Car Image API

Pricing

$1.00 per 1,000 credits. That is the whole price list.

Every image costs 1 credit. Start with 100 free credits, buy a prepaid pack when you need more, and never sign up for a subscription.

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Prepaid packs

Credits never expire. Buy more whenever you like from the dashboard, or let auto-reload handle it.

  • $5.00
    5,000 credits · 5,000 images
    $0.00 per image. Pay once with a card via Stripe Checkout.
    Buy 5,000 credits
  • $10.00Most popular
    10,000 credits · 10,000 images
    $0.00 per image. Pay once with a card via Stripe Checkout.
    Buy 10,000 credits
  • $25.00
    25,000 credits · 25,000 images
    $0.00 per image. Pay once with a card via Stripe Checkout.
    Buy 25,000 credits
  • $100
    100,000 credits · 100,000 images
    $0.00 per image. Pay once with a card via Stripe Checkout.
    Buy 100,000 credits

Auto-reload (optional): when your balance drops below 1,000 credits we charge your saved card for 10,000 more ($10.00). Turn it on or off any time in the dashboard.

Calculator

Volume pricing without the volume call

The price per image never changes with volume — so the only question is how many images you serve.

Estimate your monthly cost
Drag to the number of images you expect to serve each month. Cached and freshly generated images cost the same, so this is the whole bill.
10,000
10010k1M
Car Image API
$10.00
10,000 credits · $0.00 per image
Typical subscription
$49.00
$49.00/mo per 25,000 requests
You keep
80%
$39.00 less every month

SuggestedBuy one $10.00 pack. Credits never expire; unused credits roll over indefinitely.

What counts

What a credit pays for

Billing is designed so an agent can predict cost from the request alone.

  • 1 creditOne successful image delivery = 1 credit, cached or freshly generated.
  • 1 creditOne signed URL = 1 credit at creation, however many times it is opened within its TTL.
  • free304 Not Modified (ETag match) — free.
  • freeFailed renders (5xx) — refunded automatically.
  • freeVehicle search, resolve, options, account and feedback endpoints — free.
  • freePlayground previews — free while you explore.

Compare

Versus a typical subscription API

We win on price, catalog and agent tooling; the subscription model still offers two more angles and a slightly larger maximum size.

FeatureCar Image APITypical subscription API
Pricing modelPay as you go — $1 per 1,000 credits, no subscription$49 / month plan
25,000 images$25, once$49, every month
Free tier100 credits, full quality, no watermark5,000 / month, watermarked WebP
Cached vs. fresh renderSame price: 1 creditCounts against the monthly quota
Camera angles6 (front, front ¾, side ×2, rear, rear ¾)8
Max size1024 px1200 px
FormatsPNG, WebP, JPG — transparent backgroundWebP
Catalog14,841 models · 1,145 makes · cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses · open sourceCars, closed catalog
Agent toolingMCP (remote + local), CLI, OpenAPI 3.1, llms.txt, Claude Code, ChatGPT actionsJavaScript loader
Browser embedsSigned URLs, TTL up to 7 days, billed once at creationHMAC signed URLs

FAQ

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