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VINquery pricing and alternatives: VIN decoder API, GET /v3, VINdecode Lite Data

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13% complete: 1 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 plan one of VINquery's 41 plans
Call: GET /v3, VINdecode Lite Data one of VINquery's 4 calls
API: VIN decoder API VINquery's only API

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 1 of the 8 key fields we check. Engine.
  • Nothing to pay.
  • One call. You send VIN to GET /v3. You set reportType to "3". You can also send partialVIN and format. The call returns the vehicle's make, model, year and specs.
  • Who can get it: anyone with a VINquery.com account. Keep data: with conditions. Use data: with conditions.

VINquery: VIN decoder API alternatives

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

VINquery, $400 packMarketCheck, $749 monthly, Standard, GET /v2/decode/car/{vin}/specsAuto.dev, $2,988 yearly, Growth, GET /vin/{vin}CarsXE, $49 monthly, Starter, GET /specsCardog, $100 monthly, Pro, POST /v2/vin/batch
$ per 1,000 VINs$40.00$1.50$2.50$24.50$40.00
Completeness13%50%38%63%38%
Billingpay firstmonthlyyearlymonthlymonthly
Pay$400$749$2,988$49$100
Enough for10,000 callsas many as you pay foras many as you pay for2,000 calls a month2,500 results a month
Freshnessunknownunknownunknown7 daysunknown
Who can get itanyone with a VINquery.com account, buying for themselves or on behalf of an entityanyoneanyone at least 18 years old with the legal capacity to enter contractsanyonebusiness use: a company, or an individual using it for their own business, professional or development purposes

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 2026-10-31.

  1. vinquery.com
  2. vinquery.com/docs/account-balance
  3. vinquery.com/docs/vindecode
  4. vinquery.com/faq
  5. vinquery.com/pricing
  6. vinquery.com/samples/ws_vindecode_lit.json
  7. vinquery.com/terms
  8. vinquery.com/vindecode

Product details

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

  • Type, not in the answer
  • Engine
  • Fuel, not in the answer
  • Drivetrain, not in the answer
  • 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 fornothing else
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchDecode a VIN into vehicle specifications, including year, make, model, powertrain, equipment, and other structured data.
Data
Keep dataUpon the termination of this Agreement, YOU will (i) cease using the Sites, the Services and any Proprietary Material [...] and (iii) destroy all copies of your account information, credentials, password and Proprietary Material.
Use data"YOU may access and use the Services solely for your own internal business purposes. YOU may not sell, re-license, duplicate, create derivative works from, frame in another Web page or use on any other Web site, the information YOU obtain from the Services, nor may YOU allow any third party to do so." "YOU may access and use the Services for internal business purposes and/or for external commercialization." "YOU are required to clearly indicate in YOUR advertising that YOUR service provider is VINquery.com." "YOU shall add the phrase, \"POWERED BY VINquery.com\" to the web page on which external users enter Vehicle Identification Numbers for decoding or submit an image for recognition." "No reproduction, distribution, or transmission to another person or entity of the Proprietary Material is permitted without the prior written permission of AUTO DATABANK, INC." "YOU agree that it will not itself, or through any affiliate, agent or other third party: (a) sell, rent, lease, license, sublicense, pledge, or encumber the Services, the documentation, or any part thereof to any third party except as provided herein, (b) assign, distribute, transfer, furnish or otherwise disclose or make available the Services, the documentation, or any part thereof to any third party, except as provided herein, (c) modify, add to, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer the Services, or their data in whole or in part except as provided herein, (d) write or develop any derivative service or any other service program based upon the Services or any confidential information except as provided herein, (e) allow the Services to be used under a Service Bureau Arrangement except as provided herein, or (f) Use the Services after the Term of this agreement."
Plan
Pay$0
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendVIN, reportType "3". Optional: partialVIN, format
MethodGET
Path/v3
About the plan
PlanFree plan
Who can get itanyone with a VINquery.com account
The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

VINquery_Vehicle_ID, Model Year, make, model, Trim Level, Manufactured in, body style, engine type

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