YNAB Integrations

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Put YNAB to work with AI and enterprise-grade automation

Automate smarter with YNAB and scale with confidence. Zapier is built for enterprise-grade security, compliance, and performance.

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Splitwise

Accounting

Notion

Task Management

QuickBooks Online

Accounting

Gmail

Email, Google

Todoist

Task Management

bunq

Accounting

Airtable

Databases

Google Sheets

Google, Spreadsheets

Stripe (Legacy)

Payment Processing

Splitwise

Accounting

Notion

Task Management

QuickBooks Online

Accounting

Gmail

Email, Google

Todoist

Task Management

bunq

Accounting

Splitwise

Accounting

Notion

Task Management

QuickBooks Online

Accounting

Gmail

Email, Google

Todoist

Task Management

bunq

Accounting

Airtable

Databases

Google Sheets

Google, Spreadsheets

Stripe (Legacy)

Payment Processing

Top companies trust Zapier to automate work and free up time

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Have all new transactions added to a Google spreadsheet.
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YNAB + Google Sheets
When you spend in a category, add detail of the transaction to a Google spreadsheet.
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YNAB + Google Sheets
Add new You Need A Budget transactions to Notion as database items
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YNAB + Notion
Get texts after new YNAB categories become overspent
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YNAB + SMS by Zapier
Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new matching emails in Gmail
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Gmail + YNAB
Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new payments in bunq
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bunq + YNAB

Have all new transactions added to a Google spreadsheet.

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YNAB + Google Sheets

When you spend in a category, add detail of the transaction to a Google spreadsheet.

Details

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YNAB + Google Sheets

Add new You Need A Budget transactions to Notion as database items

Details

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YNAB + Notion

Get texts after new YNAB categories become overspent

Details

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YNAB + SMS by Zapier

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new matching emails in Gmail

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Gmail + YNAB

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new payments in bunq

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bunq + YNAB

Log spending in categories from You Need A Budget with new rows in Google Sheets

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YNAB + Google Sheets

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new expenses in Splitwise

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Splitwise + YNAB

Update Google Sheets rows for new or updated You Need A Budget transactions

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YNAB + Google Sheets

Create new transactions in You Need A Budget for new emails in Email Parser by Zapier

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Email Parser by Zapier + YNAB

"create new You Need A Budget transactions for new bunq card payments"

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bunq + YNAB

Add rows in Microsoft Excel for new or updated transactions in You Need A Budget

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YNAB + Microsoft Excel

Log spending in categories from You Need A Budget with new rows in Google Sheets
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YNAB + Google Sheets
Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new expenses in Splitwise
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Splitwise + YNAB
Update Google Sheets rows for new or updated You Need A Budget transactions
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YNAB + Google Sheets
Create new transactions in You Need A Budget for new emails in Email Parser by Zapier
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Email Parser by Zapier + YNAB
"create new You Need A Budget transactions for new bunq card payments"
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bunq + YNAB
Add rows in Microsoft Excel for new or updated transactions in You Need A Budget
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YNAB + Microsoft Excel

Supported triggers and actions

Zapier helps you create workflows that connect your apps to automate repetitive tasks. A trigger is an event that starts a workflow, and an action is an event a Zap performs.

- Balance Below Amount
  Required
Trigger
Polling
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- Age of Money Days
  Required
Trigger
Polling
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Category Overspent
Triggers when a category is overspent and has a negative balance.
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New or Updated Category
Triggers when a new category is created or an existing category is updated.
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New or Updated Transaction
Triggers when a transaction is created or updated.
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New Account
Triggers when a new account is created.
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New Payee
Triggers when a new payee is created.
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- Account
  Required
Trigger
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- Category
  Required
- Budget Amount
  Required
Action
Write
- Api_docs_info
- Stop on error
  Required
- HTTP Method
  Required
- URL
  Required
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
Action
Write

