CarShots vs AutoBio

It was. TradePending renamed itself Protomiq on April 27, 2026, after more than a decade under the old name, and AutoBio is now a Protomiq product. Protomiq says more than 5,000 dealerships in the US and Canada use its tools. Besides AutoBio, it sells tradeIQ for trade-in values, paymentsIQ for payment estimates, offerIQ for cash offers, Service Offers and Value Watch, and it says each one sends what it learns about a shopper to the dealer's CRM.

If you searched for TradePending to sign in, the Login link is at the top of protomiq.com.

AutoBio lives on your website's car pages. A shopper who lands on a car sees its report, with CARFAX history, safety ratings, awards, window stickers, photos and videos, without leaving your site, and Protomiq says that keeps shoppers there longer. Salespeople can send a past lead the report too, and AutoBio alerts your team when that lead comes back to it.

A Car Page is a page of its own for each car, made from your CarShots shoot. Salespeople text or email it to a shopper as a personal link, or put 2 to 6 cars in one link for a shopper deciding between them. The QR card on the window opens it, and pages with 4 or more photos, a price, the VIN and your city can show up in search. Car Pages Pro adds a badge for your website's car pages and an inventory feed, so shoppers on your site can open the Car Page too.

Protomiq says AutoBio gathers information from several sources into one report for each VIN: CARFAX history, safety ratings, awards and recognition, window stickers, photos and videos, with your dealership's branding. Its site doesn't say whether the report shows recalls, your fees or service records.

A Car Page leads with the car's studio photos and its 15-second walkaround video. Under them come the window sticker, labeled by where it came from (the automaker's original, one you upload, or a spec sheet from the VIN), the model's recalls from NHTSA, a link to your CARFAX or AutoCheck report, your price with your fees and the total, the Buyers Guide on used cars, and a form for questions.

Both tools tell your team when a shopper comes back. Protomiq says AutoBio tracks every interaction with a report, feeds that behavior back to your team, and fires an alert in your CRM when a past lead returns to a report, through a two-way CRM integration.

Car Pages counts real views on every plan, leaving out link scanners, and emails a daily summary. Car Pages Pro adds who's looking: each shopper's visits by device, the time they spent on each part of the page and how much of the video they watched, with a hot score of Hot, Warm or Browsing. It sends live alerts by email and text with a suggested reply, including when a link opens on a second device, which can mean the car was passed to a co-buyer. It also gives you leads for your CRM: a template link and ADF/XML lead emails, which work with any CRM that takes ADF email leads. Those aren't certified integrations, so if a two-way CRM connection matters most, AutoBio has the edge.

Protomiq doesn't publish AutoBio's price. Its pricing page asks you to fill in a form before it shows starting prices, and its team builds a package to fit your needs and budget. Its website terms say each dealer's contract is a separate written agreement, so ask about the term and the notice period on the demo.

Car Pages are included with CarShots at $50 a month for 333 photos, month to month. Car Pages Pro is $149 a month per rooftop with the same photos included. Your first car is free, up to 10 photos with no card, and gets its own page, so you can see one before you pay. Prices are on our pricing page.