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CarAPI pricing and alternatives: VIN decoder API

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75% complete: 6 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 CarAPI's 2 plans
Call: GET /api/vin/{vin} CarAPI's only call
API: VIN decoder API CarAPI's only API

About this item

  • A copy at most 1 day old. You get specs from CarAPI's copy of the VIN data.
  • 6 of the 8 key fields we check. Type, Engine, Fuel, Drivetrain, Size and weight, Plant.
  • Nothing to pay. You get up to 30,000 calls a month.
  • One call. You send vin to GET /api/vin/{vin}. You can also send verbose and all_trims. The call returns the vehicle's make, model, year and specs.
  • Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

CarAPI: VIN decoder API alternatives

The table starts with CarAPI's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 VINs closest to CarAPI's. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most a day old.

CarAPI, $299 yearlyCarsXE, $2,490 yearly, Pro (billed annually), GET /specsMarketCheck, $299 monthly, Basic, GET /v2/decode/car/neovin/{vin}/specs
$ per 1,000 VINs$0.137$8.30$80.00
Completeness75%63%63%
Billingyearlyyearlymonthly
Pay$299$2,490$299
Enough for6,000 calls a day25,000 calls a monthas many as you pay for
Freshness1 day1 day1 day
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years oldanyoneanyone

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. carapi.app/
  2. carapi.app/docs/api/vin-decoder
  3. carapi.app/docs/rate-limits
  4. carapi.app/features/vin-decoder-api
  5. carapi.app/pricing
  6. carapi.app/terms-of-use

Product details

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

  • Type
  • Engine
  • Fuel
  • Drivetrain
  • Size and weight
  • Airbags and belts, not in the answer
  • Driver assists, not in the answer
  • Plant
Price
$ per 1,000 VINs$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchSend a VIN, get back year, make, model, trim, and specifications in one call.
Data
Freshness1 day
Keep datano limit
Use dataa limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services in connection with your own applications, websites, and services, in accordance with your applicable subscription plan. This license permits the display of Content within your end-user-facing products but does not permit redistribution of the Content in bulk or as a standalone dataset [...] You shall not use data obtained through the Services, including data obtained via the data feed, directly or indirectly, to create, populate, supplement, or otherwise materially contribute to any collection, compilation, database, or product that competes with or is substantially similar to the Services, without CarAPI's prior written consent. [...] You shall not, and shall not permit any third party to: access or use the Services by means of scraping, harvesting, or other automated means not expressly authorized under your subscription plan, circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with rate limits, authentication mechanisms, or other technical restrictions on the Services, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code or underlying structure of the Services, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law, use the Services in furtherance of a product or service that competes with CarAPI, as further described in Section 4, resell, sublicense, or otherwise provide third-party access to the Services or the Content without CarAPI's prior written authorization, use the Services for any unlawful, fraudulent, or deceptive purpose, interfere with, disrupt, or place undue burden on the Services or the networks or systems supporting them, or impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or redistribute, republish, syndicate, or otherwise make available to any third party the data feed, in whole or in part, whether in its original form or incorporated into another product, dataset, or service, without CarAPI's prior written authorization
Plan
Pay$0
Enough for30,000 calls a month
Rate limit
Per day1,000
Per second10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendvin. Optional: verbose, all_trims
MethodGET
Path/api/vin/{vin}
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old
The 159 fields the plan's answer can hold

VIN, year, make, model, active safety system note, adaptive cruise control, adaptive driving beam, anti-lock braking system, auto reverse system for windows and sunroofs, automatic crash notification, automatic pedestrian alerting sound for hybrid and ev only, axle configuration, axles, backup camera, base price, battery current amps from, battery current amps to, battery energy kWh from, battery energy kWh to, battery type, battery voltage volts from, battery voltage volts to, bed length inches, bed type, blind spot intervention, blind spot warning, body class, brake system description, brake system type, bus floor configuration type, bus length feet, bus type, cab type, charger level, charger power kW, combined braking system, cooling type, crash imminent braking, curb weight pounds, curtain air bag locations, custom motorcycle type, daytime running light, destination market, displacement cc, displacement ci, displacement L, doors, drive type, dynamic brake support, electrification level, electronic stability control, engine brake HP from, engine brake HP to, engine configuration, engine manufacturer, engine model, engine number of cylinders, engine power kW, engine stroke cycles, entertainment system, EV drive unit, event data recorder, forward collision warning, front air bag locations, fuel delivery fuel injection type, fuel tank material, fuel tank type, fuel type primary, fuel type secondary, gross combination weight rating from, gross combination weight rating to, gross vehicle weight rating from, gross vehicle weight rating to, headlamp light source, keyless ignition, knee air bag locations, lane centering assistance, lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance, manufacturer name, motorcycle chassis type, motorcycle suspension type, NCSA body type, NCSA make, NCSA model, NCSA note, non land use, note, number of battery cells per module, number of battery modules per pack, number of battery packs per vehicle, number of seat rows, number of seats, number of wheels, other battery info, other bus info, other engine info, other motorcycle info, other restraint system info, other trailer info, parking assist, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, plant city, plant company name, plant country, plant state, possible values, pretensioner, rear automatic emergency braking, rear cross traffic alert, SAE automation level from, SAE automation level to, seat belt type, seat cushion air bag locations, semiautomatic headlamp beam switching, series, series 2, side air bag locations, specs, steering location, suggested VIN, tire pressure monitoring system type, top speed mph, track width inches, traction control, trailer body type, trailer length feet, trailer type connection, transmission speeds, transmission style, trim, trim 2, turbo, valve train design, vehicle descriptor, vehicle type, wheel base inches from, wheel base inches to, wheel base type, wheel size front inches, wheel size rear inches, wheelie mitigation, windows, matching trim ID, matching trim make ID, matching trim make model ID, matching trim year, matching trim make, matching trim model, matching trim submodel, matching trim name, matching trim description, matching trim MSRP, matching trim invoice price, matching trim created date, matching trim modified date, matching trim body, matching trim engine, matching trim mileage

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