# QuickBooks Online API + MCP vs rotki MCP server (slim)

> QuickBooks Online scores 49.2 (D) to rotki's 45.6 (E) for accounting ledgers. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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QuickBooks Online API + MCP scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against rotki MCP server's 45.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. rotki MCP server leads on reliability and schema & documentation. Both do accounting ledgers.

- QuickBooks Online API + MCP: D 49.2, rank #800 of 954 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/quickbooks-online.min.md
- rotki MCP server: E 45.6, rank #865 of 954 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rotki-mcp.min.md
- QuickBooks Online API + MCP, good for An agent working a US small business's books, where QuickBooks is the default ledger. Ahead on Security & auth, 38 against 20; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Maintenance & community, 85 against 35. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.
- rotki MCP server, good for A Premium user who wants an assistant to answer questions about their own history, balances and cost basis on their own machine. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 45; Schema & documentation, 76 against 43. Also Open source.

| Category | QuickBooks Online API + MCP | rotki MCP server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 20 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 35 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | QuickBooks Online API + MCP | rotki MCP server |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Intuit | Rotki Solutions GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Tools exposed | 145 | 8 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-03-09 |  |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 145 stars, 400k npm/wk, 260k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |