Capterra

aid: capterra
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/capterra/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Capterra
description: Capterra is a Gartner Digital Markets property and one of the largest software review and comparison marketplaces,
  helping business buyers discover, research, and select software across hundreds of categories through verified user reviews,
  feature comparisons, and pricing information. For participating software vendors, Capterra and its sister sites GetApp and
  Software Advice offer a pay-per-click lead-generation program, and the Capterra Click Report API allows vendors to programmatically
  retrieve historical click performance data.
type: Index
kind: company
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Advertising
- B2B
- Click Reporting
- Gartner Digital Markets
- Lead Generation
- Marketplace
- PPC
- Software Advice
- Software Comparison
- Software Reviews
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-04-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: capterra:click-report-api
  name: Capterra Click Report API
  description: The Capterra Click Report API allows software vendors to programmatically retrieve historical click data from
    their Capterra pay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns. Vendors can access click metrics across different software categories,
    countries, and distribution channels. The API uses API key authentication obtained through Capterra account managers and
    returns data across all Gartner Digital Markets accounts mapped to the vendor, covering Capterra, GetApp, and Software
    Advice.
  humanURL: https://www.capterra.com/vp/login
  tags:
  - Advertising
  - B2B
  - Click Reporting
  - PPC
  - Software Reviews
  baseURL: https://www.capterra.com
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.capterra.com/vp/login
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.capterra.com/vendors/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.capterra.com/vp/login
  x-features:
  - Programmatic retrieval of historical click data for PPC campaigns
  - Click metrics segmented by software category
  - Metrics segmented by country and distribution channel
  - Data unified across Capterra, GetApp, and Software Advice
  - API key authentication issued by Capterra account managers
  - Coverage of all Gartner Digital Markets accounts mapped to the vendor
  x-use-cases:
  - Vendor internal PPC reporting and dashboards
  - Attribution analysis across Gartner Digital Markets sites
  - Cross-channel marketing analytics combining Capterra data with CRM
  - Automated cost-per-lead and ROI calculations
  - Detecting anomalies and trends in category-level clicks
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/capterra
- type: Website
  url: https://www.capterra.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.capterra.com/vendors/
- type: Login
  url: https://www.capterra.com/vp/login
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.capterra.com/vendors/sign-up
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.capterra.com/resources/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.capterra.com/legal/best-of-badges-methodologies_lessprioritymarkets/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.capterra.com/terms-of-use/
- type: PPC Terms
  url: https://www.capterra.com/legal/ppc-service-description/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.capterra.com/privacy-policy/
- type: Gartner Digital Markets Portal
  url: https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/login
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/capterra
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/capterra
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/Capterra
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com