Trace

Trace (tracehq.com) is a workforce planning, headcount management, and procurement platform where companies plan and manage headcount as their most important investment, offering instant workforce analytics and headcount planning. Trace was backed by 500 Global and Uncork Capital, was acquired by Paylocity (now branded "TraceHQ, A Paylocity Company"), and the standalone Trace app is being sunset in early 2026 as the product folds into Paylocity for Finance headcount planning. Trace publishes no public developer portal, API documentation, or SDKs.

Trace is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Workforce Planning, Headcount Planning, Human Resources, and Finance.

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11.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyWorkforce PlanningHeadcount PlanningHuman ResourcesFinanceAnalyticsProcurement

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 11.0/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: trace
name: Trace
description: Trace (tracehq.com) is a workforce planning, headcount management, and procurement platform where companies plan
  and manage headcount as their most important investment, offering instant workforce analytics and headcount planning. Trace
  was backed by 500 Global and Uncork Capital, was acquired by Paylocity (now branded "TraceHQ, A Paylocity Company"), and
  the standalone Trace app is being sunset in early 2026 as the product folds into Paylocity for Finance headcount planning.
  Trace publishes no public developer portal, API documentation, or SDKs.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trace/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5ef4b38e0873bc075da0a368/63c3a3bc9efaf3129d6806c2_Main%20Trace.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- uncork-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: paylocity
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Workforce Planning
- Headcount Planning
- Human Resources
- Finance
- Analytics
- Procurement
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/trace-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://tracehq.com
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/trace-llms.txt
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.paylocity.com/terms-and-conditions.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.paylocity.com/company/protecting-our-clients/privacy-center.html