SnelStart
Service ID: snelstart
SnelStart is a Dutch cloud + desktop accounting suite for freelancers, SMBs, and accounting firms. The B2B API exposes administrations, sales/purchase invoices, journal entries, ledger accounts, contacts, articles, VAT rates, and documents.
Beta — this connector is in beta. Functionality and resource coverage may change.
At a Glance
- Difficulty
- ⚠️INVOLVEDPartnership Required (Certification) + Custom Auth (Connection Key + Subscription Key)
- Authentication
- API KeyCustom authentication — a consumer-supplied Connection Key plus an application-owner Subscription Key on every request. Not OAuth.
- Webhooks
- Virtual webhooks — invoices, bills, customers, suppliers and journal entries (created/updated).
- Partnership Required
- Yes(Required — a permanent key is issued only after SnelStart certifies the finished integration.)
- Partnership Application
- SnelStart B2B API Developer Portal↗
- Apideck Credentials
- Not available(Not available — SnelStart issues keys per certified integration, so you bring your own.)
- Costs
- From EUR 54/month for an API-capable subscription, plus a one-time EUR 250 certification fee per permanent key. Both ex. VAT.
- Sandbox Availability
- Available — Access Sandbox↗(Free temporary development key via the Development & Test product in the developer portal, valid 90 days and capped on call volume.)
- Account Type Required
- SnelStart inZicht or inControle package — the lower inStap, inKaart, inBalans and inOrde packages expose no API access.
- Consumer Access Level
- No per-user access levels and no scope picker in the connect flow — the Connection Key grants the scopes this connector needs for one SnelStart administration.
- Rate Limits
- Production/custom keys: 500/min, 5,000/hour, 50 concurrent per administration. Development keys: 100/min, 1,000/hour, 5 concurrent. No other rate limits.
Responsibility matrix
| Task | You (Customer) | Your Consumer | Apideck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apply for SnelStart B2B API Access | ✓ | — | — |
| Obtain Subscription Key & Certification | ✓ | — | Docs provided |
| Add Credentials to Apideck | ✓ | — | — |
| Generate & Share Connection Key | — | ✓ | Docs provided |
| Build via Unified API | ✓ | — | Maintains connector |
| Monitor Connections | ✓ Via dashboard | ✓ Can revoke the key anytime | Logs & alerts |
Environments
- Single environment
- Testing and production share one API surface — SnelStart has no separate sandbox host. Build against a real SnelStart administration with the development key, then swap in the permanent key; no endpoint change is needed. Treat everything you write as production data.
🚨Important to Know About SnelStart
- SnelStart's API reference is Dutch-only and sits behind a developer-portal login. Budget for translation if your team doesn't read Dutch.
- This connector is a maatwerkkoppeling — one custom coupling per named consumer, and the fastest route live. Serving many consumers needs a productiekoppeling, which requires OAuth and a registered webhook URL — a separate integration to build and certify, not a paperwork step.
- Restoring a SnelStart administration from a backup or restore point makes it a new administration: the old Connection Key stops working permanently and the consumer must generate and paste a brand-new one. Build a reconnect path rather than treating authorization as one-time.
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