Vehiso vs MotorDesk
Vehiso bundles a customisable dealer website, full DMS, customer-facing workshop, branded social posting, online payments, AI tools, and Xero, QuickBooks and Sage accounting (MTD-ready on both platforms) at £49/month. Here is how it compares to MotorDesk at £79/month +VAT. Vehiso now has a free forever plan too, with paid plans from £49/month.
Vehiso starts at £49/month for a customizable website, full DMS, customer-facing workshop, branded social posting, online payments, and AI tools - supporting single-site, multi-location, used and new car dealerships. MotorDesk starts at £79/month +VAT (≈£94.80 inc VAT) for a website, DMS, AI vehicle descriptions, social automation, and accounting integrations. Both platforms cover the same essentials; Vehiso starts at a lower price, includes a customer-facing workshop module, and supports multi-location dealerships out of the box.
MotorDesk at a glance
MotorDesk covers stock, sales, invoicing, leads/CRM, dealer websites, online checkout, social automation, AI vehicle descriptions, an AI Lead Assistant that drafts replies to customer inquiries, and a Vehicle Job Board for inventory reconditioning. Pricing starts at £79/month +VAT.
Strengths
- AI vehicle descriptions and social posting (no branded overlays)
- Sage, QuickBooks, and Xero accounting integrations
- A public API with webhooks, native iPhone and Android apps, and expense receipt capture with approval
Where Vehiso wins
- Free plan, then £49/month, lower entry price
- Customer-facing workshop module: job cards, vehicle health checks, and online service bookings
- AI background replacement for stock photography
- An agentic AI assistant that works across the whole DMS, plus daily AI recommendations (MotorDesk's AI assistant only drafts replies to customer messages)
- Branded overlays on every social post - logo, colors, and finance-from prices
- Self-serve onboarding - live in 5 minutes
- A customer portal on your own website, where buyers follow their order, download documents and see MOT and service dates
Why dealers pick Vehiso
Lower headline price, more bundled
Vehiso starts at £49/month - lower than MotorDesk's £79/month +VAT - and bundles customer-facing workshop, branded social overlays, and AI background replacement that MotorDesk does not offer.
Customer-facing workshop included
Vehiso bundles digital job cards, vehicle health checks, online service bookings, and invoicing for paying service customers. MotorDesk only provides a Vehicle Job Board for internal inventory reconditioning - not a customer-facing service department.
Branded social posts and AI background replacement
Vehiso applies branded overlays - your logo, colors, and finance-from prices - to every social post automatically. AI background replacement transforms stock photos in seconds. MotorDesk offers neither.
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 MotorDesk 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 MotorDesk side-by-side
How the two platforms compare on price, setup, and what is included.
| Feature | Vehiso | MotorDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan, then £49/month | From £79/month +VAT |
| Free trial | Free plan + 7-day trial, no card | 30 days, no card |
| Website + DMS bundled | Yes | Yes |
| 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 |
| AI vehicle descriptions | Included | Available |
| AI background replacement | Included | Not offered |
| AI assistant & daily recommendations | Included - in-app assistant + daily insights | AI replies only, no daily insights |
| AI Agents (automated customer outreach) | Included - scheduled & triggered outreach | Not available |
| AI lead replies | Included - AI-drafted replies to new inquiries, optional out-of-hours auto-send | Available - its AI Lead Assistant drafts replies |
| AI follow-up agent | Included - personalized 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 | Social posting included, no branded overlays |
| Facebook & Instagram inventory ads | Included on paid plans - a Meta vehicle catalog feed of your stock | Available - a Meta catalog feed for automotive ads |
| Online payments | Stripe, PayPal, Square, Blink | Stripe, takepayments, Acquired, Crezco |
| Customer-facing workshop | Included (job cards, health checks, online bookings) | Not offered |
| Workshop parts management | Included - parts cost, stock and gross profit, with no stockholding required | Not offered |
| Accounting & MTD (Sage, QuickBooks, Xero) | All MTD-ready (FreeAgent coming soon) | Available |
| Expense management | Included - overhead costs with receipts and VAT, sent to Xero, QuickBooks or Sage as bills on paid plans | Available - receipt capture with manager approval |
| Public API & webhooks | Included on paid plans - documented, for your own website and systems | Available - a public API with webhooks |
| Mobile app for staff | The Vehiso DMS app for iPhone, iPad and Android | Available - iPhone, iPad and Android |
| Visual website editor | Included | Editor available |
| Multi-language support | 7 languages (EN, DE, FR, ES, IT, NL) | English only |
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Common questions from dealers comparing Vehiso with MotorDesk.
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Switch to Vehiso →This comparison is based on publicly available information about MotorDesk at the time of writing and reflects our understanding of each platform. Features, plans, and pricing change over time, and MotorDesk is not affiliated with or endorsed by Vehiso. Always confirm the latest features and pricing directly with each provider before making a decision.