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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": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 209, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 35, "reliability": 75, "schema": 86, "security": 67, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "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. 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Puzzle API and MCP leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "puzzle", "name": "Puzzle API and MCP", "vendor": "Puzzle Financial Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://puzzle.io/api-mcp", "kind": "mcp", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Puzzle is AI-native accounting software for startups and small businesses, with a real-time general ledger. Its hosted MCP server connects Claude, ChatGPT and other clients to a company's books, and a partner REST API reaches ledgers, bills, invoices and reports.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puzzle", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puzzle.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puzzle.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puzzle.json", "dns": "puzzle.grade.anchorterminal.com", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.puzzle.io/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "For MCP, the user signs in with a Puzzle account through OAuth and chooses which companies the connection covers. It is read-only by default, with read-write as an opt-in beta where each change needs confirmation, and the user needs Full or Partial access to each company with AI turned on. The API uses the OAuth 2.0 authorisation code flow with refresh tokens and per-resource scopes (read:company and write scopes for bills, invoices, journals, vendors and more), with client ID, secret and connection key issued by email to api@puzzle.io. A sandbox runs at staging.southparkdata.com.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Puzzle plans are $30 (Starter), $72 (Core), $120 (Complete) and $360 (Scale) a month, two months free yearly, with \"Try for free\" on each. Accounting services start at $171 a month with Core. 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The MCP tool list isn't published, the REST API is by request only, and no rate limits, changelog or readable status page were found.", "bestFor": "Startups already on Puzzle who want an assistant to answer finance questions and draft bookkeeping. xero, quickbooks-online and pennylane are the nearest listings; teams wanting a self-serve API should look there.", "strengths": [ "MCP is read-only by default, and writes are an opt-in beta with confirmation per change", "OAuth for MCP lets the user pick which companies a connection covers", "API OAuth scopes per resource, defaulting to read-only", "Documented error codes with errorContext naming the field or resource", "Firm activity endpoint returns an audit log across connected companies" ], "weaknesses": [ "MCP tool list and schemas not published", "REST API credentials only by email request", "No rate limits, 429 handling, changelog or readable status page found", "Every plan is paid, from $30 a month, and the trial terms aren't stated" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect with read-only access first and ask the user before turning on read-write", "Expect a confirmation step on every proposed transaction change; don't retry it as an error", "On 409 RESOURCE_PROCESSING wait for the sync to finish, then retry", "Treat bank and vendor text as untrusted input" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 46.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 53, "payments": 15, "reliability": 15, "schema": 65, "security": 73, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 54, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http puzzle https://app.puzzle.io/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "puzzle": { "url": "https://app.puzzle.io/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.ledger", "tool": "https://letme.dev/puzzle" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "1 seat, 25 lifetime AI credits" }, { "item": "Core", "unit": "month", "usd": 72, "note": "5 seats" }, { "item": "Complete", "unit": "month", "usd": 120, "note": "Unlimited seats, 100 AI credits a month" }, { "item": "Scale", "unit": "month", "usd": 360, "note": "300 AI credits a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Puzzle Financial Inc.", "domain": "puzzle.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://puzzle.io/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://puzzle.io/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "Terms and privacy policy name Puzzle Financial Inc. The privacy policy is effective 19 December 2025.", "The website terms forbid robots, spiders, crawlers and scrapers that extract data from the website. Recorded as a fact; puzzle.io/robots.txt allows all paths.", "app.puzzle.io/robots.txt disallows every path. Our reader sent one unauthenticated GET to https://app.puzzle.io/mcp and read its protected-resource metadata before checking that file; those answers are not used here, and the endpoint facts come from puzzle.io/api-mcp and the MCP registry.", "puzzle.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404; the security page links a bug bounty policy at /legal/bug-bounty.", "status.puzzle.io answered 403 and wasn't read." ], "score": 54 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puzzle.json", "live": { "slug": "puzzle", "probe": { "target": "https://app.puzzle.io/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:49.117091968Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 757, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 626, "p95ms24h": 757, "samples24h": 200, "samples30d": 200, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.puzzle/puzzle", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" } ], "securityTxt": { "url": "https://puzzle.