CarSwitch

CarSwitch is a tech-enabled used-car marketplace founded in Dubai in 2016 that facilitates buying and selling of pre-owned vehicles across the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and nationwide) and Saudi Arabia. Rather than a traditional classifieds site, CarSwitch operates as a fully managed service: every car undergoes a 200-point inspection before listing, sellers get an end-to-end managed selling service (professional photography, listing, negotiation and RTA transfer handling), and buyers get price transparency, a free online car-valuation tool and installment financing through banking partners such as Emirates NBD, FAB, ADCB, ADIB, DIB and Emirates Islamic. The company has inspected 130,000+ vehicles and facilitated over $500 million in sales. CarSwitch was surfaced as a portfolio company of 500 Global and added to the API Evangelist network; it is a consumer marketplace with no public developer API program.

CarSwitch is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Automotive, Used Cars, Marketplace, and Automotive Marketplace.

CarSwitch’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 5 more developer resources.

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11.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyAutomotiveUsed CarsMarketplaceAutomotive MarketplaceE-CommerceCar FinancingVehicle InspectionUnited Arab EmiratesSaudi Arabia

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.4/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

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

Carswitch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: carswitch
name: CarSwitch
description: 'CarSwitch is a tech-enabled used-car marketplace founded in Dubai in 2016 that facilitates buying and selling
  of pre-owned vehicles across the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and nationwide) and Saudi Arabia. Rather than a
  traditional classifieds site, CarSwitch operates as a fully managed service: every car undergoes a 200-point inspection
  before listing, sellers get an end-to-end managed selling service (professional photography, listing, negotiation and RTA
  transfer handling), and buyers get price transparency, a free online car-valuation tool and installment financing through
  banking partners such as Emirates NBD, FAB, ADCB, ADIB, DIB and Emirates Islamic. The company has inspected 130,000+ vehicles
  and facilitated over $500 million in sales. CarSwitch was surfaced as a portfolio company of 500 Global and added to the
  API Evangelist network; it is a consumer marketplace with no public developer API program.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carswitch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://d1esl34bhh6pms.cloudfront.net/static/images/og-image.webp
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Automotive
- Used Cars
- Marketplace
- Automotive Marketplace
- E-Commerce
- Car Financing
- Vehicle Inspection
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carswitch-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://carswitch.com
- type: About
  url: https://carswitch.com/about
- type: Blog
  url: https://carswitch.com/newsroom
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://carswitch.com/termsandconditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://carswitch.com/privacypolicy
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence