Compare the real monthly and annual savings of the WEX and Motive Card fuel cards on your fleet's gallons, after fees.
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About WEX
The WEX Fleet Card is the most widely accepted fleet card in the United States, working at roughly 95 percent of fuel stations plus tens of thousands of service locations. Its strengths are universal acceptance, detailed purchase controls with driver IDs, automatic accounting data on every transaction, tax exemption reporting and access to the WEX EDGE savings network that also discounts tires, hotels and other business costs.
About Motive Card
The Motive Card is a no-fee fleet fuel card on the Mastercard network from Motive, the fleet management provider. It offers competitive diesel discounts wherever Mastercard is accepted, enhanced discounts at Loves and TA, up to 2.5 percent cashback on spend, real-time reporting and spend controls, and it integrates natively with the Motive fleet platform.
WEX and Motive Card pricing
WEX pricing is quote-driven, with independent reviews commonly reporting around $4 per card per month for the core Fleet Card. Rebates run 3 to 15 cents per gallon inside the WEX EDGE savings network and 1 to 3 cents elsewhere, with the top rates tied to fueling location and monthly volume; the truck-stop oriented Fleet Cross Roads card averages around 15 cents in-network. Motive advertises no activation, membership or hidden fees, no out-of-network station fees and no limit on discounts. Rather than a single published cents-per-gallon rate, savings combine cashback of up to 2.5 percent with deeper diesel discounts at partner truck stops, so the default discount here is an estimate to adjust after a quote. The calculator applies each card's discount to your monthly gallons, subtracts card fees, and compares net savings and effective price per gallon at the current diesel price.
How they compare
WEX's core strength is acceptance breadth: its discounts are modest outside the EDGE network, but the card works nearly everywhere, so its savings are dependable rather than spectacular. The Motive Card suits fleets already running Motive telematics, folding fuel spend into the same platform, and its cashback-plus-partner-discount model contrasts with a fixed per-gallon rebate. The honest comparison is a blended one: estimate what share of your gallons would actually earn each card's in-network rate on your real routes, set the discounts accordingly, and let the annual difference decide.
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