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VIN

Score 18.7 / 100 7 providers +10 via APIs 14 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: VINVinvin

Providers using this tag (7)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
CarsXEAutomotiveVehiclesVehicle Data1 API74.2
Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
TheCarApiAutomotiveVehicle DataCar AuctionsUsed Cars1 API51.5
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
VincarioVehicle DataAutomotiveVIN Decoder1 API37.1ClearVINVehicle HistoryAutomotiveNMVTIS1 API36.0LicensePlateDataVehiclesLicense PlatesAutomotive1 API30.6
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
AutotraderAutomotiveVehiclesMarketplaceDealer13 APIs22.7PlotAPIAutomotiveVehicle DataMOT1 API12.4

APIs with this tag (14)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
CarsXE VIN OCR APIOCR endpoint that extracts a VIN string from an image of a VIN plate, windshield, or document, enabling mob...74.2
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Moody's Vin APIThe Vin API from Moody's — 1 operation(s) for vin.55.3
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
NHTSA vPIC Vehicle APIThe NHTSA Vehicle Product Information Catalog (vPIC) API provides programmatic access to vehicle make, mode...52.0TheCarApi REST APIREST/JSON API for multi-source vehicle auction inventory, search, facets, auction detail and price history,...51.5PartsTech Vin APIVIN Methods50.9BNSF Automotive Hub Operations APIThe BNSF Automotive Hub Operations API covers haul-away gate operations at BNSF automotive ramps: gate entr...50.8
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
BMW Vehicle Identification APIThe BMW Vehicle Identification API allows users to access detailed information about BMW vehicles by inputt...33.2MarketCheck Vehicle History APIAccess complete price history, odometer readings, and full listing details for vehicles up to six years bac...32.4LicensePlateData VIN APIDecode VINs into vehicle attributes30.6CARFAX Vehicle History Report APIEnterprise API for retrieving CARFAX Vehicle History Reports (VHR) by VIN. Provides accident and damage his...29.2
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
Batch VIN ServiceHigh-volume vehicle identification number processing service for enriching large vehicle inventories with K...24.7Lane API Vin APIThe Vin API from Lane API — 1 operation(s) for vin.23.8Autotrader Vehicles APIProvides VRM and VIN lookups, MOT history, vehicle features, valuations, and retail metrics for individual ...22.7Reynolds Vehicle Inventory APINew and used vehicle inventory in the Reynolds DMS - VINs, stock numbers, pricing, and status - available t...15.2

Companies reaching this through an API (10)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “VIN” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

BMW BNSF CARFAX Kelley Blue Book Lane API MarketCheck Moody's PartsTech Reynolds and Reynolds U.S. Department of Transportation

Score breakdown

Frequency
37.9
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
42.8
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
4.4
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Vehicle Data 9 co-occurrences Vehicles 6 co-occurrences Automotive 15 co-occurrences Pricing 6 co-occurrences

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