Dubsado API
Provides REST API access to Dubsado's business management platform for creatives and freelancers, enabling automation of client projects, contracts, invoices, forms, and workflow pipelines.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
OAuth 2.0 available but requires partner approval, limiting self-service security posture. API key access is all-or-nothing with no scope restrictions documented. GDPR compliance claimed; SOC 2 certification status not prominently published. Agents should rotate API keys periodically and store them in secrets managers.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You're automating a freelancer or creative agency workflow where the client is already on Dubsado and you need to read/write project, invoice, or contact data.
Avoid When
You need comprehensive developer documentation, guaranteed SLAs, or high API rate limits for production automation at scale.
Use Cases
- • Create new client projects and attach contracts or proposals programmatically when a lead converts via an agent
- • Retrieve invoice status and payment history for active client projects to drive automated payment reminder sequences
- • List and update workflow pipeline stages for projects to reflect progress tracked by an external agent system
- • Sync contact records between Dubsado and external databases or communication platforms via REST API
- • Trigger Dubsado workflow automation steps from external events (e.g., advance a project stage when a webhook from another tool fires)
Not For
- • Large sales teams needing enterprise CRM capabilities like territory management, revenue forecasting, or custom object modeling
- • High-volume API automation at scale — Dubsado is designed for small creative businesses, not enterprise throughput
- • Businesses whose workflow doesn't map to creative service project management (proposals, contracts, invoices, sessions)
Interface
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow for third-party access; personal API tokens available for self-integration use cases. OAuth app registration requires approval from Dubsado. API keys are per-account and must be kept secret. Token refresh flow follows standard OAuth 2.0 patterns.
Pricing
No free tier; Dubsado offers a limited free trial (capped at 3 clients). API access is bundled with the subscription. Third-party developers building public integrations should apply to the Dubsado partner program for OAuth app approval.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ OAuth app registration requires manual approval from Dubsado; self-service OAuth setup is not available, creating a bottleneck for agents that need OAuth-based access
- ⚠ Not all Dubsado platform features are exposed via API; forms, questionnaires, and scheduler objects have limited or no API coverage, requiring web app interaction for some workflows
- ⚠ API documentation lags behind platform feature releases; endpoints may exist or be deprecated without timely documentation updates
- ⚠ Webhook delivery reliability and retry behavior are not well documented; agents depending on webhooks should implement polling fallback for critical state transitions
- ⚠ Account-level API keys have full access to the account with no documented scope restrictions; all agent access should be treated as privileged
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.