comparison guide

Evaluating Wejo competitors?

Smartcar is a developer-friendly alternative to vehicle data sources like Wejo.

Is Smartcar right for you?

If you’re looking to purchase data for planning, market analysis, or modeling then Wejo could be a good fit for you. Wejo may help you understand traffic and congestion, make more informed decisions about roadside ads, evaluate new retail locations, or gain insights into construction work zones.

But if you want to integrate apps or services with connected vehicles, then Smartcar is the developer platform for you. With Smartcar, you can easily retrieve data from cars and even trigger actions through our simple and secure API. Mobility businesses of all kinds use our APIs to track vehicle location, verify mileage, share digital car keys, manage EV charging, and much more.

Why choose Smartcar?

Smartcar is a developer-friendly alternative to Wejo for integrating apps and services with connected cars.

Vehicle compatibility

Smartcar is compatible with more vehicles and car brands across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Best developer experience

Our extensive documentation, SDKs, and automations let you easily integrate your app with Smartcar.

World-class support

Get the help and guidance you need over the support channels you prefer.

Compatible with more vehicles

Smartcar is compatible with 10 times more connected vehicles than Wejo.

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One API for 37 brands

Smartcar’s APIs are compatible with 29 vehicle makes in North America and 23 different brands across Europe. Using Smartcar, your application or service can connect to 161 million connected cars with just a single integration.

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Connect to specific vehicles

Smartcar provides mobility businesses with direct access to individual cars while ensuring that vehicle owners are in full control of their data and privacy. Vehicle owners can accept detailed permissions before an app can make API requests to their specific vehicle.

Learn about Smartcar Connect

The best developer platform for mobility services

Smartcar has everything you need to integrate, launch, and optimize your mobility products and services.

Integrate faster

Our extensive documentation and SDKs in every major programming language let you easily integrate Smartcar with your tech stack.

See the API docs

Test and validate

Before launching your integration, our Vehicle Test Simulator lets you test your mobility app in real-world scenarios with any Smartcar compatible vehicle straight from your Dashboard. You can Simulate live trips and receive real-time API data.

Learn about testing

Bundle your API requests

Optimize and scale your mobility service by accessing multiple API endpoints with just a single request.

Learn about Batch Requests

Automate data retrievals

Schedule webhooks to receive recurring updates from authorized vehicles as often as once an hour.

Learn more about Scheduled Webhooks
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A better customer experience

Our team of experts is here to help you every step of the way.

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Guidance when you need it

From implementation to launch and beyond, our experienced Customer Success team will ensure you get the most value from the Smartcar platform.

More ways to reach out

We offer multiple support channels so you can get the help you need the way you prefer the most. Our team is ready to answer your questions over email, phone, or even live chat.

Compare for yourself

Smartcar

Wejo

Vehicle compatibility

Data

Specific vehicle data with user consent

Primarily anonymized aggregated data sets

Vehicles

161 million

11 million

Vehicle commands

Send commands to vehicles to trigger actions like lock / unlock doors or start / stop charging.

Countries

31

Undisclosed

Brands

29 - North America, 23 - Europe

Undisclosed

Developer experience

Public SDKs

Publicly available SDKs for top programming platforms and languages like Android, iOS, JavaScript, Go, Java, Node.js, Python, and Ruby.

Documentation

Comprehensive integration guides, SDK tutorials, error guides, and changelogs.

Undisclosed

API reference

Undisclosed

Error handling

Detailed error states and suggested resolutions.

Undisclosed

Scheduled Webhooks

Schedule and receive recurring updates from connected vehicles.

Undisclosed

Batch Requests

Call multiple API endpoints with a single request.

Undisclosed

Simulated vehicles

Retrieve mock data from simulated vehicles before taking your integration into production.

Undisclosed

Live test vehicles

Test your integration on a fleet of real vehicles.

Undisclosed

Consent management

2FA & PIN support

Support for two factor authentication (2FA) and personal identification numbers (PIN) during user login process.

Vehicle compatibility check

Verify a car’s eligibility before sending a user through the consent flow.

Undisclosed

Bypass brand selection

Automatically skip brand selection if your application already knows the vehicle’s make.

Undisclosed

Password reset flow

Incorporate a password reset flow into your application for each car brand.

Undisclosed

Internationalization and localization (i18n)

Undisclosed

Customer support

Email support

Phone support

Live chat support

Smartcar features based on the Smartcar Enterprise plan as of September, 2021

Wejo features based on publicly available information via wejo.com as of September, 2021

Leading brands trust Smartcar

Smartcar powers commercial apps and services for some of the world's leading mobility businesses.

Browse our customer stories

“We searched the globe for the right technology partner and found an industry-leading partner in Smartcar. Smartcar's team consists of innovative thinkers who push their own limits to provide more value for each use case.”

Michael Reth

CEO at Axiom Connected

“I was completely awestruck that Smartcar enables insurers to connect to over 161 million vehicles—a number that’s vastly superior to other solutions on the market. This is a huge step forward for the insurance telematics industry.”

Ryan Morrison

Founder and CEO at True Mileage

“We couldn’t think of an easier way to remotely monitor and manage our customers’ electric vehicles. The Smartcar platform is straightforward, easy to integrate with, and compatible across car brands.”

John Diklev

CEO and Founder at Flower

“Smartcar is making it easier than ever for us to build new and innovative mobility experiences with connected vehicles.”

Andre Haddad

CEO at Turo

“Not only does the Smartcar platform provide amazing technology, but their team also helped us integrate in just a few weeks, which enabled us to scale incredibly fast!”

Scott Case

CEO and Co-Founder at Recurrent