Paperless Parts API
Paperless Parts publishes a real OpenAPI reference and a Python SDK, and tokens are generated inside account settings. The catch is that only paying subscribers can mint one, and sandbox access routes through the ecosystem partner program.
Frequently asked questions
Paperless Parts scores C+ on Supergood's API Report Card. Paperless Parts publishes a real OpenAPI reference and a Python SDK, and tokens are generated inside account settings. The catch is that only paying subscribers can mint one, and sandbox access routes through the ecosystem partner program.
Paperless Parts has an official API, but teams routinely hit its limits: gated access, partial coverage, or paid tiers. Most end up supplementing it with exports or an unofficial API layer like Supergood. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Paperless Parts is a cloud quoting and estimating platform for custom manufacturers, used by CNC machining, sheet metal, and additive job shops to ingest RFQ files, price work, and send quotes to buyers.
Manufacturing, specifically small and midsize custom manufacturers and job shops running CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and additive production. Shops receive RFQs and CAD files, run geometry driven costing and pricing inside Paperless Parts, then issue quotes and convert accepted quotes into orders.
Paperless Parts is an established cloud quoting system for North American job shops with a published ecosystem of ERP, CRM, and accounting integrations, though no verified public customer counts or market position figures appear in the sourced material.
Quotes and quote line items with geometry driven pricing and costing logic, orders converted from accepted quotes, customer and contact records, part and file metadata from uploaded CAD, and the event history of quoting actions such as quote.created and quote.sent.
The platform is a modern cloud application with a REST API described by an OpenAPI 3.0.2 specification, a versioned base URL at api.paperlessparts.com, and both v1 and v2 definitions in circulation.
Common alternatives include Xometry, Geomiq, Plex Systems, Cetec ERP. 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.
Not that we could find. There is no official Paperless Parts MCP server in any public registry, and no maintained community server we're aware of. We re-verify this periodically — report an inaccuracy below if we missed one.
Not natively. Paperless Parts doesn't publish an MCP server, so MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex have nothing to connect to out of the box. If that changes, this page will reflect it.