Compare what Motive and Samsara 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 Samsara
Samsara is the market-leading enterprise fleet platform, publicly traded and serving tens of thousands of operations across trucking, construction, field services and government. Its strengths are AI-powered dash cameras, real-time operations dashboards, a broad sensor ecosystem (trailers, reefers, equipment) and deep integrations, sold almost always on 36-month contracts.
Motive and Samsara 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. Samsara quotes per fleet rather than publishing prices; 2026 buyer data and procurement records typically show around $27 to $39 per vehicle per month for core telematics on 36-month terms, with camera licenses extra and hardware commonly $150 to $350 per vehicle when not bundled. 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
Both companies sell full fleet telematics, so the comparison above is like-for-like: the same vehicles, the same contract length, and each side's typical per-vehicle subscription and hardware. These are the two names most fleets shortlist together. Motive tends to win on price flexibility, shorter contracts and its trucking compliance heritage, while Samsara tends to win on AI camera maturity, enterprise integrations and breadth of sensors. For small trucking fleets Motive is usually the cheaper path; for larger mixed fleets Samsara's platform depth often justifies its premium.
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