How does the plain-English search work?

Scout uses AI language parsing (OpenAI) to read details like make, model, year range, price, mileage and location from your description. It shows you what it understood before saving, and you can edit any of it.

Where does Scout search?

Anywhere in the United States. You can search by ZIP code, city or state. By default Scout looks within 50 miles of your location, and you can change the radius.

Yes. The Free plan costs nothing, needs no credit card, and includes one active saved search, a daily inventory refresh and a daily email roundup. Scout Pro costs $9.99 per month and adds up to 10 active saved searches, checks every six hours, new-match emails after each check and price-drop alerts.

AI CAR SEARCH

AI car search: describe the used car you want

Most car sites make you translate what you want into filters. Scout works the other way around: you write a sentence, and Scout turns it into a search you can review, save and keep watching.

What you can say

Scout understands the details people usually care about when buying a used car. A few examples of descriptions that work well:

“Toyota RAV4 hybrid, 2020 or newer, under 40k miles, near Austin”
“A reliable sedan under $12,000 with low mileage within 25 miles of 33602”
“Ford F-150 crew cab 4x4, 2018–2021, under $35,000 in Ohio”
“Red Mazda MX-5 Miata with a manual transmission”

You stay in control of the search

AI parsing can misread a description, so Scout always shows you the criteria it understood before saving and lets you edit them. The saved search uses those confirmed criteria — not a guess — every time it checks inventory.

From one search to ongoing alerts

Once your search is saved, Scout keeps checking dealer inventory and emails you new matches: daily on Free, every six hours on Pro, with price-drop alerts on Pro.