{ "data": { "a": { "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" } }, "answer": "Odoo External API scores 55.9 (C) on agent readiness against QuickBooks Online API + MCP's 49.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. QuickBooks Online API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "quickbooks-online", "name": "QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "vendor": "Intuit", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.intuit.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "accounting", "summary": "Intuit's REST API for accessing QuickBooks Online accounting data.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/quickbooks-online.json", "repo": "https://github.com/intuit/quickbooks-online-mcp-server", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "intuit-oauth" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "intuit-oauth" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 authorisation code with OpenID Connect. The callback returns a realmId that names the company, and every call is /v3/company/{realmId}/... with a Bearer token. Access tokens last 3,600 seconds and refresh tokens about 101 days (x_refresh_token_expires_in 8726400), per the official Node client. The sandbox uses the same flow against sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com with an app's development keys.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "Calls aren't priced per request on any public page. Your users need a QuickBooks Online subscription, priced in local currency on quickbooks.intuit.com, and sandbox companies are free with a developer account. Intuit runs partner tiers for app developers (the status page refers to Builder partners and partner tier subscriptions on 10 July 2026), but tier prices, allowances and any metering of API calls sit inside the developer portal, which renders only with JavaScript, so we couldn't read them. Publishing to the QuickBooks App Store needs Intuit's review (https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/get-started).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 145, "popularity": { "githubStars": 145, "npmWeekly": 399820, "pypiWeekly": 259619, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/get-started", "capabilities": [ "accounting.ledger", "accounting.invoices", "accounting.bills", "accounting.reports" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "byo-plan", "free-tier", "oauth", "mcp", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 612, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 30, "reliability": 45, "schema": 43, "security": 38, "transparency": 49 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Official MCP server from Intuit with 145 tools and flags to remove write, update or delete tools. Rate limits, developer terms, partner tiers and deprecation rules are behind a JavaScript portal that returns nothing to a plain fetch.", "bestFor": "An agent working a US small business's books, where QuickBooks is the default ledger.", "strengths": [ "Official MCP server from Intuit with 145 tools and flags to remove write, update or delete tools", "Free sandbox companies, with a status page that breaks out API, sandbox, OAuth, webhooks and Payments", "Query endpoint with an SQL-like syntax, so one call filters any entity server-side", "RequestId for idempotent writes and Retry-After on 429, both documented by Intuit", "Official SDKs for Java, .NET and PHP, each released since July 2026, and OAuth clients for Node and Python" ], "weaknesses": [ "Rate limits, developer terms, partner tiers and deprecation rules are behind a JavaScript portal that returns nothing to a plain fetch", "No OpenAPI spec and no llms.txt. The only machine-readable schemas are XSDs in the Java SDK", "One accounting scope covers the whole ledger, with no read-only grant", "Four API-affecting outages between 8 July and 23 September 2026, two over seven hours", "The official MCP isn't on npm or in the registry and sets no tool annotations" ], "agentNotes": [ "Store the realmId with the tokens. Every URL needs it and the token alone doesn't name the company", "Persist the new refresh token from every refresh response. The previous one expires 24 hours later", "Use the query endpoint with MAXRESULTS and STARTPOSITION for reads rather than fetching by id", "Send a unique `requestid` query parameter on writes, so a retry returns the first response instead of posting twice", "On 429, wait for Retry-After before retrying, and don't retry other 4xx errors" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 30, "reliability": 45, "schema": 43, "security": 38, "transparency": 22 }, "provenanceScore": 75 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/$QBO_REALM_ID/query?query=select%20*%20from%20Invoice%20maxresults%2010\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $QBO_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"Accept: application/json\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/accounting.ledger", "tool": "https://letme.dev/quickbooks-online" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Intuit Inc.", "domain": "intuit.com", "domainRegistered": "1994-02-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.intuit.com/legal/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/", "statusPage": "https://status.developer.intuit.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The legal index names Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA 94043. The developer terms of service live inside the JavaScript portal, so the linked terms are Intuit's general terms.", "www.intuit.com/.well-known/security.txt returned a 400 error, so we couldn't tell whether one exists. Intuit runs a security site at security.intuit.com.", "The privacy statement was last updated 9 March 2026." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online.json", "live": { "slug": "quickbooks-online", "probe": { "target": "https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:19.51692609Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 594, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 598, "p95ms24h": 647, "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": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.developer.intuit.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:23.476541102Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "intuit-oauth", "version": "4.2.5", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:26:52.545809228Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "intuit-oauth", "version": "1.2.7", "released": "2026-07-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:26:53.479451875Z" } ], "githubStars": 414, "npmWeekly": 430874, "pypiWeekly": 282707, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://intuit.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:56.866129167Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "intuit.com", "registered": "1994-02-18", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/intuit.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:40.944976852Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:33.729989472Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bdf88eaea616" }, { "url": "https://www.intuit.com/legal/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:31.662304273Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6dec63558567" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:19.51692609Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Odoo SA", "b": "Intuit", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Your plan", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "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", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "145", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "b": "2026-09-17", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-24", "b": "2026-03-09", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "55k stars", "b": "145 stars, 400k npm/wk, 260k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Odoo External API scores 55.9 (C) on agent readiness against QuickBooks Online API + MCP's 49.