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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": 45.6, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 397, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 14, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 48, "security": 57, "transparency": 68 }, "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.", "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": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 14, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 48, "security": 57, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "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": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshbooks.json", "live": { "slug": "freshbooks", "probe": { "target": "https://api.freshbooks.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:37.846724254Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 157, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 137, "p95ms24h": 190, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 920, "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": 20, "ok": 20 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.freshbooks.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:32.833637356Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "freshbooks/freshbooks-python-sdk", "version": "release/1.2.1", "released": "2023-04-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:27:33.686534225Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@freshbooks/api", "version": "4.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:27:30.852425352Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "freshbooks-sdk", "version": "1.3.0", "released": "2024-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:27:33.500867221Z" } ], "githubStars": 11, "npmWeekly": 905, "pypiWeekly": 246, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://freshbooks.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:40.438598204Z" }, "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": "2026-10-04T15:50:23.777400508Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "98986299b19f" }, { "url": "https://www.freshbooks.com/policies/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:19.717552449Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "12e269175e94" }, { "url": "https://www.freshbooks.com/policies/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:21.795401021Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ca7450fe9735" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:32.833637356Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "rutter", "name": "Rutter Accounting API", "vendor": "Rutter", "vendorUrl": "https://www.rutter.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Unified API for accounting, commerce and payment platforms, aimed at lenders and financial software developers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rutter.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://production.rutterapi.com/versioned", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "HTTP Basic auth with your client_id and client_secret, plus an `access_token` query parameter naming the connection, which you get from the Exchange Tokens endpoint after a user links through Rutter Link. Every call needs an `X-Rutter-Version` header (2024-08-31 is current). The sandbox at sandbox.rutterapi.com uses the same scheme.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "A free starter plan gives sandbox data and a 30-day trial for a proof of concept against QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks and Zoho Books, with no card. Production access to every platform, including NetSuite, QuickBooks Desktop and Sage Intacct, is a custom quote from sales, with a 99.9 per cent monthly uptime SLA and one-hour response on critical issues. No per-connection price is published (https://www.rutter.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.rutter.com/rest/2024-08-31/basics", "openapi": "https://docs.rutter.com/rest/2024-08-31/spec", "capabilities": [ "accounting.unified", "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices", "accounting.bills", "accounting.reports" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "no-card", "openapi", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "enterprise", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 311, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 79, "security": 36, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Idempotency-Key header on writes, and prefer_sync writes that fall back to async after 30 seconds. Production prices are quote-only.", "strengths": [ "Idempotency-Key header on writes, and prefer_sync writes that fall back to async after 30 seconds", "Error codes 450, 451, 452 and 550 that separate the platform's failure from Rutter's", "OpenAPI spec per dated API version, with an upgrade guide listing breaking changes", "30-day sandbox trial with QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks and Zoho Books, no card", "99.9 per cent monthly uptime SLA published on the pricing page" ], "weaknesses": [ "Production prices are quote-only", "Terms and privacy policy are Google Drive PDFs, and no legal entity is named on the site", "The per-connection access_token travels as a URL query parameter", "Four API incidents in September 2026, including about 25 hours of high latency and errors on 3 and 4 September", "No SDK, llms.txt or MCP server from the vendor" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send X-Rutter-Version: 2024-08-31 on every call", "Send an Idempotency-Key on every create so a retry after a timeout doesn't write twice", "Use response_mode=prefer_sync and handle the 202 async_response anyway", "Treat 452 as the ledger throttling you and 429 as Rutter's 500-per-10-seconds organisation limit", "Keep access_token out of logged URLs. The docs only show it as a query parameter" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 79, "security": 36, "transparency": 26 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://sandbox.rutterapi.com/versioned/accounting/invoices?access_token=$RUTTER_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -u \"$RUTTER_CLIENT_ID:$RUTTER_CLIENT_SECRET\" -H \"X-Rutter-Version: 2024-08-31\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.unified", "tool": "https://letme.dev/rutter" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Rutter", "domain": "rutter.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-10-28", "domainNote": "rutter.com was registered in 1996, long before the company, so the domain was bought later. The API runs on rutterapi.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J77WNI4JS_WjFiXn9NgQVBy_N_unqpCn/view", "privacy": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZ76Be9jAih5g8kj8bKEAApCnMb6TQVL/view", "statusPage": "https://status.rutterapi.com", "changelog": "https://docs.rutter.