Vehiso vs Traderway
Vehiso bundles a customisable dealer website, full DMS, customer-facing workshop, branded social posting, AI tools, online payments, and MTD-ready Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage accounting from £49/month, with the full DMS in every plan. Here is how it compares to Traderway. 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, full DMS, customer-facing workshop, branded social posting, AI tools, online payments, and MTD-ready Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage accounting - from £49/month, live in 5 minutes, for single-site, multi-location, used and new car dealerships. Vehiso's plans start at £49/month and scale with your stock, but every plan includes the full DMS and all the features above. Traderway is a newer UK platform for independent dealers that offers a website with stock, enquiries, and dealer management tools. Both platforms provide SEO tooling for vehicle pages. At the time of writing, Traderway's published pricing is tiered: the £39/month Launch plan is website-only, marketplace sync and AI descriptions arrive on the £59/month Growth plan, and the full DMS (contacts, vehicle cost tracking, margin reports) sits on the £79/month Business plan. Compared like-for-like with a full DMS, Vehiso starts at £49/month - with the full DMS included - against Traderway's £79/month Business plan, and adds accounting and MTD, a customer-facing workshop, AI background replacement, an AI assistant, and branded social overlays that Traderway does not currently list.
Traderway at a glance
Traderway gives UK independent dealers a website with stock and vehicle detail pages, enquiry capture, an AI description writer, dealer insights, custom domains, vehicle valuations, invoices, and DMS tools. Marketplace sync (AutoTrader, eBay Motors, and a CarGurus-ready feed), finance integration, and AI arrive on the £59/month Growth plan; the deeper DMS workflows are on the £79/month Business plan. Published pricing starts from £39/month.
Strengths
- Published pricing from £39/month with website templates and stock pages
- AutoTrader sync, eBay Motors publishing, and a CarGurus-ready feed
- AI vehicle descriptions and dedicated valuation and part-exchange tools
Where Vehiso wins
- Free plan, plus full DMS in every plan from £49/month - not gated to a £79 top tier
- MTD-ready Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage accounting integrations (not listed by Traderway)
- Customer-facing workshop module: job cards, health checks, and online service bookings
- AI background replacement for stock photography
- In-app AI assistant that runs admin from a chat, plus daily AI recommendations
- Branded social overlays - your logo, colours, and finance-from prices on every post
- Direct Stripe, PayPal, Square, and Blink online payments with no platform fees
- Multi-location dealer groups and new car sales supported out of the box
- 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
Full DMS in every plan - not gated to a £79 tier
Vehiso includes the full DMS - plus workshop, branded social posting, online payments, MTD-ready accounting, and AI tools - in every paid plan from £49/month, with the price scaling by stock rather than by feature. Traderway's £39 plan is website-only, and its full DMS sits on the £79/month Business plan.
Accounting, workshop, and a wider AI toolset
Vehiso adds MTD-ready Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage accounting, a customer-facing workshop, AI background replacement, an in-app AI assistant, and branded social overlays. At the time of writing, Traderway does not list these - its AI writes vehicle descriptions, and its social posting is limited without branded overlays.
Built for growth - multi-location and new car
Vehiso supports multi-location dealer groups and both used and new car dealerships under one account. Traderway is built for independent used-car dealers and does not advertise multi-location or new car support.
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 Traderway 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 Traderway side-by-side
How the two platforms compare on price, setup, and what is included.
| Feature | Vehiso | Traderway |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan, then from £49/month (full DMS in every plan) | From £39/month (website only); £79/month for full DMS |
| Setup time | 5 minutes, self-serve | Self-serve signup |
| Free trial | Free plan + 7-day trial, no card | Available |
| Website + DMS bundled | Yes, in every plan | Full DMS on £79 Business plan |
| Used and new car dealerships | Both supported | Independent/used focus; new not advertised |
| Multi-location dealerships | Built in (website + back office) | Not advertised |
| Marketplace listings | AutoTrader, Motors, eBay Motors, Cazoo, Gumtree + more | AutoTrader, eBay Motors |
| Marketplace publishing | AutoTrader, CarGurus, PistonHeads, ChooseMyCar, ChooseMyFinance, Car Cliq, CarFinance247 | AutoTrader, eBay Motors, CarGurus-ready feed |
| Finance integrations | Included | Included (Growth plan and up) |
| SEO tools | Included | Included |
| AI vehicle descriptions | Included | Available (Growth plan and up) |
| AI background replacement | Included | Not advertised |
| AI assistant & daily recommendations | Included - in-app assistant + daily insights | Not advertised - AI writes descriptions only |
| 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 | Not advertised |
| Branded social posting (FB/IG/TikTok) | Included with branded overlays | Limited social posts, no branded overlays |
| Facebook & Instagram inventory ads | Included on paid plans - a Meta vehicle catalogue feed of your stock | Not advertised |
| Online payments | Stripe, PayPal, Square, Blink - no platform fees | Manual deposit/payment records - no online payment gateway listed |
| Customer-facing workshop | Included (job cards, health checks, online bookings) | 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 (FreeAgent coming soon) | Not advertised |
| Expense management | Included - overheads with receipts and VAT, sent to Xero, QuickBooks or Sage as bills on paid plans | Records operating expenses, accounting sync covers vehicle invoices |
| Public API & webhooks | Included on paid plans - documented, for your own website and systems | Not advertised |
| Mobile app for staff | The Vehiso DMS app for iPhone, iPad and Android | Not advertised |
| Website editor | Visual editor, no code | Template customisation |
| Multi-language support | 7 languages (EN, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL) | English only |
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Switch to Vehiso →This comparison is based on publicly available information about Traderway at the time of writing and reflects our understanding of each platform. Features, plans, and pricing change over time, and Traderway is not affiliated with or endorsed by Vehiso. Always confirm the latest features and pricing directly with each provider before making a decision.