Turo API
No public API, by explicit choice: Turo terminated all third-party API access on April 30, 2023, citing security risks, cutting off fleet tools like CarSync and Fleetwire. Programmatic access survives only for strategic partners under private contracts; hosts get CSV downloads.
Frequently asked questions
Turo scores F on Supergood's API Report Card. No public API, by explicit choice: Turo terminated all third-party API access on April 30, 2023, citing security risks, cutting off fleet tools like CarSync and Fleetwire. Programmatic access survives only for strategic partners under private contracts; hosts get CSV downloads.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Turo is a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace founded in 2009 (originally as RelayRides) that connects private vehicle owners (hosts) with people who want to rent a car (guests) for short-term trips.
Consumer marketplace, specifically peer-to-peer car sharing. Guests browse listings on turo.com or the Turo iOS/Android app, filter by city/airport/dates/vehicle make/protection plan/age requirement, book a trip (with instant-book or host-approval flow), complete identity verification, choose a protection plan (Minimum, Standard, or Premier under the post-January 2026 consolidated tiers), and either meet the host for in-person handoff or use Turo Go / lockbox / valet delivery for contactless pickup.
Dominant in its category.
Turo holds the system-of-record operating data for the 350K+ active hosts and 1.4M+ active guests using its marketplace, including: every listing (vehicle make/model/year/trim/VIN, photos, pricing rules, mileage limits, delivery options, house rules, availability calendar), every booking and trip (request, approval, check-in/check-out timestamps, in-app messages, mid-trip extensions, mileage and fuel readings, pre-trip and post-trip photo sets, toll events captured via Turo Go connected-car integration where applicable, location at start/end), every protection-plan selection and host earnings calculation (gross trip price, protection cost, Turo take rate, host payout, ancillary charges for fuel/cleaning/late return/mileage overage), every damage/incident claim (claim ID, narrative, photo evidence, repair invoices, deductible application, resolution status), every payout (Stripe-routed direct deposit history feeding hosts' 1099-K), every host and guest review, and the identity-verification artifacts (driver license, age, history) Turo collects on guests before approving trips.
Modern. Turo is a 16-year-old company (founded 2009 as RelayRides, rebranded to Turo in 2015) that has always operated as a cloud-native consumer marketplace.
Turo unilaterally terminated third-party API access on April 30, 2023, cutting off fleet-management integrators like CarSync (which hosted ~40,000 vehicles, ~12.5% of Turo's fleet at the time) and Fleetwire, breaking host workflows for Supercharger reimbursement, toll automation, scheduled messaging, and branded websites. Hosts launched a Change.org petition opposing the API closure, arguing it contradicts peer-to-peer marketplace principles and entrenches Turo's monopoly over host operational tooling. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Getaround, HyreCar (Holdings: now bankrupt, assets to Holman), Kyte, Zipcar (Avis Budget), GIG Car Share (AAA), Enterprise Holdings (Enterprise / National / Alamo). Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Supergood's grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? Supergood checks six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and rolls them into a letter grade. Supergood re-verifies grades, and they only move on evidence.
Not that we could find. As of August 2026 there is no official Turo MCP server in any public registry, and no maintained community server we're aware of. We re-verify this periodically — report an inaccuracy below if we missed one.
Not natively. Turo doesn't publish an MCP server, so MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex have nothing to connect to out of the box. If that changes, this page will reflect it.