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PlateAPI
Affordable Australian rego plate lookup REST API
Send an Australian registration plate and state to one GET endpoint, get the vehicle's year range, make, model, body type, and engine back as JSON. Cars, motorcycles, utes, vans -- if it has a plate, we cover it. Free tier: 20 lookups/month, no credit card. Paid plans from A$29/month. Works with any HTTP client in any language -- no SDK required. Includes a 38,000+ vehicle database endpoint for make/model/year dropdowns.
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We built PlateAPI because every existing Australian rego lookup API was either absurdly expensive (enterprise pricing for a simple GET request) or required you to jump through hoops with SDKs and onboarding calls. We wanted something a solo developer could sign up for in 30 seconds, get a free API key, and start making requests immediately with curl. One endpoint, structured JSON, all eight states. The main use case is "rego search to garage" for auto parts stores -- customer enters their plate, the store instantly knows the vehicle and filters to compatible parts. But it works for workshops, dealerships, fleet management, and anything else that needs to turn a plate into vehicle data.
About PlateAPI on Product Hunt
“Affordable Australian rego plate lookup REST API”
PlateAPI was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #102 on the daily leaderboard. Send an Australian registration plate and state to one GET endpoint, get the vehicle's year range, make, model, body type, and engine back as JSON. Cars, motorcycles, utes, vans -- if it has a plate, we cover it. Free tier: 20 lookups/month, no credit card. Paid plans from A$29/month. Works with any HTTP client in any language -- no SDK required. Includes a 38,000+ vehicle database endpoint for make/model/year dropdowns.
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