Vehiso vs Autoweb Design
Vehiso ships a modern dealer website and a full DMS in 5 minutes from £49/month, with workshop, branded social posting, online payments, and MTD-ready Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage accounting included as standard. Here is how it compares to Autoweb Design. Vehiso now has a free forever plan too, with paid plans from £49/month.
Vehiso is the modern, all-in-one car dealer platform: a customisable website, a full DMS, workshop management, branded social posting, AI tools, online payments, and MTD-ready Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage accounting integrations included from £49/month. It supports single-site, multi-location, used and new car dealerships - with self-serve onboarding so you can be live in 5 minutes. Autoweb Design is a UK automotive web design company with around 20 years of experience building websites for manufacturers and dealers, with data feeds, an AutoTrader Connect integration, finance calculators, and integrations with virtually every DMS on the market. It is website-first and plugs into the DMS you already run, so pricing is quote-based, going live is a design-led build, and native AI tools are not part of the offering.
Autoweb Design at a glance
Autoweb Design is a design-led UK website provider with around two decades of automotive experience. It builds websites for dealers and manufacturers, syncs inventory through inbound and outbound data feeds, integrates with AutoTrader Connect and finance calculators, and connects to virtually every dealer management system. It is primarily a website provider designed to plug into your existing DMS.
Strengths
- Design-led websites with around two decades of automotive experience
- DMS-agnostic integrations plus AutoTrader Connect and finance calculators
Where Vehiso wins
- Website and DMS in one platform, not a website that bolts onto a separate DMS
- Free plan, then published pricing from £49/month
- Self-serve onboarding - live in 5 minutes, no design-led build
- Native AI vehicle descriptions
- Native AI background replacement for stock photography
- In-app AI assistant that runs admin from a chat, plus daily AI recommendations
- One-click branded posting to Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok
- Direct Stripe, PayPal, Square, and Blink online payments with no platform fees
- A customer portal on your own website, where buyers follow their order, download documents and see MOT and service dates
- Expense management in the DMS: overheads with receipts and VAT, costs put against stock vehicles, and every expense sent to Xero, QuickBooks or Sage as a bill
- A documented public API and webhooks, so your own website, tools and partners can work with your stock, enquiries and sales
- The Vehiso DMS app for iPhone, iPad and Android, free with a paid plan, for stock, enquiries, paperwork and health checks away from the desk
Why dealers pick Vehiso
One platform, not two
Autoweb builds a website that plugs into a DMS you provide, so you run and pay for two systems from two providers. Vehiso bundles the website and the full DMS in one product on one bill, with stock, enquiries, invoicing, feeds, and reporting in one place.
Transparent, published pricing
Vehiso publishes pricing from £49/month with the full DMS in every plan. Autoweb is design-led and quote-based, and you may also be paying separately for a DMS, so a bundled platform is often more cost-effective for an independent.
Native AI, included as standard
AI vehicle descriptions, AI background replacement, and an in-app AI assistant with daily recommendations ship with every paid plan. Autoweb focuses on website design and does not offer these natively.
Provenance checks that stay with the car
Connect your own MotorCheck trade account and run history, specification and condition alert checks without leaving Vehiso. Each report files itself against the car it is about and downloads as a PDF. MotorCheck bills the checks at your own trade rates and Vehiso adds nothing per check.
Bring your current look with you
Switching usually means starting from a blank page and rebuilding everything you had already got right. Point Vehiso's bespoke theme designer at your existing Autoweb Design site and it reads your pages for tone, services and selling points, then designs a theme to your brief that still sounds and looks like you. Or pick one of 18 core themes instead.
Vehiso vs Autoweb Design side-by-side
How the two platforms compare on price, setup, and what is included.
| Feature | Vehiso | Autoweb Design |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan, then £49/month, published | Quote-based |
| Setup time | 5 minutes, self-serve | Design-led build |
| Free trial | Free plan + 7-day trial, no card, instant | Not a self-serve trial |
| Website + DMS in one | Yes, in every plan | Website; integrates with your DMS |
| Used and new car dealerships | Both supported | Both supported |
| Multi-location dealerships | Built in (website + back office) | Supported |
| Marketplace listings | AutoTrader, Motors, eBay Motors, Cazoo, Gumtree + more | AutoTrader Connect + data feeds |
| Finance integrations | Codeweavers, iVendi, CarFinance247, AU Finance | Finance calculators |
| Online payments | Stripe, PayPal, Square, Blink, no platform fees | Not advertised as native |
| Branded social posting (FB/IG/TikTok) | Included - one-click or automatic | Not advertised as core |
| Facebook & Instagram inventory ads | Included on paid plans - a Meta vehicle catalogue feed of your stock | Available as a managed ads service |
| AI vehicle descriptions | Included | Not native |
| AI background replacement | Included | Not native |
| AI assistant & daily recommendations | Included - in-app assistant + daily insights | Not native |
| AI Agents (automated customer outreach) | Included - scheduled & triggered outreach | Not available |
| AI lead replies | Included - AI-drafted replies to new enquiries, optional out-of-hours auto-send | Not advertised |
| AI follow-up agent | Included - personalised email and SMS follow-up that stops when the customer replies | Not advertised |
| Customer portal | Included on paid plans - orders, documents, MOT and service dates | Not advertised |
| Bespoke website design | Included - 18 core themes, or a theme designed to your brief | Design-led build, on quote |
| Customer-facing workshop | Included - job cards, health checks, online booking | Not advertised |
| Workshop parts management | Included - parts cost, stock and gross profit, with no stockholding required | Not advertised |
| Accounting & MTD | Xero, QuickBooks, Sage - all MTD-ready | Via your separate DMS |
| Expense management | Included - overheads with receipts and VAT, sent to Xero, QuickBooks or Sage as bills on paid plans | Expense logging with receipts, no accounting sync advertised |
| Public API & webhooks | Included on paid plans - documented, for your own website and systems | REST API mentioned, no public documentation |
| Mobile app for staff | The Vehiso DMS app for iPhone, iPad and Android | Not advertised |
| Visual website editor | Included - edit visually, no code | Design-led |
| Multi-language support | 7 languages (EN, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL) | Not advertised |
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from dealers comparing Vehiso with Autoweb Design.
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Switch to Vehiso →This comparison is based on publicly available information about Autoweb Design at the time of writing and reflects our understanding of each platform. Features, plans, and pricing change over time, and Autoweb Design is not affiliated with or endorsed by Vehiso. Always confirm the latest features and pricing directly with each provider before making a decision.