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Should a dealership hire a videographer or use VroomVideo?

Book a videographer for the few cars where a walkaround, engine sound or a person on camera sells the car. Use VroomVideo for every other car on the lot, because it makes the video from the listing in about three minutes for $9 and needs nobody on site. Most dealers end up doing both.

Updated September 12, 2026 · by VroomVideo

Side by side

Videographer VroomVideo
Input The car on the lot, on shoot day The listing link, or the photos and one line of details
Turnaround Days About three minutes
Cost Per day or per shoot, plus editing $9 per car, first video free
Can show Walkaround, engine, interior in motion, people The listing photos in motion, the numbers in type
Cannot show Cars that were not there on shoot day Anything not in the photos
Branding Whatever you brief Your logo, accent colour, headline font, dealer card
Formats What you ask for 9:16, 4:5 and 16:9 of every car, included
Re-cuts New edit, new invoice Free, about a minute
Scales with inventory Only with more shoot days Yes; each listing is its own input

When to book the videographer

  • A flagship car where a buyer wants to hear it start.
  • A showroom or brand film.
  • Anything with a person on camera.

When to use VroomVideo

  • Every car that gets listed, the day it is listed.
  • Cars that sell before a shoot day would come round.
  • Ads where the price and the mileage are the message.

Questions

Can VroomVideo replace a videographer entirely?

For per-listing social ads, yes. For brand films, showroom tours and anything with people in it, no; those need a camera.

Does the videographer's footage look better?

A good videographer's footage looks better on the cars they shoot. The question is what the other cars get. VroomVideo's videos look like the listing photos in motion, because that is what they are.

Try it

Make a video from a car you are selling right now.