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. QuickBooks Online API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Odoo External API or QuickBooks Online API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Odoo External API needs an API key. QuickBooks Online API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Odoo External API and QuickBooks Online API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Odoo External API. QuickBooks Online API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3.", "question": "Can an agent call Odoo External API and QuickBooks Online API + MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "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). No open-source release is listed for QuickBooks Online API + MCP.", "question": "Are Odoo External API and QuickBooks Online API + MCP open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 43", "Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 38", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 93 against 49" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 22", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 73" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "An agent working a US small business's books, where QuickBooks is the default ledger.", "slug": "quickbooks-online", "watchFor": "Rate limits, developer terms, partner tiers and deprecation rules are behind a JavaScript portal that returns nothing to a plain fetch" } ], "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/apideck-accounting-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "Apideck Accounting API + MCP vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apideck-accounting-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "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/codat-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "Codat vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/codat-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-odoo.json", "title": "FreeAgent API vs Odoo External API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-odoo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "FreeAgent API vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freeagent-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-odoo.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs Odoo External API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-odoo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "FreshBooks API vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/freshbooks-vs-quickbooks-online" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/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-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/odoo-vs-rutter.json", "title": "Odoo External API vs Rutter Accounting API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-rutter" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/quickbooks-online-vs-zoho-books" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-odoo.json", "title": "Invoice Ninja API vs Odoo External API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-odoo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "title": "Invoice Ninja API vs QuickBooks Online API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-quickbooks-online" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 1, "edge": "quickbooks-online", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "odoo": 44, "quickbooks-online": 45, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "odoo", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "odoo": 51, "quickbooks-online": 43, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "quickbooks-online", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "odoo": 67, "quickbooks-online": 68, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 23, "edge": "odoo", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "odoo": 61, "quickbooks-online": 38, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "quickbooks-online", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "odoo": 22, "quickbooks-online": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "quickbooks-online", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "odoo": 73, "quickbooks-online": 85, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 44, "edge": "odoo", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "odoo": 93, "quickbooks-online": 49, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Odoo External API scores 55.9 (C) on agent readiness against QuickBooks Online API + MCP's 49.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. QuickBooks Online API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do accounting ledger.", "verdicts": { "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.", "quickbooks-online": "Official MCP server from Intuit with 145 tools and flags to remove write, update or delete tools. Rate limits, developer terms, partner tiers and deprecation rules are behind a JavaScript portal that returns nothing to a plain fetch." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-quickbooks-online", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-quickbooks-online.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-quickbooks-online.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-quickbooks-online.min.md" }, "markdown": "Odoo External API scores 55.9 (C) on agent readiness against QuickBooks Online API + MCP's 49.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. QuickBooks Online API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do accounting ledger.\n\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- QuickBooks Online API + MCP: grade D, 49.2/100, rank #612 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/quickbooks-online.json\n\n## Which one, for what\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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 43\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 38\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 93 against 49\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### QuickBooks Online API + MCP (D)\n\nGood for: An agent working a US small business's books, where QuickBooks is the default ledger.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 22\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 73\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Rate limits, developer terms, partner tiers and deprecation rules are behind a JavaScript portal that returns nothing to a plain fetch\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Odoo External API | QuickBooks Online API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 44 | 45 | QuickBooks Online API + MCP +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 43 | Odoo External API +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 68 | QuickBooks Online API + MCP +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 38 | Odoo External API +23 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 22 | 30 | QuickBooks Online API + MCP +8 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 85 | QuickBooks Online API + MCP +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 93 | 49 | Odoo External API +44 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.9 · C** | **49.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Odoo External API | QuickBooks Online API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Odoo SA | Intuit |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | 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 | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 145 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-24 | 2026-03-09 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 55k stars | 145 stars, 400k npm/wk, 260k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**QuickBooks Online API + MCP.** Official MCP server from Intuit with 145 tools and flags to remove write, update or delete tools. Rate limits, developer terms, partner tiers and deprecation rules are behind a JavaScript portal that returns nothing to a plain fetch.\n\n## Before you call either\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### QuickBooks Online API + MCP\n\n1. Store the realmId with the tokens. Every URL needs it and the token alone doesn't name the company\n2. Persist the new refresh token from every refresh response. The previous one expires 24 hours later\n3. Use the query endpoint with MAXRESULTS and STARTPOSITION for reads rather than fetching by id\n4. Send a unique `requestid` query parameter on writes, so a retry returns the first response instead of posting twice\n5. On 429, wait for Retry-After before retrying, and don't retry other 4xx errors\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Odoo External API or QuickBooks Online API + MCP?\n\nOdoo External API scores 55.9 (C) on agent readiness against QuickBooks Online API + MCP's 49.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. QuickBooks Online API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Odoo External API and QuickBooks Online API + MCP need an API key?\n\nOdoo External API needs an API key. QuickBooks Online API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Odoo External API and QuickBooks Online API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Odoo External API. QuickBooks Online API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3.\n\n### Are Odoo External API and QuickBooks Online API + MCP open source?\n\nOdoo 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). No open-source release is listed for QuickBooks Online API + MCP.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-quickbooks-online.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odoo-vs-quickbooks-online.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"odoo\", \"b\": \"quickbooks-online\"}`. 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