Compare the real monthly and annual savings of the Coast and Pilot Fleet Card 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 Pilot Fleet Card
Pilot's Axle fleet card pairs fuel savings with a flexible line of credit, no upfront restrictions or hard credit checks, discounts on truck maintenance and access to Pilot rewards perks such as Prime Parking and showers. The catch is coverage: it works mainly at Pilot, Flying J and One9 locations in the US and Canada.
Coast and Pilot Fleet Card 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. Pilot advertises no fees and average savings around 27 cents per gallon at its own network, one of the stronger headline rates in our guide, but earned only at Pilot family locations, so route fit decides the real-world figure. 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. Pilot offers big in-network discounts and trucker perks, but only inside the Pilot, Flying J and One9 network, so its value is a direct function of whether your lanes already pass those stops. 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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