📄️ Clio Manage and Clio Platform APIs
As of January 2026, there are two developer experiences used to access Clio product APIs: The Clio Manage API and the Clio Platform. This page is intended to outline the differences between the two and help you, the developer, know which to use in which circumstances.
📄️ Get a Developer Account
Signing up for a developer account has a slightly different process depending which Clio product(s) you're integrating with.
📄️ Regions
Clio has separate app instances for its US, Canadian, EMEA, and Australian customers. Integrations with Clio products are local to the regional instance – you can't, for example, create a US integration and have it work for Canadian Clio customers. Regions are specified by prefixes for all URLs to Clio products, APIs, and developer portals.
📄️ Building private apps
What Are Private Apps?
📄️ Example API Application
We have a GitHub repository with an example application demonstrating how to implement an SSO flow by authenticating with Clio Identity and authorizing with Clio Manage along with making a few requests to Clio Manage API endpoints. The application is built using Ruby on Rails, but the general workflow is extendable to your framework of choice.