DIRECT PROVIDER LOOKUPS
Pay on every request
Each call hits the supplier again — including repeats of the same registration.
£600
/ month · illustrative- 12,000 × 5p
- No shared library by default
- You own caching, keys and logs
LIVE COMPARISON
The more you reuse,
the cheaper each ask feels.
Turn up lookups per vehicle and watch the gap grow. Paying the provider on every request stacks up fast. CarData keeps repeats in your library, so busy months get kinder — not pricier.
YOUR MONTHLY PATTERN
See reuse do the work.
Unique vehicles are the ones that may need a first paid save. Lookups per vehicle is where CarData shines — those extras become cached reads. Provider pricing below is an editable example for comparison, not a supplier quote.
12,000 total requests 10,500 would be cached reads
CARDATA
Pay for new information
One credit per unique vehicle. Repeats use your cached-read allowance.
£59
/ month · proposed Starter plan- Plan £29
- 1,500 new vehicles · 1,000 overage
- 10,500 cached reads included
At these assumptions, CarData is about £541 less this month — because repeats stop being paid lookups.
CarData figures use proposed launch plans and do not bill yet. Provider fee is an editable example for illustration only. Your real supplier rates, packages and licence terms may differ.
SIDE BY SIDE
Not just cheaper repeats.
A different operating model.
Capability
Direct provider lookups
CarData
Pay once per unique vehicle
Not by default
Included
Cached reads without another data fee
Not by default
Included
One shared library across projects
Not by default
Included
Full provider JSON stored for reuse
You build it
Included
Cache-first API by default
DIY
Included
Per-project API keys
DIY
Included
Request log with cache vs provider
DIY
Included
Duplicate paid-lookup protection
DIY
Included
TRY THE REAL FLOW
Run a lookup once.
Feel the second one.
Open the workspace, save a vehicle, then request it again from another project key.
Open your CarData workspace Private workspace · proposed pricing · not yet billable