specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Caterpillar
providerId: caterpillar
created: '2026-05-04'
generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: https://digital.cat.com/api-catalog-overview
modified: '2026-09-05'
reconciled: true
plan_count: 0
tags:
  - Construction
  - Heavy Equipment
  - Telematics
  - Manufacturing
  - Mining
description: Caterpillar's Cat Digital Marketplace (digital.cat.com) publishes a catalog of telematics,
  fleet, fuel, and worksite APIs built on Cat Connect / VisionLink. Pricing for individual APIs is not
  publicly listed — developers subscribe through the Cat Digital portal and receive product-specific
  terms. Most APIs are bundled with the underlying Cat Connect / VisionLink subscription that the customer's
  Cat Dealer has already sold.
notes: >-
  plan_count is 0 on purpose. Caterpillar publishes NO priced plans for its API
  estate — there is no public price list, no free tier, no self-serve checkout and
  no published quota-to-price ladder. Access is requested through the Cat Digital
  Marketplace, approved by Caterpillar (its own documentation says approval takes
  approximately two weeks), and the commercial terms arrive bundled into the Cat
  Connect / VisionLink subscription a Cat Dealer has already sold to the customer.
  The single entry below is that access path, recorded so the shape of the
  commercial relationship is legible; it is not a published plan. Re-checked
  2026-09-05: digital.cat.com serves no /pricing page and the marketplace pages
  reachable by search name no prices.
sources:
  - https://digital.cat.com/
  - https://digital.cat.com/api-catalog-overview
plans:
  - id: caterpillar-cat-digital-marketplace
    name: Cat Digital Marketplace API (Subscriber)
    type: subscription
    description: Subscriber access to the Cat Digital Marketplace API catalog. Subscription typically
      bundled with Cat Connect / VisionLink customer agreement; standalone pricing requires sales engagement
      via the Cat Digital portal or Cat Dealer.
    entries:
      - label: Cat Digital Marketplace subscription
        name: cat_digital_subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: bundled with Cat Connect / VisionLink subscription
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Custom / additional API entitlement
        name: custom_entitlement
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact Cat Dealer
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Asset / fleet telematics APIs
      - name: Fuel + utilization APIs
      - name: Hours / odometer APIs
      - name: Geofencing APIs
      - name: Cat Digital portal credentials
maintainers:
  - FN: API Evangelist
    email: info@apievangelist.com