> ## Documentation Index
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# Connector catalogue

> Every source Beacon reads, the systems supported, how each connects, how often it refreshes, and whether the connection can write.

Each row names the systems supported for one source, how that source connects, how often its data refreshes, and whether the connection can write.

Permissions are granted in the source tool's own consent screen, which lists the access being requested before you approve it. That screen is the record of what was granted.

Method and refresh are stated where they hold for every customer. For the remaining sources they depend on which system you run and how it exposes its data, and are agreed with you before the connection is made. Those cells read **set per connection** rather than carrying a figure that would not hold. See [Refresh](#refresh) for what each method delivers.

## Sources

| Source                         | Systems                                                                                    | Connects by                                      | Refresh            | Direction                              |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| **Billing & subscriptions**    | Stripe, Chargebee, Recurly, Maxio, Zuora. Usage-based: Stripe Billing, Orb, Metronome      | Direct connector                                 | Continuous         | Read-only                              |
| **CRM**                        | Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics 365                                     | Direct connector; sync service for some editions | Continuous         | Read, and write to Beacon's own fields |
| **Accounting**                 | QuickBooks Online, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct                                            | Aggregator or scheduled export                   | Daily or weekly    | Read-only                              |
| **Marketing & ads**            | Google Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Google Analytics 4                                     | Aggregator or scheduled export                   | Daily or weekly    | Read-only                              |
| **Web analytics**              | Google Analytics 4, PostHog                                                                | Aggregator or scheduled export                   | Daily or weekly    | Read-only                              |
| **Product usage**              | Amplitude, Mixpanel, PostHog, Pendo, Heap. Segment as source of record                     | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |
| **Support & customer success** | Zendesk, Intercom, Front, Help Scout. Gainsight, Vitally, Catalyst, Planhat                | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |
| **Banking & payments**         | Stripe, Brex, Ramp, Mercury, Plaid                                                         | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |
| **People & payroll**           | BambooHR, Rippling, HiBob, Workday, Personio. Payroll: Gusto, ADP, Paychex, Deel, Rippling | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |
| **Data warehouse**             | BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks                                                  | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |
| **Calendar**                   | Google Calendar, Microsoft 365                                                             | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |
| **Contracts**                  | Your contract system or store                                                              | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |
| **External enrichment**        | Set per connection                                                                         | Set per connection                               | Set per connection | Read-only                              |

Billing is the only required source. What each source turns on, and what stays unavailable without it, is on [Connect your tools](/connect-your-tools).

## Refresh

A source connects by the highest method available to it. The method determines refresh.

| Method           | Refresh                                                |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Direct connector | Continuous, maintained without intervention            |
| API sync         | Continuous                                             |
| Aggregator       | Follows the aggregator's own delivery, daily or weekly |
| Scheduled export | Daily or weekly file                                   |
| Guided form      | On entry                                               |

Every screen states the freshness of the source behind it. A weekly export is never presented as a live figure.

Where a row reads **set per connection**, no single method applies to every customer running that source. The method and its refresh are agreed and stated before the connection is made, and appear on the screens that depend on it. No interval is published here that would not hold for the system you run.

## Permissions requested

Beacon requests read access to the objects the figures are built from, and nothing beyond them. The consent screen in the source tool lists the access being requested before you approve it, and the granted access can be inspected there at any time.

Billing, accounting and banking connections stay read-only whether or not the system allows writes. This is a choice about systems of record, not a limit of the connection.

## What Beacon writes

The CRM is the only source Beacon writes to. It maintains a small set of its own prefixed fields on your records — added, never edited over your own fields, and removable as one set.

Every other connection in this catalogue is read-only. The full write limits are on [Boundaries](/boundaries).