Best AI for Car Dealerships in 2026: 7 Tools With Prices

Best AI for car dealerships at a glance

Our top pick for video and social posting is A21 Social at $49 to $199 a month. AI BDC and lead follow-up tools start at $595 a month, and pricing tools for small used-car lots start at $49 a month.

Tool	Best for	Price (checked October 2026)	Markets
A21 Social	Turning listings into videos and auto-posting them to social	$49, $129 or $199/month plus applicable sales tax	US dealers; Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube
BDC.AI	AI BDC, service follow-up and a 24/7 receptionist	From $595/month	Not stated on site
CarLotAI	AI BDC with phone and SMS, plus video and ads on higher tiers	$697, $997 or $2,497/month	Not stated on site
Get My Auto Ava	Lead follow-up and test drive booking	$695/month with CRM	English, Spanish and other languages
Owini Dealership CRM	CRM with voice AI and an AI BDC	$697, $797 or $1,497/month	Telephony across every rooftop on Enterprise Unlimited
Owini Solo	Facebook Marketplace vehicle posting	$97, $147 or $247/month	Facebook Marketplace
AutoDealer.io	Used-car pricing and listing descriptions	$49, $149 or $299/month	Used-car lots

CarLotAI's pricing page is dated January 28, 2025, so confirm those numbers with the vendor before you budget. The other vendor pages are undated, and we accessed them on October 22, 2026.

Best for video and social posting

A21 Social is our top pick for AI that makes car videos and posts them to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. It starts at $49 a month. CarLotAI also includes video content creation and posting, but only from its $997-a-month tier.

Dealers already use AI for content: 38% of dealers use it to generate content. The hard part is making a video for every car without pulling a salesperson off the floor.

A21 Social

A21 Social uses AI to turn your car listings into short vertical videos. It builds each video from the listing photos and details you already have, then posts it automatically to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. You don't film or edit anything, and you don't need an agency.

It suits franchise and independent dealers who want every car in front of social shoppers without adding staff. A lot that has photos on cars.com or CarGurus but nothing on TikTok or YouTube is a good fit.

Price: Starter $49, Pro $129 and Enterprise $199 per month, plus applicable sales tax.

How to run listing videos every week

Hand the video job to one person who already manages your listings, and let A21 Social make and post the videos. Set it up like this:

1. Pick an owner. Give the job to whoever already loads your listings and photos, because A21 Social works from that same listing data.
2. Set the pace. Aim for a video for every new arrival and for every price change you want shoppers to see, since each listing is enough to make a video.
3. Pick the tool. Start a plan on the A21 Social pricing page and connect Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
4. Review the first week. Watch the first videos it posts and check that the prices and details match your listings.
5. Add your own clips if you want. For walkarounds and staff clips you can shoot yourself, use our list of 12 car dealership video ideas. To set a posting rhythm across channels, see our car dealership social media strategy.

CarLotAI Tier 2 and Tier 3

CarLotAI is mainly an AI BDC, and its higher tiers add social features. Tier 2 at $997 a month adds video content creation and posting. Tier 3 at $2,497 a month adds Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns.

It fits a dealer who has the budget and wants phone answering, SMS and video from 1 vendor.

Limitation: the entry tier at $697 a month doesn't include video, so video with CarLotAI costs at least $997 a month.

For a wider comparison of video-only tools, see our guide to AI video tools for car dealerships.

Best for AI BDC and receptionist

BDC.AI and CarLotAI both answer dealership calls with AI. BDC.AI starts at $595 a month and CarLotAI starts at $697 a month.

An AI BDC is software that answers and follows up with leads by phone, text or email, either in place of a human business development center or alongside one. An AI receptionist is the part that picks up inbound calls.

BDC.AI

BDC.AI has 3 AI agents. BDC.AI Sales follows up on leads by voice, text and email and books appointments. BDC.AI Service handles recall outreach and follows up on declined service, and Receptionist AI answers inbound calls 24/7.

It fits a franchise store or a larger independent that loses calls after hours or wants its service drive covered as well as sales.

Price: the site states, "Pricing begins at $595 per month."

Limitation: the site lists no tiers, so ask what the starting price covers and what each extra agent costs.

CarLotAI

CarLotAI has 3 tiers. Every tier includes AI phone answering, SMS automation, appointment booking, lead qualification and a 24-month nurture sequence.

It fits a dealer who wants a long nurture sequence from the first tier and may add video and ads later.

Price: $697, $997 and $2,497 per month.

Limitation: the pricing page is dated January 28, 2025, so confirm current prices before you sign.

Best for lead follow-up

Get My Auto's Ava and Owini's Dealership CRM both follow up on internet leads with AI. Ava costs $695 a month together with the Get My Auto CRM, and Owini's CRM plans start at $697 a month.

Follow-up is tied for the top AI use on dealer lots: 40% of dealers use AI to coordinate customer follow-up.

Get My Auto Ava

Get My Auto says Ava "answers every lead in under 5 seconds, 24/7" in English, Spanish and other languages. It books, reschedules and cancels test drives, and it re-engages aged leads.

It fits a dealer with many Spanish-speaking shoppers, or a lot sitting on a pile of old leads nobody has called back.

Price: "CRM and Ava together are $695 per month," with a 60 day free trial and "No long-term contracts."

Limitation: the stated price covers the CRM and Ava together, so it makes most sense if you're willing to run your leads in Get My Auto's CRM.

Owini Dealership CRM

Owini sells a dealer CRM with AI built in. The Advanced plan at $697 a month includes 2,500 SMS and voice AI at $0.625 a minute. The Unlimited plan at $797 a month includes 5,000 SMS, unlimited voice AI and a full AI BDC that auto-calls internet leads.

