Vincario (vincario.com, formerly vindecoder.eu) provides a REST API, currently version 3.2, that decodes a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) into a vehicle specification and provides OEM VIN lookup, OEM service history, vehicle market value, stolen-vehicle checks, value lists (enums) for makes, models and other attributes, and the account credit balance. Requests are authenticated with an API key plus a control sum in the URL path. Vincario also runs a public MCP server (com.vincario/vehicle-data) and offers VIN OCR scanning and UK license plate lookup services, whose APIs are not yet publicly documented.
Vincario publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including VIN Decoder API, OEM VIN Lookup API, OEM Service History API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include VIN, Vehicle Data, Automotive, VIN Decoding, and Market Value.
The Vincario catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Vincario’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.
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Vincario API pricing
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name: Vincario
kind: company
description: Vincario (vincario.com, formerly vindecoder.eu) provides a REST API, currently version 3.2, that decodes a Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN) into a vehicle specification and provides OEM VIN lookup, OEM service history, vehicle market
value, stolen-vehicle checks, value lists (enums) for makes, models and other attributes, and the account credit balance.
Requests are authenticated with an API key plus a control sum in the URL path. Vincario also runs a public MCP server (com.vincario/vehicle-data)
and offers VIN OCR scanning and UK license plate lookup services, whose APIs are not yet publicly documented.
deliveryModel:
model: saas
open_source: false
commercial: true
callable_host: true
label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: high
source:
- openapi
- pricing
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: freemium
onboarding: self-serve
trial: true
try_now: true
public: false
gated: none
gated_source:
- onboarding
label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
confidence: medium
source:
- plans
- authentication
- security
generated: '2026-11-13'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vincario.png
tags:
- VIN
- Vehicle Data
- Automotive
- VIN Decoding
- Market Value
tags_raw:
- VIN
- Vehicle Data
- Automotive
- VIN Decoder
- Market Value
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: vincario:vincario-vin-decoder-api
name: Vincario VIN Decoder API
description: Decode a VIN into a vehicle specification (VIN Decode) and list which fields can be decoded for a VIN (VIN
Decode Info).
humanURL: https://vincario.com/vin-decoder/
baseURL: https://api.vincario.com/3.2
tags:
- VIN Decoding
tags_raw:
- VIN Decoder
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/vincario-vin-decoder-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-VIN_Decoder-VIN_Decode
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-VIN_Decoder-VIN_Decode_Info
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
- type: Website
url: https://vincario.com/vin-decoder/
- aid: vincario:vincario-oem-vin-lookup-api
name: Vincario OEM VIN Lookup API
description: Look up manufacturer (OEM) data for a VIN.
humanURL: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-OEM_VIN_Lookup-OEM_VIN_Lookup
baseURL: https://api.vincario.com/3.2
tags:
- OEM VIN Lookup
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/vincario-oem-vin-lookup-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-OEM_VIN_Lookup-OEM_VIN_Lookup
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
- aid: vincario:vincario-oem-service-history-api
name: Vincario OEM Service History API
description: Retrieve manufacturer (OEM) service history for a VIN.
humanURL: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-OEM_Service_History-OEM_Service_History
baseURL: https://api.vincario.com/3.2
tags:
- OEM Service History
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/vincario-oem-service-history-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-OEM_Service_History-OEM_Service_History
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
- aid: vincario:vincario-vehicle-market-value-api
name: Vincario Vehicle Market Value API
description: Estimate the market value of a vehicle by VIN.
humanURL: https://vincario.com/vehicle-market-value/
baseURL: https://api.vincario.com/3.2
tags:
- Market Value
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/vincario-vehicle-market-value-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Vehicle_Market_Value-Vehicle_Market_Value
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
- type: Website
url: https://vincario.com/vehicle-market-value/
- aid: vincario:vincario-stolen-check-api
name: Vincario Stolen Check API
description: Check whether a VIN appears in supported stolen-vehicle databases.
humanURL: https://vincario.com/stolen-vehicle-check/
baseURL: https://api.vincario.com/3.2
tags:
- Stolen Check
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/vincario-stolen-check-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Stolen_Check-Stolen_Check
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
- type: Website
url: https://vincario.com/stolen-vehicle-check/
- aid: vincario:vincario-get-balance-api
name: Vincario Credit Balance API
description: Return the remaining credit balance of the account.
