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MarginEdge

MarginEdge is a restaurant back-office platform that automates invoice processing, inventory, recipe costing, and bill payment, syncing daily food cost and sales data into a restaurant's accounting system. Founded in 2015, it serves over 7,000 restaurants across all 50 states. For developers, MarginEdge publishes a public API through a dedicated developer portal that lets authorized parties programmatically retrieve invoice and product data from the restaurants they are permitted to access. Typical consumers include multi-unit operators building custom reporting, accounting groups, and business intelligence providers contracting with MarginEdge customers to deliver data services.

MarginEdge publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Categories API, Orders API, Products API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Restaurant, Back Office, Invoices, Inventory, and Accounting.

The MarginEdge catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

MarginEdge’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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53.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidSelf serve
5 APIs
RestaurantBack OfficeInvoicesInventoryAccountingReporting

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 53.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready
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 5

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

MarginEdge Categories API

Accounting categories

MarginEdge Orders API

Invoices/orders processed in MarginEdge

MarginEdge Products API

Products tracked in a restaurant

MarginEdge Restaurant Units API

Restaurants, groups, and group categories you can access

MarginEdge Vendors API

Vendors and their items and packaging

Open Collections 1

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

MarginEdge Public API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Marginedge Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Marginedge Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Marginedge Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Marginedge Context

10 classes · 67 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

MarginEdge API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

MarginEdge API Rules

43 rules · 10 errors 22 warnings 11 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 10

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

GetAvailableRestaurantUnitsResponseModel

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetCategoriesResponseModel

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetGroupCategoriesResponseModel

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetGroupsResponseModel

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetOrderDetailResponseModel

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetOrdersResponseModel

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetProductsResponseModel

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetVendorItemsPackagingResponseModel

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetVendorItemsResponseModel

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GetVendorsResponseModel

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 10

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Public Api Get Available Restaurant Units Response Model Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Categories Response Model Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Group Categories Response Model Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Groups Response Model Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Order Detail Response Model Structure

19 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Orders Response Model Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Products Response Model Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Vendor Items Packaging Response Model Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Vendor Items Response Model Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Public Api Get Vendors Response Model Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 10

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Public Api Get Available Restaurant Units Response Model Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Categories Response Model Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Group Categories Response Model Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Groups Response Model Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Order Detail Response Model Example

19 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Orders Response Model Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Products Response Model Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Vendor Items Packaging Response Model Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Vendor Items Response Model Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Public Api Get Vendors Response Model Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

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

Marginedge Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Marginedge Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Marginedge Trust Center

SOC 2, PCI DSS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Marginedge Agentic Access

10 operations

10 operations · 0 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

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: marginedge
name: MarginEdge
description: MarginEdge is a restaurant back-office platform that automates invoice processing, inventory, recipe costing,
  and bill payment, syncing daily food cost and sales data into a restaurant's accounting system. Founded in 2015, it serves
  over 7,000 restaurants across all 50 states. For developers, MarginEdge publishes a public API through a dedicated developer
  portal that lets authorized parties programmatically retrieve invoice and product data from the restaurants they are permitted
  to access. Typical consumers include multi-unit operators building custom reporting, accounting groups, and business intelligence
  providers contracting with MarginEdge customers to deliver data services.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/marginedge.png
tags:
- Restaurant
- Back Office
- Invoices
- Inventory
- Accounting
- Reporting
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/marginedge/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-02'
modified: '2026-06-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: marginedge:marginedge-categories-api
  name: MarginEdge Categories API
  description: Accounting categories
  humanURL: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  baseURL: https://api.marginedge.com/public
  tags:
  - Categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/marginedge-categories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.marginedge.com/hc/en-us/articles/28081506932499-MarginEdge-Public-API
- aid: marginedge:marginedge-orders-api
  name: MarginEdge Orders API
  description: Invoices/orders processed in MarginEdge
  humanURL: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  baseURL: https://api.marginedge.com/public
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/marginedge-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.marginedge.com/hc/en-us/articles/28081506932499-MarginEdge-Public-API
- aid: marginedge:marginedge-products-api
  name: MarginEdge Products API
  description: Products tracked in a restaurant
  humanURL: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  baseURL: https://api.marginedge.com/public
  tags:
  - Products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/marginedge-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.marginedge.com/hc/en-us/articles/28081506932499-MarginEdge-Public-API
- aid: marginedge:marginedge-restaurant-units-api
  name: MarginEdge Restaurant Units API
  description: Restaurants, groups, and group categories you can access
  humanURL: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  baseURL: https://api.marginedge.com/public
  tags:
  - Restaurant Units
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/marginedge-restaurant-units-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.marginedge.com/hc/en-us/articles/28081506932499-MarginEdge-Public-API
- aid: marginedge:marginedge-vendors-api
  name: MarginEdge Vendors API
  description: Vendors and their items and packaging
  humanURL: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  baseURL: https://api.marginedge.com/public
  tags:
  - Vendors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/marginedge-vendors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.marginedge.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.marginedge.com/hc/en-us/articles/28081506932499-MarginEdge-Public-API
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/marginedge-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/marginedge-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/marginedge-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/marginedge-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.marginedge.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.marginedge.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.marginedge.com/pricing/
- type: Support
  url: https://help.marginedge.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.marginedge.com/blog
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marginedge
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/marginedge-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/marginedge-vocabulary.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/marginedge-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/marginedge-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/marginedge-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com