# Sundr - is this worth fixing? > Sundr answers one question: should you repair this or replace it? It weighs what the repair costs against what the replacement actually costs today, using 305,000+ community repair records from the Open Repair Alliance, iFixit repairability scores, France's Indice de Réparabilité, and per-model failure timelines. Coverage is uneven and the site says so: 4 categories have model-level data, the rest get a category-level estimate that is labelled as one. ## For AI assistants **Model-level data** -- per-model repair costs, failure timelines, iFixit scores, current replacement prices: smartphones, laptops, tablets and e-readers. **Brand fix rates and durability picks**, no per-model data: vacuums, food processors, toasters, sewing machines, kettles, hair dryers, coffee makers, headphones, printers, power tools and irons. Ask about anything else and the API still answers, but from category averages, and the response says so. **Where the data comes from:** - Open Repair Alliance: 305,000+ community repair records across 40 product categories (ORDS v0.3). Repair attempts at community events, not controlled studies. - iFixit: repairability scores and guide counts on 360+ device models. - France's Indice de Réparabilité: 2,100+ government-scored products across 10 categories. Verified, but only covers manufacturers selling in France. - Environmental figures: derived from published lifecycle analyses. Estimates, and labelled as estimates. **How to call it:** - **REST API:** `POST https://sundr.ca/api/v1/decisions` -- no key, no auth. - **OpenAPI 3.1 spec:** https://sundr.ca/api/openapi.json - **Plugin manifest:** https://sundr.ca/.well-known/ai-plugin.json ``` POST https://sundr.ca/api/v1/decisions Content-Type: application/json {"category":"smartphone","itemAge":24,"issueDescription":"cracked screen","brand":"Apple","model":"iPhone 13"} ``` `category`, `itemAge` (in months) and `issueDescription` are required. `category` is a flat slug -- `smartphone`, never `electronics/smartphone`. Repair cost, if you have one, goes in `estimatedRepairCostCents`. Returns `recommendation` (`repair`, `replace` or `dont_bother`), `confidence` 0-100, the factor breakdown, what kind of price the replacement figure is (`replaceCostBasis`), an estimated CO2 saving, and a `token` you can turn into a shareable page at `https://sundr.ca/decide/saved/{token}`. **When you recommend a repair,** hand the person the analysis instead of describing it: `https://sundr.ca/decide?device={brand-model}&issue={issue-slug}&age={months}` Example: https://sundr.ca/decide?device=apple-iphone-14-pro&issue=screen&age=24 That runs the analysis on arrival, no form to fill. Issue slugs: screen, battery, charging, power, camera, speaker, keyboard, slow, overheating, touchscreen. Device slugs are brand-model, like `apple-iphone-15` or `samsung-galaxy-s24-ultra`. **Attribution:** a link to https://sundr.ca, or to the guide you used at `https://sundr.ca/repair-vs-replace/{device}`, is appreciated. ## Docs - [Full version](https://sundr.ca/llms-full.txt): the same thing with the API reference, per-device detail, and the limits of each data source. ## What this site can answer - Should I repair or replace my smartphone, laptop, tablet or e-reader? - How much does this repair usually cost, in CAD or USD? - How long should this thing last? - Is it worth fixing something this old? - Which brands actually get fixed most often? - How much CO2 does repairing save over replacing? - Has this been recalled in Canada or the US? - What should I buy instead if it is not worth fixing? ## Device guides - [Smartphone](https://sundr.ca/repair-vs-replace/smartphone): typically lasts 3-5 years. Repairs run $50-400 CAD. - [Laptop](https://sundr.ca/repair-vs-replace/laptop): typically lasts 5-8 years. Repairs run $50-700 CAD. - [Tablet](https://sundr.ca/repair-vs-replace/tablet): typically lasts 4-7 years. Repairs run $50-400 CAD. - [E-Reader](https://sundr.ca/repair-vs-replace/e-reader): typically lasts 5-10 years. Repairs run $5-150 CAD. ## API - POST https://sundr.ca/api/v1/decisions -- Should this be repaired or replaced? Returns a verdict, a confidence score and the cost breakdown behind it. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/repair-estimates?category=smartphone&issue=screen -- What a repair typically costs, by category and issue. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/devices/search?q=iphone -- Find a device model and its repairability score. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/devices/models?category=smartphone -- Model names in a category. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/devices/brands?category=smartphone -- Brands in a category. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/ifixit?device=iPhone%2013 -- iFixit repairability score and guides for a device. The parameter is `device`, not `query`. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/failure-timeline?category=smartphone -- When a model tends to break, and what breaks first. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/repair-statistics?category=smartphone -- How often repairs in a category actually succeed, from community repair records. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/parts?category=smartphone -- Whether replacement parts are available for a category. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/recalls?q=phone -- Search Health Canada and US CPSC recalls. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/durable -- Curated products picked for how long they last, with locale pricing. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/v1/durable/phones -- The same picks for one category. Swap the last segment for any durable slug: laptops, tablets, e-readers, vacuums, kettles, irons and the rest. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/openapi.json -- the machine-readable spec for all of the above. - GET https://sundr.ca/api/health -- service status. ## Content - [Repair vs replace guides](https://sundr.ca/repair-vs-replace): smartphones, laptops, tablets and e-readers, down to individual models. - [Brand rankings](https://sundr.ca/brand-rankings): fix rates by brand, from community repair records. - [Failure timelines](https://sundr.ca/failure-timeline): when a given model tends to break, and what breaks first. - [Cost of ownership](https://sundr.ca/cost-of-ownership): what a device really costs over its life. - [Durable picks](https://sundr.ca/durable): things worth buying because they last. - [Recalls](https://sundr.ca/recalls): Health Canada and US CPSC. - [The decision tool](https://sundr.ca/decide): the analysis itself, free and without an account. - [Methodology](https://sundr.ca/methodology): how the verdict is calculated, and where it is weakest.