humanURL: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Get_Balance-Get_Balance
baseURL: https://api.vincario.com/3.2
tags:
- Account
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/vincario-get-balance-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Get_Balance-Get_Balance
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
- aid: vincario:vincario-enums-api
name: Vincario Enums API
description: Value lists for vehicle makes, models, make and model combinations, body, color, drive, fuel, product type
and transmission.
humanURL: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Make
baseURL: https://api.vincario.com/3.2
tags:
- Enums
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/vincario-enums-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Make
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Model
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Vehicle
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Body
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Color
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Drive
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Fuel
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Product_Type
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/#operations-Enums-Enum_Transmission
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
url: agentic-access/vincario-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
url: security/vincario-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/vincario-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/vincario-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vincario
- type: Website
url: https://vincario.com
- type: Documentation
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/
- type: APIReference
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/3.2/
- type: OpenAPI
url: https://vincario.com/api-docs/openapi/3.2
name: Vincario API 3.2 OpenAPI (provider-published, saved verbatim in openapi/_original/vincario-openapi.yml)
- type: MCPServer
url: mcp/vincario-mcp.yml
name: Vincario MCP server (com.vincario/vehicle-data, https://mcp.vincario.com/mcp)
- type: GitHubRepository
url: https://github.com/Vincario/MCP-vincario
- type: Features
url: https://vincario.com/vin-ocr-scanner/
name: VIN OCR Scanner (API exists; public API documentation not yet published)
- type: Features
url: https://vincario.com/license-plate-lookup/
name: License Plate Lookup (UK registration plates)
- type: Plans
url: plans/vincario-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/vincario-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
url: finops/vincario-finops.yml
- url: https://vincario.com/blog/feed/
type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-correction-request:
requested: '2026-10-06'
source:
- https://github.com/api-evangelist/vincario/issues/1
request: 'Issue #1 (JakubJachym, Vincario): base domain changed from vindecoder.eu to vincario.com; main API docs https://vincario.com/api-docs/
(redirects to the latest version, 3.2) replace https://vindecoder.eu/api; per-API documentation and landing URLs for VIN
Decode Info, VIN Decode, OEM VIN Lookup, OEM Service History, Vehicle Market Value, Stolen Check, Credit Balance and the
enum endpoints; public MCP server https://mcp.vincario.com/mcp (com.vincario/vehicle-data, github.com/Vincario/MCP-vincario);
VIN OCR scanner and UK license plate lookup.'
applied: '2026-10-06'
applied_note: 'Verified live 2026-10-06: vincario.com, /api-docs/ (redirects to /api-docs/3.2/), every landing page in the
issue, the MCP repo and the blog feed answer 200; an invented path 404s. The 3.2 docs page declares its spec route api-docs/openapi/3.2,
which serves text/yaml (OpenAPI 3.0.1, "VIN Decoder" 3.2, server https://api.vincario.com/, 16 operations) - saved byte-identical
as openapi/_original/vincario-openapi.yml, replacing the vindecoder.eu-era document, then split by tag (7 APIs) and standardized;
the 5 old per-tag files and their aids (account, decode, market-value, vehicle-info) are gone, stolen-check kept. MCP:
initialize + tools/list answered anonymously (Vincario VIN Tools 1.28.1; vin_decode, vin_decode_info, stolen_check, vehicle_market_value)
- recorded in mcp/vincario-mcp.yml. VIN OCR and license plate lookup recorded as product pages only (no public API docs
yet). The issue''s per-operation doc URLs are hash anchors on one page, so they are recorded as given, not probed individually.
Derived Postman/OpenCollection collections built from the old documents were removed; they regenerate from the new split
on the next pipeline run.'
Vincario API — frequently asked questions
Does Vincario have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Vincario, including Vincario VIN Decoder API, Vincario OEM VIN Lookup API and Vincario OEM Service History API, and 4 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Vincario API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Vincario, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Vincario API?
Vincario uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Vincario Authentication.
How much does the Vincario API cost?
APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Vincario, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Vincario have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Vincario: Remote MCP server at mcp.vincario.com over streamable HTTP; 4 tools listed.
Is the Vincario API ready for AI agents?
Vincario has a Kin Score of 32.2 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 31.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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