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:23.872885991Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://puzzle-api.readme.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:42.47043184Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://puzzle.io/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:17:39.329522101Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "80e70d5a3edf" }, { "url": "https://puzzle.io/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:17:41.797365786Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6db91b15551c" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://app.puzzle.io/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:47:02.878008845Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:47:02.878008845Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:49.117091968Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 60, "category": "reliability", "leads": "merge-accounting", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Status page on Sorry with components for the Unified API, Merge Link, data syncing and Agent Handler, per the 1 October check (20). status.merge.dev's robots.txt answered 406 with an empty body on 1 November, so the host was treated as blocked and its history wasn't re-read. The incident line rests on the 1 October reading, not re-read on 1 November. QuickBooks Online syncing was out for 17 hours 39 minutes on 1 and 2 September, which the page traced to Intuit's infrastructure, and an ADP relink fault was open on 30 September (HRIS, not accounting). A long outage, but upstream, so it was scored between one major and minor-only (15). 100, 400 or 600 requests a minute per linked account by plan, unchanged on 1 November (15). The docs say nothing about 429, Retry-After or retrying writes. The official SDKs retry 429, 408 and 409 with Retry-After and exponential backoff (5). Uptime SLA on Enterprise (10). GA (10).", "b": "Hosted reading. status.puzzle.io exists but answered 403 to our reader, so no status page or history could be read (0, then 5 for no readable history). No rate limits found in the API docs (0). The errors page documents 409 RESOURCE_PROCESSING with retry later and 500 with retry, but no 429 or idempotency guidance (5). No SLA (0). MCP read access is live, write access is a beta, and the API docs say the API is under development (5). 0 + 5 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 5 = 15." }, "scores": { "a": 75, "b": 15 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "merge-accounting", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Changelog entry for the Unified API on 30 October 2026 and MergePythonClient v4.2.1 on 5 October (30). Weekly changelog entries (9, 16, 23 and 30 October for the Unified API) and two Python SDK tags since 3 August (20). Closed service with a weekly changelog, support@merge.dev and a help centre (12). Current official SDKs (Python 4.2.1, Node 4.0.4), but the official Unified API MCP server, merge-mcp, hasn't changed since 0.1.4 on 30 April 2025 (13). SDK CI and Semgrep scanning (8).", "b": "The MCP registry entry was published on 5 October 2026, 32 days before this check, and Puzzle's MCP post is dated 26 October (20). No release log, so changes in the 90 days can't be counted beyond the registry entry and the MCP launch (5). A help centre and support contact, but no public changelog or issue tracker (8). io.puzzle/puzzle sits under a domain-verified namespace in the official registry (15). No SDK or package to judge (5). 20 + 5 + 8 + 15 + 5 = 53." }, "scores": { "a": 83, "b": 53 } }, { "by": 21, "category": "schema", "leads": "merge-accounting", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "OpenAPI spec for accounting published as JSON at docs.merge.dev/openapi/accounting.json (25). llms.txt with about 70 links, every docs page available as .md (10). Docs explain each common model and point writers to the meta endpoint for per-platform required fields, though not when to avoid a route (15). Typed models with enums such as ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE and ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE and typed expand values (13). Write responses document model, warnings, errors and debug logs, but llms.txt lists no errors page (10). Weekly dated changelog and semver SDKs, with the API fixed at /v1 and no deprecation notices (13).", "b": "The API reference on ReadMe is generated from an OpenAPI file, though we didn't download the file itself; the MCP tool schemas aren't published (18). llms.txt and Markdown pages on puzzle-api.readme.io (10). Endpoint descriptions name the required scope and explain defaults such as cash basis (14). Typed parameters with documented limits, such as companies capped at 100 a page (11). An error table with HTTP codes and errorContext shapes, and example requests (12). No changelog or version scheme found (0). 