Age of Money Changes
Triggers when your Age of Money changes.
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- Balance Below Amount
  Required
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New or Updated Account
Triggers when a new account is created or an existing account is updated.
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Polling
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New or Updated Scheduled Transaction
Triggers when a scheduled transaction is created or updated.
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Goal Completed
Triggers when a goal is completed.
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Polling
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New Category
Triggers when a new category is created.
Trigger
Polling
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New Transaction
Triggers when a new transaction is created.
Trigger
Polling
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- Category
  Required
Trigger
Polling
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- Account
  Required
- Amount
  Required
- Date
  Required
- Payee Type
- Category
- Memo
- Cleared
- Approved?
  Required
- Flag Color
- Import_id
Action
Write

For builders

Let your AI safely access YNAB

Go beyond Zap workflows. Install Zapier in your AI to call YNAB actions directly from your agents—with governance built in. Authenticate once. Revoke access anytime.

No code

Call actions in natural language with Zapier MCP

Act in YNAB from your AI—no exposed credentials, and you control which actions your AI can touch. One install covers 9,000+ other apps.

Example actions on this page

Budget to a Category
Create Transaction

Works with

Claude · ChatGPT · Cursor · Any MCP-compatible AI

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Code

Work in code with the Zapier SDK

Expose YNAB actions from backend services, scripts, or agent code. Zapier handles the OAuth and scoped permissions. Access 9,000+ apps, plus thousands more with .fetch().

Install

npm install @zapier/zapier-sdk
npm install -D @zapier/zapier-sdk-cli
zapier-sdk login
# create a YNAB connection @ https://zapier.com/de/app/assets/connections

Run an action

// Typescript
import { createZapierSdk } from "@zapier/zapier-sdk";

const zapier = createZapierSdk();

const { data: connection } = await zapier.findFirstConnection({ app: "ynab", owner: "me" });

await zapier.runAction({
  app: 'ynab',
  action: 'category',
  connection: connection.id,
  input: {
    {inputKeyValuePairs}
  },
});

Open the SDK docs

Direct API calls to raw endpoints through fetch are not yet subject to org-level app and action restrictions.

YNAB Help & Support

Common questions

Connect Your App Accounts to Zapier

Manage Your App Connections

Use the Power of AI to Generate Zaps (Beta)

What Should I Do in Zapier If I Change an App Account Password

About YNAB

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YNAB Integrations

Put YNAB to work with AI and enterprise-grade automation

Top companies trust Zapier to automate work and free up time

Join millions worldwide who automate their work using Zapier

Have all new transactions added to a Google spreadsheet.

When you spend in a category, add detail of the transaction to a Google spreadsheet.

Add new You Need A Budget transactions to Notion as database items

Get texts after new YNAB categories become overspent

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new matching emails in Gmail

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new payments in bunq

Have all new transactions added to a Google spreadsheet.

When you spend in a category, add detail of the transaction to a Google spreadsheet.

Add new You Need A Budget transactions to Notion as database items

Get texts after new YNAB categories become overspent

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new matching emails in Gmail

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new payments in bunq

Log spending in categories from You Need A Budget with new rows in Google Sheets

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new expenses in Splitwise

Update Google Sheets rows for new or updated You Need A Budget transactions

Create new transactions in You Need A Budget for new emails in Email Parser by Zapier

"create new You Need A Budget transactions for new bunq card payments"

Add rows in Microsoft Excel for new or updated transactions in You Need A Budget

Log spending in categories from You Need A Budget with new rows in Google Sheets

Create transactions in You Need A Budget for new expenses in Splitwise

Update Google Sheets rows for new or updated You Need A Budget transactions

Create new transactions in You Need A Budget for new emails in Email Parser by Zapier

"create new You Need A Budget transactions for new bunq card payments"

Add rows in Microsoft Excel for new or updated transactions in You Need A Budget

Let your AI safely access YNAB

Call actions in natural language with Zapier MCP

Work in code with the Zapier SDK

YNAB Help & Support

Common questions

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Manage Your App Connections

Use the Power of AI to Generate Zaps (Beta)

What Should I Do in Zapier If I Change an App Account Password

Popular YNAB Integrations

Popular YNAB Integrations

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