MansaAPI vs NubAPI
Both are African fintech APIs, but they solve different problems. Here is an honest, accurate breakdown to help you pick the right tool — or use both.
Account verification specialist
NubAPI does one thing very well: Nigerian bank account name resolution. Give it an account number and bank code, it returns the account holder's name via NIBSS. It powers verification flows for many Nigerian products and has a popular Laravel package.
Confirming who owns a bank account before a transfer.
The African data layer
MansaAPI is broader: bank codes, SWIFT/BIC, USSD, mobile networks, NUBAN validation, live stock prices, dividends, insider trades, country and location data — across 8 African countries, in one API with one auth model.
Everything else you need African data for.
The honest take: these aren't really competitors. NubAPI nails account verification — if that's all you need, it's excellent. But a developer using NubAPI still has to source bank codes, market data, and location data elsewhere. MansaAPI solves those, and account resolution is on our roadmap via a licensed aggregator. Many teams will use both.
| Feature | NubAPI | MansaAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Account name resolution (NIBSS) | ✓ | Roadmap (via aggregator) |
| Bank codes & SWIFT/BIC | Partial | ✓ |
| USSD shortcodes | — | ✓ |
| Mobile network lookup | — | ✓ |
| NUBAN checksum validation | — | ✓ |
| Pan-African coverage (8 countries) | — | ✓ |
| Live stock market data | — | ✓ |
| NGX dividends & disclosures | — | ✓ |
| Insider trades (Form 3) | — | ✓ |
| Country & location data | — | ✓ |
| Public holidays | — | ✓ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |
| Node.js SDK | PHP/Laravel | ✓ |
| OpenAPI + llms.txt (AI-ready) | — | ✓ |
- • You only need account name resolution
- • You're on PHP/Laravel and want their package
- • Verification is your single integration point
- • You need bank codes, SWIFT, or USSD data
- • You want market data alongside identity data
- • You're building across multiple African countries
- • You want one API instead of stitching five together
One API for African bank codes, markets, and location.
100 requests/day, no credit card. See the breadth for yourself.