18 + 10 + 14 + 11 + 12 + 0 = 65." }, "scores": { "a": 86, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 21, "category": "transparency", "leads": "merge-accounting", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service with published terms naming Merge API Inc. under California law (15). Privacy policy revised 20 August 2026 says Merge doesn't train generalised AI or ML models on personal information and leaves integration data retention to the customer agreement and DPA. Log retention per plan is public, retention of synced data isn't (20). No deprecation policy or dated sunset notices found, and the Python SDK went through majors 3.0 and 4.0 between May and July 2026 (5). Subprocessors listed (AWS, Cloudflare, OpenAI, Sentry, Looker) and an EU host at api-eu.merge.dev, without data locations per subprocessor (14).", "b": "Closed service with published terms naming Puzzle Financial Inc. (15). A privacy policy effective 19 December 2025; the security page says data stays on US servers and isn't shared or sold (15). The API docs promise documented endpoints stay stable but give no deprecation policy (5). Sub-processors not found, though the server location is stated (8). 15 + 15 + 5 + 8 = 43." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 49 } }, { "by": 20, "category": "payments", "leads": "merge-accounting", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Launch is $650 a month for 10 production linked accounts plus $65 for each one after, a published marginal price per account. Professional and Enterprise are on contract (15). The first 3 production linked accounts are free with no card (20). Browser signup and a Merge Link flow per customer (0).", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, but there is no per-call price and the API has no published price (10). \"Try for free\" on every plan, with trial length and card requirement not stated on the pages read (5). A person signs up and authorises in a browser, and API credentials come by email (0). 0 + 10 + 5 + 0 = 15." }, "scores": { "a": 35, "b": 15 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "merge-accounting", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "expand, include_remote_data and remote_fields are opt-in, page_size and modified_after trim reads, no field selection (18). Cursor pagination with created_after, modified_after and type filters on lists (20). Write responses carry warnings and errors from the platform, with logs in debug mode (14). No idempotency keys found for writes, and the SDKs retry 409 by default, so a timed-out POST needs a check before a retry (5). The meta endpoint says which fields a platform needs, and official SDKs cover Python, Node and others (15).", "b": "MCP tool count and sizes unpublished, so context cost can't be read (10 of 25). API list endpoints page with count and after or limit, and filter by date and status (16). Error codes and errorContext name the field or resource at fault (17). No idempotency keys found; the MCP server asks for confirmation before writes (8). No official SDKs; few required parameters on reads (5). 10 + 16 + 17 + 8 + 5 = 56." }, "scores": { "a": 72, "b": 56 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Merge", "b": "Puzzle Financial Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1", "b": "https://app.puzzle.io/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.puzzle/puzzle", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-05", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2023-06-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-20", "b": "2025-12-19", "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": "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": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "15 stars, 201k npm/wk, 235k PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Merge Accounting API scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Puzzle API and MCP's 46.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Puzzle API and MCP leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Merge Accounting API or Puzzle API and MCP?" }, { "answer": "Merge Accounting API needs an API key. Puzzle API and MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Merge Accounting API and Puzzle API and MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Merge Accounting API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1 and Puzzle API and MCP at https://app.puzzle.io/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Merge Accounting API and Puzzle API and MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 65", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 56", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 15", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 53", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 49" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "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": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 67" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Startups already on Puzzle who want an assistant to answer finance questions and draft bookkeeping. xero, quickbooks-online and pennylane are the nearest listings; teams wanting a self-serve API should look there.", "slug": "puzzle", "watchFor": "MCP tool list and schemas not published" } ], "history": { "merge-accounting": [ { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.2, "from": 70, "fromGrade": "BB", "to": 70.2, "toGrade": "BB" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-08", "delta": -0.2, "from": 70.2, "fromGrade": "BB", "to": 70, "toGrade": "BB" } ], "puzzle": null }, "job": { "capability": "accounting.ledger", "name": "Accounting ledgers" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-puzzle.json", "title": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs Puzzle API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-puzzle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-puzzle.json", "title": "Codat vs Puzzle API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-puzzle" }, { "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-puzzle.json", "title": "FreeAgent API vs Puzzle API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-puzzle" }, { "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-puzzle.