Nexgate alternative: carassessments.com.au compared
carsales’ dealer platform: inventory distribution, customer management, sourcing and Instant Offer, and dealer websites. 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 Nexgate 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 | Nexgate | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | Sourcing tools and Instant Offer (instant cash offers to sellers, priced separately); a trade-in program sold separately |
| 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 | Inventory management with publishing rules; RedBook Inspect pre-sale inspection; inventory insights on Pro and Signature plans |
| 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 | Distribution to more than 80 connected destinations including carsales; dealership websites |
| 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 | Customer management: leads and buyer conversations, lead enrichment and intent classification on Pro and Signature, test drive management |
| 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 | Not mentioned on their website |
| 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 | Not mentioned on their website |
| 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 | Not mentioned on their website |
| 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 | Not mentioned on their website |
| 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 | Not mentioned on their website |
| Mobile app | Yes: iOS and Android app plus mobile web app for yard work; offline photo capture | An AutoGate app for prospects and inventory, mentioned on the login page |
| 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 | Public: used-car plans $99 (Access, under 10 cars, plus $75 to $250 per listing), $799, $1,099 or $1,299 a month ex GST, plus $19 to $85 per enquiry and a $515 establishment fee |
Who suits Nexgate
Dealers whose priority is reach on carsales and 80+ other destinations, with sourcing and Instant Offer tools tied to that marketplace.
Who it’s for, in its own words: Dealership teams, dealer groups and OEMs, with separate used-car and new-car plans.
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 Nexgate usually means keeping your carsales listings and changing what feeds them: export your stock and customer list from Nexgate, we import them, and our syndication sends your stock to carsales and other sites. Migration is free. You can keep Nexgate tools such as Instant Offer if you still want them.