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Formance

Formance builds open-source financial infrastructure for money movement. The platform pairs a programmable double-entry Ledger (with the Numscript DSL) with a unified Payments connectivity layer and Flows orchestration, plus Wallets, Reconciliation, Auth, and Webhooks. It is delivered as open-source components and as a managed multi-tenant Formance Cloud, exposing REST APIs secured with OAuth2 client-credentials Bearer tokens.

Formance publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Auth API, Ledger API, Orchestration API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Financial Infrastructure, Ledger, Double-Entry Accounting, Payments, and Orchestration.

Formance’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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38.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
8 APIs
Financial InfrastructureLedgerDouble-Entry AccountingPaymentsOrchestrationMoney MovementOpen SourceFintech

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 38.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · 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 7 / 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 8

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

Formance Auth API

OAuth2 / OIDC authorization server, clients, and users.

Formance Ledger API

Programmable double-entry ledger (v2).

Formance Orchestration API

Flows workflows, instances, and triggers (v2).

Formance Payments API

Unified payments connectivity, connectors, and transfers.

Formance Reconciliation API

Reconciliation policies and runs.

Formance Search API

Cross-module search.

Formance Wallets API

White-label wallets, balances, and holds.

Formance Webhooks API

Webhook subscription configuration.

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Open Collections 1

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

Formance Platform API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Formance Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Formance Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Formance Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

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

Formance Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Formance Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Formance Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Formance Scopes

6 scopes · clientCredentials

6 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Formance Agentic Access

95 operations · 46 acting

95 operations · 46 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: formance
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/formance/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Formance
kind: company
description: Formance builds open-source financial infrastructure for money movement. The platform pairs a programmable double-entry
  Ledger (with the Numscript DSL) with a unified Payments connectivity layer and Flows orchestration, plus Wallets, Reconciliation,
  Auth, and Webhooks. It is delivered as open-source components and as a managed multi-tenant Formance Cloud, exposing REST
  APIs secured with OAuth2 client-credentials Bearer tokens.
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/formance.png
tags:
- Financial Infrastructure
- Ledger
- Double-Entry Accounting
- Payments
- Orchestration
- Money Movement
- Open Source
- Fintech
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: formance:formance-auth-api
  name: Formance Auth API
  description: OAuth2 / OIDC authorization server, clients, and users.
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
- aid: formance:formance-ledger-api
  name: Formance Ledger API
  description: Programmable double-entry ledger (v2).
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Ledger
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-ledger-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
- aid: formance:formance-orchestration-api
  name: Formance Orchestration API
  description: Flows workflows, instances, and triggers (v2).
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Orchestration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-orchestration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
- aid: formance:formance-payments-api
  name: Formance Payments API
  description: Unified payments connectivity, connectors, and transfers.
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-payments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
- aid: formance:formance-reconciliation-api
  name: Formance Reconciliation API
  description: Reconciliation policies and runs.
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Reconciliation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-reconciliation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
- aid: formance:formance-search-api
  name: Formance Search API
  description: Cross-module search.
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
- aid: formance:formance-wallets-api
  name: Formance Wallets API
  description: White-label wallets, balances, and holds.
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Wallets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-wallets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
- aid: formance:formance-webhooks-api
  name: Formance Webhooks API
  description: Webhook subscription configuration.
  humanURL: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  baseURL: https://{organization}.{environment}.formance.cloud/api/ledger
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/formance-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/ledger
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.formance.com/api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/formance.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/formance.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/payments
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/flows
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/wallets
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/reconciliation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/security
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/webhooks
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.formance.com/search
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/formance-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/formance-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/formance-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/formance-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/formance-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/formancehq
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/formance
- type: Website
  url: https://www.formance.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.formance.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/formance-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/formance-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/formance-finops.yml
- url: https://www.formance.com/blog/rss.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com