Integrations

Most of what you run
has no way in.

Anything with an interface, we connect to, and usually an account is all it takes. The trouble is that the system your business actually runs on generally does not have one. We went and checked, vendor by vendor, rather than assuming.

How we open the closed ones
83systems checked against their own documentation
29where an account is genuinely enough
18real, behind a signed agreement
36no way in at all
An account is enoughDocumented and self-serve. We connect it the day you say go.
Agreement neededA real interface behind a signed agreement. Weeks, and a conversation rather than a build.
No way inNothing published. The agent opens it on screen and works it the way your staff do.

Freight forwarding and customs clearing

Customs itself is not an interface at all. It is a decades-old messaging format reached only through a licensed vendor, and those vendors are the gatekeepers. The port terminal system every forwarder checks many times a day publishes nothing.

1.0When there is no way in
Freight forwarding and customs clearing 2 open · 3 by agreement · 4 no way in
DHL Track and create shipments, pull rates. Self-serve key, free to start. An account is enough
Shiplogic Rates, collections, waybills and delivery webhooks for the last mile. An account is enough
JET Customs Tariff Duty and HS code calculation against live rates. The repetitive step on every declaration line. Agreement needed
CargoWise Shipment and declaration records, with event webhooks. Agreement needed
ShipShape Bookings, clearance status and tracking, for the largest South African independent. Agreement needed
Navis at the port terminals Stack dates, bookings, container release. Checked constantly. Nothing published. No way in
Customs filing itself A closed messaging channel, not a web interface. Reached only through a licensed vendor. No way in
Easy Clear Common locally, no documentation of any kind. No way in
Compu-Clearing Forty years old, no documentation. No way in

Recruitment and staffing

The agency standard here lists exactly one integration on its own site. Meanwhile background vetting, which is compulsory on nearly every placement, publishes nothing at all.

2.0When there is no way in
Recruitment and staffing 5 open · 1 by agreement · 3 no way in
SimplePay Push a placed worker into payroll. Key generated in-app, no approval. An account is enough
PaySpace Same, at the larger end. Scoped, short-lived tokens. An account is enough
Zoho Recruit Candidate and requisition records, plus bulk operations. An account is enough
Workable Read jobs and candidates, move them through stages. An account is enough
Greenhouse Full read and write over candidates, applications and offers. An account is enough
Placement Partner The agency standard in South Africa. Its integrations page lists one thing. No way in
MIE Over three million background checks a year. Nothing published. No way in
Ditto The other locally built agency system. Nothing published. No way in
The big job boards Posting and applicant sync, but only through a system that already holds the relationship. Agreement needed

Accounting and bookkeeping

The ledger is open, and that is the half everyone quotes. The other half is that the tax authority has no way in for practitioners at all, and the South African practice tools a firm touches every day publish nothing between them. This is why accounting was our first vertical and still our hardest.

3.0When there is no way in
Accounting and bookkeeping 10 open · 2 by agreement · 6 no way in
Xero Draft invoices, bills, contacts, bank lines, journals. Drafts only, never issued. An account is enough
Sage Accounting South Africa Post and reconcile. A separate system from the international one, with its own address. Build against the wrong one and nothing works. An account is enough
Zoho Books A real South African edition, VAT201 and all. The data sits overseas, which is a conversation worth having. An account is enough
CaseWare Cloud The audit standard here. Clients, users, permissions and engagement status across the whole firm. An account is enough
SimplePay Employees, pay runs, payslips, and the journal to post into the ledger. An account is enough
PaySpace The same at the larger end. Payroll data out, journal in. An account is enough
Sage 300 People Payroll and people for medium and large employers. An account is enough
Karbon Work items, pipeline and time. One caution: its key sees everything, whatever a person is allowed. An account is enough
Investec and Stitch The only two routes to real South African bank transaction data. One of them issues its own keys in minutes. An account is enough
Yoco, Peach and SnapScan A day's takings and the payout that follows, matched against the bank. The quickest working agent a shop can see. An account is enough
Sage 200 Evolution Post transactions and read master data, once it is licensed. Agreement needed
Xero Practice Manager Jobs, time and work in progress. Two approvals stand in front of it. Agreement needed
The tax authority No interface for practitioners. The bulk channel is for banks and insurers, not for firms filing returns. The single biggest piece of manual work in the country. No way in
The big four banks No published way to read an account. Statement files, or the screen. Every bookkeeper in the country works around this. No way in
Pastel on the desktop Decades of it installed across South Africa. A licensed kit on a Windows machine, and nothing over the wire. No way in
The older Sage payroll Sage says plainly that it takes no outside connections. No way in
The statement drafting tool Dominant in small and mid practices. It reads from the ledger and nothing reads from it. No way in
The two local practice systems Between them, decades and thousands of South African firms. Neither publishes a page. One now sells agents of its own. No way in

Real estate and letting

One genuinely open system, and one portal that needs no credentials at all. Everything touching money or deeds needs a signature.

4.0When there is no way in
Real estate and letting 2 open · 3 by agreement · 5 no way in
Entegral Listings, contacts, documents. Keys generated in settings, no approval. An account is enough
MyProperty Publish by hosting three files they poll. No credentials whatsoever. An account is enough
PayProp Tenants, invoices, arrears, and a webhook when a balance changes. Agreement needed
Prop Data Leads in, listings out, syndication logs. Agreement needed
Lightstone Valuation, owner and deeds data for a valuation pack. Agreement needed
The two big listing portals Neither publishes anything for agencies. Listings reach them through a syndicator, so the syndicator is the integration. No way in
Deeds and owner searches How everybody checks who owns a property. No developer page at all. No way in
The tenant credit bureau Integrates with forty data providers and publishes nothing. No way in
Fidelity Fund Certificate checks A login-only page. Let one lapse and the agency cannot lawfully be paid. No way in
WeconnectU Seven hundred and fifty thousand units, nothing published. No way in

Managing agents and body corporates

The regulator every scheme must file with by law has no way in, and from April it takes on disputes too. The system of record holds the levy roll and publishes nothing. The money rails, oddly, are the most open in the country.

5.0When there is no way in
Managing agents and body corporates 2 open · 3 by agreement · 4 no way in
Netcash Load the month's levy run, trace a mandate, pull the unpaids to chase. The rail the main system already uses. An account is enough
Stitch Mandates and collections per owner, with bank account checks on take-on. An account is enough
Nedbank and Standard Bank Read the trust account daily and match deposits to units. The best-documented bank interfaces here. Agreement needed
MRI Property Central Scheme ledgers, owner records, levy runs and arrears, for the larger portfolios. Agreement needed
PayProp A rental rail some agents push scheme money through. It was not built for levies. Agreement needed
The scheme regulator Registration, annual returns, levies, and disputes from April. Every scheme, every year, by hand. No way in
The main scheme system Levy roll, trust ledger, compliance calendar, arrears. The whole job, and nothing published. No way in
Prepaid meter recovery Ten billion rand a year recovered across the country, read off portals one export at a time. No way in
The smaller scheme packages Four of them, all common, none with a single page of documentation. No way in

Insurance broking

Two products in this entire vertical have documentation you can read without asking permission. Every insurer's broker portal, which is where most broker hours go, has none.

6.0When there is no way in
Insurance broking 2 open · 2 by agreement · 5 no way in
Commspace Commission reconciliation across thirty product providers. Sixteen endpoints and a sandbox. An account is enough
Root Issue policies and collect premiums, if a broker wants an own-brand product. An account is enough
Genasys Quote, bind, endorse and claims, with event webhooks. Four hundred and fifty of them, by their own count. Agreement needed
Cardinal Nothing published. Three products, no documentation for any of them. No way in
OWLS Advertises eighty-seven connections to other systems and documents none of them. No way in
TIAL Twenty-six years old. The only interface named is an internal one. No way in
The industry licence and cover utility Adviser licence checks, confirmation of cover, a client's whole portfolio. One agreement reaches every broker system at once. Agreement needed
The insurer broker portals Santam, Hollard, Bryte, King Price, Discovery. Portal only. This is where the hours go. No way in
The industry data exchange Twenty thousand intermediaries use it. Nothing published. No way in

Immigration and company registration

The companies registry publishes an interface that reads and cannot write. Registering a company, filing an annual return and every visa step are all marked coming soon or not published at all. Reading is solved here. Filing is not.

7.0When there is no way in
Immigration and company registration 4 open · 1 by agreement · 6 no way in
The companies registry Look up a company, its directors, its status and who really owns it. Read only. An account is enough
Datanamix Identity against Home Affairs, company and director records, VAT checks, sanctions screening. One contract covers all of it. Agreement needed
Smile ID Identity and a selfie matched to the Home Affairs photo, in under a second. An account is enough
DocuSign Send the pack for signature, watch it, pull the signed copy back. An account is enough
Clio Matters, contacts and documents, for a firm that runs on it. An account is enough
Registry filing itself Annual returns, director changes, name reservations. A prepaid account and a portal. No way in
The one-stop registration front door Company, tax, unemployment fund and workplace fund in one flow. A one-time code goes to the director's phone. No way in
Tax registration and returns No interface for filing. The bulk channel is file transfer for banks, not a way in. No way in
The visa portal Capture, upload, poll, download. All of it on screen, per applicant. No way in
The visa centre booking system Appointment slots and tracking. Hardened against automation, and the hardest target here. No way in
Practice systems for law firms The two most common South African ones publish nothing at all. No way in

Bond origination and mortgage broking

The switch that carries every application to every bank has no public interface. Neither does the conveyancing chain behind it.

8.0When there is no way in
Bond origination and mortgage broking 2 open · 3 by agreement · 3 no way in
Deeds office tracking Registration progress by barcode. Answers 'where is my transfer' without a phone call. Agreement needed
Lightstone Valuation and deeds data to sanity-check a loan before the bank does. Agreement needed
The bank developer marketplaces Account verification and transaction history for affordability. Signing up is free, going live is not. Agreement needed
Smile ID Identity and liveness at the top of the funnel. An account is enough
Stitch Collecting origination fees and mandates. An account is enough
The bank application switch Eight million applications. Submit to every bank in one action. Nothing published. No way in
Bank-instructed conveyancing Where a transfer actually lives. No developer programme. No way in
The deeds office itself Reached only through intermediaries, never directly. No way in