Donnelley Financial Solutions API
No public API. ActiveDisclosure Connect exists as an integration offering, but it is enterprise managed by DFIN rather than a documented developer API. No self-serve portal, REST or GraphQL reference, or SDKs were found.
Frequently asked questions
Donnelley Financial Solutions scores D on the API Report Card. No public API. ActiveDisclosure Connect exists as an integration offering, but it is enterprise managed by DFIN rather than a documented developer API. No self-serve portal, REST or GraphQL reference, or SDKs were found.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) provides financial risk, compliance and regulatory software.
Financial Services (regulatory filing, compliance, data rooms), Typically for public corporations, private companies preparing IPOs/M&A, fund and investment companies, law firms, and corporate legal/finance teams. Corporate finance, legal, and investor-relations teams use DFIN to prepare and file SEC reports (10-K/10-Q, proxies, ESG disclosures), run secure virtual data rooms for M&A diligence, and produce fund regulatory/compliance documents and shareholder communications.
Large, established provider; ActiveDisclosure handles ~170,000 secure filings annually and clients include Fortune 500 names (Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Netflix). Global footprint and a leading position in regulatory filing/VDR.
Yes, Holds the customer's own critical operating data: SEC filings and financial disclosures, M&A deal documents in data rooms, fund regulatory filings, and shareholder/proxy data. This is highly sensitive system-of-record data the business depends on.
DFIN spun off from RR Donnelley in 2016 but the underlying business is decades old. ActiveDisclosure was recently rebuilt ("purpose-built") as a modern cloud platform, though core regulatory products remain enterprise/legacy in nature.
No public developer documentation or self-serve API found. Integration handled through DFIN/client portal rather than open API. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Workiva, Intralinks, Datasite, Toppan Merrill, Broadridge. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
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.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial Donnelley Financial Solutions API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Donnelley Financial Solutions data. See the Donnelley Financial Solutions integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/donnelley-financial-solutions-api.