{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "merge-accounting", "name": "Merge Accounting API", "vendor": "Merge", "vendorUrl": "https://www.merge.dev", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Unified accounting API for invoices, payments, expenses, journal entries and financial statements across platforms including QuickBooks, Xero and NetSuite.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/merge-accounting.json", "repo": "https://github.com/merge-api/merge-python-client", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "MergePythonClient" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mergeapi/merge-node-client" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Two headers on every call. `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e` from the Merge dashboard (production or test keys) and `X-Account-Token` for the linked account, issued when a user finishes the Merge Link flow. There's an EU host at api-eu.merge.dev. Merge holds the OAuth tokens for the accounting platform, so your agent never sees them.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The first 3 production linked accounts are free with no card. Launch is $650 a month for up to 10 production linked accounts and $65 a month for each one beyond that, with 100 requests a minute per linked account, up to 3 test linked accounts, sandbox accounts for the first 60 days and 3 days of logs. Professional (400 a minute, unlimited test linked accounts, sandbox accounts for the first 60 days, 30 days of logs, field-level scopes) and Enterprise (600 a minute, unlimited sandboxes, 90 days or more of logs, support and uptime SLAs) are priced on contract (https://www.merge.dev/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$650 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 15, "npmWeekly": 201025, "pypiWeekly": 234550, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.merge.dev/merge-unified/accounting/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.merge.dev/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.merge.dev/openapi/accounting.json", "capabilities": [ "accounting.unified", "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices", "accounting.bills", "accounting.reports" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "eu", "enterprise", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 143, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 86, "security": 67, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "12 accounting platforms behind one set of common models, with writes. Launch jumps from free to $650 a month at the fourth linked account.", "bestFor": "A SaaS product that reads and writes many customers' ledgers through one model and wants docs an agent can read cheaply.", "strengths": [ "12 accounting platforms behind one set of common models, with writes", "Three production linked accounts free with no card", "llms.txt, Markdown twins of every docs page and a JSON OpenAPI spec", "Rate limits per linked account, so one busy customer doesn't starve the rest", "SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001:2022 and an EU host at api-eu.merge.dev" ], "weaknesses": [ "Launch jumps from free to $650 a month at the fourth linked account", "No documented 429 handling, idempotency keys or safe-retry guidance for writes", "Merge's own MCP server for the Unified API has been idle since 0.1.4 in April 2025", "No deprecation policy, and the Python SDK shipped two major versions between May and July 2026", "Only 3 days of request logs on Launch" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call GET /invoices/meta/post for the linked account first. Required fields differ by platform", "Bills and sales invoices are one model. Set type to ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE or ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE", "Append .md to any docs URL for the Markdown twin", "Check sync_status before reading a freshly linked account. Common models fill in over the first sync", "Look the record up before retrying a POST that timed out. There's no idempotency key" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 86, "security": 67, "transparency": 54 }, "provenanceScore": 82 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1/invoices?type=ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE\u0026page_size=10\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MERGE_API_KEY\" -H \"X-Account-Token: $MERGE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.unified", "tool": "https://letme.dev/merge-accounting" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Launch plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 650, "note": "Up to 10 production linked accounts, first 3 free" }, { "item": "Additional linked account on Launch", "unit": "account-month", "usd": 65 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Merge API, Inc.", "domain": "merge.dev", "domainRegistered": "2020-02-09", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.merge.dev/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.merge.dev/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.merge.dev", "changelog": "https://www.merge.dev/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms name Merge API Inc. with California law and arbitration in San Francisco, but give no registered address. The privacy policy was last revised 20 August 2026.", "The status page runs on Sorry rather than Statuspage and lists the Unified API, Merge Link, data syncing and Agent Handler as components.", "A trust portal at trust.merge.dev holds the security documentation." