# Grade

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/grade/  
**Website:** https://usegrade.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Grade is the API for performance-based payroll, letting companies pay workers, creators, contractors, and AI agents based on results rather than hours worked. Companies push performance signals into Grade via webhooks or direct API calls (task completed, milestone hit, content published, views tracked, invoice processed), and Grade runs them against configurable payout rules — flat fees, tiered commissions, threshold bonuses, or blended structures — handling the math, de-duplication, and approval workflows automatically. Grade tracks every post across platforms, approves and distributes bulk payouts in one click, and handles compliance end to end: KYC verification, tax-form collection, DAC7 reporting, worker classification, and merchant-of-record services. Payouts reach 190+ countries via local bank transfers, PayPal, Wise, Payoneer, Revolut, Airtm, and USDT, with no separate creator account required. Grade (YC W26) is based in San Francisco and has paid out $10M+ to date.

## Kin Score — 8.1 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 8.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 21.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

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

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Grade Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Payroll, Payments, Payouts, Compliance, Creator Economy, Fintech, Contractors, Merchant of Record

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