Best Fleet Management Software – 2023 Comparison

1. Verizon Connect: Best Overall Fleet Management Software

Verizon Connect beat every other fleet management system our research team reviewed, earning a 4.7/5 overall score. It has a wealth of features covering just about all a fleet could need, as well as around-the-clock support through both phone and email. We recommend it for all major fleet industries, from construction and transport to retailers everywhere.

Verizon's features include excellent efficiency features, with automatic route optimization, alerts, and diagnostics. It provides the best tracking features of any fleet system (mileage tracking, geofencing, custom locations, and more) and extensive driver management functionality, all with fast 30-second data refresh rates. Our testers particularly like the drag-and-drop live map interface, which is similar to Google Maps and offers a “street view” that lets managers see through their drivers' dash cams in real time.

It also includes the bells and whistles that some fleet systems in this guide go without: Verizon users will get tools for crash reporting, theft prevention, engine temperature tracking, and detailed fuel management. Together with Samsara, Verizon is the only system we've reviewed to offer integrations with third-party GPS maps.

Verizon is a particular great fit for an established business that has the resources to take advantage of every tool, as well as the long-term commitment to handle the service's three-year minimum contract lengths. But the service has something for everyone, at a price that works.

Read more about our favorite fleet management system in Tech.co's full Verizon Connect Reveal review.

2. Samsara: Best for Features

Samsara is a top fleet management system, with an unbeatable 4.7/5 overall score that ties with Verizon. The service shares a lot of its best traits in common with Verizon, too: They both stand out for their driver and vehicle management tools (both have a 5/5 score for these categories), around-the-clock customer phone support, and lots of integrations.

Our testers ultimately rated Samsara a fraction under Verizon for two reasons. First, Verizon's refresh rate is 30 seconds, while Samsara's rate can vary between 30 and 60 seconds. Second, Verizon operates in more regions: Both are available in the US, UK, and Canada, but Verizon operates in Australia, while Samsara does not.

Like Verizon, Samsara does not make its prices public. Our research team estimates Samsara may charge between $27 and $33 per vehicle per month for its software, while hardware may cost between $99 and $148, with reduced costs for long contracts. Samsara comes with a lengthy three-year contract minimum and doesn't offer free installation.

Samsara's best features include customizable alerts and reports, weather alerts, and a panic button at no extra cost, as well as everything a large fleet needs for tracking maintenance and streamlining efficiency. Read our full Samsara Fleet review for more.

3. Teletrac Navman TN360: Best for Smart Reporting and Short Contracts

Teletrac Navman's TN360 is our highest rated fleet system to offer short one-year contracts, which gives fleets the best features and support available without a lengthy commitment. We rated the TN360 4.6/5 overall, putting it just a hair under the 4.7/5 scores for top systems Verizon and Samsara (which both have three-year minimum contracts).

It's a particularly great option for construction fleets, too, since it offers top-notch vehicle tracking and driver behavior tools. These tools include autogenerated fleet reports, geofencing, driver ID, and crash reporting. The TN360's smart analysis features will help guide users through the creation of useful data-driven reports.

Hardware limitations like a lack of engine temperature tracking mean that TN360 isn't the best for some specific organizations, but it's better overall than nearly all other systems our research team examined. Pricing can vary, depending on the features and contract being used, but our researchers estimate $25 per vehicle per month to be an accurate average for TN360's costs.

4. Omnitracs: Great for GPS Tracking and Route Optimization

Omnitracs is a great system for fleets that need complex and trustworthy vehicle tracking and routing tools. Refresh rates are near-real time, and the service includes traffic and weather alerts to earn a perfect 5/5 vehicle tracking score, beating Samsara and tying with Verizon (overall, Omnitracs scores a still-impressive 4.5/5).

Omnitracs is a good pick for rapid delivery services, as its tools prioritize quick travel and arrival times, which are important for cargo shipments or package deliveries. Fuel card integrations are also offered, although Omnitracs only integrates with Transportation Management System software, down from Samsara's five fuel card partners or Nextraq's 25 options.

The two noteworthy features that you won't find with Omnitracs are crash reporting, which some systems offer to automatically alert managers in the case of a collision, and vehicle temperature measurement. This is part of why our team rated Verizon the best route planning software, above Omnitracs' second-place ranking in that category.

The Omnitracs system earned a perfect 5/5 score for support, standing out for 24/7/365 phone hours as well as free installation, which is a helpful perk that neither Verizon nor Samsara offers users. Prices are not public, although Omnitracs does offer one-year contracts just like Teletrac.

Read our full Omnitracs review for more on pricing, support, and  features.

5. Azuga: Best for Retail Fleets

Azuga (4.3/5 overall) offers great tools for retailers, since it can speed up delivery runs with unbeatable fuel optimization and strong vehicle tracking functions. Azuga's fuel-related features include reports, fuel consumption trend data, card integrations, and a range of alerts from low fuel to which nearby gas stations are nearest or cheapest.

Azuga's vehicle tracking power comes from custom locations, state mileage reports, and automatic route optimization complete with notifications for traffic and weather.

The service's refresh rate are okay, but have a wide range: They can be between 30 seconds and 59 minutes, depending on how much you'd like to pay for faster refresh times. The 30-second maximum rate is as good as anything you'll get from our top services, Verizon and Samsara, although if you want the most real-time possible rates, you should check out Motive and its blazing fast 1-3 second refresh rates.