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.json", "live": { "slug": "merge-accounting", "probe": { "target": "https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:15.241022067Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 682, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.9, "p50ms24h": 580, "p95ms24h": 1738, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "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": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.merge.dev", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:46.749569649Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "merge-api/merge-python-client", "version": "v4.2.1", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:23.169243825Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mergeapi/merge-node-client", "version": "4.0.4", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:22.273866901Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "MergePythonClient", "version": "4.2.1", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:21.996008845Z" } ], "githubStars": 14, "npmWeekly": 205864, "pypiWeekly": 211112, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://merge.dev/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:30.753415227Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.merge.dev/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:39.458493045Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "merge.dev", "registered": "2020-02-09", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/merge.dev", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:11.061782068Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.merge.dev/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:08.263325763Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:15:59.61623974Z", "fingerprint": "f1874c8b7cc7" }, { "url": "https://www.merge.dev/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:15.873306545Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7d9e39ad53d3" }, { "url": "https://www.merge.dev/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:13.1375087Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "94b13e9b9b9d" }, { "url": "https://www.merge.dev/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:13.984068418Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d729c69b95ee" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:15.241022067Z" } }, "answer": "Merge Accounting API scores 70 (BB) on agent readiness against Odoo External API's 55.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Odoo External API leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "odoo", "name": "Odoo External API", "vendor": "Odoo SA", "vendorUrl": "https://www.odoo.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Odoo is a business suite from Odoo SA in Belgium with accounting, invoicing, sales, stock and HR apps on one database. Outside software reaches it through the JSON-2 HTTP API with API keys and, from Odoo 20, an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odoo", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odoo.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odoo.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/odoo.json", "repo": "https://github.com/odoo/odoo", "license": "Community edition LGPL-3.0. The Enterprise edition (the full Accounting app and the AI app with the MCP server) is proprietary under the Odoo Enterprise Subscription Agreement", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "An API key created by a user under Preferences, Account Security, New API Key, sent as `Authorization: bearer \u003ckey\u003e`. The key acts with that user's access rights and record rules, is shown once and expires within three months at most. Self-serve once the database is on a plan that includes the external API (Custom on Odoo Online), with no app review. The MCP server takes a key created with the MCP scope. The deprecated XML-RPC and JSON-RPC services take the database name, user id and password or key in the call.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Odoo Online needs the Custom plan for the external API. On 8 October 2026 the pricing page, read from a UK address, showed Custom at £41 a user a month billed yearly or £52 billed monthly (£32 and £41 for the first 12 months), Standard at £22 or £28 without the external API, and One App Free at £0 for one app without it. A free trial needs no card. The Community edition is free to self-host under LGPLv3 and includes the JSON-2 API. We did not read US dollar prices, so the price table is empty.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the external API docs, the MCP server docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 54912, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.odoo.com/documentation/20.0/developer/reference/external_api.html", "capabilities": [ "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices", "accounting.bills" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "self-hosted", "open-source", "enterprise", "mcp", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 499, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 22, "reliability": 44, "schema": 51, "security": 61, "transparency": 93 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One endpoint pattern reaches every model, with field selection, filters and paging, and keys that expire within three months. On Odoo Online the external API needs the Custom plan, there is no OpenAPI file, and the acceptable use policy asks for about one call a second with no parallel calls.", "bestFor": "An agent working inside a company that already runs Odoo, where invoices, bills, journal entries, stock and sales sit in one database behind one endpoint pattern.", "strengths": [ "`/json/2/\u003cmodel\u003e/\u003cmethod\u003e` reaches every model the user can see, including `account.move` for invoices, bills and journal entries", "API keys are per user, shown once, expire within three months at most and can be generated and revoked through the API", "Odoo 20 adds an MCP server at `\u003cdatabase_url\u003e/mcp` that exposes five read-only tools by default, with write tools switched on one by one", "The Community edition is LGPLv3 and carries the same JSON-2 controller, so a self-hosted server answers the same calls at no charge", "The privacy policy of 24 September 2026 names subprocessors, hosting regions and retention periods" ], "weaknesses": [ "On Odoo Online the external API is limited to the Custom plan. One App Free and Standard exclude it", "No OpenAPI file and no llms.txt. The per-database reference at `/doc` needs a login or a key, and its docs section reads \"Under construction\"", "The acceptable use policy puts API traffic at about one call a second with no parallel calls. No 429 or Retry-After handling was found in the docs", "No idempotency keys, and the JSON-2 docs say several calls cannot share one transaction", "status.odoo.com has no history page, and its only dated entry is a planned upgrade on 4 August 2026", "The full Accounting app and the MCP server are in the proprietary Enterprise edition. Community has Invoicing" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST to `/json/2/\u003cmodel\u003e/\u003cmethod\u003e` with `Authorization: bearer \u003ckey\u003e` and named arguments in a JSON body. Add `X-Odoo-Database` when one host serves several databases", "Pass `fields` and `limit` on `search_read`. The default limit is every matching record", "Create invoices and bills on `account.move` with `move_type` set to `out_invoice` or `in_invoice`, then call `action_post`. A new move is a draft", "Keep to about one call a second with no parallel calls on Odoo Online, and batch records into one `create` call", "Ask the owner for a key on a dedicated bot user with the minimum access rights, and rotate it before its expiry date" ], "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": 55.