If you are looking into getting new dealership management software for 2023, you have many companies to compare. Each of these companies has its own pros and cons. Finding which dealership software is right for you can be a difficult process.
To help make it easier, we broke down some of the features of some of the dealership software companies on the market. Each of these options has the potential to help your dealership grow. While it is impossible to declare one company the "best value" or "best overall," it is important for you to consider some of the following questions:
- What does your dealership actually sell? (Auto, RVs, trailers, powersports vehicles, boats, heavy trucks or equipment, etc.
- Does your dealership have a service department or sell parts?
- How large is your dealership? (Number of customers, inventory/parts size, number of locations?)
- Are you looking to grow or expand?
- How do you do your accounting?
- Can your staff easily transition to new software?
- How much are willing to spend?
EverLogic
EverLogic Dealership Management Software serves nearly all types of dealerships, with a focus on RV, trailer and heavy equipment dealerships. Headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, EverLogic offers the most robust integration with QuickBooks of any dealership software. EverLogic's software allows the user complete control over their entire dealership including customers, inventory, parts inventory and service.
EverLogic also includes free customer support and training. All customer support comes from its offices in Jacksonville. EverLogic has several ways for customers to get the help they need including filing tickets, calling a hotline number, or finding help articles and videos on the Knowledge Base. For training, customers can attend a daily session, watch previous training sessions, watch specific training videos on YouTube or the Knowledge Base, or receive one-on-one training via appointment.
Features:
- Full integration with Intuit QuickBooks, meaning accounting managers do not have to enter data in both the DMS and QuickBooks
- Cloud-based dealership software
- Create and print barcodes
- Receive payments online with Global Payments
- Digitized documents in one place
- Add new locations without charge
- Technician time clock on desktop and mobile version
- Send photos straight to website
- Customer texting
Motility
Motility Software Solutions provides training and professional services serving the RV, bus, class 8 & heavy-duty, marine, and powersports industries. Additionally, they offer an in-house Dealership Training Program at their headquarters each month and on-site training is available as well. Also, Motility features an online portal offering training videos for your DMS. In fact, Motility takes on all accounting and financial transactions for your dealership. And it is integrated with CRM, parts & service, unit inventory, F&I, and reporting.
Features:
- Account tracking for accounting history of every account in your dealership
- Complete control over accounting
- Batch process checks to vendors
- Track special orders
- Access detailed reporting of gross profits
- Able to see front and back-end profits in real-time
- Able to compare multiple cash, lease, and outside lien or wholesale options
- You can build deals with multiple units packages and trades
- Access to the Motility Mobile App
Frazer
Frazer offers software for used car dealerships. Also, they offer a free 30-day trial for dealerships to try out their software program. Frazer recently introduced FrazerPay, a new payment solution online and over the phone built and supported by the company. Frazer has more than 200 integrations from vehicle history report sites and service contractors to financing and marketing companies. They also offer free customer support.
Features:
- Accounting support to enter bills and expenses
- Record deposits
- Print checks
- Reconcile your bank statement
- Post to the general ledger
- Generate an income statement, balance sheet, and custom G/L reports
- Transfer to QuickBooks
- Enter and track vendors, repairs, and recon costs
- Automatic VIN decoding
- Pull vehicle history and value reports- NADA, KBB, Carfax, Autocheck, and NMVTIS
- Free SiriusXM Trial for customers
- Add unlimited photos to your website
- Mobile app free with Frazer subscription
CDK
CDK provides software support for automotive, heavy truck, recreation, marine and heavy equipment industries. CDK has been around for 40 years and is a longtime fixture in the DMS business. The DMS allows users to automate tasks, track important data and manage every aspect of their dealership. It has built-in accounting that includes payroll.
CDK offers support as late as 10 p.m. during the week. There is an after-hours support line as well for an additional fee.
Features:
- 6-step training & implementation process
- Free access to CDK U for self-paced learning
- One-on-one tutorials
- Live demos
- Online instructional videos
- Interactive exercises
- 24/7 monitoring
- 20,000 DMS connections per day
- 250,000 load-and-clean jobs per day
- 1-2 TB of DMS data transmitted per day
Black Purl
Black Purl offers parts, services, and sales training to all motorcycle, trailer, powersports, and marine dealerships. However, Black Purl doesn’t use the typical DMS software. They allow dealerships to access their software on the first dealer app. The DMS features several integrations including QuickBooks, Preferred Payments and several website providers.
BlackPurl offers support over the phone, through support tickets and with a knowledge base.
Features:
- Cloud-based
- Real-time data
- Up-front pricing
- Track activity from home or office
- Set tax rates
- Set environment tax
- Configure tax inclusively and exclusive
- Set team by feature permissions
- Import vendor price files
- Personalized activity feed
IDS
Serving RV, marine, and trailer dealerships, IDS delivers software needs through their program IDS Cloud. IDS allows customers to keep records of communication with their customers, eliminate order duplication, personalize their dashboard and track their service department. IDS also works well with dealerships that do rentals.
The company provides support over the phone, email or online chat. There is also an after-hours helpline for emergencies.
Features:
- Data Security
- Quick Disaster Recover with 24/7 monitoring
- Agility, Flexibility & Scalability
- Integrated with Kenect, a business texting platform
If you are looking for a dealership management system that offers RV dealerships a software system, make sure to check out these software companies. We are here to help you to make the best decision for your dealership.
We would also encourage you to learn more about EverLogic's DMS and what it can do for your business.
To learn more, you can click the buttons below to watch a demo of EverLogic.
