Integrations: make your systems work together.
An integration lets two systems exchange data automatically — orders to your accounting, placements to your invoicing, revenue to your dashboard. For common combinations there is usually a ready-made connector for a monthly fee; custom work on the API costs an indicative €1,500–€15,000 one-off. Below you'll find the options, costs and pitfalls for each combination.
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Enter once, correct everywhere.
An integration connects two systems through their APIs, so data flows through automatically and you never retype anything again. For most common combinations there is a standard connector for a monthly fee; custom work costs an indicative €1,500–€15,000 one-off and only pays off with non-standard fields, high volumes or your own business rules. An integration between a webshop and accounting usually sits well below that range, at €500–€2,000.
Curious what such an automated flow looks like? Build one yourself in the interactive Flow-Lab. You can read the full price breakdown in What does an API integration cost?, and the step-by-step guide for webshops in Connecting a webshop to your accounting.
Your webshop to your accounting package.
The most requested integrations: orders, payments and VAT automatically from your webshop to your accounting, so your books reconcile every day.
Connecting Shopify to Exact Online
Orders, payments and VAT automatically from Shopify to Exact Online. Compare off-the-shelf apps and custom work on price and functionality.
View the integration → E-commerce ↔ accountingConnecting Shopify to Moneybird
Invoices and payments automatically from Shopify to Moneybird — what does and doesn't sync, and when custom work pays off.
View the integration → E-commerce ↔ accountingConnecting Shopify to e-Boekhouden.nl
Shopify orders automatically in e-Boekhouden.nl: the options, costs and known pitfalls at a glance.
View the integration → E-commerce ↔ accountingConnecting Shopify to SnelStart
From Shopify order to SnelStart entry without retyping: connectors, costs and points to watch.
View the integration → E-commerce ↔ accountingConnecting WooCommerce to Exact Online
WooCommerce orders and VAT automatically in Exact Online — plugins, iPaaS flows and custom work compared.
View the integration → E-commerce ↔ accountingConnecting WooCommerce to Moneybird
Invoices from WooCommerce automatically in Moneybird: what the options cost and what carries over.
View the integration →From won deal to invoice.
As soon as a deal in your CRM is marked as won, the customer and invoice are created automatically in your accounting — no double entry, no forgotten invoices.
Connecting HubSpot to Exact Online
From a won deal in HubSpot to a customer and invoice in Exact Online — without double entry across two systems.
View the integration → CRM ↔ accountingConnecting Pipedrive to Moneybird
Turn won deals in Pipedrive automatically into invoices in Moneybird: the options and costs at a glance.
View the integration →Your ATS as the source of one flow.
You enter a placement once; hours, invoicing and reporting follow automatically. Works with Bullhorn, Carerix, Otys, Recruitee and any other ATS with an API — more background on the IT & automation for recruitment page.
Connecting Carerix to your administration
Carerix connected to email, time tracking and invoicing: you only enter a placement once.
View the integration → Recruitment & ATSConnecting Otys to your administration
Otys connected to your administration: from placement to invoice without retyping or loose sheets.
View the integration → Recruitment & ATSConnecting Bullhorn to AFAS
Placements from Bullhorn automatically to AFAS: invoicing and payroll with no manual work in between.
View the integration → Recruitment & ATSConnecting Recruitee to AFAS
Hired candidates from Recruitee automatically in AFAS: from hire to employee record without retyping.
View the integration → Recruitment & ATSConnecting your ATS to Power BI
Your ATS data live in Power BI: fee pipeline, placements and agency KPIs on one screen instead of monthly copy-and-paste sessions.
View the integration →Till revenue booked automatically.
Daily revenue, payments and VAT from your POS system straight into your accounting. Using a POS system other than Lightspeed? Almost any POS system with an API can be connected the same way.
Three questions that decide the choice.
Does a standard connector cover your fields and volumes?
Yes → choose the off-the-shelf app: faster to go live and cheaper to buy. No → custom work on the API, so the integration follows your process rather than the other way around.
Do you have your own business rules or more than two systems?
Yes → an iPaaS flow (Make, Zapier, Power Automate) or custom work that handles the logic. No → an off-the-shelf app is usually enough.
Is your volume growing or are more integrations on the way?
Yes → weigh monthly tool subscriptions against one-off custom work; at high volumes, custom work often wins. No → stick with the off-the-shelf app for as long as it covers what you need.
Rule of thumb: start off-the-shelf where it fits and build custom where your process differs — and calculate both routes up front with the ROI calculator, using the cost breakdown of an API integration as your starting point.
Check for yourself first, or read on.
ROI calculator
Work out when an integration pays for itself, based on your own hours and volumes. Free, right in your browser.
Operations self-test
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Free Operations Scan
We take a look at where duplicate work sits and which integration would deliver the most in your organisation.
What does an API integration cost?
The full price breakdown: indicative prices, ongoing costs and what the price depends on.
Which integration delivers the most for you?
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