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 22, "reliability": 44, "schema": 51, "security": 61, "transparency": 87 }, "provenanceScore": 98 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://$DATABASE.odoo.com/json/2/res.partner/search_read \\\n -X POST \\\n --oauth2-bearer $API_KEY \\\n -H \"X-Odoo-Database: $DATABASE\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"domain\": [[\"is_company\", \"=\", true]], \"fields\": [\"name\"]}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport stdio \u003cserver_name\u003e -- npx -y mcp-remote \u003cdatabase_url\u003e/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "odoo": { "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "\u003cdatabase_url\u003e/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.ledger", "tool": "https://letme.dev/odoo" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Odoo SA", "domain": "odoo.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-01-25", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.odoo.com/documentation/20.0/legal/terms/enterprise.html", "privacy": "https://www.odoo.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.odoo.com", "changelog": "https://www.odoo.com/odoo-20-release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Odoo Enterprise Subscription Agreement (version 13, 24 September 2026) is between the customer and Odoo SA and its affiliates, under Belgian law, and covers the cloud platforms and self-hosting. The Acceptable Use Policy of 7 May 2025 is incorporated into it.", "The privacy policy (effective 24 September 2026) gives the postal contact as Odoo SA, Chaussée de Namur 40, Belgium, and privacy@odoo.com.", "www.odoo.com/.well-known/security.txt is PGP-signed and gives security@odoo.com, the disclosure policy and a hall of fame. It has no Expires field, which RFC 9116 requires.", "Odoo Online databases answer at \u003cname\u003e.odoo.com. A self-hosted server answers on the owner's own domain.", "status.odoo.com is a single page with component states and no history page. Its only dated entry on 8 October 2026 was the planned odoo.com upgrade of 4 August 2026.", "RDAP for odoo.com gives a registration date of 2001-01-25." ], "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odoo.json", "live": { "slug": "odoo", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.odoo.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:51.647101455Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:51.647101455Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Merge", "b": "Odoo SA", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Community edition LGPL-3.0. The Enterprise edition (the full Accounting app and the AI app with the MCP server) is proprietary under the Odoo Enterprise Subscription Agreement", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-16", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-20", "b": "2026-09-24", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "15 stars, 201k npm/wk, 235k PyPI/wk", "b": "55k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Merge Accounting API scores 70 (BB) on agent readiness against Odoo External API's 55.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Odoo External API leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Merge Accounting API or Odoo External API?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Merge Accounting API and Odoo External API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Merge Accounting API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1. No hosted endpoint is listed for Odoo External API.", "question": "Can an agent call Merge Accounting API and Odoo External API without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Merge Accounting API. Odoo External API is open source (Community edition LGPL-3.0. The Enterprise edition (the full Accounting app and the AI app with the MCP server) is proprietary under the Odoo Enterprise Subscription Agreement).", "question": "Are Merge Accounting API and Odoo External API open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 44", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 51", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 67", "Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 61", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 22", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 73" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "A SaaS product that reads and writes many customers' ledgers through one model and wants docs an agent can read cheaply.", "slug": "merge-accounting", "watchFor": "Launch jumps from free to $650 a month at the fourth linked account" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 93 against 68" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "An agent working inside a company that already runs Odoo, where invoices, bills, journal entries, stock and sales sit in one database behind one endpoint pattern.", "slug": "odoo", "watchFor": "On Odoo Online the external API is limited to the Custom plan. One App Free and Standard exclude it" } ], "job": { "capability": "accounting.ledger", "name": "Accounting ledger" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-odoo.json", "title": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs Odoo External API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-odoo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-odoo.json", "title": "Codat vs Odoo External API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-odoo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-merge-accounting.json", "title": "FreeAgent API vs Merge Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-merge-accounting" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-odoo.json", "title": "FreeAgent API vs Odoo External API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-odoo" }, { "json": 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Odoo External API leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do accounting ledger.", "verdicts": { "merge-accounting": "12 accounting platforms behind one set of common models, with writes. Launch jumps from free to $650 a month at the fourth linked account.", "odoo": "One endpoint pattern reaches every model, with field selection, filters and paging, and keys that expire within three months. On Odoo Online the external API needs the Custom plan, there is no OpenAPI file, and the acceptable use policy asks for about one call a second with no parallel calls." