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Plaid API

Plaid API — free tier with API key

📈 FinanceUNMONITORED
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Plaid API exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://status.plaid.com/api/v2/status.json

{
  "page": {
    "id": "01KJ72XDYEXAHDV9SPTMB7YS2Y",
    "name": "Plaid",
    "url": "https://status.plaid.com/",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-05T16:04:16Z"
  },
  "status": {
    "description": "All Systems Operational",
    "indicator": "none"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://status.plaid.com/api/v2/status.json"
const res = await fetch("https://status.plaid.com/api/v2/status.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://status.plaid.com/api/v2/status.json")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /api/v2/status.json awaits first probe
GET/api/v2/status.jsonPROBED

Plaid API — free tier with API key

GET/health

Health check — confirms the service is up.

GET/ping

Lightweight ping endpoint.

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Plaid API: common questions

Is Plaid API free to use?

Yes — Plaid API is a free finance API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Plaid API need an API key?

Yes — Plaid API needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Plaid API from the browser?

Yes — Plaid API returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Plaid API up right now?

Plaid API is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.