specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
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provider: Dealertrack
providerId: dealertrack
created: '2026-07-10'
modified: '2026-07-10'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Automotive
- DMS
- Opentrack
- F&I
- Cox Automotive
- Partner Gated
- Plans
description: >-
  Dealertrack (Cox Automotive) does not publish open, self-service API pricing.
  Access to its developer surfaces is partner-gated and contact-sales. Third-party
  vendors reach the Dealertrack DMS through the Opentrack integration program, which
  requires completing a certification process and paying nominal annual fees plus
  per-vendor/per-API data-access fees, or integrating through an already-certified
  Opentrack partner. Broader Cox Automotive brand APIs (including Dealertrack
  credit/F&I functions) are exposed to onboarded partners through the Cox Automotive
  Integration Platform (developer.coxautoinc.com) under negotiated partner agreements.
  Exact fees are not published and are not reconciled here.
notes: >-
  All figures are contact-sales / enterprise. Opentrack fees are described publicly
  only as "nominal annual fees" plus data-access fees set per vendor and per API;
  precise amounts are not disclosed. Verify current terms directly with Dealertrack
  / Cox Automotive during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://us.dealertrack.com/
- https://us.dealertrack.com/resources/dealertrack-dms-opentrack-integration/
- https://us.dealertrack.com/content/dealertrack/en/dealer-management-solutions/platform.html
- https://developer.coxautoinc.com/
plans:
- id: opentrack-certified-vendor
  name: Opentrack Certified Vendor
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Direct third-party integration with the Dealertrack DMS. The vendor completes
    Opentrack certification and pays nominal annual fees plus data-access fees set
    per vendor and per API. Access is authorized per dealer by dealership
    administrators. Provides real-time, bidirectional read/write to DMS data
    domains.
  entries:
  - label: Opentrack Annual Certification and Data Fees
    name: opentrack_certified
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: us
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales (nominal annual fees plus per-vendor/per-API data fees)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Real-Time Bidirectional DMS Access
  - name: Per-Dealer Authorization
  - name: Vendor Certification Required
- id: opentrack-via-partner
  name: Opentrack via Certified Partner
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Integrate with the Dealertrack DMS by connecting through an already-certified
    Opentrack integration partner (an "integrate once, connect to many" aggregator)
    rather than certifying directly. Commercial terms are set by the partner.
  entries:
  - label: Partner-Mediated Access
    name: opentrack_partner
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: us
    unit: 1
    price: contact partner (terms set by the certified Opentrack partner)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: No Direct Certification
  - name: Aggregated DMS Connectivity
- id: cox-integration-platform-partner
  name: Cox Automotive Integration Platform Partner
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Partner access to Cox Automotive brand APIs, including Dealertrack credit/F&I
    functions, through the OAuth-secured Cox Automotive Integration Platform at
    developer.coxautoinc.com. Requires partner onboarding and issued OAuth
    credentials.
  entries:
  - label: Partner Onboarding Agreement
    name: cox_platform_partner
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: OAuth Client Credentials
  - name: Partner Onboarding Required
  - name: Cox Brand API Access
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com