Azuga's three plans cost $25, $30, and $35 per vehicle per month, respectively. While these prices are around the industry average, our researcher don't rate Azuga highly for price, for two reasons. The system comes with three-year contract minimums, and users will have to opt for the service's most expensive plan to get active GPS tracking (a key tool for gaining access to Azuga's great vehicle tracking toolset).

Check out our full Azuga review for the full details, including sub-category scores.

6. Nextraq: Best for Avoiding Contracts

Nextraq (4.3/5 score) is the highest-overall-rated fleet management service (FMS) to offer monthly contracts rather than one-to-three years. This makes it a flexible choice for a fleet that only operates on a seasonal basis, or that may need to pause its operation for months on end.

The service might also be a good choice for a fleet that already uses a fleet management system, but wants to switch. This is because Nextraq offers more fuel card integrations than average, covering 25 different brands, so it is likely to support the one a fleet already uses. Plus, the service makes its pricing public, so you'll know what you're in for.

Unlike many fleet services including Samsara and Verizon, Nextraq's safety tools don't include crash reporting or a panic button for fast emergency support. Drivers will have to use two-way messaging to notify managers of a problem. The service doesn't have the 24/7 support that many other options offer, either: Phone support is available during working hours and from 8 am to 3 pm on Saturdays.

Nextraq's plans start at $99 per month, and include $149 per month and $499 per month, putting the service above our industry average estimates of around $25 or $30 per month.

7. Lytx: Great for AI Alerts

Lytx offers artificial intelligence-powered alerts, something no other fleet system has. These notifications can identify problems and highlight them for managers, aided by the service's support for real-time dash cams. Combined, these tools make the service a top pick for a system that monitors drivers and collects video evidence.

The service has good driver management tools, including video telematics, with good-not-great scores across most categories that together earned it a 4.3/5 overall score from our research team.

Some of the good features include a video telematics installation team that's available virtually and in person, monthly contracts that won't lock you in for years, geofencing alerts, and Driver ID. However, Lytx doesn't offer other common features. It doesn't let managers set up custom locations for dispatching vehicles. Lytx is the only system in this guide — from Verizon to Geotab — that lacks driver messaging, a common feature that allows managers to send chat messages to drivers. Perhaps the biggest concern is a lack of security tools: Lytx doesn't have a panic button or theft prevention.

Lytx's pricing isn't public. The service says that prices vary depending on features and number of vehicles, so you'll have to get a fleet system quote to learn more.

8. Motive: Best for Fast Refresh Times

Motive is the only top-rated fleet system (4.2/5 overall) to offer one-second to three-second refresh times. This allows for an incredibly fast manager response time to driver emergencies or routine problems. Our researchers found most higher rated systems (like top picks Verizon and Samsara) offer 30-second refresh minimums, while others might go minutes or hours between GPS pings.

Motive has a strong value-to-cost ratio, offering impressive five-year warranties for most hardware and earning a higher score for price than any higher-overall service. Verizon and Samsara both score just 2.5 for price, compared to Motive's 3.9 score. Motive's great driver safety tools are another stand-out function, due to a Safety hub within the software dashboard that logs all driving events, guides managers through the process of coaching drivers, and updates a performance leaderboard to gamify safety across the entire team.

Unfortunately, Motive's pricing is not public, so you'll need to get in touch to confirm that the service is in your price range.

November 2023 update: New features added by Motive within the last year include a new telematics-equipped fuel card, an asset tracking device, and an AI dash cam.

It's a poor choice for Canadian fleets, as many core features are US-only — up to and including dispatch, a core tool for sending vehicles out on routes. See our Samsara vs Motive comparison page for more detail.

9. Rand McNally: Great for Android-Only Users

Rand McNally's fleet system has good tracking tools, short contracts, and one big problem for iOS users: Its mobile apps for both fleet managers and drivers will work on Android devices only. The lack of iOS support as well as some features pulls down our score, bringing it to 4.1/5 overall.

The contract lengths are impressive: Rand McNally allows customers to start with a six-month initial contract and has just a ten-day cancelation policy (compared to the standard 30 days). This undercuts Teletrac Navman's one-year contract minimum, although we still rate Teletrac higher for its wide range of features.

Other perks of the system include two-way messaging with the ability to create unlimited pre-set messages, as well as two less common fleet tools: Geofencing and traffic notifications. Limited fuel features don't include fuel card integrations or data on fuel purchases. Like Lytx, Rand McNally does not offer custom locations, a tool which some other systems offer to better optimize routing and dispatch.

As with other service like Lytx or Motive, Rand McNally is not transparent about their pricing, so you'll need to get a quote to know how much their service will cost.

10. Geotab: Great for Dependability

That said, some features are lacking: Theft prevention, traffic alerts, and crash reporting are not offered. Other tools have a limited functionality. You'll get more detailed and capable maintenance tracking features with Samsara or Verizon than with Geotab.

Geotab's pricing isn't public, but our research team estimates potential ranges may be between between $80 and $120 for a single hardware unit, with the option for renting a hardware and software package for around $30 to $40 per month per vehicle.

Check out the full Geotab fleet management review for an in-depth look at the features, pricing, and support.

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