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Auto/Mate DMS vs Dealertrack DMS: DMS comparison for dealerships

Compare Auto/Mate DMS and Dealertrack DMS on dealership use case, capabilities, integrations and verified dealer feedback without manufacturing a winner.

Same category · strong match
Why compare these?

Competes in DMS · Similar product type: DMS · 1 shared dealership job · 1 overlapping capability

QUICK ANSWER

What is the difference between Auto/Mate DMS and Dealertrack DMS?

Auto/Mate DMS and Dealertrack DMS overlap across 2 verified dealership signals, including Support online vehicle-shopping and deal workflows. Their verified catalog data also shows different areas of emphasis below, so dealers can compare the workflows and capabilities that matter to their operation.

KEY DIFFERENCES

Where do Auto/Mate DMS and Dealertrack DMS differ?

DealerApproved summarizes only differences supported by the structured catalog. This is decision context, not a winner or ranking.

Auto/Mate DMS

  • Manage repair orders
  • Digital contracting workflow automation
  • Repair order management
  • Allows users to import contract information from the DMS into Dealertrack Digital Contracting by entering a deal number.

Dealertrack DMS

  • Acquire vehicle inventory
  • Inspect and review vehicle condition
  • Inventory acquisition
  • Appointment setting
BEFORE YOU BUY

Questions to bring to both vendor demos

These questions are based on the documented catalog signals above. They are not verified product test results or dealer endorsements. Ask both vendors to show the workflows in your actual dealership environment.

  1. Ask both vendors to demonstrate Support online vehicle-shopping and deal workflows using the same dealership scenario.

    A shared catalog label doesn't establish the depth, configuration, or quality of either workflow.

  2. Ask Auto/Mate DMS to show Manage repair orders, then ask Dealertrack DMS how it addresses the same need.

    This difference comes from currently documented catalog labels. Missing documentation is not proof a competitor lacks a feature.

  3. Ask Dealertrack DMS to show Acquire vehicle inventory, then ask Auto/Mate DMS how it addresses the same need.

    Request a live workflow and clarify which capabilities are standard, optional, or require integrations.

  4. Request a dealership-specific implementation and integration walkthrough from both vendors.

    Confirm required integrations, migration work, permissions, training, support, and ongoing costs directly with each vendor.

Auto/Mate DMS vs Dealertrack DMS at a glance

Dealer ratings are not yet available for either product, so this comparison leads with product fit and verified catalog differences.

MetricAuto/Mate DMSDealertrack DMS
Primary categoryDMSDMS
Product typeDMSDMS
VendorSoleraCox Automotive
Verified reviews00

What is each product built to do?

Auto/Mate DMS

Auto/Mate DMS is dealer management system technology by Solera for automotive dealerships. Official product materials document capabilities including Service scheduling, Vehicle pricing, Inventory management, Compliance tools, and Inventory merchandising. The documented product fit includes Independent dealerships, Dealer groups, Sales, and Service / Fixed Ops. Official integration evidence identifies connections with Dealertrack DMS, DealerFire, and Dealertrack F&I. Additional official product documentation covers Dealer Operations - dealer.solera.com, and Solera's Vehicle Solutions Auto/Mate Forges Strategic Partnership - Solera.

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Dealertrack DMS

Dealertrack DMS is a dealership management system for streamlining dealership operations and accounting.

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Which dealership jobs overlap?

Support online vehicle-shopping and deal workflows

Auto/Mate DMS emphasis

  • Manage repair orders
  • Digital contracting workflow automation
  • Parts inventory management and inventory control
  • Reporting and analytics across multiple rooftops and modules

Dealertrack DMS emphasis

  • Acquire vehicle inventory
  • Inspect and review vehicle condition
  • Set customer appointments
  • Manage dealership operations more efficiently across accounting, inventory, service, and sales in one connected system.
  • Support deal compliance with AI-powered fraud detection and enable fast, flexible, compliant dealmaking through an enhanced F&I platform.

How do their capabilities differ?

Digital retailing

Auto/Mate DMS

  • Repair order management
  • Allows users to import contract information from the DMS into Dealertrack Digital Contracting by entering a deal number.
  • Provides enterprise multi-rooftop reporting, cross-module reporting with drilldowns, custom and scheduled reports, goal and benchmark setting, and mobile capabilities through DealerFenix.
  • Supports digital contracting through real-time data exchange that streamlines and automates the digital contracting process.

Dealertrack DMS

  • Inventory acquisition
  • Appointment setting
  • Floor planning
  • Vehicle inspections and condition reports
  • Vehicle reconditioning

Who are these products best suited for?

Auto/Mate DMS

  • Dealer groups
  • Automotive dealerships of all sizes, from small operations to the industry’s largest dealer groups
  • Dealers and dealer groups of any size
  • Independent dealerships
  • Fixed Ops Director
  • Service Director

Dealertrack DMS

  • Independent dealerships
  • General Sales Manager
  • Sales Manager

Ecosystem & connections

Auto/Mate DMS

  • DealerSocket · Parent-company product
  • Solera · Parent-company product
  • Dealertrack F&I · Integration
  • Reputation · Integration

Dealertrack DMS

  • Dealer.com Websites · Sister product
  • vAuto Provision · Sister product
  • VinSolutions · Sister product
  • Xtime · Sister product
  • Autotrader · Integration
  • Fullpath · Integration

What does DealerApproved know from dealers?

There are not enough verified dealer reviews yet to make a firsthand experience comparison. DealerApproved will not invent sentiment or declare a winner without qualifying dealer feedback.

Issues and solutions dealers have documented

Auto/Mate DMS

No genuine dealer discussions or reported issues yet. Starter conversations do not count as activity.

Dealertrack DMS

No genuine dealer discussions or reported issues yet. Starter conversations do not count as activity.

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