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs Puzzle API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-puzzle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo.json", "title": "Merge Accounting API vs Odoo External API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-odoo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-pennylane.json", "title": "Merge Accounting API vs Pennylane", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-pennylane" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "Merge Accounting API vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-rotki-mcp.json", "title": "Merge Accounting API vs rotki MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-rotki-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-xero.json", "title": "Merge Accounting API vs Xero API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-xero" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-zoho-books.json", "title": "Merge Accounting API vs Zoho Books", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-zoho-books" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-puzzle.json", "title": "Odoo External API vs Puzzle API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-puzzle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pennylane-vs-puzzle.json", "title": "Pennylane vs Puzzle API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pennylane-vs-puzzle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "Puzzle API and MCP vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-rotki-mcp.json", "title": "Puzzle API and MCP vs rotki MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-rotki-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-rutter.json", "title": "Puzzle API and MCP vs Rutter Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-rutter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-xero.json", "title": "Puzzle API and MCP vs Xero API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-xero" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-zoho-books.json", "title": "Puzzle API and MCP vs Zoho Books", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puzzle-vs-zoho-books" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-merge-accounting.json", "title": "Invoice Ninja API vs Merge Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-merge-accounting" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-puzzle.json", "title": "Invoice Ninja API vs Puzzle API and MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-puzzle" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-merge-accounting.json", "title": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs Merge Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-merge-accounting" }, { "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/merge-accounting-vs-rutter.json", "title": "Merge Accounting API vs Rutter Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-rutter" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 60, "edge": "merge-accounting", "key": "reliability", "merge-accounting": 75, "name": "Reliability", "puzzle": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "merge-accounting", "key": "schema", "merge-accounting": 86, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "puzzle": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "merge-accounting", "key": "ergonomics", "merge-accounting": 72, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "puzzle": 56, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "puzzle", "key": "security", "merge-accounting": 67, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "puzzle": 73, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "merge-accounting", "key": "payments", "merge-accounting": 35, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "puzzle": 15, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "merge-accounting", "key": "maintenance", "merge-accounting": 83, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "puzzle": 53, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "merge-accounting", "key": "transparency", "merge-accounting": 70, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "puzzle": 49, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Merge Accounting API scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Puzzle API and MCP's 46.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Puzzle API and MCP leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do accounting ledgers.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "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.", "puzzle": "Puzzle customers can connect their books to Claude or ChatGPT through a hosted MCP server that is read-only by default and asks before every write, with OAuth scoped to chosen companies. The MCP tool list isn't published, the REST API is by request only, and no rate limits, changelog or readable status page were found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-puzzle", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-puzzle.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-puzzle.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-puzzle.min.md" }, "markdown": "Merge Accounting API scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Puzzle API and MCP's 46.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Puzzle API and MCP leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do accounting ledgers.\n\n- Merge Accounting API: grade BB, 70.2/100, rank #209 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/merge-accounting.json\n- Puzzle API and MCP: grade D, 46.2/100, rank #1164 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puzzle.