History checks show provenance, valuation apps stop at a number, listing sites charge fees and upsell your buyer — none of them digitise the real maintenance record, let an AI sell on it, and hand a verified report to the next owner, so we do all of it.
What it actually costs to sell a car — and what you get.
Same job — selling a car and proving it was looked after. Very different price tags, and a very different amount of help. Prices are each platform’s own published figures.
AutoServiceHistory
Free
Listing, verified report, AI agent, A4 sheet and V62 — all free.
Custodian
Free – £24.99
Free core. Autofile document AI from £3.99/mo (5 reads) to £24.99/mo.
AutoTrader
£36.95–£84.95
eBay Motors
£19.99
Classified ad — or £14.99 + 1% final value fee.
Gumtree
Free
Basic ad; promotions £7.50–£24.95.
Free
Free reach — and the most-scammed car category.
How they compare
AutoServiceHistory
Custodian
AutoTrader
eBay Motors
Gumtree / Facebook
Verified service history that travels to the next owner
Yes
In-app, unverified
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One VIN = one passport (anti-cloning)
Yes
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24/7 AI agent that answers buyers from the record
Yes
Files documents only
Dealer listing tools
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Auto-reply from your ad text
Run it from your own ChatGPT or Claude
Read + write, ad-free
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Read-only, own paid listings
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Personal data auto-stripped when you share
Yes — originals encrypted
Not published
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Leads and demand analytics
Free
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Paid
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Dealer storefront
Free
Curated dealers only
Paid
Paid
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A4 ‘For Sale’ sheet with QR code
Free
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DVLA V62 form, filled in for you
Free
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Recover lost manufacturer service history
Yes
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Independent valuation (not a sell-to-us funnel)
Yes
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Free, funnels to selling
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Own stock, part-exchange and auction buys
Yes
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Listing only
Listing only
Listing only
No finance or warranty sold to your buyer
Never
No buyer upsell
Deal Builder finance
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Local dealers surfaced first
Free
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Paid placement
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Typical dealer cost
Free → £49 → £129/mo
Not applicable
~£2,995/mo average
Pro seller fees
Meta ad spend
Free AI document reads each month
10
2
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AI document reads at £3.99/month
100
5
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Pay-as-you-go document reads
50 for £1.50 (3p each)
10 for £6.99 (70p each)
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Native multi-language support
16 languages built in
English only
English only
English only
English only
Figures are each platform’s own published prices (accessed July 2026); AutoTrader’s dealer average is from its FY26 results. Where a competitor doesn’t publish something, we say so rather than guess.
The empty column
A verified service history that travels with the car
Provenance ≠ proof of care — we do the second one, and hand it over, free.
What a check can’t tell you
A history check shows finance, write-offs and mileage — not whether the cambelt was actually changed.
0 of 14
None of the 14 rival platforms we studied carry a verified, structured service history that travels onward.
Built for the gap
The “was it looked after?” record is the expensive, decisive part — it’s what we’re built for.
Where each one stops
What the other tools do — and where they stop
Four honest contrasts, framed by category — the capability gaps do the work, so no rival is named.
vs. history checks
They verify provenance — finance, write-offs, mileage. We add proof of care, an AI that answers on it, and handover.
vs. valuation apps
They give one number — usually the price they’d pay you. We give an independent valuation with nine market figures and never bid on your car.
vs. listing sites
They charge fees and upsell your buyer. We list free, take no cut, and attach verified history plus AI.
vs. marketplace AI
Their AI sells their own ad inventory. Ours is neutral, open and ad-free — a source your own AI trusts.
The whole loop, in one place
Verified history, AI-sold, driven from your own AI
Plenty of tools do one of these — none do all three together, and that’s not a feature, it’s a category.
History that travels
A verified service history the next owner inherits — digitised once, kept for the car’s life.
An AI that sells on it
A 24/7 AI sales agent answers buyers from the record and captures qualified leads.
Your own AI runs it
The only free, open, ad-free MCP you can sell, maintain and buy a car from — ChatGPT and Claude today (Gemini next).
And the extras
Free A4 “For Sale” printout, free V62, manufacturer-record recovery usually within hours from a third-party provider.
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See the difference free
Start your car’s verified record today — no card, no listing fees, and the report travels to the next owner.
