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Connecting SmartSuite to Ply

Connect Ply to SmartSuite with your API key and Workspace ID to build add-ons, tools, notifications and portals on your data.

Written by Emma Montgomery

Ply is a builder for add-ons, tools, actionable notifications and portals that run on SmartSuite data. Create a Ply account, add SmartSuite from the Marketplace, and connect it with your API key and Workspace ID; every request Ply makes is an API request against the workspace's monthly allowance.

Plan Availability

All plan types. Ply requests count toward the monthly API allowance (25,000 on Team, 100,000 on Professional, 500,000 on Enterprise, custom on Signature).

Permissions

Any member with an API key. The connection acts with that member's role and permissions. Ply needs its own account.

Platform

Web

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What can I build with Ply?

Feature.

What it does.

Where it runs.

Add-ons.

Buttons, custom UI elements and business logic on a record.

Inside SmartSuite records.

Tools.

Small apps that read and write SmartSuite data.

The command bar or a standalone URL.

Notifications.

Actionable notifications with a post-click action.

Ply and Slack.

Portals.

Customer portals on SmartSuite data.

A standalone URL or embedded in your site.

Ply's SmartSuite actions manage records, comments, files, tables, solutions and members.

How do I connect Ply to SmartSuite?

  1. Sign up at ply.io. On the main page, select Marketplace, search for SmartSuite and click Add Selected.

The Ply Marketplace with SmartSuite selected.

  1. Under Create and Manage, open Connections, click Add Connection and select SmartSuite.

The Add Connection dialog in Ply with SmartSuite selected.

  1. Enter your API key (My Profile, API Key section) and your Workspace ID, the first 8 characters after app.smartsuite.com/ when you are signed in. See Retrieving your API Key and Workspace Id.

  2. Click Test. The connection shows as successful.

The SmartSuite connection in Ply showing a successful test.

  1. Open the Features tab to build add-ons, tools and notifications.

The Features tab in Ply where add-ons, tools and notifications are created.

What do customers build?

  • A button in a SmartSuite record that creates a customer in QuickBooks, sends an email to the contact and logs it as a comment, posts to a Slack channel, or creates a Google Calendar invite.

  • A button in Gmail that creates contact and company records in a SmartSuite solution.

  • A button in Salesforce that sends a closed deal into a SmartSuite solution and creates or updates the account and contact.

Last verified 22 Oct 2026.

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