Custom plate API for vehicle registration services: one call instead of 356 portals
With Zevra Kennzeichen-Check your registration service checks custom plates (Wunschkennzeichen) with 356 registration offices through one single custom plate API. Your system asks, Zevra answers with free or taken.
Only a real answer from the authority is billed.
Which problem does the API solve for a registration service?
Every portal looks different
Today your team checks custom plates portal by portal. The API returns the same answer for all offices.
Many cases per day
With the batch search you check up to 50 combinations in one call.
Costs should be predictable
You set a monthly limit. Once it is reached, checking pauses until you raise it.
How does your system work with the API?
Copy the key in the customer area
The test key with 100 free checks appears after you confirm your email.
Develop in the sandbox
The sandbox key returns fixed results, reaches no authority and costs nothing.
Check live
One call per combination or one batch search. Only a real answer from the authority is charged.
What does the API cost for a registration service?
| Checks per month | Reservations per month | Invoice net | per reserved combination |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 25 | 103,75 € | 4,15 € |
| 2.000 | 400 | 950 € | 2,38 € |
| 3.000 | 300 | 800 € | 2,67 € |
Prices net plus VAT, without the authority's fees. Reservation through the API is in preparation; the examples show the planned price.
What does the API deliver besides the check?
The API names the responsible registration office for every district code and shows usage and cost of the current period. For reservations a signed webhook and an idempotency key are planned. The description is available as an OpenAPI file.
Questions from registration services
How many registration offices does the API cover?
Can I check several combinations at once?
What does a reservation cost?
Is there a test environment?
More about the Kennzeichen-Check
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