// COMPARE
Three tools, one API.
- 8 rows
- capabilities compared, the same eight on every page.
- 2 pages
- one per category of alternative.
- 0 names
- categories, not competitors, until legal signs off.
- 1 call
- for the whole vehicle, the row that matters.
// WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT
What others don't give you.
To quote and fix a car you'd normally stitch a VIN decoder to a parts catalog and still be missing fluids and labor. OtoIndex is the whole picture, in one API.
| Capability | Basic VIN decoders | Parts catalogs | OtoIndex |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIN / YMMT identity decode | included | partial | included |
| Config-level precision (exact engine & trim) | not available | partial | included |
| Fluid types & capacities for the exact engine | not available | not available | included |
| Service intervals (miles & months) | partial | not available | included |
| OEM part numbers per config, with dated reference prices + MSRP | not available | partial | included |
| Labor with provenance (method + confidence on every row) | not available | not available | included |
| Source + confidence on every value | not available | not available | included |
| Whole vehicle in one call, one JSON shape | not available | not available | included |
Maintenance depth, not just identity
Most APIs stop at decoding a VIN. We go all the way to the numbers you act on — fluid capacities, service intervals and service points, each with its source.
Labor with its method shown
Labor time estimates for every applicable service, each labelled with its method and a confidence score. Measured labor from completed jobs will appear as it accumulates.
Parts matched to the config, priced with a date
OEM part numbers matched to the exact configuration, each with a fitment confidence score, MSRP and a reference price stamped with the date observed — so a response is a quote, not a research project.
One clean, versioned shape
Identity, specs, tires, intervals, parts + labor, and history come back keyed the same way every time. No blob parsing, no surprises.
Pick the comparison.
Each page opens with the two responses side by side, then goes check by check.
OtoIndex vs
Basic VIN decoders
A VIN decoder tells you what the car is. To quote or fix it you still need what it takes and what it costs. OtoIndex returns both, keyed the same way, in one response.
Read the comparisonOtoIndex vs
Parts catalogs
A parts catalog answers “which part” once you know the job. OtoIndex starts from the vehicle and returns the job: the parts matched to its config, priced as of a date, with the hours beside them.
Read the comparisonBoth pages use the same eight rows as the matrix above, add one sentence per row about what the difference means in practice, and end with a paragraph on what the alternative is still the right tool for. Nothing on them names a product: the columns are categories until legal signs off. Every window on both pages is the sandbox's response for the reference vehicle, so each claim can be checked by running the same call with no key.