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ELD and Fleet Software for Small Fleets: ELDs, Tracking and Navigation

Fleet software gets confusing because three different jobs are often sold together: an ELD records hours of service, GPS tracking shows the office where trucks are, and truck navigation tells the driver which roads to take. One vendor may offer all three, but they solve different problems.

Start with ELD app vs truck navigation app to see where they overlap. If you're choosing an ELD, read the guide to phone-based ELDs for what drivers need in the cab, then the fleet checklist for the back-office side. The last three guides help you decide what to buy first, and how to move a small fleet off texts and spreadsheets without changing everything at once.

Guides in this topic

1. ELD app vs truck navigation app: do you need both?

   What an ELD logs, what a truck navigation app routes, and whether your ELD's built-in map is enough.

2. ELD mobile apps for truck drivers

   What a phone-based ELD needs to be compliant: engine device, registration, mount and in-cab documents.

3. ELD fleet app: what small fleets should check

   Back office, log edits, unassigned driving, records and how it works with navigation.

4. GPS tracking vs truck navigation

   Tracking is for the office, navigation is for the driver: which problem to solve first.

5. Fleet navigation software checklist

   Questions to ask before you roll a navigation app out to your drivers.

6. From spreadsheets to software: a small fleet guide

   What to move first when texts and spreadsheets stop scaling.

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