# Cashfree Payments

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cashfree/  
**Website:** https://www.cashfree.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 23

Cashfree Payments is an Indian payment gateway and banking platform providing REST APIs for payment links, subscriptions, payouts, refunds, QR codes, and banking payouts across UPI, credit and debit cards, net banking, and international payment methods. It serves over one million businesses with RBI authorisation as a Payment Aggregator and Prepaid Payment Instrument provider.

## Kin Score — 42.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 64.6 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 26.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 47.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | verified |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | verified |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (23)

- **Cashfree Subscriptions API** — API for creating and managing recurring payment mandates using UPI AutoPay and eNACH, including subscription plans, customer mandates, and automated billing cycles.
- **Cashfree Platforms API** — API for marketplace and SaaS platform operators to onboard sub-merchants, split payments, manage settlements to multiple vendors, and operate escrow arrangements.
- **Cashfree Payments Authorize API** — The Authorize API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for authorize.
- **Cashfree Payments Beneficiary v2 API** — The Beneficiary v2 API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for beneficiary v2.
- **Cashfree Payments CreateCashgram API** — The CreateCashgram API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for createcashgram.
- **Cashfree Payments Deactivate Static KYC Link API** — The Deactivate Static KYC Link API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for deactivate static kyc link.
- **Cashfree Payments DeactivateCashgram API** — The DeactivateCashgram API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for deactivatecashgram.
- **Cashfree Payments Disputes API** — Collection of APIs to handle disputes.
- **Cashfree Payments Easy-Split API** — Collection of APIs to handle Easy-Split.
- **Cashfree Payments Eligibility API** — Collection of APIs to check eligible entities - payment methods, offers, affordability
- **Cashfree Payments Generate KYC Link API** — The Generate KYC Link API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for generate kyc link.
- **Cashfree Payments Generate Static KYC Link API** — The Generate Static KYC Link API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for generate static kyc link.
- **Cashfree Payments Get KYC Link Status API** — The Get KYC Link Status API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for get kyc link status.
- **Cashfree Payments GetCashgramStatus API** — The GetCashgramStatus API from Cashfree Payments — 1 operation(s) for getcashgramstatus.
- **Cashfree Payments Name Match API** — Operation related to Name Match verification.
- **Cashfree Payments Orders API** — Collection of APIs to handle orders.
- **Cashfree Payments Payment Links API** — Collection of APIs to handle payment links.
- **Cashfree Payments Payments API** — Collection of APIs to handle payments.
- **Cashfree Payments Refunds API** — Collection of APIs to handle refunds.
- **Cashfree Payments Settlement Reconciliation API** — Collection of APIs to handle settlements
- **Cashfree Payments Settlements API** — Collection of APIs to handle settlements.
- **Cashfree Payments Simulation API** — Collection of APIs to handle simulation.
- **Cashfree Payments Transfers v2 API** — The Transfers v2 API from Cashfree Payments — 2 operation(s) for transfers v2.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Cashfree Agentic Access** — 40 operations · 22 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Cashfree Authentication** — apiKey/http · 6 schemes
- **Cashfree Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Cashfree Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Payments, Payouts, UPI, India, Payment Gateway, Subscription, Refunds, QR Codes, Net Banking, Identity Verification

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cashfree/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.