Plaid by Plaid Inc.
Link bank accounts and pull balances, transactions, identity and auth data for payments and fintech apps.
Payments for agents Official MCP server
Price
Free plan
list price
Free tier
Yes
Limited Production: up to 200 API calls per product with...
SDK downloads
1.9M
npm plaid · PyPI plaid-python
Status
Up
2 incidents in 30 days
Pricing
| Free tier | Limited Production: up to 200 API calls per product with live data; free Sandbox |
|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | — |
| Usage price | — |
| Good to know | No public dollar prices: Pay as You Go uses standard pricing, Growth and Custom are contact-for-pricing. The 200 free calls are a one-time Limited Production allowance, not monthly. |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 10, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Official: https://plaid.com/docs/resources/mcp/ |
|---|---|
| npm | npm install plaid |
| PyPI | pip install plaid-python |
| GitHub | plaid/plaid-node · 585 stars · last push Oct 6, 2026 |
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