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API Development

API Development & Integration Services

We build the APIs that connect your software, your partners and the services you rely on, so data moves on its own, safely.

API development and system integration by CHAINWEB
Top Clutch API Developers in Italy, CHAINWEB

The short answer

What Is an API?

An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of rules that lets two pieces of software talk to each other. One system sends a request, the API checks who is asking and what is allowed, and the other system sends back an answer. It is how your CRM, website, payment provider and accounting tool share data without anyone copying it by hand.

You already use APIs every day. When you pay online, the shop never sees your card. It asks the payment provider's API to charge it and gets back one word: paid, or declined. That is the example on the right.

When you need it

When Do You Need an API?

If one of these sounds familiar, the answer is probably yes.

Your product needs a backend others can plug into?

Custom API Development

REST or GraphQL APIs with clear contracts, versioning and documentation your partners can actually use.

Same data typed into three different systems?

System Integrations

CRM, ERP, e-commerce and accounting kept in sync automatically, without manual exports.

Need payments, maps or messaging inside your app?

Third-Party API Integration

Stripe, PayPal, Google, WhatsApp, Meta and marketplaces, connected and maintained.

Running a legacy system nobody dares to touch?

API Layer for Legacy Software

We give old software a modern API, so it can talk to new tools without a rewrite.

Your API slows down when traffic grows?

Performance & Scaling

Caching, rate limiting and a cleaner architecture, so peak hours stop being a problem.

Building for an agency client?

White-Label API Development

We build the backend under your brand. Your client only ever sees you.

API Security

API Security: Built In From Day One

An API is a door into your systems. We build it so only the right people get through, and you can always see who did.

  • Authentication & access controlOAuth 2.0, API keys and role-based permissions, scoped to what each client actually needs.
  • Rate limiting & abuse protectionLimits per client and per endpoint, so one bad actor can't take the service down.
  • Encryption and secretsTLS everywhere, credentials kept out of the code, keys rotated on a schedule.
  • Input validationEvery request is checked against the contract before it touches your data.
  • Logs & audit trailWho called what, when, and what came back. Ready for any incident review.
  • GDPR by defaultEU hosting on request, data minimisation, and a data processing agreement signed before we start. Reviewed by our in-house DPO.
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What Clients Say About Our API Development

★★★★★

They understand technical topics well and always tried to find the most logical solution for the problem we had.

K. KveldeCEO · Transfluent
Verified review on Sortlist

Our clients

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Nexi logo
Finverse logo
Nordisk Regnskab logo
Chainweb client logo
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Avon logo
SubWise logo
Ecoverde logo
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Pricing

API Development Pricing

From connecting two tools you already use to an API built for your product. The price depends on the number of systems, the data volume and the security needed.

Integration

Connect two systems you already use, like CRM and e-shop.

from€1,200

Depends on the systems and the data

  • ✓Data kept in sync automatically
  • ✓Alerts when something fails
  • ✓Short documentation
Get a quote
Most requested

Custom API

Your product needs its own API for partners or apps.

€3,500–12,000

Depends on endpoints, data and security

  • ✓API designed around your product
  • ✓Access keys, limits and security
  • ✓Documentation and tests
Get a quote

Support

Keep integrations working when other services change.

€150–400/month

Depends on the number of integrations

  • ✓Monitoring and error alerts
  • ✓Updates when partners change their API
  • ✓Fixes and small changes
Get started

Exact price in writing before any work starts.

Launch partners
−20% as a launch partner, until 31 December 2026

On projects from €5,000: you pay 20% less, and in return we publish your project as a case study and you review us on Clutch.

Not combinable with other offers. You give us a 20-minute interview for the case study and permission to show your logo.
Become a launch partner

FAQ

API Development FAQ

What clients ask us most often about cost, timing, ownership and security.

Everything from design to running in production: the API contract, development, testing, documentation, deployment and monitoring. If you need it, we also connect the API to the systems around it, like your CRM, payments or e-commerce.

A single integration between two systems usually starts around €1,200. A custom API for your own product starts around €3,500. Larger platforms are scoped after the first call. Maintenance plans start at €150 per month. You get a fixed quote in writing before any work begins.

A simple integration can be live in one to two weeks. A custom API for a product typically takes four to eight weeks, depending on the number of endpoints and systems involved. We give you a timeline together with the quote.

Yes. If a system has an API, webhooks or even just a database or file export, we can connect it. That includes CRMs, ERPs, e-commerce platforms, payment providers and Italian e-invoicing tools that send to SDI.

Most projects are best served by REST: it is simple, widely supported and easy for partners to use. GraphQL makes sense when many different apps need different slices of the same data. We recommend one based on who will use your API, not on trends.

You do. The code, the documentation and the accounts are yours from day one, and you can take them to another team at any time.

Yes. Every API we build ships with OpenAPI (Swagger) documentation and usage examples, so your developers or partners can start using it without calling us.

Yes. We work white-label: your client only sees you. We can sign an NDA before the first technical conversation.

Authentication, rate limiting, encryption, input validation and audit logs are part of every build, not an extra. Personal data is handled under GDPR, with EU hosting on request and a data processing agreement signed before we start. Our in-house DPO reviews data flows.

Yes. We start with a technical audit of the existing code, fix what is critical, and improve the rest step by step instead of rewriting everything.

We monitor the API, fix issues, update integrations when external services change their APIs, and add new features when you need them. Support is available as a monthly plan.

A short description of the systems involved and what should happen between them. Access to existing documentation or code helps, but is not required. We scope the project on the first call.

Still have a question? Ask it on a 30-minute call. If a simpler tool would do the job, we will tell you.

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Not Sure Which Integration Service Fits?

Four ways we connect your systems. Pick the one that matches what you need.

API Development

Your CRM, payments and other systems need to share data automatically.

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Web Apps

You need a platform, portal or internal tool that runs in the browser.

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Workflow Automation

Automate a business process end to end, with or without AI.

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AI Development & Integration

Add AI features into a product you already run or are building.

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