Fleetio vs. Samsara

Samsara tracks.
Fleetio acts.

Samsara is a telematics and connected operations platform. If you want a best-in-class maintenance platform that gives you complete visibility and control, choose Fleetio.

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Why teams choose Fleetio over (or with) Samsara

Real maintenance management

Samsara is well known for telematics, safety, and real-time fleet visibility, and it also offers maintenance capabilities. Fleetio is a dedicated fleet maintenance platform built around maintenance teams, including work orders, parts and inventory, warranty workflows, inspections, shop workflows, and maintenance reporting. across 1.3M+ vehicles, 1B+ transactions on platform, 10M+ repairs per year, and 50M+ inspections per year.

Integration, not competition

Many fleets use Samsara for telematics data and Fleetio for dedicated maintenance workflows. Pull Samsara's location and diagnostic data into Fleetio to give maintenance teams deeper work order, parts, warranty, and shop context.

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What if I’m already using Samsara?

Perfect – we’re a great fit.

Direct integration: Pull Samsara's location and diagnostic data into Fleetio
Complete the picture: Add the maintenance depth that makes Samsara telematics data really work
No disruption: Keep your telematics investment while gaining real maintenance control
Guided setup: We'll show you how both platforms create your complete solution

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Will Fleetio work with the other tools we already use?

We have an ever-expanding library of integration partners.

You can even build your own connections with our public API.

Telematics: Leading GPS and OEM data sources
Fuel: Major fuel cards and imports
Shops: National maintenance providers with digital approvals
OEMs: Data connections for diagnostics and recalls

How does pricing work for my whole team?

We keep pricing simple and straightforward.

$4–10 per asset/month, unlimited users, 14-day free trial.
Choose the plan that works for you and know exactly what you're paying for.

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Fleetio vs. Samsara at a glance

Capabilities

Fleetio

Outsourced Maintenance

Built-in tools for working with over 65,000 external repair shops across the US and Canada. Includes automated approvals, electronic invoicing, cost tracking and Auto Integrate’s specialized maintenance authorization network.

Parts & Inventory

Built-in inventory system to track stock, set reorder alerts, and link parts to repairs. Works for both in-house and outside maintenance.

Mixed Asset Support

Handles all asset types: vehicles, heavy equipment, trailers, and small tools.

Cost Reporting

Ready-to-use maintenance and cost reports including vendor-linked cost history, cross-shop comparisons.

Integrations

Open API. Works with multiple telematics providers (Geotab, Motive, Verizon, Samsara) plus fuel and maintenance systems.

Mobile App

Full-featured app for drivers, techs, and managers. Handles inspections, work orders, inventory, and asset management.

Tools & Small Equipment

Built-in tracking for tools and small equipment, including assignment, location, and maintenance history.

Capabilities

Samsara

Outsourced Maintenance

Fleetio supports outsourced maintenance workflows through shop/vendor coordination, approvals, electronic invoicing, service histories, and cost tracking. For teams that rely heavily on external repair networks, Fleetio can provide a dedicated maintenance workflow alongside telematics.

Parts & Inventory

Samsara offers parts management. Fleetio provides a dedicated parts and inventory workflow for maintenance teams, including inventory locations, reorder points, purchase orders, part usage on work orders, warranty opportunities, and maintenance cost reporting.

Mixed Asset Support

Samsara supports tracking for powered and unpowered assets, including small assets, through asset tags. Fleetio supports maintenance records, assignments, service history, costs, and workflows across vehicles, equipment, trailers, tools, and other assets.

Cost Reporting

Samsara offers maintenance cost reporting. Fleetio provides maintenance-centered reporting across work orders, parts, vendors, inspections, service history, and asset costs, helping teams analyze maintenance spend in the same system they use to manage repairs.

Integrations

Samsara offers telematics hardware, a connected operations platform, an app marketplace, and developer APIs. Fleetio is telematics-agnostic and integrates with Samsara, Geotab, Motive, Verizon, OEM, fuel, and maintenance systems so teams can keep their preferred data sources.

Mobile App

Samsara offers driver and technician mobile workflows. Fleetio's mobile app is built for maintenance teams, drivers, managers, and technicians to handle inspections, work orders, parts/inventory, asset records, and maintenance workflows from the field.

Tools & Small Equipment

Keep the acknowledgment and make the page consistent: "Samsara supports tools and small equipment tracking and location. Fleetio complements tracking with maintenance history, assignments, inspections, work orders, and cost records for tools and equipment.

Capabilities

Fleetio

Samsara

Outsourced Maintenance

Parts & Inventory

Built-in inventory system to track stock, set reorder alerts, and link parts to repairs. Works for both in-house and outside maintenance.

Mixed Asset Support

Handles all asset types: vehicles, heavy equipment, trailers, and small tools.

Cost Reporting

Ready-to-use maintenance and cost reports including vendor-linked cost history, cross-shop comparisons.

Integrations

Open API. Works with multiple telematics providers (Geotab, Motive, Verizon, Samsara) plus fuel and maintenance systems.

Mobile App

Full-featured app for drivers, techs, and managers. Handles inspections, work orders, inventory, and asset management.

Tools & Small Equipment

Built-in tracking for tools and small equipment, including assignment, location, and maintenance history.

"Being able to have a one-stop solution – to be able to go in, open up my computer and get all the data that's needed out of one software system has increased my productivity tenfold."

Creative MultiCare

David Bernier

"We have been using Fleetio for almost 3 years now. I'm not sure what we would do without it at this point. Fleetio has allowed us to streamline our maintenance issues and decrease our cost across the board. Their customer service representatives are the best that I have ever dealt with."