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Carvana pricing
Carvana publishes 2 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
- On request
- Model
- Transaction
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Carvana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buyer Standard | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Seller Service | On request | 5 | 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.
Buyer Standard
FreeThe entry tier. It covers free vehicle listings, search and filter, saved vehicles, financing pre-approval, mobile app access.
Seller Service
On requestOver Buyer Standard, this tier adds:
- Free valuation
- Quick appraisal
- Immediate cash offer
- Same-day purchase
- Free towing
Where Carvana stops being free
Buyer Standard, Free
- Free vehicle listings
- Search and filter
- Saved vehicles
- Financing pre-approval
- Mobile app access
No paid tier on record
Carvana lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Carvana 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
- Online marketplace
- Vehicle listing
- Instant appraisal
- Financing options
- Home delivery
- 7-day return policy
- Transparent pricing
- Trade-in service
Integrations
- Finance companies
- Insurance providers
- Trade-in partners
- Logistics networks
- Payment processors
- Title service
- Mobile apps
- Marketing tools
Security
- SSL encryption
- Secure authentication
- Data protection
- Privacy compliance
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Mobile support
- App support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
People bring Carvana 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 Carvana are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Automotive
Too few automotive tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carvana (this page) | On request | transaction | - | |
| AutoVitals | $199/month | subscription | - | vs Carvana |
| AutoFluent | $109/month | - | - | vs Carvana |
| Audatex | On request | quote | - | vs Carvana |
| AutoCheck | $19.99/month | subscription | - | vs Carvana |
| AutoiPacket | $1500/month | subscription | - | vs Carvana |
| AllData | $179/month | subscription | - | vs Carvana |
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 Carvana badges page.
Before you pay for Carvana
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: 2 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Carvana against the tools that do have one before committing.
Carvana runs on web, mobile, app, and is published by Carvana Inc. of Tempe, AZ. The full record is on the Carvana review, and the rest of the category is under best automotive tools.
Carvana pricing questions
- How much does Carvana cost?
- Carvana publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Buyer Standard up to On request for Seller Service. The cheapest paid tier is Free.
- Does Carvana have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Carvana is listed as transaction. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Buyer Standard and Seller Service on Carvana?
- Seller Service costs On request against Free, and adds free valuation, quick appraisal, immediate cash offer, same-day purchase.
- What am I actually paying for with Carvana?
- 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 Carvana charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 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 Carvana 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 Carvana against before paying?
- The closest automotive tools in this directory are AutoVitals, AutoFluent, Audatex, AutoCheck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Carvana covering price, platforms and features.