Xero: Updates to developer pricing model

Xero recently announced an update to its developer pricing model with plans to introduce a tiered, usage-based pricing structure. This will take effect on 2 March 2026, alongside updates to their Developer Terms and Conditions.

What’s changing?

For ecosystem app partners Xero is introducing five pricing tiers based on:

• Number of customer connectionsConnection A link between a Codat company and a data source (like an accounting platform). Each connection represents authorized access to pull or push data from that platform. (tenants) linked to your app.
• APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. data egress (how much data your app pulls from Xero via the APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms.).

The tiers each have different connectionConnection A link between a Codat company and a data source (like an accounting platform). Each connection represents authorized access to pull or push data from that platform. limits, included APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. egress usage, and monthly fees.

Why this matters

Depending on your current connectionConnection A link between a Codat company and a data source (like an accounting platform). Each connection represents authorized access to pull or push data from that platform. volumes and APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. usage, you may need to:

• Select a tier.
• Add a payment method in Xero’s developer portal (required once moving beyond Starter).
• Monitor and optimise APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. usage to manage costs.

What you should do now

To avoid disruption and ensure you’re ready ahead of March, we recommend you:

• Review Xero’s pricing and tier model.
• Login to your Xero developer app and check your APIAPI A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. Codat provides APIs for accessing financial data from accounting, banking, and commerce platforms. usage.
• Plan for tier selection/billing readiness ahead of March 2026.
• Please review your datasets' sync frequency in the Codat portal. It is always reccomended that you only syncSync The process of fetching the latest data from a connected data source. Syncs can be triggered manually or run automatically on a schedule. data as often as is essential for your use-case.