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CDK Global alternatives

CDK Global alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses

CDK Global: Around US$30,000 a month typical spend, plus $10,000-$40,000 setup and $175-$700 per rooftop.

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What people compare CDK Global with

CDK Global's own materials put the average dealership's spend near USD $30,000 a month, with integration fees of $10,000 to $40,000 plus $175 to $700 a month per rooftop on top. Owners look elsewhere after bills like that, and after CDK's June 2024 ransomware outage locked roughly 15,000 dealerships out of their own operations for two weeks.

Often compared

Pentana eraPower

Runs the same dealer management system model as CDK in New Zealand and Australia, priced on an unpublished per-rooftop quote rather than a published rate card.

Often compared

Titan DMS

Also custom-quoted per rooftop for New Zealand and Australian dealers, an incumbent alongside Pentana eraPower rather than a published-price option.

Yours to own

Dealership for Claude Code

The open-source dealer management system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your CDK Global data brought across.

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How to choose

How to choose a CDK Global alternative

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    What your bill is tied to

    A per-rooftop, per-module licence grows as you add sales, service, parts, CRM or reporting add-ons, and third parties can be charged $175 to $700 a month per rooftop just to reach your own records. Check whether the bill tracks what the software does or just the module count.

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    Whether your records stay yours

    Ask where your customers, stock, deals and repair orders actually live and who controls access to them. If reaching your own data costs a separate integration fee, or a two-week outage locks you out entirely, the records are not really yours to use.

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    Whether it fits your own rules and fields

    Compliance checks like CIN, PPSR and AML are often sold as premium tiers rather than built into the everyday workflow. Confirm whether the thresholds, fields and gates you actually need are included, or whether you are paying more to switch them on.

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    What the switch involves

    Moving off any dealer management system means exporting stock lists, customer lists and repair order history, usually as CSV files, and re-entering or importing them into the new system. Ask what a vendor charges for conversion, and what you keep if you leave again.

The option that fits

Own the version built around how your dealership runs

Dealership for Claude Code keeps the same records, customers, stock, deals, repair orders and parts, in a database you own, run in plain language rather than through per-seat licences. Enterprise DNA builds each business its own version, brings your CDK Global data across, and runs it for you for one setup fee, then a monthly retainer. There is also a free version an owner can run themselves.

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Design your own CDK Global replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from CDK Global. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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Questions

CDK Global alternatives, answered

How much does CDK Global actually cost a dealership? expand_more

CDK's own materials put the average dealership's spend near USD $30,000 a month once the usual ten to fifteen bolt-ons are counted. On top of that, integration fees of $10,000 to $40,000 plus $175 to $700 a month per rooftop are charged just for third-party tools to reach the dealer's own data.

What do Pentana eraPower and Titan DMS charge in New Zealand and Australia? expand_more

Neither publishes a rate card. Both run the same per-rooftop dealer management system model as CDK, with pricing given as a custom, unpublished quote for each dealership rather than a fixed monthly figure you can compare in advance.

Can I move my CDK Global, Pentana or Titan data into a system I own? expand_more

Yes. Dealer management systems export stock lists, customer lists and repair order history as CSV files, and that export can be imported into a database you own, with re-imports updating records rather than duplicating them.

Does the free version fully replace a dealer management system? expand_more

It covers the lot, the deals, the workshop, the parts and the money, which is the whole day-to-day surface. It does not connect to OEM systems, finance companies or your accounting ledger on its own. Those connections can be added when Enterprise DNA builds your version.

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