{
 "title": "Free ADR Tools: 6 Compared for UN Lookup, Points and Load Checks (2026)",
 "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources/dangerous-goods/free-adr-tools",
 "publisher": "Vektor Group",
 "reviewed": "2026-10-08",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for the selection and the descriptions; each source keeps its own terms",
 "entries": [
  {
   "position": 1,
   "name": "Vektor UN number database",
   "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/un-number-database",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "The four route fields for a common bulk substance on one screen",
    "Access": "Free, no account, in English, German and Dutch; JSON download under CC BY 4.0",
    "Version": "Dataset 2026.08.2, last verified 25 August 2026",
    "Limit": "34 rows, not the whole of Table A; names not matched to an official text are marked as common names, not proper shipping names"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 2,
   "name": "Vektor ADR 1000 point calculator",
   "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/adr-1000-point-rule",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Checking whether a mixed packaged load stays under 1,000 points",
    "Access": "Free, no account, in English, German and Dutch; factor table as JSON under CC BY 4.0",
    "Version": "Dataset 2026.08.1, last verified 24 August 2026; factors from ADR 2025, 1.1.3.6.3 and 1.1.3.6.4",
    "Limit": "Packages only, since tanks are outside the exemption, and it makes no judgement about packaging or classification"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 3,
   "name": "BAM DGG-Info",
   "url": "https://www.dgg.bam.de/dgginfo/?lang=en",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Finding a substance by UN, CAS or hazard identification number and comparing modes",
    "Access": "Free, no account, German and English; the ICAO and UN texts are in English only",
    "Edition": "ADR 2025 on the short info for UN 1203; site dated 19 August 2026",
    "Limit": "Results are capped; data under dl-de/by-2-0 with BAM credited, and text and data mining needs BAM's prior written consent"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 4,
   "name": "ADR-tool",
   "url": "https://adr-tool.com/",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "One shipment line: tunnels, mixed loading and the 1.1.3.6 factor",
    "Access": "Free web pages in English; a paid app on Google Play; a REST API is linked",
    "Edition": "ADR 2025, Table A as applicable from 1 January 2025",
    "Limit": "Its terms say the app will not be developed after 30 June 2027, forbid extracting the database and say the team is not obliged to follow amendments"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 5,
   "name": "FreightUtils ADR lookup and LQ/EQ checker",
   "url": "https://www.freightutils.com/adr/lq-eq-checker",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Checking line by line whether inner packagings fit limited or excepted quantity limits",
    "Access": "Free, no signup; paid API plans for use in your own software",
    "Edition": "ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), last verified August 2026",
    "Limit": "Its UN 1203 record is flagged unverified, row audits cover 56 anchor rows, and no open licence is named"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 6,
   "name": "Dangerous Goods app",
   "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dangerous-goods/id1323804036",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Lookups with no signal",
    "Access": "Free with advertising; one purchase removes the ads",
    "Edition": "ADR 2025; version 2.2.0, released 20 September 2026",
    "Limit": "Each capability here is the developer's statement on its App Store listing"
   }
  }
 ]
}