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Auto.dev pricing and alternatives: VIN decoder API

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38% complete: 3 of the 8 key fields we checkSee the 8 fields
$0.00per 1,000 VINsWe rank 47 plans by price. API Ninjas's $299 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 VINs: $0.03.VINquery's $180 pack covers any number of VINs. VINquery's $180 pack costs less to start than API Ninjas's $299 monthly plan.
Plan: Free one of Auto.dev's 6 plans
Call: GET /vin/{vin} one of Auto.dev's 3 calls
API: VIN decoder API Auto.dev's only API

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 3 of the 8 key fields we check. Type, Engine, Drivetrain.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 requests a month. Calls stop once your requests run out.
  • One call. You send vin to GET /vin/{vin}. You can also send ambiguity. The call returns the vehicle's make, model, year and specs.
  • Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old with the legal capacity to enter contracts. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Auto.dev: VIN decoder API alternatives

The table starts with Auto.dev's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 VINs closest to Auto.dev's.

Auto.dev, $599 monthly, Scale, GET /vin/{vin}CarAPI, $299 yearlyAPI Ninjas, $59 monthlyMarketCheck, $299 monthly, Basic, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specsCarsXE, $2,490 yearly, Pro (billed annually), GET /specs
$ per 1,000 VINs$1.50$0.137$0.59$1.50$8.30
Completeness38%75%0%50%63%
Billingmonthlyyearlymonthlymonthlyyearly
Pay$599$299$59$299$2,490
Enough foras many as you pay for6,000 calls a day100,000 calls a monthas many as you pay for25,000 calls a month
Freshnessunknown1 dayunknownunknown1 day
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old with the legal capacity to enter contractsanyone at least 18 years oldanyone 18 or overanyoneanyone

VIN decoder API pricing: plans compared

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-30.

  1. docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  2. docs.auto.dev/v2/reference/errors
  3. auto.dev
  4. auto.dev/openapi.json
  5. auto.dev/pricing
  6. auto.dev/pricing.md
  7. auto.dev/terms.md
  8. auto.dev/vin.md

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Type
  • Engine
  • Fuel, not in the answer
  • Drivetrain
  • Size and weight, not in the answer
  • Airbags and belts, not in the answer
  • Driver assists, not in the answer
  • Plant, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 VINs$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: Vehicle Listings · Vehicle Photos
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSimple vehicle data APIs. Call them over REST, or let your agent call them as tools.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou receive a limited, non-exclusive license to use Automotive Data solely for your internal business purposes [...] You may not create derivative databases or competing data products [...] You may NOT: Resell, redistribute, or sublicense our Automotive Data to third parties [...] Use our Services to compete directly with Auto.dev [...] Included allowances on the Free Plan are intended for evaluation, development, and small-scale applications, and are not for production systems serving end users
Plan
Pay$0
You get1,000 requests a month
Enough for1,000 calls a month
Rate limit
Per second5
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendvin. Optional: ambiguity
MethodGET
Path/vin/{vin}
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old with the legal capacity to enter contracts
The 23 fields the plan's answer can hold

VIN, VIN valid, WMI, origin, squish VIN, check digit, checksum valid, type, make, model, trim, style, body type, engine, drivetrain, transmission, year, manufacturer, ambiguous, possible trims, possible styles, year ambiguous, year encoded

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