# MarketCheck, free, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs: VIN decoder API

> Basic VIN decoder service providing essential vehicle specifications and attributes from a 17-character VIN.

MarketCheck's VIN decoder API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 VINs. It returns 4 of the 8 key fields we check: Type, Engine, Fuel, Drivetrain.
We rank 47 plans by price. [API Ninjas's $299 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/api-ninjas/299-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 VINs: $0.03.
[VINquery's $180 pack](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/vinquery/180-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of VINs. VINquery's $180 pack costs less to start than API Ninjas's $299 monthly plan.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/free-get-v2-decode-car-vin-specs
- Get it: https://www.marketcheck.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.marketcheck.com/v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.marketcheck.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.marketcheck.com/docs/api/cars/vehicle-specs/basic
- Sold by: MarketCheck (https://www.marketcheck.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Type: ✓
- Engine: ✓
- Fuel: ✓
- Drivetrain: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 VINs: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Inventory Search · Private Party Search · Auction Search · Past Inventory Search · Auto-Complete · Car Listing Details · Private Party Listing Details · Auction Listing Details · Cached Image · History by VIN · Dealership Inventory Syndication · Marketplace Inventory Syndication · Dealers Search · Dealer Details · Dealerships Search · NeoVIN Decoder · Taxonomy Auto-Complete · Taxonomy Facets · Available Options Packages · Market Days Supply · Inferred Sales Stats · Popular Cars · MarketCheck Price™ · MarketMatch · OEM Incentive Search · OEM Incentive by Make and ZIP API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Basic VIN decoder service providing essential vehicle specifications and attributes from a 17-character VIN.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the Service to build applications, tools, and workflows that access MarketCheck data in real time [...]. Use of the Service must be tied to a live query or user-driven interaction. [...] MarketCheck data is licensed, not sold, and may not be used to create independent or persistent datasets outside of the Service. [...] You may not [...] Cache, store, index, or otherwise persist substantial portions of data obtained through the Service outside of normal application use [...] Systematically extract, harvest, or download data to create a standalone database [...] Build, enhance, or operate any product or service that competes with MarketCheck's data products or services [...] Use MarketCheck data to train, fine-tune, or improve any generalized machine learning or artificial intelligence models [...] Use the Service to identify targets for scraping, data acquisition, or competitive intelligence

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 calls a month
- Expires: at the end of each calendar month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: vin
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 23 fields the plan's answer can hold

VIN valid, decode mode, year, make, model, trim, body type, vehicle type, transmission, drivetrain, fuel type, engine, engine size, doors, cylinders, assembly country, overall height, overall length, overall width, standard seating, highway mileage, city mileage, powertrain type

## MarketCheck's plans (4)

- [MarketCheck, free, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/free-get-v2-decode-car-vin-specs/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MarketCheck, $299 monthly, Basic, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/299-monthly-basic-get-v2-decode-car-vin-specs/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MarketCheck, $749 monthly, Standard, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/749-monthly-standard-get-v2-decode-car-vin-specs/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [MarketCheck, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/contact-us-enterprise-get-v2-decode-car-vin-specs/llms.txt): 50% complete

## MarketCheck's calls (3)

- `GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs`: [MarketCheck, free, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/free-get-v2-decode-car-vin-specs/llms.txt)
- `GET /v2/decode/car/neovin/{vin}/specs`: [MarketCheck, free, GET /v2/decode/car/neovin/{vin}/specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/free-get-v2-decode-car-neovin-vin-specs/llms.txt)
- `POST /v2/batch/neovin/decode/jobs`: [MarketCheck, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v2/batch/neovin/decode/jobs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/contact-us-enterprise-post-v2-batch-neovin-decode-jobs/llms.txt)

## MarketCheck's APIs (1)

- [MarketCheck: VIN decoder API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/marketcheck/free-get-v2-decode-car-vin-specs/llms.txt)

## MarketCheck: VIN decoder API alternatives

- [CarAPI, $299 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/carapi/299-yearly/llms.txt): $0.137 per 1,000, 75% complete, 1 day
- [API Ninjas, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/api-ninjas/59-monthly/llms.txt): $0.59 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Auto.dev, $299 monthly, Growth, GET /specs/{vin}](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/auto-dev/299-monthly-growth-get-specs-vin/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [CarsXE, $2,490 yearly, Pro (billed annually), GET /specs](https://datacircle.dev/vin-decoder-apis/carsxe/2490-yearly-pro-billed-annually-get-specs/llms.txt): $8.30 per 1,000, 63% complete, 1 day

## 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.

- https://docs.marketcheck.com/docs/api/cars/vehicle-specs/basic
- https://docs.marketcheck.com/docs/get-started/api/quota-and-rate-limits
- https://www.marketcheck.com/pricing
- https://www.marketcheck.com/pricing.md
- https://www.marketcheck.com/products/apis
- https://www.marketcheck.com/terms-of-service