Comparison of Cloud ERP API Coverage

Cloud ERP API Comparison

Cin7 Core, Cin7 Omni, Unleashed

Why does the API matter?

The API does two things

it allows information to be extracted for better reporting
It enables automation, by creating documents and actions. This means that you can automate gaps and workarounds, and add more advanced functionality.

Examples of workflows and API support

Case: Automate the creation of products from another source, such as an online store or a product master database

	Cin7 Core	Cin7 Omni	Unleashed
	Yes	No	Yes

Case: Add a product configurator front end, and send custom BOMs to manufacturing module

	Cin7 Core	Cin7 Omni	Unleashed
	Yes	No	No

Cin7 Core allows creation of assembly orders and therefore one-off BOMs, and it allows them to be stepped through the process of authorisation, stock allocation and completion.

	Cin7 Core	Cin7 Omni	Unleashed
	Yes	No	No

Case: For near real-time interfacing, have the integrated app respond to events as they happen in the ERP (such as an order received from an online channel)

	Cin7 Core	Cin7 Omni	Unleashed
	Yes	No	No

Cin7 Core has webhooks, which send signals to the integration, rather than the integration having to ask at regular intervals “has something happened?”

The Best API: Cin7 Core

Cin7 Core has the best API, by far. It allows most processes to be fully automated, from end to end. It is also better documented, and it has webhooks, which means that you can ask Cin7 Core to contact your app when something happens, such as an order being submitted. Without webhooks, your app must constantly ask for any updates. (polling)

The other cloud ERPs have significant gaps, meaning there are few if any complete processes which can be scripted.

The Cin7 Core API is an add-on to the base plan, and webhooks require an additional subscription to the Automation module.

	Cin7 Core	Cin7 Omni	Unleashed
API Version	V2	V1	Unversioned, V1?
API Limits	60 per min per connection but multiple connections can be added. Dedicated server plans have no rate limit.	60/min, 5000/day	Varies by plan
Cost	Add-on to plan	Included in plan	Varies by plan
API docs	Apiary	HTML	HTML

Item
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	Yes
Create	Yes	No	Yes
Update	Yes	No	Yes
Delete	Blocked for integrity, instead, make inactive	No	Yes

Pricing
Search, Create, Update	Price Tiers (price list pricing): Yes	Price Tiers (price list pricing): Yes	Price Tiers (price list pricing): Yes
Advanced Pricing (matrix rules)	Note: In Oct 2021, Cin7 Core added end-points for its advanced matrix pricing capability, which makes Cin7 Core’s pricing module very powerful.	No	No

Stock availability and valuation
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	Yes

Stock Transactions (goods movement)
Search	Indirectly		No

Warehouse locations
Search	Yes	Yes, any field	Yes
Create	Yes	Yes	No
Update	No	Yes	No
Delete	Blocked for integrity, instead, make inactive	No	No

Financial transactions
Search	Yes	No	No


Customer
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	Yes
Create	Yes	Yes	Yes
Update	Yes	Yes	No
Delete	Make inactive	Make inactive	No

Customer Addresses
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field
Create	Yes, via Customer	Yes	Yes, via Customer
Update	Yes, via Customer	Yes	No
Delete	Yes, via Customer	Yes	No

Customer Contacts
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	No (Unleashed doesn’t have multiple contacts per customer)
Create	Yes, via Customer	Yes	No
Update	Yes, via Customer	Yes	No
Delete	Yes, via Customer	Yes	No

Supplier
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	Yes
Create	Yes	Yes	Yes
Update	Yes	Yes	No
Delete	Blocked for integrity, instead, make inactive	Yes	Yes

Quote
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	No
Create	Yes	Yes	No
Update	Yes	Yes	No
Delete	Void	Void	No

Order
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	Yes
Create	Yes	Yes	Yes
Update	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delete	Void	Void	Yes

Order fulfilment
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	Yes
Create	Yes (including multiple fulfilments per order)	No	Yes (including multiple fulfilments per order)
Update	Yes (including multiple fulfilments per order)	No	Yes (including multiple fulfilments per order)
Delete	Void	No	Yes

Sales Invoice
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	Yes
Create	Yes	No	No
Update	Yes	No	No
Delete	Void	No	No

Sales credit
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes, any field	No
Create	Yes	Yes	No
Update	Yes	Yes	No
Delete	Void	Void	No

Sales Payments
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes (does not sync to Xero)	No
Create	Yes	Yes (does not sync to Xero)	No
Update	Yes	Yes (does not sync to Xero)	No
Delete	Yes	?	No

Purchase Order
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes (does not sync to Xero)	Yes
Create	Yes	Yes (does not sync to Xero)	Yes
Update	Yes	Yes (does not sync to Xero)	No
Delete	Void	?	Yes

Purchase invoice
Search	Yes, but limited		No
Create	Yes	No	No
Update	Yes	No	No
Delete	Void	No	No

Purchase Receipts
Search	Yes, but limited	No	No
Create	Yes	No	No
Update	Yes	No	No
Delete	Yes	No	No

Purchase Payments
Search	Yes, but limited	No	No (Unleashed does not handle payments)
Create	Yes	No	No (Unleashed does not handle payments)
Update	Yes	No	No (Unleashed does not handle payments)
Delete	Yes	No	No (Unleashed does not handle payments)

Assembly/Manufacturing Order
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes	Yes
Create	Yes	Yes	No
Update	Yes	Yes	No
Delete	Yes	Yes	No

Stock Take
Search	Yes, but limited	No	No
Create	Yes	No	No
Update	Yes	No	No
Delete	Yes	No	No

Stock Adjustment
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes	Yes
Create	Yes	No	Yes
Update	Yes	No	Yes
Delete	Yes	No	Yes

Stock Transfer
Search	Yes, but limited	Yes	Yes
Create	Yes	No	No
Update	Yes	No	No
Delete	Yes	No	No

BOM
Search	Yes, via Product	Yes	Yes
Create	Yes, via Product	No	Yes
Update	Yes, via Product	No	Yes
Delete	Yes, via Product	No	No

Webhooks	Yes	No	No