EasyCars alternative: carassessments.com.au compared
A web-based dealer management system with stock control, advertising feeds, dealer websites, finance through Drive on Finance and Xero or MYOB sync. carassessments.com.au is a DMS for independent and consignment dealers, built by a working dealer, with true net profit on every car. Here’s how they line up, using only what each company says on its own website.
Last checked 23 October 2026. Products change: confirm details with EasyCars before you decide.
Mentioned on each website, out of 15 areas
Not mentioned doesn’t mean they don’t have it. Ask them.
| carassessments.com.au | EasyCars | |
|---|---|---|
| Consignment (agreements, consignor portal, settlement) | Yes: agreement generator (reserve, flat, % or tiered commission, term, fees), consignor e-sign with ID check, consignor portal with listing stats, offers and price-drop approvals, settlement statement and payout workflow. QLD Form 9 e-signed now | Not mentioned on their website, beyond a blog post saying its Xero or MYOB sync covers consignments |
| Trust and holding accounts | Yes: trust or holding ledger per consignor and for deposits. QLD: no deletes, deadline timers, licensee-only withdrawals, auditor export | Not mentioned on their website |
| Buying and appraisal | Yes: sell or consign form for your website, rego/VIN lookup, mobile appraisal app, 11-section inspection scored out of 100, PPSR, written-off and stolen checks, market pricing, offer calculator, buy vs consign offer side by side, buy pipeline, payout with financier handled first | Purchasing in stock control, Rego2Stock stock entry, Glass’s and Redbook data, PPSR and car history reports saved in the software |
| Reconditioning tracking | Yes: recon board, jobs per car with quote vs actual and invoices, approvals over a dollar limit, vendor history and turnaround, days in recon tracked automatically | Not mentioned on their website |
| Inventory and stock card | Yes: stock card with VIN decode, keys, compliance plate and rego expiry; ownership type per car (owned, consigned, sale-or-return, wholesale); photo app; key and location tracking; aging alerts at 30/45/60/90 days; holding cost per car accruing daily | Stock control with contracts, invoices, vehicle costing, floor plan and purchasing |
| Listings and syndication | Yes: one-click syndication to carsales, Autotrader, Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace, Drive and your website; listing descriptions written from the stock card and photos; stock widget for Webflow or WordPress; custom dealership websites built and run for you, live now | Scheduled feeds to advertisers including carsales, Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree; Facebook inventory ads; an AI tool for drafting ad copy; dealer websites that update as stock sells |
| Leads and CRM | Yes: one inbox for portal, website, phone, SMS, Facebook and email leads; AI first reply in under 1 minute with handoff to staff; follow-up cadences; two-way SMS and email; test drive booking with licence scan; Gmail sync; lead source ROI | Lead management, with lead reports |
| Deal desk, e-sign and deposits | Yes: deal builder with live front and back gross; quote by link with e-sign and deposit (card, PayTo, bank transfer); holding deposits with refund rules; delivery checklist; deal jacket | Contracts, invoices, transfers and disposals generated from details entered once; e-sign and online deposits not mentioned |
| Finance and insurance | Finance application captured once, repayment calculator, warranty, gap and protection add-ons and insurance referrals with commission tracking, broker referral path. Submitting applications to lenders: Coming | Drive on Finance integration, which it links to more than 30 lenders |
| State compliance (register, contracts, warranty) | QLD live: dealer register auto-filled from stock movements, statutory warranty class calculated and printed on the contract, contracts with e-sign, Form 9, cooling-off notices, PPSR certificate on every car, audit trail. NSW and VIC packs: Coming | State compliance forms, police books and registration transfers, with a team that keeps forms current |
| Profit per car reporting | Yes: true net profit per car after purchase or consignor net, recon, transport, auction fees, holding cost, ad spend share and commission, plus finance and add-on income; profit by source (bought, consigned, trade-in, auction); floor plan management, live now | Reports on GST, profits, leads and expenses |
| Accounting integration | Two-way Xero and MYOB sync with tracking categories per car; margin scheme vs full GST set per car; bank feed matching; BAS-ready reports | Two-way Xero sync and MYOB integration; GST calculated |
| Mobile app | Yes: iOS and Android app plus mobile web app for yard work; offline photo capture | EasyPhoto app syncs vehicle photos to EasyCars; the DMS runs in a browser with nothing to install |
| Migration and data export | Free migration: import from EasyCars, Virtual Yard, CloudLogic and spreadsheets; full data export any time, no lock-in. Public API and webhooks: Coming | Not mentioned on their website |
| Pricing | Public: $99, $299, $549 or $849 a month + GST by number of cars; no setup fee, monthly, no lock-in, unlimited users; custom website free on annual | Not public (demo or quote); “no lock-in contracts and no hidden fees”; unlimited users; caravan page describes tiers by the number of vehicles you sell (0 to 10, 10 to 20 and so on) with no set up or maintenance fees |
Who suits EasyCars
A long-standing all-states DMS for dealers who mostly sell stock they own, with compliance forms, advertising feeds, finance through Drive on Finance and unlimited users.
Who it’s for, in its own words: Small, large, new or used motor dealers, in its own words, with versions for car, caravan, truck, motorcycle and boat dealers.
Who suits carassessments.com.au
Independent and consignment dealers with 1 to 10 rooftops who want buying, consignment, recon, selling and settlement in one app on a phone, and the true net profit on every car. Not built for franchise dealers who need OEM integration.
We migrate your stock, customers and deals free.
Moving from EasyCars means exporting your stock, customers and deals from EasyCars and sending us the files: we import them, set up your consignments and trust ledger, and check it with you before you go live. Migration is free, and you can run both side by side until the cutover.