At a glance
- CarShots
- Free on every plan, set up yourself
- paymentsIQ
- Price not published, demo first
Side by side
| CarShots | paymentsIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free; Car Pages Pro adds CRM copies | Not published (pricing page asks for a demo) |
| Sign up | Yourself, in minutes | Through sales |
| Finance and lease payments | Yes | Yes (payments page) |
| Dealer-set rates and terms | Yes, by credit band, new and used | Yes |
| State tax and lease tax rules | Built in for every state | Not stated |
| "Cars in my budget" | No | Yes |
| Soft credit pull | No | Optional, with your 700Credit account (700Credit sheet) |
| Lead scoring | Car Pages shows who is looking and how often | Hot, warm or cool score |
| CRM copy (ADF/XML) | Car Pages Pro | Yes |
| Also includes | Car Pages, studio photos, window stickers | Sold with Protomiq's other tools |
paymentsIQ facts from protomiq.com, checked 2026-11-02.
Who makes paymentsIQ
TradePending renamed itself Protomiq in 2026 (our story). It bought AutoAPR, a payment calculator company, in 2022 (Auto Remarketing), and AutoAPR became paymentsIQ. Searches for TradePending and AutoAPR now land on protomiq.com.
When each fits
- paymentsIQ fits a dealer group that wants a soft credit pull and inventory matched to a budget, and already buys Protomiq's trade-in tools.
- CarShots fits a dealer who wants payments on every car today, without a demo or a contract, and wants it on the same page as studio photos and the window sticker.