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puzzle.json\n- Best accounting and invoicing APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/accounting/index.md\n- All 90 accounting comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/accounting/index.md\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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 56\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 15\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 53\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 49\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: Launch jumps from free to $650 a month at the fourth linked account\n\n### Puzzle API and MCP (D)\n\nGood for: Startups already on Puzzle who want an assistant to answer finance questions and draft bookkeeping. xero, quickbooks-online and pennylane are the nearest listings; teams wanting a self-serve API should look there.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 67\n\nWatch for: MCP tool list and schemas not published\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: Merge Accounting API +60\n\n- Merge Accounting API (75): Status page on Sorry with components for the Unified API, Merge Link, data syncing and Agent Handler, per the 1 October check (20). status.merge.dev's robots.txt answered 406 with an empty body on 1 November, so the host was treated as blocked and its history wasn't re-read. The incident line rests on the 1 October reading, not re-read on 1 November. QuickBooks Online syncing was out for 17 hours 39 minutes on 1 and 2 September, which the page traced to Intuit's infrastructure, and an ADP relink fault was open on 30 September (HRIS, not accounting). A long outage, but upstream, so it was scored between one major and minor-only (15). 100, 400 or 600 requests a minute per linked account by plan, unchanged on 1 November (15). The docs say nothing about 429, Retry-After or retrying writes. The official SDKs retry 429, 408 and 409 with Retry-After and exponential backoff (5). Uptime SLA on Enterprise (10). GA (10).\n- Puzzle API and MCP (15): Hosted reading. status.puzzle.io exists but answered 403 to our reader, so no status page or history could be read (0, then 5 for no readable history). No rate limits found in the API docs (0). The errors page documents 409 RESOURCE_PROCESSING with retry later and 500 with retry, but no 429 or idempotency guidance (5). No SLA (0). MCP read access is live, write access is a beta, and the API docs say the API is under development (5). 0 + 5 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 5 = 15.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Merge Accounting API +30\n\n- Merge Accounting API (83): Changelog entry for the Unified API on 30 October 2026 and MergePythonClient v4.2.1 on 5 October (30). Weekly changelog entries (9, 16, 23 and 30 October for the Unified API) and two Python SDK tags since 3 August (20). Closed service with a weekly changelog, support@merge.dev and a help centre (12). Current official SDKs (Python 4.2.1, Node 4.0.4), but the official Unified API MCP server, merge-mcp, hasn't changed since 0.1.4 on 30 April 2025 (13). SDK CI and Semgrep scanning (8).\n- Puzzle API and MCP (53): The MCP registry entry was published on 5 October 2026, 32 days before this check, and Puzzle's MCP post is dated 26 October (20). No release log, so changes in the 90 days can't be counted beyond the registry entry and the MCP launch (5). A help centre and support contact, but no public changelog or issue tracker (8). io.puzzle/puzzle sits under a domain-verified namespace in the official registry (15). No SDK or package to judge (5). 20 + 5 + 8 + 15 + 5 = 53.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Merge Accounting API +21\n\n- Merge Accounting API (86): OpenAPI spec for accounting published as JSON at docs.merge.dev/openapi/accounting.json (25). llms.txt with about 70 links, every docs page available as .md (10). Docs explain each common model and point writers to the meta endpoint for per-platform required fields, though not when to avoid a route (15). Typed models with enums such as ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE and ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE and typed expand values (13). Write responses document model, warnings, errors and debug logs, but llms.txt lists no errors page (10). Weekly dated changelog and semver SDKs, with the API fixed at /v1 and no deprecation notices (13).\n- Puzzle API and MCP (65): The API reference on ReadMe is generated from an OpenAPI file, though we didn't download the file itself; the MCP tool schemas aren't published (18). llms.txt and Markdown pages on puzzle-api.readme.io (10). Endpoint descriptions name the required scope and explain defaults such as cash basis (14). Typed parameters with documented limits, such as companies capped at 100 a page (11). An error table with HTTP codes and errorContext shapes, and example requests (12). No changelog or version scheme found (0). 18 + 10 + 14 + 11 + 12 + 0 = 65.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Merge Accounting API +21\n\n- Merge Accounting API (70): Closed service with published terms naming Merge API Inc. under California law (15). Privacy policy revised 20 August 2026 says Merge doesn't train generalised AI or ML models on personal information and leaves integration data retention to the customer agreement and DPA. Log retention per plan is public, retention of synced data isn't (20). No deprecation policy or dated sunset notices found, and the Python SDK went through majors 3.0 and 4.0 between May and July 2026 (5). Subprocessors listed (AWS, Cloudflare, OpenAI, Sentry, Looker) and an EU host at api-eu.merge.dev, without data locations per subprocessor (14).