Patriot Software API
No public, self-serve API, developer portal, or webhooks. Integration is a short vendor-maintained partner list (QuickBooks Online, Stripe, benefits partners) plus CSV export. Finch classifies Patriot as Assisted: UI automation under employer credentials, not a sanctioned API.
Frequently asked questions
Patriot Software scores F on the API Report Card. No public, self-serve API, developer portal, or webhooks. Integration is a short vendor-maintained partner list (QuickBooks Online, Stripe, benefits partners) plus CSV export. Finch classifies Patriot as Assisted: UI automation under employer credentials, not a sanctioned API.
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.
Patriot Software is a privately held, U.S.-based SaaS company that sells affordable online payroll and accounting software to small businesses and the accountants and bookkeepers who serve them.
Vertical: Financial Services - specifically SMB payroll, accounting, and bookkeeping software. Running unlimited scheduled and off-cycle payroll runs with free direct deposit.
6/10 within U.S. SMB payroll. Patriot reports 75,000+ customers and $19B+ in cumulative payroll processed, with strong adoption among very small employers (1-20 EEs), bookkeeping firms, and price-sensitive industries.
Yes - Patriot Software is the system of record for payroll, employee PII, tax filings, and (for Accounting customers) the general ledger of tens of thousands of U.S. small businesses.
~20+ years old (founded 2002 in Canton, Ohio by Mike Kappel; the online SaaS product line launched in the late 2000s and has been the primary product since the early 2010s).
No public API - Patriot Software does not expose REST/GraphQL endpoints, developer documentation, or a sandbox; integrations are partner-list-only. Finch (the leading unified payroll API) classifies Patriot as an 'Assisted' integration, meaning Finch automates the human-facing UI under employer credentials rather than calling a sanctioned API. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Gusto, QuickBooks Payroll, ADP RUN, Paychex Flex, OnPay, SurePayroll (Paychex). 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 Patriot Software API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Patriot Software data. See the Patriot Software integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/patriot-software-api.