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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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46.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessPaid
1 APIs
RestaurantBack OfficeInvoicesInventoryAccountingReporting

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 46.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20
Access Clarity 11.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Contract Governance 3.5 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 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 does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.
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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 7

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

MarginEdge Public Categories API

OPEN COLLECTION

MarginEdge Public Categories Orders API

OPEN COLLECTION

MarginEdge Public Categories Products API

OPEN COLLECTION

MarginEdge Public Categories Restaurant Units API

OPEN COLLECTION

MarginEdge Public Categories Vendors API

OPEN COLLECTION

MarginEdge Public API

OPEN COLLECTION

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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
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: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  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: '0.23'
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:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Product
  tags_raw:
  - 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

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