GARAGEBIRDS is cloud-based dealer management software — a DMS, or dealer management platform — for independent and small-lot car dealerships, organized around the vehicle lifecycle: Buy, Inventorize, Restore, Display, Sell. It tracks true acquisition and reconditioning cost, manages inventory with photos and specs, desks cash deals and fills in your state’s title, registration and sale forms — all in one place, with finance desking, your own mapped contracts and assisted posting to Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp, eBay Motors, Cars.com, AutoTrader and more, on Pro. Start free, no credit card required.
Dealer Management Platform
Run your dealership,
not spreadsheets.
GARAGEBIRDS follows every vehicle from the day you buy it to the day it's sold — cost, condition, listing and paperwork, all in one place.
No credit card required · Free plan, forever
Know your real number
before you price the car.
Purchase cost, auction fees, transport, parts and labour — GARAGEBIRDS rolls it all up automatically, so profit per vehicle is never a guess. Free, forever.
The dashboard
One screen.
The whole lot.
Every vehicle, its stage, and what it's costing you — without opening a single spreadsheet.
| Vehicle | Stage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Toyota RAV4 XLE | RRestore | In recon |
| 2021 Honda Accord Sport | DDisplay | Listed |
| 2023 Ford F-150 XLT | SSell | Docs ready |
| 2020 Subaru Outback | IInventorize | Photos due |
Getting started
Up and running
in four steps.
Create your account
Sign up and name your dealership. Two minutes, tops.
Set up the lot
Address, hours, contact details — fill it in once and forget it.
Invite your team
Add staff and assign roles. Everyone sees exactly what they need.
List your first car
Photos, specs, pricing. Your showroom is live.
Pricing
Two plans.
No sales call.
Start free and stay free for as long as it works for you. Pro adds what a growing lot needs — and you choose when its 14-day trial starts.
Free
Free forever.
For lots getting off spreadsheets.
- Inventory management and listings
- Cost tracking with true profit per vehicle
- VIN decode
- Cash desking, with per-deal margin view
- Built-in state forms for all 50 states — title, registration, bill of sale and more, with auto-fill
- Contacts — saved automatically from deals, searchable picker for form fill, contact list with auto stage labels (Prospect / In deal / Buyer)
- Unlimited users
No credit card required.
Pro
Billed yearly — $588/year.
Billed monthly.
For dealerships running the whole lot.
- Everything in Free
- Finance desking, with amortization tables and multiple deal structures
- Smart Print Forms — upload and map your own contracts and documents, with auto-fill
- Assisted marketplace posting — Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp, eBay Motors, Cars.com, AutoTrader and more
- Leads, linked to contacts
- Quotes — printed or emailed to the customer as a PDF, with a next-day follow-up
- Contact history — purchase history, activity timeline, and leads per contact
- Start a deal from a contact, prefilled
- Contact notes and follow-up dates
14-day Pro trial, no card — an admin starts it from Billing when you’re ready.
Resources
Running the lot,
letter by letter.
Bill of sale requirements, state by state
What goes on a bill of sale, when it needs a notary, and the form each state uses.
Facebook Marketplace, done right for dealers
Photo, pricing, and posting habits that actually move cars.
How to set up your buyer's order so it fills itself in
Set up your own buyer's order once, and every deal after that prints it filled in.
Cost tracking: how to know your true profit per vehicle
What belongs in a car's true cost, and why the sticker math overstates your profit.
How to price your first car without losing money
Price from the market down: find retail, set a max buy, budget recon.
Your true acquisition cost — what belongs in it
What belongs in the number before recon starts.
Big dealership tools.
Small dealership price.
Start free, no credit card required. No sales call first.
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