Compare what Motive and Fleetio would cost your fleet per month and over a full contract. Adjust every figure to match your quotes.
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About Motive
Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) built its business on ELD compliance for trucking and has grown into a full fleet platform covering GPS tracking, AI dash cams, fuel management, driver safety scoring and its own fleet fuel card. It is particularly strong with owner operators and small to mid-size trucking fleets, and is one of the few major providers offering shorter contract terms, with 12-month minimums common.
About Fleetio
Fleetio is fleet maintenance management software rather than a telematics system: it handles service schedules, work orders, inspections (DVIRs), parts, fuel logs and asset records, with unlimited users on every plan. It is software-only, pulls location and odometer data from telematics providers such as Samsara and Geotab via integrations, and offers flexible terms including monthly rolling contracts.
Motive and Fleetio pricing
Motive does not publish fixed prices, but third-party estimates and buyer reports in 2026 consistently place it around $20 to $45 per vehicle per month depending on the plan, with hardware often discounted or bundled on longer terms. Fleetio publishes its prices: in 2026 the Essential plan is about $4 per vehicle per month billed annually ($5 monthly), Professional $7 and Premium $10, with a 5-vehicle minimum and no hardware to buy. That makes it far cheaper than telematics platforms, because it solves a different problem. The calculator multiplies each side's per-vehicle subscription by your fleet size and contract length, adds upfront hardware, and compares contract totals, which is the only fair way to compare offers with different hardware and term structures.
How they compare
One is a telematics platform and the other is maintenance software, so this is a budget comparison rather than a substitute comparison: many fleets run both, connected by integration. These are different product categories that many fleets run together: Motive supplies the telematics, ELD and cameras, while Fleetio manages maintenance, work orders and inspections, and can consume Motive data via integration. Compare them on cost only if you are deciding which problem to solve first, not as substitutes.
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