Alternatives · fleet telematics
A Samsara alternative that keeps the hardware you already bought.
This one usually isn't a replacement at all. Samsara and Verizon Connect are strong telematics platforms, and the trackers in your vehicles are fine. What tends to be missing is everything that happens after the location data comes in: maintenance, assignments, costs and dispatch decisions, which live in three other places.
First, the honest part
When you should keep paying Samsara.
We'd rather tell you this on a first call than sell you a platform you don't need. If any of these sound like you, staying put is the right call.
- You mainly need compliance. ELD, HOS and DVIR are regulated, well solved by the incumbents, and not something to rebuild.
- Your fleet is small enough that the per-vehicle bill isn't a big number yet.
- You use their safety and dashcam programs seriously. That's hardware plus a review process, and it's a large thing to take on.
When people do move, this is usually why.
Your fleet data sits in its own portal
Locations in one tool, maintenance in a spreadsheet, assignments in somebody's head. The tracker portal shows you where a truck is but not what it costs you.
Maintenance is reactive
Service happens when something breaks on the road, which is the most expensive possible moment for it to happen.
Per-vehicle pricing adds up
Every truck you add increases the bill on a fixed schedule, whether or not that truck generates proportionally more value.
Nobody can say what a stop costs
Fuel, service and utilization by vehicle is the number that tells you which trucks make money and which cost you, and it usually isn't tracked anywhere.
How the money is shaped.
We describe how they charge rather than quoting figures. Current prices are Samsara's to quote and they change, but what the bill is tied to rarely does.
Samsara
Per vehicle, per month, on a contract term. Predictable, and it compounds directly with fleet growth.
GO Build Labs
One monthly fee for the platform. We connect to the trackers you already pay for, so this generally sits alongside a reduced telematics plan rather than replacing it outright.
See what it costs →What we build instead.
- A live fleet map fed by the trackers you already own
- Maintenance scheduled on mileage and history, with alerts before the breakdown
- Delivery steps with proof of delivery, built around how your drivers work
- Cost per vehicle in one place: fuel, service and utilization together
- Dispatch and billing in the same view
Questions people ask before switching.
Do we have to rip out our trackers?
No, and we'd advise against it. Most trackers let other systems read their data, and we build on the hardware you already own. What matters is putting that information next to maintenance, assignments and costs, which the tracker portal alone doesn't do.
What about ELD and hours-of-service compliance?
Keep it where it is. Compliance is regulated, well served by the incumbents, and a poor candidate for custom work. We build the day-to-day operations side and leave compliance alone.
Can drivers use it without training?
We design to that standard. Today's stops, one-tap status, photo proof of delivery. If a driver can use a phone camera, they can run their day in it.
What stops us ending up locked into you instead?
The custom code is yours from the day we start writing it, kept in an account your company owns, with the hosting in your name. If you leave, you take all of it and hire whoever you like. That's the real difference between owning software and renting it, and it's why the lock-in problem doesn't just move from one vendor to us.
Product and pricing-model information reflects Samsara's own public materials and was last reviewed August 2026. GO Build Labs is not affiliated with or endorsed by Samsara. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Not sure whether leaving Samsara is worth it?
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