Capterra

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.

Capterra publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Advertising, B2B, Click Reporting, Gartner Digital Markets, and Lead Generation.

Capterra’s developer surface includes developer portal, signup flow, engineering blog, documentation, and 12 more developer resources.

30.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
AdvertisingB2BClick ReportingGartner Digital MarketsLead GenerationMarketplacePPCSoftware AdviceSoftware ComparisonSoftware Reviews

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 30.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Capterra Click Report API

The Capterra Click Report API allows software vendors to programmatically retrieve historical click data from their Capterra pay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns. Vendors c...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Capterra Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Capterra Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Capterra Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/capterra.png
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: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/capterra-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/capterra-domain-security.yml
- 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