Capterra

aid: capterra
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/capterra/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Capterra
description: Capterra is 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. Founded in 1999 and acquired by Gartner in 2015, Capterra was sold to G2 alongside its sister sites GetApp
  and Software Advice in a deal that closed on 2026-02-05, and the three properties now operate as G2 Digital Markets — the
  vendor console has moved to app.g2digitalmarkets.com. For participating software vendors the properties run a pay-per-click
  lead-generation program, and the Capterra Click Report API lets those vendors programmatically retrieve historical click
  performance data across all mapped accounts. The API is credential-gated and its reference is published only inside the
  authenticated vendor console.
type: Index
kind: company
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/capterra.png
tags:
- Advertising
- B2B
- Click Reporting
- G2 Digital Markets
- Gartner Digital Markets
- Lead Generation
- Marketplace
- PPC
- Software Advice
- Software Comparison
- Software Reviews
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-08-12'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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 / G2 Digital Markets accounts mapped to the vendor, covering Capterra,
    GetApp, and Software Advice.
  humanURL: https://www.capterra.com/vendors/
  tags:
  - Advertising
  - B2B
  - Click Reporting
  - PPC
  - Software Reviews
  baseURL: https://public-api.capterra.com/v1
  x-base-url-evidence: 'Repaired 2026-08-12. The previous baseURL (https://www.capterra.com) was the marketing host, which
    repair-api-bases.py flagged as no-usable-base. A live probe found the real first-party API host: GET https://public-api.capterra.com/v1/clicks
    returns HTTP 401 {"error":"Unauthorized"} with x-request-id/x-runtime headers, while sibling paths return 404 — a credential-gated
    endpoint on Capterra''s own domain.'
  properties:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.capterra.com/vendors/
  - type: Login
    url: https://app.g2digitalmarkets.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/capterra-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/capterra-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/capterra-conventions.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/capterra-rate-limits.yml
  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: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/gartner/
  name: Gartner
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: Founded in 1999 and acquired by Gartner in 2015, Capterra was sold to G2 alongside its sister sites GetApp and
    Software Advice in a deal that closed on 2026-02-05, and the three properties now operate as G2 Digital Markets — the
    vendor cons
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/capterra-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/capterra-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/capterra-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/capterra-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/capterra-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/capterra-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/capterra-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/capterra-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/capterra-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/capterra-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/capterra-conformance.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/capterra-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/capterra-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/capterra-finops.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://app.g2digitalmarkets.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.g2digitalmarkets.com/get-listed/start
- 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/legal/terms-of-use/
- type: PPC Terms
  url: https://www.capterra.com/legal/ppc-service-description/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.capterra.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- type: G2 Digital Markets
  url: https://www.g2digitalmarkets.com/
- 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
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-12'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 8
  pass: local-v1
x-coverage:
  state: covered
  reason: customer-only-docs
  detail: 'The Click Report API itself is live and first-party — GET https://public-api.capterra.com/v1/clicks answers 401
    {"error":"Unauthorized"} — but its reference and Swagger console are published only inside the vendor portal, and the
    login URL every integration guide names (https://www.capterra.com/vp/login) now 404s after G2 acquired Capterra from Gartner
    on 2026-02-05; vendor access moved to app.g2digitalmarkets.com. Real public artifacts were still harvested: a verbatim
    llms.txt and security.txt, the repaired API base URL, and an error envelope observed on the wire.'
  evidence:
  - url: https://public-api.capterra.com/v1/clicks
    status: 401
  - url: https://www.capterra.com/llms.txt
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.capterra.com/.well-known/security.txt
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.capterra.com/vp/login
    status: 404
  - url: https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/insights/api
    status: 200
  checked: '2026-08-12'