Infor API
REST APIs across the product lines sit behind the ION API Gateway with OAuth 2.0. The public developer portal has tutorials and an SDK, but real Swagger specs live inside customer tenants, so partners cannot inspect the surface without one. Each CloudSuite speaks a different idiom.
Frequently asked questions
Infor scores F on Supergood's API Report Card. REST APIs across the product lines sit behind the ION API Gateway with OAuth 2.0. The public developer portal has tutorials and an SDK, but real Swagger specs live inside customer tenants, so partners cannot inspect the surface without one. Each CloudSuite speaks a different idiom.
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. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Infor is a global enterprise software company headquartered in New York City, owned by Koch Industries (acquired in full in 2020 after Koch's 2017 minority investment), with ~17,000 employees and a reported revenue run-rate north of $3B.
Vertical: Enterprise/HR/ERP, specifically industry-specific Cloud ERP for upper-mid-market and large enterprise, with deepest concentration in (1) discrete and process manufacturing (industrial equipment, automotive supply, aerospace & defense, electronics, fabricated metals, food & beverage, chemicals, pharma, fashion & apparel); (2) wholesale distribution (industrial, electrical, building products, foodservice); (3) healthcare (US hospital systems running CloudSuite Financials & Supply Management plus CloudSuite HCM); (4) hospitality (global hotel chains running HMS); (5) public sector (US state and local government running Lawson S3); and (6) higher education. Finance teams run GL, AR, AP, fixed assets, multi-entity/multi-currency consolidation, treasury, cash management, tax, and statutory reporting in CloudSuite Financials (S3 for healthcare/public sector/higher ed) or in the financials module of M3/LN/SyteLine.
Infor is consistently named in every enterprise ERP RFP alongside SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O / Business Central, Workday Financials, IFS Cloud, Epicor Kinetic, and QAD Adaptive ERP.
Yes, Infor CloudSuites collectively hold the operational system of record for some of the most mission-critical datasets a mid-to-large enterprise owns.
Infor as a corporate entity was assembled starting in 2002 (originally Agilisys, then renamed Infor) through 40+ acquisitions of legacy ERP vendors, including SSA Global (which itself had previously acquired Baan, MAPICS, EXE, Marcam, and others), Lawson Software (S3 financials/HCM, plus its prior Intentia/Movex acquisition that became M3), MAPICS, Datastream (now Infor EAM), GEAC, Workbrain, GT Nexus (now Infor Nexus), Mongoose (now SyteLine's tech platform), TDCI (now Infor CPQ), Saleslogix (now Infor CRM), and PeopleAnswers (now Talent Science).
The ION API surface is fragmented across acquired products, M3 uses MI Programs and OData, LN uses OData and BDEs, SyteLine uses IDOs, Lawson uses BODs and DME, integrators must learn a different idiom per CloudSuite. API discovery is gated, the API Catalog and Swagger definitions live inside a customer's Ming.le tenant rather than a public developer portal; partners cannot inspect the real surface without an active tenant or customer relationship. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include SAP S/4HANA / SAP Business Suite, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP / Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations / Business Central, Workday Financial Management & HCM, IFS Cloud, Epicor Kinetic. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Supergood's grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? Supergood checks six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and rolls them into a letter grade. Supergood re-verifies grades, and they only move on evidence.
Yes, via a managed API layer. Supergood builds REST APIs and MCP servers for authenticated enterprise web apps, so AI agents and internal tools can read and write data programmatically. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Infor has partial MCP support. Infor publishes no official MCP server. Community projects exist, including an npm-published server for Infor Data Fabric and ION API discovery and one for CloudSuite Landmark data, but adoption is minimal and none are vendor supported.
Partially. MCP support for Infor exists but is incomplete, so what MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex can reach depends on what the available server covers.