Know Before You Buy
The AI-Powered Car Buying Platform That Brings Transparency to Every Automotive Transaction
SmartBuyerAI brings clarity to the cost of buying or servicing a vehicle by reviewing the key details that affect what consumers pay—before they make a decision.
Review Your Purchase Offer for Free
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How SmartBuyerAI Reviews Your Purchase Offer
Upload your purchase offer and SmartBuyerAI reviews the transaction. In minutes, you'll receive your SmartBuyer Score™ and see Potential Savings that may be worth a closer look.
Upload Your Quote
Upload the purchase offer or dealer quote you received. SmartBuyerAI reviews the transaction and shows you what may need attention.
SmartBuyer Transparency Review
SmartBuyerAI reviews the total cost, trade, financing, and other key transaction details using defined rules and automotive data.
Your SmartBuyer Score™
See how your transaction measures up overall.
Potential Savings
See Potential Savings SmartBuyerAI identifies, along with items you may want to review, question, or clarify before you buy.
Understand the Numbers Behind Your Next Vehicle Purchase
Looking for the best car buying service starts with knowing what you're actually being offered. SmartBuyerAI reviews the total cost, trade value, and financing terms behind your purchase offer, bringing the results together in your SmartBuyer Score™ and highlighting Potential Savings.
Total Cost
Look beyond the sticker price. SmartBuyerAI reviews the costs that make up your purchase offer, including dealer fees and add-ons to give you a clearer picture of what your vehicle may really cost.
Trade Evaluation
Know how your trade offer measures up. Our AI car buying platform gives you an independent read on your trade against the automotive data the industry uses, helping you understand whether the value you're being offered is fair.
Financing and Payment
Know what your financing may really cost you. SmartBuyerAI reviews financing and payment terms and flags where the transaction may be costing you more than you realize.
Combining Advanced AI With Real Car Buying Experts
SmartBuyerAI combines advanced technology with decades of real-world automotive experience. Built with firsthand expertise in dealership operations and automotive finance, the platform focuses on the questions, costs, and concerns that matter when buying a vehicle.
AI-Powered Analysis
Our technology analyzes key parts of your purchase offer against automotive data, helping you understand the total cost, trade, and financing and identify what may need a closer look.
Human Automotive Expertise
Kevin Herlehy brings 26 years of dealership and finance experience to the SmartBuyerAI platform, helping ensure the technology is built around the questions, costs, and concerns that matter when buying a vehicle.
See How SmartBuyerAI Is Different
Go beyond virtual quotes and concierge services. Evaluate your actual purchase offer at the dealership before you sign.
You've found the vehicle and received an offer. Now you need to know whether the purchase offer in front of you makes sense. See how SmartBuyerAI differs from services that shop or negotiate on your behalf and tools built around market estimates or virtual quotes.
Primary role
Brokers & Concierge Services
Helps manage the buying process
Virtual Quote & AI Tools
Researches pricing or contacts dealers
SmartBuyerAI
Best ChoiceIndependently reviews your actual purchase offer
Vehicle and dealer choice
Brokers & Concierge Services
May guide the search or selection
Virtual Quote & AI Tools
Works through remote dealer outreach
SmartBuyerAI
Best ChoiceAny vehicle, from any dealer
Information reviewed
Brokers & Concierge Services
Varies by service
Virtual Quote & AI Tools
Market data and virtual dealer quotes
SmartBuyerAI
Best ChoiceYour purchase offer from the dealership
Transaction analysis
Brokers & Concierge Services
May focus on price negotiation
Virtual Quote & AI Tools
Compares remotely obtained pricing
SmartBuyerAI
Best ChoiceReviews price, fees, financing, trade-in, and optional products
Buyer involvement
Brokers & Concierge Services
May make or manage decisions for you
Virtual Quote & AI Tools
AI assists with research or negotiation
SmartBuyerAI
Best ChoiceYou remain in control of every decision
When it helps
Brokers & Concierge Services
During the search and negotiation process
Virtual Quote & AI Tools
Before or during remote dealer outreach
SmartBuyerAI
Best ChoiceAt the dealership, before you sign
Meet the Car Buying Experts Behind SmartBuyerAI
SmartBuyerAI was founded by automotive industry experts with decades of experience across dealership operations, automotive finance, and the vehicle buying process. Their firsthand industry knowledge helped shape a platform designed to bring greater transparency and trust to automotive transactions.
Kevin Herlehy
Co-Founder, CEO & Architect of SmartBuyerAI
Dylan Herlehy
Co-Founder of SmartBuyerAI
Choose Your SmartBuyer Access
Free SmartBuyer Scan
$0
Upload one vehicle purchase offer and get your SmartBuyer Score™ at no cost.
Get Your Free Scan- Your SmartBuyer Score™
- The total potential-savings amount identified
- A limited summary of the findings
- A downloadable results summary
30-Day SmartBuyer Pass
$29.95
Full access for consumers actively buying a vehicle who want more than one review without an annual membership.
Choose 30-Day Pass- Full access to Purchase Offer Transparency Reviews
- Multiple quote and estimate uploads for personal use
- The ability to compare several dealerships
- Reviews of revised quotes after negotiating
- Complete scoring and potential-savings analysis
- Explanations of pricing, add-ons, trade, financing, and payment
- Specific questions and next steps to take back to the dealer
- Service Repair Analysis — Coming Soon
SmartBuyer Annual
$79.95
Complete SmartBuyer access for 12 months: $6.66 per month, billed annually at $79.95. Renews annually at $69.95.
Choose Annual- Full Purchase Offer Transparency Review access for 12 months
- Multiple quote and estimate uploads for personal use
- Revised-quote and revised-estimate verification
- Complete scoring and potential-savings analysis
- Full explanations and recommended next steps
- Ongoing purchase support and ownership protection
- Service Repair Analysis — Coming Soon
Frequently Asked Questions
SmartBuyerAI is an AI-powered platform that gives you a clearer view of your automotive transaction before you buy. It reviews total cost, trade value, and financing to show how your purchase offer measures up, highlight Potential Savings, and identify what may need your attention.
Know Before You Buy.
SmartBuyerAI brings clarity to the cost of buying or servicing a vehicle by reviewing the key details that affect what consumers pay—before they make a decision.