\n- Puzzle API and MCP (49): Closed service with published terms naming Puzzle Financial Inc. (15). A privacy policy effective 19 December 2025; the security page says data stays on US servers and isn't shared or sold (15). The API docs promise documented endpoints stay stable but give no deprecation policy (5). Sub-processors not found, though the server location is stated (8). 15 + 15 + 5 + 8 = 43.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Merge Accounting API +20\n\n- Merge Accounting API (35): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Launch is $650 a month for 10 production linked accounts plus $65 for each one after, a published marginal price per account. Professional and Enterprise are on contract (15). The first 3 production linked accounts are free with no card (20). Browser signup and a Merge Link flow per customer (0).\n- Puzzle API and MCP (15): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, but there is no per-call price and the API has no published price (10). \"Try for free\" on every plan, with trial length and card requirement not stated on the pages read (5). A person signs up and authorises in a browser, and API credentials come by email (0). 0 + 10 + 5 + 0 = 15.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Merge Accounting API +16\n\n- Merge Accounting API (72): expand, include_remote_data and remote_fields are opt-in, page_size and modified_after trim reads, no field selection (18). Cursor pagination with created_after, modified_after and type filters on lists (20). Write responses carry warnings and errors from the platform, with logs in debug mode (14). No idempotency keys found for writes, and the SDKs retry 409 by default, so a timed-out POST needs a check before a retry (5). The meta endpoint says which fields a platform needs, and official SDKs cover Python, Node and others (15).\n- Puzzle API and MCP (56): MCP tool count and sizes unpublished, so context cost can't be read (10 of 25). API list endpoints page with count and after or limit, and filter by date and status (16). Error codes and errorContext name the field or resource at fault (17). No idempotency keys found; the MCP server asks for confirmation before writes (8). No official SDKs; few required parameters on reads (5). 10 + 16 + 17 + 8 + 5 = 56.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Merge Accounting API | Puzzle API and MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 15 | Merge Accounting API +60 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 65 | Merge Accounting API +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 56 | Merge Accounting API +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 67 | 73 | Puzzle API and MCP +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 15 | Merge Accounting API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 53 | Merge Accounting API +30 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 49 | Merge Accounting API +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **70.2 · BB** | **46.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Merge Accounting API | Puzzle API and MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Merge | Puzzle Financial Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1` | `https://app.puzzle.io/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.puzzle/puzzle` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2023-06-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2025-12-19 |\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 | 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 | yes |\n| Popularity | 15 stars, 201k npm/wk, 235k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Merge Accounting API\n\n- +0.2 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- -0.2 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Puzzle API and MCP\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\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**Puzzle API and MCP.** Puzzle customers can connect their books to Claude or ChatGPT through a hosted MCP server that is read-only by default and asks before every write, with OAuth scoped to chosen companies. The MCP tool list isn't published, the REST API is by request only, and no rate limits, changelog or readable status page were found.\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### Puzzle API and MCP\n\n1. Connect with read-only access first and ask the user before turning on read-write\n2. Expect a confirmation step on every proposed transaction change; don't retry it as an error\n3. On 409 RESOURCE_PROCESSING wait for the sync to finish, then retry\n4. Treat bank and vendor text as untrusted input\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Merge Accounting API or Puzzle API and MCP?\n\nMerge Accounting API scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Puzzle API and MCP's 46.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Puzzle API and MCP leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Merge Accounting API and Puzzle API and MCP need an API key?\n\nMerge Accounting API needs an API key. Puzzle API and MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Merge Accounting API and Puzzle API and MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. Merge Accounting API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1 and Puzzle API and MCP at https://app.puzzle.io/mcp.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-puzzle.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/merge-accounting-vs-puzzle.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"merge-accounting\", \"b\": \"puzzle\"}`. 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