AutoManager API
AutoManager publishes no API documentation for DeskManager or WebManager. Partner inventory feeds are FTP accounts negotiated with its programming team and export URLs are handed out by support; an api.automanager.com host exists but only reports IP authorization.
Frequently asked questions
AutoManager scores F on Supergood's API Report Card. AutoManager publishes no API documentation for DeskManager or WebManager. Partner inventory feeds are FTP accounts negotiated with its programming team and export URLs are handed out by support; an api.automanager.com host exists but only reports IP authorization.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
AutoManager is a Canoga Park, California dealer software company founded in 1987 that sells DeskManager, a dealer management system for independent used car, truck, RV, boat and powersports dealers, plus WebManager (dealer websites and marketplace syndication) and Selly Automotive CRM.
Automotive, small independent and buy here pay here dealers in the US and Canada, typically 2 to 10 employees. Dealers add vehicles by VIN, desk and finance deals, submit credit applications to lender networks from the deal screen, print state forms, run BHPH collections and payments, post accounting to QuickBooks, and sync inventory, photos and leads between DeskManager Online and their WebManager website, Facebook Marketplace and classifieds exports.
AutoManager says thousands of users across the US and Canada and has 239 Capterra reviews at 4.9, which makes it a recognized but mid sized independent dealer DMS well behind DealerCenter in volume.
Independent dealer system of record: customer PII and credit applications, BHPH loan accounts and payment histories, vehicle inventory, deal and contract data, payment processing records and accounting journals synced to QuickBooks.
Founded 1987; DeskManager was a Windows desktop product for decades and DeskManager Online (browser based) arrived around 2021.
User reports frequent printing glitches, having to pay for updates, being charged for help and being unable to access data from another computer without paying for another install. Reviewer says the dealership was "held hostage" until it paid the support fee. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include DealerCenter, Frazer, Wayne Reaves, Dealertrack. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Supergood's grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? Supergood checks six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and rolls them into a letter grade. Supergood re-verifies grades, and they only move on evidence.
Not that we could find. There is no official AutoManager MCP server in any public registry, and no maintained community server we're aware of. We re-verify this periodically — report an inaccuracy below if we missed one.
Not natively. AutoManager doesn't publish an MCP server, so MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex have nothing to connect to out of the box. If that changes, this page will reflect it.