The Enterprise Unlimited plan at $1,497 a month includes 20,000 SMS, with telephony at Twilio cost across every rooftop. All CRM plans have a 14-day free trial.

It fits a dealer group that wants CRM, texting and AI calling on 1 bill, or a single store that wants to switch CRMs and get AI included.

Limitation: on the Advanced plan, voice AI is billed per minute, and the full AI BDC that auto-calls leads starts with the $797 plan.

Best for pricing and inventory

AutoDealer.io is the only AI pricing tool with published prices that we found, and it is built for small used-car lots. On its Pro plan, Owini Solo covers the inventory side of Facebook Marketplace by syncing your website inventory and updating prices.

We found no published price for a franchise-grade pricing tool. If you run a franchise store, you'll have to request quotes from pricing vendors.

AutoDealer.io

AutoDealer.io includes a staff AI assistant with skills for leads, deals, titles and pricing, and its monthly AI allowance covers market price checks. It also drafts AI listing descriptions and reads VINs from vehicle photos.

It fits an independent lot that prices cars on a spreadsheet today and wants market price checks built in.

Price: Basic $49 a month for up to 10 vehicles, Pro $149 a month for up to 50 vehicles and Max $299 a month for unlimited vehicles, users and locations. Billed annually, the plans cost $490, $1,490 and $2,990 per year, and there is a 14-day free trial.

Limitation: AI features pause once the monthly AI allowance runs out, so check how many market price checks and other AI tasks your plan covers.

Owini Solo

Owini Solo is built for Facebook Marketplace vehicle posting. The Starter plan at $97 a month includes the Vehicle Poster Chrome extension, bulk posting and AI descriptions.

The Pro plan at $147 a month adds website inventory sync, auto-posting and auto price updates. The Elite plan at $247 a month adds a lead CRM and the AI Closer.

It fits a lot that sells heavily on Facebook Marketplace and wants listing prices to match the website without manual edits.

Limitation: inventory sync and auto price updates start with the $147 Pro plan, and the free trial is 7 days, shorter than the other trials in this guide.

Before you scale up Marketplace posting, read our summary of Facebook Marketplace car dealer rules for 2026. For a weekly plan that ties pricing, listings and video together, see how to sell more used cars at a dealership.

Which tool fits which dealer?

If your cars have listings but no social video, start with A21 Social at $49 a month. If calls and leads go unanswered after hours, start with an AI BDC, and if you need help pricing a small used-car lot, start with AutoDealer.io.

Your dealership	Start with	Monthly price from (checked October 2026)
Any lot with listings but no Instagram, TikTok or YouTube video	A21 Social	$49 plus applicable sales tax
Store missing calls after hours or behind on service follow-up	BDC.AI	$595
Dealer with Spanish-speaking leads or a backlog of aged leads	Get My Auto Ava with CRM	$695
Dealer group with several rooftops	Owini Enterprise Unlimited	$1,497
Lot that sells heavily on Facebook Marketplace	Owini Solo	$97
Small used-car lot with up to 10 cars	AutoDealer.io Basic	$49
Dealer who wants BDC, video and ads from 1 vendor	CarLotAI Tier 3	$2,497

You don't need every tool on day 1. Start with the job that takes the most hours each week, and add the next tool once the first one pays for itself.

Example: an independent lot with 40 cars could pair A21 Social Starter at $49 a month with AutoDealer.io Pro at $149 a month, since Pro covers up to 50 vehicles. That comes to $198 a month before sales tax, less than a third of BDC.AI's $595 starting price.

In Cox's data, dealers who work with outside AI vendors report better results. Among dealers using external AI partners, 36% saw sales or revenue growth, compared with 21% of dealers without a partner. 30% expressed high confidence in AI outputs, compared with 8% without a partner.

What to check before you buy

Before you sign, check what the entry plan leaves out, how the vendor meters usage, the trial terms, the rules on outbound AI calls and how you'll measure results. Each of these changes what you pay per sale.

1. Check what the entry tier leaves out. CarLotAI adds video only from $997 a month, and Owini's full AI BDC starts at $797 a month. BDC.AI lists no tiers, so ask what $595 covers.
2. Check usage limits. Owini CRM plans cap SMS at 2,500, 5,000 or 20,000, and voice AI on the Advanced plan costs $0.625 a minute. AutoDealer.io's AI features pause once the monthly allowance runs out.
3. Check trials and contracts. Get My Auto offers a 60 day free trial and no long-term contracts. Owini CRM and AutoDealer.io offer 14 days, and Owini Solo offers 7 days.
4. Check the rules on outbound AI calls. On February 8, 2024, the FCC unanimously ruled that calls made with AI-generated voices are "artificial" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. That puts them under the robocall rules, which say telemarketers must "obtain prior express written consent from consumers before robocalling them." This guide isn't legal advice, so ask your attorney how the rule applies to any AI voice agent that makes outbound calls.
5. Decide how you'll measure results before day 1. About 1 in 3 dealers either aren't measuring AI's impact or aren't clear on how they measure it. Pick 1 number per tool, such as appointments set, calls answered or days to turn, and record it before the trial starts.

Shoppers are also changing how they search. 63% of shoppers say they will definitely or probably use AI on their next vehicle purchase, yet only 29% of dealers have started to adjust to AI-powered search. When your inventory is on more channels, including video, those shoppers have more places to find your cars.

If video and social posting is the first job you want off your plate, our recommendation is A21 Social. It turns each listing into a short video and posts it to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, with no filming on your side. Plans start at $49 a month plus applicable sales tax, and you can compare them on the A21 Social pricing page.