Chift
Brussels unified API for embedded accounting, POS and payment integrations across Europe
Quick Overview
| Company | Chift SRL |
|---|---|
| Category | Automation & Integration |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
| Founded | 2022 |
| EU Presence | EU (Belgium) |
| Open Source | No |
| Pricing | Not published; custom pricing by connector volume, contact sales |
| Replaces | Codat, Rutter, building financial integrations in-house |
Detailed Review
Chift solves one specific, expensive problem: a SaaS product that needs to read and write data in its customers' accounting, POS, payment or invoicing software, without building and maintaining a separate connector for every one of them.
The unified API normalises the different systems behind one interface, and "Agentic Syncs" ship pre-built bidirectional data flows for common use cases rather than leaving the vendor to design the sync logic from scratch. That is the same category of problem elastic.io and Locoia solve for a broader set of business systems, but Chift's catalogue is specifically the financial software that runs European back offices.
Chift SRL is registered in Brussels — the Belgian company register lists the entity as active since 19 April 2022, at Rue Beeckman 40 in Uccle. The company raised a €10.5 million Series A led by BlackFin Capital Partners, a Paris-based investor.
Pricing is not published on the site; there is no free-tier or self-serve signup, and evaluating Chift means booking a demo. For a software vendor whose roadmap includes "connect your accounting package," that is a reasonable trade for not maintaining 150-plus connectors in-house, but it is a harder sell to a team that wanted to try something today.
What Chift does well
- Unified API across 150+ European finance and ops tools
- Pre-built bidirectional "Agentic Syncs" reduce integration design work
- Belgian company, verified in the KBO register
- €10.5M Series A funding for continued development
- Focused specifically on the financial software European businesses use
Where Chift falls short
- No published pricing; every evaluation starts with a demo
- No self-serve trial or free tier
- Narrower than elastic.io or Locoia: finance and ops tools only
- Young company, active only since 2022
Standout feature. A unified API built specifically for European finance software: Chift is the only tool here whose entire catalogue is accounting, POS, payment and invoicing systems.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Unified API across 150+ European finance and ops tools
- Pre-built bidirectional "Agentic Syncs" reduce integration design work
- Belgian company, verified in the KBO register
- €10.5M Series A funding for continued development
- Focused specifically on the financial software European businesses use
Cons
- No published pricing; every evaluation starts with a demo
- No self-serve trial or free tier
- Narrower than elastic.io or Locoia: finance and ops tools only
- Young company, active only since 2022
Alternatives to Chift
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Chift?
Chift solves one specific, expensive problem: a SaaS product that needs to read and write data in its customers' accounting, POS, payment or invoicing software, without building and maintaining a separate connector for every one of them.
The unified API normalises the different systems behind one interface, and "Agentic Syncs" ship pre-built bidirectional data flows for common use cases rather than leaving the vendor to design the sync logic from scratch. That is the same category of problem elastic.io and Locoia solve for a broader set of business systems, but Chift's catalogue is specifically the financial software that runs European back offices.
Where is Chift based?
Chift operates from Brussels, Belgium, which places it under EU (Belgium).
What does Chift cost?
Not published; custom pricing by connector volume, contact sales.
Who is Chift best for?
Software vendors embedding accounting and payment integrations. A unified API built specifically for European finance software: Chift is the only tool here whose entire catalogue is accounting, POS, payment and invoicing systems.
What are the drawbacks of Chift?
No published pricing; every evaluation starts with a demo. No self-serve trial or free tier. Narrower than elastic.io or Locoia: finance and ops tools only. Young company, active only since 2022.
Is Chift a good alternative to Codat?
Chift is built as a European alternative to Codat: Brussels unified API for embedded accounting, POS and payment integrations across Europe. It will not be a like-for-like feature match in every respect, so check the review above for where the two genuinely differ before switching.
How does Chift compare to other Automation & Integration tools?
Chift is one of several European Automation & Integration tools we cover. It is most often compared with Codat, Rutter, building financial integrations in-house.