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Black Book pricing
Black Book publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $199/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Black Book plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $199/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Professional | $399/month | 4 | +$200/month, 4 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Basic
$199/monthThe entry tier. It covers wholesale pricing, basic reports, single user, mobile access.
Professional
$399/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- Everything in Basic
- Advanced reports
- Multiple users
- Real-time data
Enterprise
On requestOver Professional, this tier adds:
- Everything in Professional
- API access
- Custom feeds
- Dedicated support
What the product covers
The full Black Book feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Real-time pricing
- Wholesale valuations
- Market trends
- Pricing reports
- Dealer insights
- Auction data
- Vehicle history
- Price alerts
Integrations
- DMS systems
- Auction platforms
- Inventory management
- CRM systems
- Pricing engines
- API access
- Data feeds
- Market analysis tools
Security
- SSL encryption
- Data encryption
- Secure authentication
- Industry standards
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Mobile support
- Api support
Localization
- English language support
People bring Black Book in for dealership management, service scheduling, inventory management, sales operations, customer relationship. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Black Book are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Black Book
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $199/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Black Book against the tools that do have one before committing.
Black Book runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Black Book Value LLC of Portland, OR. The full record is on the Black Book review.
Black Book pricing questions
- How much does Black Book cost?
- Black Book publishes 3 tiers, from $199/month for Basic up to On request for Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $199/month.
- Does Black Book have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Black Book is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Basic and Professional on Black Book?
- Professional costs $399/month against $199/month, and adds everything in basic, advanced reports, multiple users, real-time data.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Black Book worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in professional, api access, custom feeds, dedicated support. It costs On request against $199/month for Basic. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Black Book?
- The record lists 25 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for dealership management, service scheduling, inventory management.
- Does Black Book charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Black Book prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Black Book against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Black Book to make a useful price comparison.