Compare the real monthly and annual savings of the Coast and TCS fuel cards on your fleet's gallons, after fees.
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About Coast
Coast is a modern fleet and fuel card built on the Visa network, so it works at any station that takes Visa with no network to plan routes around. It requires no personal guarantee, charges no per-transaction fees in the US, and its app lets owners set spending policies by driver, vehicle, day or merchant category with real-time alerts, plus 1 percent back on non-fuel business purchases.
About TCS
TCS (TransConnect Services) targets truckers and owner operators with the highest average savings in our guide, alongside personalized account management, dashboard snapshots and a station finder app, available in the US and Canada. Its constraint is network size, with over 2,300 in-network stations, far fewer than the broad-acceptance cards.
Coast and TCS pricing
Coast costs $4 per active user per month with no inactive card fees. Fuel savings of 3 to 9 cents per gallon are applied on your statement at any gas retailer, alongside 1 percent back on non-fuel spend, so the discount travels with you rather than depending on an in-network station. TCS advertises average savings around 53 cents per gallon at in-network stations, the highest headline figure we track, typically with no signup cost; the trade-off is that the savings only exist where the network does. 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
Coast's pitch is simplicity: one flat discount that works at every Visa-accepting station, modern software controls and no personal guarantee, rather than a station network you have to fuel inside to earn the headline rate. TCS pairs the biggest headline discount in the guide with the smallest network, so it wins outright when your routes pass its stations and loses quickly when they do not. 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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