against FreshBooks API's 45.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. FreshBooks API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do accounting ledger.", "verdicts": { "codat": "Public OpenAPI specs, an Idempotency-Key header on writes, Retry-After on 429 and a written three-month deprecation notice suit an agent that retries. Access is the limitation. No price or self-serve signup is published, the general Accounting API is closed to new clients, and API keys carry no scopes.", "freshbooks": "OAuth scopes split read and write per resource, such as user:invoices:read. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshbooks.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/freshbooks.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Codat (B)\n\nGood for: Banks, lenders, bill pay, expense and card products that already have or will sign a Codat contract and need writes into many accounting packages.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 48\n- Agent ergonomics, 81 against 61\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 14\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 65\n\nWatch for: No public price. The pricing page returns 404 and fees are set in an order form\n\n### FreshBooks API (E)\n\nGood for: An agent that bills clients, chases invoices and reads the books for a freelancer or small service firm already on FreshBooks.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 49\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n\nWatch for: Rate limits have no numbers, status code or headers\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Codat | FreshBooks API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 35 | Codat +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 48 | Codat +29 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 61 | Codat +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 57 | FreshBooks API +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | FreshBooks API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 14 | Codat +61 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 65 | Codat +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.3 · B** | **45.4 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Codat | FreshBooks API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Codat Limited | FreshBooks |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.codat.io` | `https://api.freshbooks.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Codat's Master Services Agreement. The documentation repository codatio/codat-docs is Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2024-09-11 |\n| Terms last updated | 2022-09-05 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-04-01 | 2026-10-05 |\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 | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\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 | yes |\n| Popularity | 2.7k npm/wk, 222 PyPI/wk | 11 stars, 685 npm/wk, 415 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Codat.** Public OpenAPI specs, an Idempotency-Key header on writes, Retry-After on 429 and a written three-month deprecation notice suit an agent that retries. Access is the limitation. No price or self-serve signup is published, the general Accounting API is closed to new clients, and API keys carry no scopes.\n\n**FreshBooks API.** OAuth scopes split read and write per resource, such as user:invoices:read. Rate limits have no numbers, status code or headers.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Codat\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Basic \u003cbase64 of the API key\u003e` to https://api.codat.io. The Portal shows the ready-made header value\n2. Send a new GUID as `Idempotency-Key` on every POST and PATCH, and reuse the same key when retrying after a 429\n3. Treat writes as asynchronous on most APIs. Keep the push operation key and wait for the `{dataType}.write.successful` or `.unsuccessful` webhook\n4. Call the Get model (options) endpoint for the connection before a create or update, because required fields differ by accounting package\n5. Filter with `query=modifiedDate\u003e...` and keep `pageSize` at 100. The daily quota is 1,000 requests times one plus the number of active connected companies\n\n### FreshBooks API\n\n1. Call /auth/api/v1/users/me first and keep both ids. Accounting endpoints take account_id, projects and time tracking take business_id\n2. Serialise token refreshes. Issuing a new refresh token kills the old one at once\n3. Mark an invoice as sent (action_mark_as_sent) or email it. Reports ignore drafts\n4. Send x-api-version: 2023-09-25 on journal entry calls\n5. Back off on any throttling response yourself. There's no Retry-After to read and no published limit\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Codat or FreshBooks API?\n\nCodat scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against FreshBooks API's 45.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. FreshBooks API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Codat and FreshBooks API need an API key?\n\nCodat needs an API key. 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