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CarsXE pricing and alternatives: VIN decoder API, GET /specs

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63% complete: 5 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: Sandbox one of CarsXE's 8 plans
Call: GET /specs one of CarsXE's 2 calls
API: VIN decoder API CarsXE's only API

About this item

  • A copy at most 1 month old. You get specs from CarsXE's copy of the VIN data.
  • 5 of the 8 key fields we check. Type, Engine, Fuel, Drivetrain, Size and weight.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 requests once. Calls stop once your requests run out.
  • One call. You send vin to GET /specs. You can also send deepdata and disableIntVINDecoding. The call returns the vehicle's make, model, year and specs.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: no API terms.

CarsXE: VIN decoder API alternatives

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

CarsXE, $2,490 yearly, Pro (billed annually), GET /specsCarAPI, $299 yearlyMarketCheck, $299 monthly, Basic, GET /v2/decode/car/neovin/{vin}/specs
$ per 1,000 VINs$8.30$0.137$80.00
Completeness63%75%63%
Billingyearlyyearlymonthly
Pay$2,490$299$299
Enough for25,000 calls a month6,000 calls a dayas many as you pay for
Freshness1 day1 day1 day
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 18 years oldanyone

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. api.carsxe.com
  2. api.carsxe.com/llms.txt
  3. carsxe.com/openapi.yaml
  4. carsxe.com/pricing
  5. carsxe.com/pricing/calculator
  6. carsxe.com/service-credit-terms
  7. carsxe.com/terms-and-conditions
  8. docs.carsxe.com/docs/guides/billing-units
  9. docs.carsxe.com/docs/guides/rate-limits
  10. docs.carsxe.com/docs/products/specifications

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, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 VINs$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forMarket Value · History · Lien & Theft · Recalls Batch · from the same budget: Specifications (Basic) · International VIN Decoder · Plate Decoder · Vehicle Images · Vehicle Recalls · Recalls by YMM · Recall Campaign · Plate Image Recognition · VIN OCR · OBD Codes Decoder · Year Make Model API · Year Make Model Options API
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchDecode any 17-character VIN into year, make, model, trim, engine, drivetrain, dimensions, colors, and OEM standard/optional equipment in one response.
Data
Freshness1 month
Keep datano API terms
Use datano API terms
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 requests
Enough for100 calls, once
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median0.12 s
The call
You sendvin. Optional: deepdata, disableIntVINDecoding
MethodGET
Path/specs
About the plan
PlanSandbox
Who can get itanyone
The 35 fields the plan's answer can hold

VIN, year, make, model, trim, body style, vehicle type, assembly country, assembly city, engine, engine size, engine cylinders, fuel type, fuel capacity, city mileage, highway mileage, transmission, transmission short, transmission type, transmission speeds, drivetrain, overall height, overall length, overall width, wheelbase length, curb weight, gross vehicle weight rating, doors, standard seating, invoice price, manufacturer suggested retail price, equipment, colors, warranties, extended data

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