Botkeeper API
Botkeeper exposes a firm-gated REST API for custom integrations, with a sandbox but no public developer portal. Access runs through firm onboarding or partner contact rather than self-serve signup. A Feb 2026 shutdown and the Xendoo acquisition leave the roadmap unsettled.
Frequently asked questions
Botkeeper scores B+ on the API Report Card. Botkeeper exposes a firm-gated REST API for custom integrations, with a sandbox but no public developer portal. Access runs through firm onboarding or partner contact rather than self-serve signup. A Feb 2026 shutdown and the Xendoo acquisition leave the roadmap unsettled.
Botkeeper has a workable official integration path. Most engineering teams can build against it directly. Solid API with minor gaps
Botkeeper is an AI-powered bookkeeping automation platform built specifically for accounting firms, founded in 2015 by Enrico Palmerino in Boston.
Vertical: Financial Services, specifically the Accounting/Tax/Audit sub-vertical, sold to CPA and accounting firms (not directly to SMBs) as a back-office automation tool the firm wraps around its own client base. Onboarding a firm's recurring bookkeeping book of business onto the Botkeeper Infinite platform (Client & User Management, Activity Hub).
Mid-tier brand recognition in the U.S. accounting-firm software market with a recent reputational scar from the 2026 shutdown.
Firm and client/entity hierarchy: firm metadata, client (entity) records, user roles and permissions, license assignments. Bank and credit-card connections via Smart Connect: institution, account, account type, balance, transaction feed, MFA/OTP state, link health.
Founded 2015, ~10–11 years old at shutdown.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.