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The footer gives an address at 3 East 28th St, Floor 5, New York, NY 10016 and a copyright line reading Rutter, with no company suffix. We couldn't read the Google Drive PDFs to confirm the legal name.", "The API and status page live on rutterapi.com while the site and docs are on rutter.com. Both are the vendor's.", "A trust centre at trust.rutter.com holds the security documentation." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.json", "live": { "slug": "rutter", "probe": { "target": "https://production.rutterapi.com/versioned", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:44.8088672Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 348, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 304, "p95ms24h": 370, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 920, "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": 20, "ok": 20 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.rutterapi.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:45.758135434Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://rutter.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:43.591485119Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "rutter.com", "registered": "1996-10-28", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/rutter.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:31.134242543Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.rutter.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:00.69234572Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "92fa990bcd51" }, { "url": "https://www.rutter.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:01.742055638Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4091577edbf3" }, { "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZ76Be9jAih5g8kj8bKEAApCnMb6TQVL/view", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:26.201246267Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d009b71cc585" }, { "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J77WNI4JS_WjFiXn9NgQVBy_N_unqpCn/view", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:23.771110708Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ca761d70fc05" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:45.758135434Z" } }, "summary": "Rutter Accounting API has a score of 55.8 (C) against FreshBooks API's 45.6 (E). Both do accounting ledger. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 48 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-rutter", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-rutter.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-rutter.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-rutter.min.md" }, "markdown": "Rutter Accounting API has a score of 55.8 (C) against FreshBooks API's 45.6 (E). Both do accounting ledger. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 48 points.\n\n- FreshBooks API: grade E, 45.6/100, rank #397 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freshbooks.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/freshbooks.json\n- Rutter Accounting API: grade C, 55.8/100, rank #311 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rutter.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rutter.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick FreshBooks API for security \u0026 auth (+21), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), transparency \u0026 trust (+17).\n\nPick Rutter Accounting API for reliability (+32), schema \u0026 documentation (+31), agent ergonomics (+6), maintenance \u0026 community (+48).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | FreshBooks API | Rutter Accounting API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 67 | Rutter Accounting API +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 48 | 79 | Rutter Accounting API +31 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 61 | 67 | Rutter Accounting API +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 36 | FreshBooks API +21 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | FreshBooks API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 14 | 62 | Rutter Accounting API +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 51 | FreshBooks API +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.6 · E** | **55.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | FreshBooks API | Rutter Accounting API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | FreshBooks | Rutter |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.freshbooks.com` | `https://production.rutterapi.com/versioned` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | API key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2024-09-11 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | 11 stars, 685 npm/wk, 415 PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Rutter Accounting API.** Idempotency-Key header on writes, and prefer_sync writes that fall back to async after 30 seconds. Production prices are quote-only.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Rutter Accounting API\n\n1. Send X-Rutter-Version: 2024-08-31 on every call\n2. Send an Idempotency-Key on every create so a retry after a timeout doesn't write twice\n3. Use response_mode=prefer_sync and handle the 202 async_response anyway\n4. Treat 452 as the ledger throttling you and 429 as Rutter's 500-per-10-seconds organisation limit\n5. Keep access_token out of logged URLs. The docs only show it as a query parameter\n\n## Other comparisons with FreshBooks API or Rutter Accounting API\n\n- [Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs FreshBooks API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-freshbooks.md)\n- [FreeAgent API vs FreshBooks API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-freshbooks.md)\n- [FreeAgent API vs Rutter Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-rutter.md)\n- [FreshBooks API vs Merge Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-merge-accounting.md)\n- [FreshBooks API vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-quickbooks-online.md)\n- [FreshBooks API vs Xero API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-xero.md)\n- [QuickBooks Online API + MCP vs Rutter Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/quickbooks-online-vs-rutter.md)\n- [Rutter Accounting API vs Xero API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rutter-vs-xero.md)\n- [FreshBooks API vs Invoice Ninja API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-invoice-ninja.md)\n- [Invoice Ninja API vs Rutter Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-rutter.md)\n- [Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs Rutter Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-rutter.md)\n- [Merge Accounting API vs Rutter Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-rutter.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "FreshBooks API vs Rutter Accounting API", "url": "" } ], "description": "Rutter Accounting API has a score of 55.8 (C) against FreshBooks API's 45.6 (E). 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