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Ready-made deal or a $999 negotiation: Hunter Lease, CarEdge, AutoBandit and Leasehackr
By Azat Cutliahmetov, Hunter Lease·Checked October 4, 2026
Hunter Lease is a California platform of ready-made new-car lease and finance deals: the price is already negotiated, the fee is $195 at booking. The concierge services CarEdge, DriveMatch, Delivrd and Belgravia charge $999 or $1,000 for negotiation or access. Rate-data subscriptions at DriveMatch, Leasehackr and CarEdge cost $15 to $49 a month.
This comparison is written by Hunter Lease, one of the services in the table. The prices and terms of the others were taken from their own websites on October 4, 2026.
Bottom line
Hunter Lease comes out ahead on all 7 points compared here: A negotiated price on a new car; Bank numbers: money factor, residual, rate; An AI that emails dealers; A check that nobody beats the price; The car is not in the catalog, or you already hold an offer; Who is next to you at signing; If the numbers at the dealer come out higher.
The other services fit better in 4 cases, listed at the end of this page.
What each service charges as of October 4, 2026
- Hunter Lease charges $195 when you book a car. The catalog, the bank numbers and the best-price check are free at Hunter Lease.
- CarEdge Concierge costs $999 per car, paid in full before the search starts.
- CarEdge Pro costs $49 a month or $99 a year, and the CarEdge AI Buying Agent costs $49.99.
- DriveMatch Concierge costs $999 one time, and DriveMatch Pro costs $19.99 a month.
- Delivrd costs $1,000 to negotiate a new car.
- Belgravia charges $999 for access to its service and its private catalog.
- Leasehackr Rate Findr is open for a donation of $15, $25 or $35 a month, and the broker fee on Leasehackr PND runs from $0 to $699.
- AutoBandit shows the amount of its service fee at bid confirmation, and the AutoBandit fee is non-refundable.
What the Hunter Lease fee covers and what the same thing costs elsewhere
| Hunter Lease | Other services |
|---|---|
| A negotiated price on a new car | |
| $0 for negotiation.At Hunter Lease the price of each of the 10,615 cars is already negotiated with the dealer and sits in the catalog, with tax and fees. | CarEdge Concierge: $999 per car, payment "due 100% upfront".DriveMatch Concierge: $999 one time.Delivrd: $1,000, work starts after payment.Belgravia: $999 for access to a private catalog.Source: the Pricing, Concierge and payment pages of these services |
| Bank numbers: money factor, residual, rate | |
| Free.Hunter Lease shows the money factor, residual and rate on every car for free, with no sign-up. PRO mode is there for people who run their own math. | DriveMatch Pro: $19.99 a month. Without it: "Manual inputs only, no live rate data".Leasehackr Rate Findr: a donation of $15, $25 or $35 a month.CarEdge Pro: $49 a month or $99 a year: invoice price, target price and out-the-door.Source: the Pro and Rate Findr pages |
| An AI that emails dealers | |
| Not needed.At Hunter Lease there is nobody to haggle with: the price of the car is already negotiated. | CarEdge AI Buying Agent: $49.99 at the beta price against a regular $149, paid before the search starts.Source: CarEdge, homepage and Pricing |
| A check that nobody beats the price | |
| $0 at booking.At booking, Hunter Lease asks dealers, up to ten of them, for new final terms. If you bring a better written dealer offer and Hunter Lease cannot beat it, the $195 comes back. | CarEdge, DriveMatch, Delivrd: this is the concierge service itself, at $999 and $1,000.Belgravia: "We beat any written dealership offer with your name on it, or your $999 back".Source: the pages of these services |
| The car is not in the catalog, or you already hold an offer | |
| $149.A custom search for a car at Hunter Lease costs $149 and is not refunded. A check of a dealer offer you already hold costs $95: Hunter Lease looks for the same car for less, and if it does not find one in time, the fee comes back on its own. | Concierge: CarEdge $999, DriveMatch $999, Delivrd $1,000, Belgravia $999.Source: the pages of these services |
| Who is next to you at signing | |
| Included in the $195.A Hunter Lease delivery manager goes to the dealer with you or joins online, walks through the contract line by line and checks every number against the locked one. | AutoBandit, page for dealers: "We never negotiate, never bypass your sales flow". Dealers are promised "control, your margins, and the customer relationship".Leasehackr, terms: the deal stays "solely between you and" the seller.CarEdge, terms: "does not enter into final negotiations on behalf of Consumers".Source: AutoBandit For Dealers; the Terms of these services |
| If the numbers at the dealer come out higher | |
| $195 back.If the final number at the dealer is even one cent above what was locked at Hunter Lease, or the bank declines, the $195 fee is refunded in full. | AutoBandit: "cannot guarantee pricing be honored by dealers". The fee is "non-refundable".CarEdge Concierge: 24 hours after the consultation the fee is non-refundable "regardless of the outcome".Source: AutoBandit Terms of Use; CarEdge Pricing |
Prices and terms of the other services were checked on October 4, 2026 against their websites and terms. They change, so check at the source.
CarEdge, AutoBandit, Leasehackr or Hunter Lease: which one fits
- Hunter Lease fits if you want a new car in California with a ready price and every number shown before you pay.
- CarEdge fits if you need a car outside California or a used one: CarEdge works in all 50 states.
- AutoBandit fits if you like an auction: AutoBandit works in 16 states.
- Leasehackr fits if you want to build the deal yourself: Leasehackr has a free calculator and a forum of 144 thousand members.
- Belgravia fits if you want home delivery, a luxury or an exotic car in California.