{ "data": { "a": { "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": "2026-10-08T21:57:55.355975731Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:55.355975731Z" } }, "answer": "Tink scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "tink", "name": "Tink", "vendor": "Tink AB (Visa)", "vendorUrl": "https://tink.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "banking-data", "summary": "Tink is a European open banking platform owned by Visa. Its REST API and hosted Tink Link flow read accounts, balances and transactions with the account holder's consent, and start bank payments.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tink", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tink.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tink.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tink.json", "repo": "https://github.com/tink-ab/tink-link-ios", "license": "Proprietary service under Tink's Master Service Agreement. The Tink Link SDKs for iOS and Android on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.tink.com", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 with a `client_id` and `client_secret` from the Tink Console, sent in the POST body to https://api.tink.com/api/v1/oauth/token. A client token lasts 30 minutes and carries only the scopes requested. Data calls need a user token, valid two hours, obtained through an authorisation grant for a Tink user or from the code Tink Link returns after bank consent. Mutual TLS is accepted as an alternative client authentication method. Console signup is self-serve for the sandbox. Live access is by sales contract, with customer due diligence when Tink's own licence is used.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public prices. The pricing page lists Standard as Contact us and Enterprise as Custom pricing, and says listed prices apply only to existing customers (https://tink.com/pricing/, checked 2026-10-08). The FAQ says there is no pay-per-use option and that a free Console account gives test data in a sandbox (https://tink.com/faq/). No card is mentioned for signup. Fees are set in an order form and billed monthly in arrears under the MSA.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the API reference introduction 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.tink.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.tink.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "bank.accounts", "bank.transactions", "bank.consent", "bank.payments", "bank.identity" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "oauth", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "sandbox", "eu", "uk", "enterprise", "sales-led", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 337, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 69, "payments": 10, "reliability": 62, "schema": 73, "security": 63, "transparency": 90 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OAuth client credentials with per-endpoint scopes, token-paged data endpoints and a published MSA, DPA, SLA and sub-processor list. No price is public, live access needs a sales contract, and the API reference has no downloadable spec or published rate-limit numbers.", "bestFor": "A company with a contract that needs account, balance and transaction data or bank payments across European markets under Tink's own licences.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.0 client credentials with named scopes per endpoint, 30-minute client tokens and two-hour user tokens", "Master Service Agreement, DPA, four SLA documents and a sub-processor list with processing locations are public PDFs", "Data v2 list endpoints page with `pageSize` and `pageToken`, with date, account and status filters on transactions", "Changelog with 367 dated entries, three of them in the 90 days to 8 October 2026", "Free Console account with a Demo Bank covering test users in 18 countries" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public prices. The pricing page lists Standard as Contact us and Enterprise as Custom pricing, and the FAQ says there is no pay-per-use option", "The API reference is a JavaScript app with the Swagger definitions inside its bundle. No downloadable spec was found", "Rate limits are per app with no published numbers, and a 429 carries no documented Retry-After", "A critical incident on 16 July 2026 stopped authentication, consent, account data and payment flows in all European markets for 62 minutes", "security.txt has a Policy line pointing to Visa's disclosure page and no Contact or Expires field" ], "agentNotes": [ "Request a client token at https://api.tink.com/api/v1/oauth/token, create a user, request an authorisation grant for that user, then exchange the code for a user token.", "Renew tokens on a timer. Client tokens last 30 minutes and user tokens two hours, and the client credentials flow returns no refresh token.", "Send the account holder through Tink Link in a browser. Bank consent cannot be completed by API calls alone.", "Read transactions from /data/v2/transactions with `pageSize` up to 100 and follow `nextPageToken`.", "Send an Idempotency-Key header on consent and payment writes. Keys are kept for 24 hours." ], "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": 62.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 69, "payments": 10, "reliability": 62, "schema": 73, "security": 63, "transparency": 79 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.tink.com/api/v1/oauth/token \\\n -d \"client_id=$TINK_CLIENT_ID\" \\\n -d \"client_secret=$TINK_CLIENT_SECRET\" \\\n -d \"grant_type=client_credentials\" \\\n -d \"scope=authorization:grant,user:create\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/bank.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tink" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Tink AB", "domain": "tink.com", "domainRegistered": "1993-03-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://assets.ctfassets.net/c78bhj3obgck/4rs258WTPok62q9qrmFE1o/b68d1bcc13b5c118503ecffc8647a7d8/Tink_Master_Service_Agreement_2025-12-09.pdf", "privacy": "https://cdn.tink.se/legal/privacy-policy/en_UK/privacy-policy-en_UK-2601.pdf", "statusPage": "https://status.tink.com", "changelog": "https://docs.tink.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Master Service Agreement (version 2025-12-09) names Tink AB, corporate registration number 556898-2192, Regeringsgatan 38, 111 56 Stockholm, and is governed by Swedish law. The legal FAQ says all customer use is governed by it.", "The legal FAQ lists Tink AB as a payment institution under the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA ID 44059), Tink Germany GmbH under BaFin (10152149) and Tink Financial Services Limited under the UK FCA (FRN 988456). Tink is a Visa company.", "The privacy link is the Visa Open Banking Privacy Notice for End-Users, effective 8 January 2026, which covers the bank data read through the product. A separate General Privacy Notice (effective 8 April 2025) covers website visitors and business contacts, and customer data is governed by the DPA of 1 October 2025.", "tink.