Car API (carapi.app) · Pricing Plans

Car Api Plans Pricing

CarAPI offers a free tier (no signup required for limited dataset) plus three annual paid plans (Base, Plus, Premium) tiered by daily API call volume. All plans include the same feature set and dataset coverage; tiers differ only in daily request quota. Yearly billing is processed via Stripe.

Car Api Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Car API (carapi.app) on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.

It defines 4 plans, covering freemium and subscription tiers, with named plans including Free, Base, Plus, Premium.

Tagged areas include Automobiles, Automotive Data, Cars, License Plate Decoder, and OBD-II.

4 Plans API Commons Plans
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AutomobilesAutomotive DataCarsLicense Plate DecoderOBD-IIPower SportsVehicle APIVehicle SpecificationsVehiclesVIN Decoder

Plans

Free freemium

Free public dataset access with no signup required for a limited dataset. Intended for evaluation and prototyping.

API Requests (free dataset) (requests · usage) 0.00 USD
Base subscription

Annual subscription with 1,500 daily API calls. Covers Year/Make/Models (1900-2027), Sub Models, Trims (1990-2027), VIN Decoder, OBD-II Codes, and email support.

Annual subscription (year · year) 199.00 USD
Daily API call quota (requests · day) included USD
Plus subscription

Annual subscription with 3,000 daily API calls. Same feature coverage as Base.

Annual subscription (year · year) 249.00 USD
Daily API call quota (requests · day) included USD
Premium subscription

Annual subscription with 6,000 daily API calls. Same feature coverage as Base.

Annual subscription (year · year) 299.00 USD
Daily API call quota (requests · day) included USD

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