Compare
Pay per deal vs. the monthly software bill.
How DealerDesker compares with a typical monthly dealer management system, line by line.
Side by side
What you pay, and what you get
Categories, not company names: what is typical for each way of running a dealership's paperwork.
Monthly fee
- DealerDesker
- None
- Typical monthly software
- Yes, every month
Setup fee
- DealerDesker
- None
- Typical monthly software
- Common
Contract
- DealerDesker
- None. Stop whenever you like
- Typical monthly software
- Often a year or longer
Cost in a slow month
- DealerDesker
- $0 if you print or send nothing
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
E-signing
- DealerDesker
- Included in every deal
- Typical monthly software
- Often an add-on
Customer autopay
- DealerDesker
- Built in
- Typical monthly software
- Sometimes, often extra
Buy-here-pay-here and lease contracts
- DealerDesker
- Written inside the deal, at no extra charge
- Typical monthly software
- Often a separate module
Users
- DealerDesker
- No per-user fee
- Typical monthly software
- Often priced per user
Support
- DealerDesker
- Phone and email, six days a week
- Typical monthly software
- Varies by plan
Monthly software plans vary by provider. Check your own agreement for its fees and term.
Estimate your own monthMonth by month
What a month costs as you sell more
Paying per deal costs nothing in a month with no sales and grows with each one. A monthly plan bills the same fee every month, busy or slow.
A month with no sales
0 deals
- DealerDesker
- $0Nothing to pay
- Typical monthly software
- The full monthly fee
A slow month
3 deals
- DealerDesker
- $63.50About $21.17 a deal
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
A typical month
8 deals
- DealerDesker
- $170.50About $21.31 a deal
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
A busy month
20 deals
- DealerDesker
- $428.00About $21.40 a deal
- Typical monthly software
- The same monthly fee
DealerDesker's column is the estimator's sample months at today's list prices: one flat fee per deal jacket, plus history reports. Monthly plans aren't priced here: they vary, and many aren't published.
Try your own month
Start from a sample month and move the counts. Everything else stays as the sample has it, and every line is listed.
Estimated month
$170.50a month
About $21.31 a deal
- Deals8 × $20$160.00
- History reports3 × $3.50$10.50
Switching
Switch without stopping work
There is no big cutover. Start with your next sale and let your old system wind down on its own.
- 1
Create your account
Sign up free. No card needed.
- 2
Set up your dealership
Add your business details and licenses, then invite your team.
- 3
Build your next deal here
Enter the vehicle and the buyer; the documents, taxes and signatures follow.
- 4
Let the old bill go
Finish open deals where they started, then cancel the monthly plan you no longer need.
Switching questions
Do I have to move my old deals over?
No. Start with your next sale, and keep your old system for past records until its open deals are finished.
Will paying per deal cost me less than what I pay now?
It depends on how many deals you close. Paying per deal saves the most in slow months and at smaller volumes, so run your own numbers through the estimator on the pricing page.
Can I charge these costs to my customer?
Each charge is itemized against one deal, so you can see exactly what a sale cost you. Dealers commonly recover costs like these in the fee they already charge on the deal.
Why doesn't this page name other companies or their prices?
Plans differ from provider to provider, many prices aren't published, and they change. Comparing categories keeps every line on this page true.
Can my whole team use it?
Yes. Add the people who work your deals and choose what each one can see and change.
Put your next deal side by side.
Run one deal through DealerDesker, then hold it up against this month's bill.