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Canonical line and a Policy line pointing to Visa's vulnerability disclosure page, with no Contact or Expires field, both of which RFC 9116 requires. It is recorded as valid because the file is served, as with other listings whose file lacks Expires.", "The API answers at api.tink.com and Tink Link at link.tink.com. Legal PDFs are served from assets.ctfassets.net and cdn.tink.se.", "The changelog at docs.tink.com/changelog renders in JavaScript. We read its entries from the content feed the page itself requests. Verisign RDAP gives the domain registration date and MarkMonitor as registrar." ], "score": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tink.json", "live": { "slug": "tink", "probe": { "target": "https://api.tink.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:35.931531077Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 132, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 54, "p95ms24h": 132, "samples24h": 48, "samples30d": 48, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 48, "ok": 48 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.tink.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:58:16.497956011Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.tink.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:36.318263547Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://tink.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:14.991772397Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b875e338cc34" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:58:16.497956011Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Flinks Technology Inc. (National Bank of Canada)", "b": "Tink AB (Visa)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.tink.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "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 Flinks' Master Terms and Conditions. No open-source SDK or repository was found", "b": "Proprietary service under Tink's Master Service Agreement. The Tink Link SDKs for iOS and Android on GitHub are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-01", "b": "2026-09-15", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2023-08-03", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2022-09-22", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Tink scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Flinks or Tink?" }, { "answer": "Flinks needs an API key. Tink uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Flinks and Tink need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Flinks. Tink has a hosted endpoint at https://api.tink.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Flinks and Tink without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 73", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 10" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A lender or fintech with steady volume that needs Canadian bank data, income and lending attributes, PDF statements or Canadian bank payments.", "slug": "flinks", "watchFor": "Live access needs a contract with a monthly minimum and a one-year term. The pricing page says there is no pay-as-you-go plan or self-serve trial" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 62 against 53", "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 50", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 69 against 31", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 90 against 60" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "A company with a contract that needs account, balance and transaction data or bank payments across European markets under Tink's own licences.", "slug": "tink", "watchFor": "No public prices. The pricing page lists Standard as Contact us and Enterprise as Custom pricing, and the FAQ says there is no pay-per-use option" } ], "job": { "capability": "bank.accounts", "name": "Bank accounts" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-flinks.json", "title": "Akoya vs Flinks", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-flinks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-tink.json", "title": "Akoya vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akoya-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks.json", "title": "Belvo vs Flinks", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-flinks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-tink.json", "title": "Belvo vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/belvo-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/enable-banking-vs-flinks.json", "title": "Enable Banking vs Flinks", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/enable-banking-vs-flinks" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/enable-banking-vs-tink.json", "title": "Enable Banking vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/enable-banking-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-gocardless-bank-account-data.json", "title": "Flinks vs GoCardless Bank Account Data", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-gocardless-bank-account-data" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-mx.json", "title": "Flinks vs MX Platform API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-mx" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-plaid.json", "title": "Flinks vs Plaid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-plaid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-salt-edge.json", "title": "Flinks vs Salt Edge Account Information", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-salt-edge" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-teller.json", "title": "Flinks vs Teller", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-teller" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-truelayer.json", "title": "Flinks vs TrueLayer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-truelayer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-yapily.json", "title": "Flinks vs Yapily", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-yapily" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gocardless-bank-account-data-vs-tink.json", "title": "GoCardless Bank Account Data vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gocardless-bank-account-data-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mx-vs-tink.json", "title": "MX Platform API vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mx-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plaid-vs-tink.json", "title": "Plaid vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/plaid-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/salt-edge-vs-tink.json", "title": "Salt Edge Account Information vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/salt-edge-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teller-vs-tink.json", "title": "Teller vs Tink", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/teller-vs-tink" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tink-vs-truelayer.json", "title": "Tink vs TrueLayer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tink-vs-truelayer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tink-vs-yapily.json", "title": "Tink vs Yapily", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tink-vs-yapily" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 9, "edge": "tink", "flinks": 53, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "tink": 62, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "flinks", "flinks": 83, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "tink": 73, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "tink", "flinks": 54, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "tink": 74, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "tink", "flinks": 50, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "tink": 63, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "flinks", "flinks": 25, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "tink": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 38, "edge": "tink", "flinks": 31, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "tink": 69, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "tink", "flinks": 60, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "tink": 90, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Tink scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do bank accounts.", "verdicts": { "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.", "tink": "OAuth client credentials with per-endpoint scopes, token-paged data endpoints and a published MSA, DPA, SLA and sub-processor list. No price is public, live access needs a sales contract, and the API reference has no downloadable spec or published rate-limit numbers." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink.min.md" }, "markdown": "Tink scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do bank accounts.\n\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- Tink: grade B, 62.5/100, rank #337 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tink.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tink.json\n\n## Which one, for what\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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 73\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 10\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### Tink (B)\n\nGood for: A company with a contract that needs account, balance and transaction data or bank payments across European markets under Tink's own licences.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 62 against 53\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 50\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 69 against 31\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 90 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No public prices. The pricing page lists Standard as Contact us and Enterprise as Custom pricing, and the FAQ says there is no pay-per-use option\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Flinks | Tink | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 53 | 62 | Tink +9 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 73 | Flinks +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 74 | Tink +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 63 | Tink +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 10 | Flinks +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 31 | 69 | Tink +38 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 90 | Tink +30 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.7 · D** | **62.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Flinks | Tink |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Flinks Technology Inc. (National Bank of Canada) | Tink AB (Visa) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.tink.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Flinks' Master Terms and Conditions. No open-source SDK or repository was found | Proprietary service under Tink's Master Service Agreement. The Tink Link SDKs for iOS and Android on GitHub are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Terms last updated | 2023-08-03 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2022-09-22 | |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Tink.** OAuth client credentials with per-endpoint scopes, token-paged data endpoints and a published MSA, DPA, SLA and sub-processor list. No price is public, live access needs a sales contract, and the API reference has no downloadable spec or published rate-limit numbers.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Tink\n\n1. Request a client token at https://api.tink.com/api/v1/oauth/token, create a user, request an authorisation grant for that user, then exchange the code for a user token.\n2. Renew tokens on a timer. Client tokens last 30 minutes and user tokens two hours, and the client credentials flow returns no refresh token.\n3. Send the account holder through Tink Link in a browser. Bank consent cannot be completed by API calls alone.\n4. Read transactions from /data/v2/transactions with `pageSize` up to 100 and follow `nextPageToken`.\n5. Send an Idempotency-Key header on consent and payment writes. Keys are kept for 24 hours.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Flinks or Tink?\n\nTink scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Flinks's 52.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Flinks leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Flinks and Tink need an API key?\n\nFlinks needs an API key. Tink uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Flinks and Tink without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Flinks. Tink has a hosted endpoint at https://api.tink.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flinks-vs-tink.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"flinks\", \"b\": \"tink\"}`. 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