Pin Payments website screenshot

Pin Payments

A complete payments solution, built for speed and simplicity around your unique business needs. The Pin Payments API enables developers to charge cards, manage customers, store payment sources, issue refunds, and run subscriptions through a RESTful JSON interface secured with HTTP Basic authentication.

Pin Payments publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Cards API, Charges API, Customers API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Payments, Cards, Subscriptions, and Refunds.

Pin Payments’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

43.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
PaymentsCardsSubscriptionsRefunds

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 43.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 16.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 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 4

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

Pin Payments Cards API

Tokenize and retrieve stored card details.

Pin Payments Charges API

Create and manage charges against cards or customers.

Pin Payments Customers API

Store customer profiles with payment sources for repeat billing.

Pin Payments Refunds API

Issue and inspect refunds against charges.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Pin Payments Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Security Posture 2

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

Pin Payments Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Pin Payments Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Pin Payments Agentic Access

24 operations · 11 acting

24 operations · 11 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: pin-payments
name: Pin Payments
description: A complete payments solution, built for speed and simplicity around your unique business needs. The Pin Payments
  API enables developers to charge cards, manage customers, store payment sources, issue refunds, and run subscriptions through
  a RESTful JSON interface secured with HTTP Basic authentication.
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
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pin-payments.png
tags:
- Payments
- Cards
- Subscriptions
- Refunds
created: '2025-02-17'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pin-payments/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: pin-payments:pin-payments-cards-api
  name: Pin Payments Cards API
  description: Tokenize and retrieve stored card details.
  humanURL: https://pinpayments.com/
  baseURL: https://api.pinpayments.com/1
  tags:
  - Cards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pin-payments-cards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pinpayments.com/developers/api-reference
- aid: pin-payments:pin-payments-charges-api
  name: Pin Payments Charges API
  description: Create and manage charges against cards or customers.
  humanURL: https://pinpayments.com/
  baseURL: https://api.pinpayments.com/1
  tags:
  - Charges
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pin-payments-charges-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pinpayments.com/developers/api-reference
- aid: pin-payments:pin-payments-customers-api
  name: Pin Payments Customers API
  description: Store customer profiles with payment sources for repeat billing.
  humanURL: https://pinpayments.com/
  baseURL: https://api.pinpayments.com/1
  tags:
  - Customers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pin-payments-customers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pinpayments.com/developers/api-reference
- aid: pin-payments:pin-payments-refunds-api
  name: Pin Payments Refunds API
  description: Issue and inspect refunds against charges.
  humanURL: https://pinpayments.com/
  baseURL: https://api.pinpayments.com/1
  tags:
  - Refunds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pin-payments-refunds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pinpayments.com/developers/api-reference
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pin-payments-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pin-payments-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pin-payments-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/pinpayments
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pin-payments
- type: Website
  url: https://pinpayments.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pinpayments.com/developers/api-reference
- type: Pricing
  url: https://pinpayments.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://dashboard.pinpayments.com/sign_up
- type: Login
  url: https://dashboard.pinpayments.com/sign_in
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://pinpayments.com/legals/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://pinpayments.com/legals/privacy-policy
- type: Integrations
  url: https://pinpayments.com/integrations
- type: Blog
  url: https://pinpayments.com/blog
integrations:
- name: Shopping Carts
- name: Bookings
- name: Ticketing
- name: Point of Sale
- name: Accounting
- name: Invoicing
- name: Subscriptions
- name: Other
- name: Hikashop Ecommerce solution for Joomla sites.
- name: OpenCart Free open source ecommerce software.
- name: SimplySwim Swim school management software.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com