How much does Cars.com cost?

Cars.com publishes 3 tiers, from $299/month for Basic up to $1199/month for Premium. The cheapest paid tier is $299/month.

Does Cars.com have a free plan?

Not on the record we hold: Cars.com 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 Standard on Cars.com?

Standard costs $699/month against $299/month, and adds everything in basic, advanced lead tools, crm integration, video and 360 views.

Is the Premium plan on Cars.com worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in standard, priority placement, marketing support, dedicated account manager. It costs $1199/month against $299/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 Cars.com?

The record lists 26 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for dealership management, service scheduling, inventory management.

Does Cars.com 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 Cars.com 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 Cars.com against before paying?

The closest automotive tools in this directory are AutoVitals, AutoFluent, Audatex, AutoCheck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Cars.com covering price, platforms and features.

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Cars.com pricing

Cars.com 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: $299/month
Model: Subscription
Tiers: 3
Free tier: Not on record

Cars.com 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.

Cars.com pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Basic	$299/month	5	Entry tier
Standard	$699/month	5	+$400/month, 5 more features
Premium	$1199/month	5	+$500/month, 5 more features

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

$299/month

The entry tier. It covers vehicle listings, marketplace visibility, basic lead management, photo upload, monthly reports.

Standard

$699/month

Over Basic, this tier adds:

Everything in Basic
Advanced lead tools
CRM integration
Video and 360 views
Enhanced profile

Premium

$1199/month

Over Standard, this tier adds:

Everything in Standard
Priority placement
Marketing support
Dedicated account manager
API access

What the product covers

The full Cars.com 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

Vehicle listing
Marketplace access
Lead generation
Dealer profile
Performance tracking
Mobile responsive
Photo and video gallery
Consumer research tools

Integrations

CRM systems
DMS platforms
Email marketing
Lead scoring
Mobile apps
Analytics
Inventory sync
Payment processing

Security

SSL encryption
Secure authentication
Data protection
Privacy standards

Deployment

Cloud deployment

Platform

Web support
Mobile support
App support

Localization

English language support
Spanish language support

People bring Cars.com 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 Cars.com are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Automotive

Across the 7 automotive tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $199/month. Cars.com starts at $299/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.

Cars.com entry price against other Automotive tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Cars.com (this page)	$299/month	subscription	-
AutoVitals	$199/month	subscription	-	vs Cars.com
AutoFluent	$109/month	-	-	vs Cars.com
Audatex	On request	quote	-	vs Cars.com
AutoCheck	$19.99/month	subscription	-	vs Cars.com
AutoiPacket	$1500/month	subscription	-	vs Cars.com
AllData	$179/month	subscription	-	vs Cars.com

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Cars.com badges page.

Before you pay for Cars.com

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 $299/month and $1199/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Cars.com against the tools that do have one before committing.

Cars.com runs on web, mobile, app, and is published by Cars.com Inc. of Chicago, IL. The full record is on the Cars.com review, and the rest of the category is under best automotive tools.

Cars.com pricing on the vendor's own site

Cars.com pricing questions

How much does Cars.com cost?: Cars.com publishes 3 tiers, from $299/month for Basic up to $1199/month for Premium. The cheapest paid tier is $299/month.
Does Cars.com have a free plan?: Not on the record we hold: Cars.com 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 Standard on Cars.com?: Standard costs $699/month against $299/month, and adds everything in basic, advanced lead tools, crm integration, video and 360 views.
Is the Premium plan on Cars.com worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in standard, priority placement, marketing support, dedicated account manager. It costs $1199/month against $299/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.
Is Cars.com expensive for a automotive tool?: It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 7 automotive tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $199/month; Cars.com starts at $299/month.
What am I actually paying for with Cars.com?: The record lists 26 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for dealership management, service scheduling, inventory management.
Does Cars.com 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 Cars.com 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 Cars.com against before paying?: The closest automotive tools in this directory are AutoVitals, AutoFluent, Audatex, AutoCheck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Cars.com covering price, platforms and features.