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo.min.md" }, "markdown": "Merge Accounting API scores 70 (BB) on agent readiness against Odoo External API's 55.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Odoo External API leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do accounting ledger.\n\n- Merge Accounting API: grade BB, 70/100, rank #143 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/merge-accounting.json\n- Odoo External API: grade C, 55.9/100, rank #499 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odoo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/odoo.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Merge Accounting API (BB)\n\nGood for: A SaaS product that reads and writes many customers' ledgers through one model and wants docs an agent can read cheaply.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 44\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 51\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 61\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 22\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 73\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Launch jumps from free to $650 a month at the fourth linked account\n\n### Odoo External API (C)\n\nGood for: An agent working inside a company that already runs Odoo, where invoices, bills, journal entries, stock and sales sit in one database behind one endpoint pattern.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 93 against 68\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: On Odoo Online the external API is limited to the Custom plan. One App Free and Standard exclude it\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Merge Accounting API | Odoo External API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 44 | Merge Accounting API +31 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 51 | Merge Accounting API +35 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 67 | Merge Accounting API +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 61 | Merge Accounting API +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 22 | Merge Accounting API +13 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 73 | Merge Accounting API +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 93 | Odoo External API +25 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **70 · BB** | **55.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Merge Accounting API | Odoo External API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Merge | Odoo SA |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Community edition LGPL-3.0. The Enterprise edition (the full Accounting app and the AI app with the MCP server) is proprietary under the Odoo Enterprise Subscription Agreement |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 15 stars, 201k npm/wk, 235k PyPI/wk | 55k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Merge Accounting API.** 12 accounting platforms behind one set of common models, with writes. Launch jumps from free to $650 a month at the fourth linked account.\n\n**Odoo External API.** One endpoint pattern reaches every model, with field selection, filters and paging, and keys that expire within three months. On Odoo Online the external API needs the Custom plan, there is no OpenAPI file, and the acceptable use policy asks for about one call a second with no parallel calls.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Merge Accounting API\n\n1. Call GET /invoices/meta/post for the linked account first. Required fields differ by platform\n2. Bills and sales invoices are one model. Set type to ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE or ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE\n3. Append .md to any docs URL for the Markdown twin\n4. Check sync_status before reading a freshly linked account. Common models fill in over the first sync\n5. Look the record up before retrying a POST that timed out. There's no idempotency key\n\n### Odoo External API\n\n1. POST to `/json/2/\u003cmodel\u003e/\u003cmethod\u003e` with `Authorization: bearer \u003ckey\u003e` and named arguments in a JSON body. Add `X-Odoo-Database` when one host serves several databases\n2. Pass `fields` and `limit` on `search_read`. The default limit is every matching record\n3. Create invoices and bills on `account.move` with `move_type` set to `out_invoice` or `in_invoice`, then call `action_post`. A new move is a draft\n4. Keep to about one call a second with no parallel calls on Odoo Online, and batch records into one `create` call\n5. Ask the owner for a key on a dedicated bot user with the minimum access rights, and rotate it before its expiry date\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Merge Accounting API or Odoo External API?\n\nMerge Accounting API scores 70 (BB) on agent readiness against Odoo External API's 55.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Odoo External API leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Merge Accounting API and Odoo External API need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Merge Accounting API and Odoo External API without installing anything?\n\nMerge Accounting API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1. No hosted endpoint is listed for Odoo External API.\n\n### Are Merge Accounting API and Odoo External API open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Merge Accounting API. Odoo External API is open source (Community edition LGPL-3.0. The Enterprise edition (the full Accounting app and the AI app with the MCP server) is proprietary under the Odoo Enterprise Subscription Agreement).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"merge-accounting\", \"b\": \"odoo\"}`. 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