The question between them is who talks to the seller first. CARVID Acquire hands that to its software and brings you in when a seller is ready to deal. VinCount leaves it with you and gives you the list to choose from.
CARVID Acquire and VinCount side by side
| CARVID Acquire | VinCount | |
|---|---|---|
| Sites covered | Facebook Marketplace only, by design. | Craigslist owner listings, and private sellers on Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp. Checked every 30 minutes from 6 AM to 11:30 PM Pacific. |
| Markets | The radius you set in each search. No market list published. | Los Angeles. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Atlanta and Phoenix come next. |
| Built for | Independent dealers, franchise dealers and dealer groups. | Used-car dealers buying private-party cars. |
| What each row shows | A lead in your CRM, sent by ADF/XML, with vehicle and seller details, appraisal data, a deal score and the full conversation. | One row per car: seller, year, make and model, miles as typed, title flag, what the ad says, ask, price drops, days listed, photo count, site, the plate read off the photos, and the VIN when the seller posted one. |
| Dealer-seller detection | Not published. Its searches target private-party listings. | Marks a car "likely dealer" when the ad offers financing, names a business, reads like dealer-website copy, or shares a phone number or text with other cars. |
| Repost handling | Not published. | A repost or cross-post is one row when a VIN, a plate, shared photos or the same ad text proves it is one car. The row carries its price cuts across postings. |
| Auction and retail pricing data | Its own appraisal engine weighs private-party prices, dealer retail values, local inventory and demand, and scores each car by margin potential. Sources not named. | Adding an auction median per car, with its count, and retail prices. Not live yet. |
| Seller outreach | Automatic. It messages sellers, qualifies them, negotiates within your parameters and follows up for 60 days. Up to 1,200 sellers a month per user. | None. You contact the seller. |
| Price | $599 a month for 1 user. $1,799 a month for up to 5 users. Enterprise pricing beyond 5 users on request. | $299 a month per market for early dealers, who keep it. $499 a month at launch. |
| Contract terms | No contract. Month to month, cancel anytime. | Month to month. One flat fee per market, no per-lead fees. |
Checked September 29, 2026, on the CARVID Acquire page, which carries its plans and prices, and on CARVID's home page. If CARVID has changed since, its own pages are the ones to trust.
How CARVID Acquire works
You save up to 10 searches per user by year, make, model, mileage, price, radius and title status. CARVID says it caps searches at 10 to keep Facebook from flagging the account. It checks 10,000 to 15,000 listings a month per user. When a car matches, it messages the seller, qualifies the car and the seller, and negotiates based on the parameters you set. It keeps following up for 60 days. When a seller is ready, the lead lands in your CRM with the whole conversation attached, and your team takes it from there.
CARVID Acquire has two plans with the same features. Starter is $599 a month for 1 user. Pro is $1,799 a month for up to 5 users, which CARVID puts at $360 a user.
Acquire is CARVID's buying product. Its main product does the opposite job. It posts a dealer's inventory to Facebook Marketplace and other platforms, makes video from the photos, and answers buyer messages. Acquire works on its own or next to it.
When CARVID Acquire is the better fit
- You want first contact, negotiation and follow-up done for you, and you would rather step in only when a seller is ready.
- You have no one free to message sellers every day.
- Facebook Marketplace is where most of your private-party buys come from, and you want leads in your CRM.
- You buy outside Los Angeles. VinCount covers no other market yet.
- You already use CARVID to post your inventory and want one vendor for both.
When VinCount is the better fit
You want to make the first call yourself. VinCount gives you the list and leaves the talking to you.
You want Craigslist and OfferUp as well as Facebook Marketplace. VinCount checks all three and shows a car listed on two of them, or reposted, as one row with its price cuts across postings.
You want facts rather than scores. CARVID Acquire scores cars by margin potential and puts a deal score on each lead. VinCount never shows a deal score, a suggested offer or an estimated value. You know your recon, your lot and your turn.
The sheet keeps what the seller claims apart from what VinCount saw. About 30 "the ad says" tags turn the ad's own words into a column, problems first, such as doesn't run, a warning light or mileage off. VinCount marks a car that reads like a dealer's as "likely dealer." When a plate shows in a photo, the row shows the plate cut out of that photo.
On price, VinCount costs $299 a month for early dealers and $499 at launch, against $599 for one CARVID Acquire user. That is not a like-for-like gap. CARVID's price includes outreach that VinCount does not do.
What VinCount does not do yet
VinCount is in alpha. It covers Los Angeles only. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Atlanta and Phoenix come next, and VinCount does not collect them yet. It is adding an auction median per car, with the number of sales behind it, and retail prices, but neither is live today. It sends no text or email alerts, so you see new cars when you open the sheet. It does not contact or negotiate with sellers. If you want that work done for you, CARVID Acquire does it.