JOEY

JOEY is a lead follow-up tool for individual car salespeople, built to work within a dealership’s existing CRM rather than replace it. It is most suited to reps who want calls, texts, and emails organized in one workflow and are comfortable reviewing drafts before they reach customers. Its strongest fit is with DriveCentric or Tekion users; it is not yet an option for unattended outreach.

Overview

JOEY brings lead activity across calls, texts, and emails into one place, with recurring follow-ups and six-step task sequences. Because it operates through the CRM’s existing screens, a dealership need not migrate to a new system to use it. That focus makes JOEY a complement to a salesperson’s CRM, not a replacement for one.

JOEY says it works with any CRM, but its deepest support is for DriveCentric and Tekion, while VinSolutions support is being added. Reps using the first two have the clearest fit. Others may value the broad compatibility claim, but should weigh it against the narrower support depth.

The current workflow is draft-only: JOEY prepares replies for a person to review and send. Guarded sending, single-pilot live use, and full-agent dealership use are unreleased. The human checkpoint preserves control over customer messages, but means JOEY cannot yet take follow-up off a rep’s hands.

Key features

• Multichannel lead activity: Calls, texts, and emails are handled in one place. This suits reps who want a unified follow-up workflow, though it does not eliminate the need for human review and sending.
• Recurring follow-ups and sequences: JOEY supports recurring follow-ups and six-step task sequences, giving reps a structure for continued lead contact. The product’s draft-only status still leaves a person responsible for approving and sending replies.
• Existing-CRM workflow: JOEY works through the CRM’s current screens, avoiding a required replacement or migration. The practical benefit is strongest for users of DriveCentric and Tekion, where support is deepest.
• Compliance gate: Automated outreach requires business identity verification for TCPA compliance, a process taking 1–2 business days. This is a necessary setup consideration for businesses planning outreach; the current draft-only workflow does not send customer messages on its own.

Pricing

JOEY has a free plan and paid monthly tiers, plus custom enterprise terms and metered pay-as-you-go rates. The free plan begins with 14 days at full Pro limits, then drops to 25 texts, 25 emails, and 20 dialer calls per day. That can help an individual assess the workflow, but the daily caps make it a limited fit for sustained high-volume follow-up.

Green Pea is the lower-cost paid choice for reps whose daily activity fits its 100-text, 100-email, and 50-call limits. Pro costs $200 a month and removes the stated daily cap, but usage remains subject to fair-use limits and safety guards. Pro Beast adds dedicated capacity and queue priority; Concierge is for buyers who also want account management and operational help. Enterprise suits larger dealership groups that need scoped terms. Pay as you go avoids a monthly plan but charges per action, so its fit depends on activity volume. Email support is included on all plans; phone and email support are available on Pro and higher.

Platforms

The web dashboard and hosted JOEY Virtual Machine are ready. The Chrome extension, iPhone and Android apps, CarPlay, and desktop apps are coming soon. Although the platform list spans web, mobile, browser extension, macOS, and Windows, the ready options are currently the web dashboard and hosted virtual machine; buyers seeking a ready mobile or desktop app should look elsewhere for now.

Who it's for

JOEY is best suited to individual car salespeople who want lead follow-up organized around an existing dealership CRM, especially users of DriveCentric or Tekion. Its human-review workflow fits reps who want to retain control over every customer message. It is a weaker fit for teams expecting autonomous outreach, or for users who need a ready mobile or desktop app today.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Works through the dealership’s existing CRM screens, avoiding a required system replacement or migration.
• Pros: Keeps calls, texts, and emails together and supports recurring follow-ups and six-step sequences.
• Pros: Pro has no stated daily cap, with fair-use rate limits and safety guards, and adds phone support.
• Cons: Drafts require human review and sending; autonomous outreach capabilities are unreleased.
• Cons: Free usage falls to daily channel caps after 14 days, and Green Pea also has daily quotas.
• Cons: Ready access is limited to the web dashboard and hosted JOEY Virtual Machine; the listed apps are coming soon.

Alternatives

Sales Follow-Up Software is a useful starting point for comparing tools in the category. Consider Fellow if you want a freemium option whose free plan includes five lifetime AI notes per user. FollowUpThen may fit a lighter follow-up need: its free plan allows 50 active followups per month, and its Base Plan is $5 a month.

Avoma is another freemium option, with a Startup plan at $19 a month billed annually and free view-only seats. CloseFlow offers a 30-day free account period with no payment method required and no automatic charge. Sybill has a free tier with 500 credits per week per user and 20 AI meeting summaries and briefs per month. Oc8via offers a free plan with 50 credits per month, three AI follow-ups, and one team member. OptiKratos Email may suit an email-focused need, with a free tier of 15,000 emails per month. ReplySequence is another option to compare for follow-up workflows.

Verdict

Choose JOEY if you are an individual car salesperson who wants multichannel follow-up inside an existing dealership CRM, particularly DriveCentric or Tekion, and wants to review messages before they go out. Its main advantage is a focused workflow without CRM migration; its main limitation is that a person must still approve and send drafts, with mobile and desktop apps not yet ready. Check the daily quotas and choose a plan that matches your activity before committing.