Both are built for dealers, and both flag dealers posing as private sellers and read plates off listing photos. VETTX covers more sites and markets and adds the outreach and the people. VinCount is the list alone, for one market, with a published month-to-month price.
VETTX and VinCount side by side
| VETTX | VinCount | |
|---|---|---|
| Sites covered | Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Autotrader, Cars.com "and more." Updated 1 to 4 times a day, depending on market size and plan. | Craigslist owner listings, and private sellers on Facebook Marketplace and OfferUp. Checked every 30 minutes from 6 AM to 11:30 PM Pacific. |
| Markets | Markets you choose. A bigger market costs more. | Los Angeles. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Atlanta and Phoenix come next. |
| Built for | Franchise dealerships and independents building a buy center. Its case studies include Toyota of Newport, Future Automotive Group and Cronin Auto Group. | Used-car dealers buying private-party cars. |
| What each row shows | A vehicle card per listing, with a VIN pulled from a plate in the photos, and every message with the seller logged against the car. | 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 | Reads listing photos and text to flag dealers posing as private sellers and filters them out. Its FAQ puts confidence at 90% or more. | 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 | Not published. Its how-it-works page lists DMS and market-data integrations. | Adding an auction median per car, with its count, and retail prices. Not live yet. |
| Seller outreach | Your buyer calls, texts, emails and messages sellers from one inbox, with automated messages by pipeline stage. VETTX does not buy the cars for you. | None. You contact the seller. |
| Price | Not published. A quote follows a market analysis. Price rises with market size and with coaching, advisory or a recruited buyer, plus a one-time implementation fee. No per-car fees. | $299 a month per market for early dealers, who keep it. $499 a month at launch. |
| Contract terms | A fixed term set in the agreement, with no early termination. Cancel in writing at least 30 days before the term ends. Term length not published. | Month to month. One flat fee per market, no per-lead fees. |
Checked September 29, 2026, on VETTX's home page, its pages on listing aggregation, dealer detection and plate reads, proof, how it works and automated outreach, and its cancellation policy. If VETTX has changed since, its own pages are the ones to trust.
What VETTX sells
VETTX describes itself as people, process and software together. The software pulls listings into one place, filters out dealer posts and salvage titles, and turns a plate in a photo into a VIN with history attached. Your buyer works sellers from a single inbox by text, email and Messenger, and a Chrome extension called Bridge logs each reply against the car. Inbound leads from KBB, Clear Car and AccuTrade can flow into the same pipeline.
The people side is the part VinCount has nothing like. Higher plans add an Acquisition Coach, who works with your buyer every other week, or a Strategic Advisor, who meets your leadership monthly on pay plans, buy boxes and appraisals. If you have no buyer, VETTX will recruit one and replace that buyer free if they don't work out in the first 90 days.
VETTX's proof page reports results from its dealers. Dennis Dillon Auto Group bought 647 cars off the street in 2024. Future Automotive went from 0 to 115 street purchases a month in a year. Its FAQ also says it won't guarantee a number, and that results depend on your market, your buyer and how hard you run it.
What VinCount does instead
You set a buy box once, and the sheet shows the private-party cars VinCount collects in Los Angeles that fit it, one row per car. A repost or a car listed on two sites shows once, with its price cuts across postings.
The seller's claims stay apart from what VinCount saw. Miles, title and condition in an ad are the seller's word. 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. Then come history, papers and terms, such as one owner, smogged or OBO.
Both products read plates off photos. VETTX turns the plate into a VIN with history. VinCount shows the plate cut out of the photo beside its text, and the VIN only when the seller posted one. VinCount never shows a deal score, a suggested offer or an estimated value.
When VETTX is the better fit
- You want to build a buy center with a dedicated buyer, and you want coaching, a playbook or help hiring that buyer.
- You want a team inbox and automated follow-up so several people can work sellers.
- You buy outside Los Angeles, or you want Autotrader and Cars.com listings in the feed.
- You want inbound leads from KBB, Clear Car or AccuTrade in the same pipeline.
- You want a VIN and history from the plate before you call.
When VinCount is the better fit
VinCount suits an independent dealer in Los Angeles who does the buying, or has one buyer, and wants a list to call from rather than an outreach system and coaching. The pricing page lists $299 a month for early dealers, who keep it, and $499 at launch, month to month. VETTX does not publish a price, so this page cannot compare the two on cost. VinCount also covers OfferUp, which VETTX does not name among its sources.
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. It does not contact sellers, and it offers no coaching or recruiting. If you need outreach and a team process now, VETTX offers both and VinCount does not.