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Finch

Finch is a unified employment API providing standardized read and write access to HRIS, payroll, and benefits systems. Through a single integration, developers can pull company directory data, individual PII, employment records, payments, pay statements, and benefits across hundreds of providers (ADP, Gusto, Paylocity, Workday, BambooHR, Rippling, Justworks, TriNet, and more). Finch Connect handles end-user authorization via OAuth.

Finch publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Auth API, Connect API, and Employer API. Tagged areas include Employment, HRIS, Payroll, Benefits, and HR.

Finch’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, changelog, and 8 more developer resources.

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41.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
EmploymentHRISPayrollBenefitsHRUnified-APIWorkforce

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 41.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality 11.8 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 5.6 / 18
Access Clarity 8.5 / 18
Operational Transparency 4.9 / 12
Contract Governance 0.0 / 11
Discoverability 6.8 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Finch Auth API

The Auth API from Finch — 1 operation(s) for auth.

Finch Connect API

The Connect API from Finch — 1 operation(s) for connect.

Finch Employer API

The Employer API from Finch — 7 operation(s) for employer.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Finch Auth API

OPEN COLLECTION

Finch Auth Connect API

OPEN COLLECTION

Finch Auth Employer API

OPEN COLLECTION

Finch API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Finch Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Finch Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finch Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Finch Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Finch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Finch Trust Center

SOC 2

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Finch Agentic Access

9 operations · 5 acting

9 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: finch
name: Finch
description: Finch is a unified employment API providing standardized read and write access to HRIS, payroll, and benefits
  systems. Through a single integration, developers can pull company directory data, individual PII, employment records, payments,
  pay statements, and benefits across hundreds of providers (ADP, Gusto, Paylocity, Workday, BambooHR, Rippling, Justworks,
  TriNet, and more). Finch Connect handles end-user authorization via OAuth.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/finch.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consuming
tags:
- Employment
- HRIS
- Payroll
- Benefits
- HR
- Unified-API
- Workforce
tags_raw:
- Employment
- HRIS
- Payroll
- Benefits
- HR
- Unified API
- Workforce
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/finch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: finch:finch-auth-api
  name: Finch Auth API
  description: The Auth API from Finch — 1 operation(s) for auth.
  humanURL: https://www.tryfinch.com/
  baseURL: https://api.tryfinch.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - Auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/finch-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/api-reference/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://dashboard.tryfinch.com/signup
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.tryfinch.com/pricing
- aid: finch:finch-connect-api
  name: Finch Connect API
  description: The Connect API from Finch — 1 operation(s) for connect.
  humanURL: https://www.tryfinch.com/
  baseURL: https://api.tryfinch.com
  tags:
  - Connect
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/finch-connect-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/api-reference/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://dashboard.tryfinch.com/signup
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.tryfinch.com/pricing
- aid: finch:finch-employer-api
  name: Finch Employer API
  description: The Employer API from Finch — 7 operation(s) for employer.
  humanURL: https://www.tryfinch.com/
  baseURL: https://api.tryfinch.com
  tags:
  - Employer
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/finch-employer-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/api-reference/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://dashboard.tryfinch.com/signup
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.tryfinch.com/pricing
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/finch-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/finch-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/finch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/finch-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Finch-API
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/finchapi
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tryfinch.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/api-reference/
- type: Signup
  url: https://dashboard.tryfinch.com/signup
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.tryfinch.com/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.tryfinch.com/blog
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/changelog
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.tryfinch.com/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.tryfinch.com/integrations
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.tryfinch.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: BambooHR
- name: HiBob
- name: Gusto
- name: Justworks
- name: Paychex
- name: Paycor
- name: Paylocity
- name: QuickBooks Payroll
- name: Rippling
- name: TriNet (Zenefits)
- name: UKG Pro
- name: Workday
- name: Run Powered by ADP
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com

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