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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47.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

3 APIs

EmploymentHRISPayrollBenefitsHRUnified APIWorkforce

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 47.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 13.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 8.9 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

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

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APIs 3

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

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.

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

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/finch.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
tags:
- 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: '0.19'
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:
  - 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

Finch

Kin Score

APIs 3

Finch Auth API

Finch Connect API

Finch Employer API

Open Collections 1

Finch API

Pricing Plans 1

Finch Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Finch Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Finch Finops

Security Posture 3

Finch Authentication

Finch Domain Security

Finch Trust Center

Agentic Access 1

Finch Agentic Access

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