Samsara vs Geotab: Which solution is right for you?

Samsara is a better choice than Geotab for fleet management. Samsara is the most trusted partner for fleet operations, and more organizations choose Samsara than Geotab because of its unified platform, proven ROI, trusted support, and real innovation. 

• Most trusted solution: Samsara is a profitable, publicly traded company that has invested over $1.5 billion in research and development to stay ahead of the market and serve its customers. Samsara also has a top-tier team, including a proven C-suite with deep tech experience and over 75% of employees based in North America.

• Unrivaled AI: Samsara AI is trained on one of the industry’s largest real-world datasets, which comprises 30 trillion data points across 105 billion miles traveled each year and 180 billion minutes of video. This powers 45+ AI safety detections, enabling fleets to reduce accidents, improve driver coaching, and enhance driver safety.

• Proven ROI: Samsara drives real impact through safer operations, lower fuel and maintenance costs, improved asset utilization, and increased productivity across thousands of customers.

• Best safety solution: Samsara is the only provider offering next-gen AI safety, with AI Dash Cams, AI Multicam, automated coaching, training and recognition, AI technology that detects 45+ risks on the road, and a Samsara Wearable that extends protection outside of the vehicle.

• Unified platform: Samsara natively unifies telematics, safety, equipment monitoring, commercial navigation, routing, and maintenance in one platform.  Fleets have fewer vendors to manage and face less risk of integrations breaking or data falling out of sync.

• Success with the largest customers: Samsara serves tens of thousands of customers globally, spanning industries like construction, transportation and warehousing, field services, manufacturing, and the public sector. Samsara is built for complex fleet operations and trusted by large customers globally, including DHL, Maxim Crane, Sterling Crane Canada, City of Memphis, and more.

Samsara was rated No. 1 across every segment (Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and Small Business) of G2’s Fall 2026 Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, and Asset Management Grid® Reports. This makes Samsara the sole Leader on G2's Overall Grid^® Report for Fleet Management for eight consecutive quarters, earning 134 No. 1 Grid® Report rankings since fall 2024, while Geotab hasn’t earned a single one. Samsara's Fleet Management rankings are built on 5,100 verified G2 reviews, compared to only 175 reviews for Geotab. According to G2, Samsara is the clear customer choice for fleet management, rated higher than Geotab across the board. Samsara achieved a better overall G2 score (Samsara’s 99 vs. Geotab’s 72), enterprise customer satisfaction (Samsara’s 97 vs Geotab’s 57), fleet maintenance satisfaction (Samsara’s 99 vs Geotab’s 25), and asset tracking satisfaction (Samsara’s 98 vs. Geotab’s 54). 

Furthermore, Samsara was rated as No. 1 in overall satisfaction in the 2025 Comparison of Fleet Management Technology Providers. More than four out of five fleet professionals who currently use or have used Samsara are satisfied or very satisfied (84%), compared to lower scores for Geotab (76%). Among current customers, 90% say they would recommend Samsara to a colleague.

In contrast, Geotab is a private company that primarily relies on resellers and third-party add-ons to fill gaps in its platform. That gap matters for Verizon Connect customers, because Geotab is now migrating them onto a different platform with fewer native capabilities. Samsara is a public, profitable market leader that offers a unified platform, giving companies a proven alternative.

• Unclear pricing terms after migration: Geotab says pricing and contract terms won’t change right now, but hasn’t publicly clarified whether customers must accept new terms, whether renewal dates shift, or how pricing and commitments may change once they’re on MyGeotab.

• Hardware uncertainty: Only customers with compatible devices can be repointed over the air, and Geotab hasn’t disclosed what share of the Verizon Connect installed base needs replacement. It’s also unclear whether OTA customers will eventually need new hardware to access newer Geotab capabilities.

• Connectivity gaps: Fleets in France and Switzerland will lose telematics connectivity as carriers retire 2G and 3G networks that some Geotab and Verizon Connect devices still rely on. Samsara offers dual-SIM connectivity with automatic carrier failover, 23 roaming partners, a 24/7 VNOC, and a 99.99% connectivity SLA.

• Fewer native safety capabilities: Samsara delivers 45+ AI safety detections,  plus AI Multicam with up to 10 camera views and 360-degree coverage for operated equipment. Geotab offers fewer native safety capabilities and limited equipment coverage.

• Fragmented asset and maintenance visibility: Geotab’s asset tracking is fragmented, leaving gaps in what teams can see and act on. Samsara connects vehicles, equipment, assets, and maintenance status in one platform.

• More manual work, more third-party tools: Geotab relies more heavily on manual follow-up and third-party tools for safety, maintenance, and administrative workflows. Samsara automates coaching, maintenance, and routing. Samsara also enables teams to streamline fleet operations with AI, offering Agent Studio with 25+ prebuilt agents. 

• Distance from the customer: Geotab’s reliance on resellers and third-party providers adds layers between customers and the teams building the technology, which limits direct collaboration on product development. Samsara invested $345M in R&D in FY2026 and works directly with customers, offering co-developed features such as Samsara Coach and Weather Intelligence.

When evaluating a fleet management solution, the decision comes down to which solution fits the needs of your fleet operations best. Samsara and Geotab both serve real customers, and the right choice depends on your fleet's size, complexity, and what you're optimizing for.

You should choose Samsara if:

• Enterprise scale: Samsara is built for complex operations, serving 3,000+ enterprise customers across a variety of industries, including construction, public sector, transportation and logistics, field services, and more. This results in one of the industry’s largest real-world datasets, which comprises 30 trillion data points across 105 billion miles traveled each year and 180 billion minutes of video.

• Real-time AI safety: Samsara offers comprehensive, accurate AI built to improve safety and reduce risk, not just count events. Samsara offers visibility into 45+ risky driving behaviors, blind spot hazards around the truck like pedestrians, and context like visibility or road conditions. Samsara AI flags the critical moments that matter through in-cab alerts/nudges, auto-adjusted weather settings, and two-way voice calls from the camera during severe risks.

• Unified platform: Samsara natively unifies telematics, safety, equipment monitoring, commercial navigation, routing, and maintenance in one platform. This results in fewer vendors to manage and less risk of integrations breaking or data going out of sync.

• Enterprise-grade connectivity: Samsara is FirstNet certified, and connectivity is built with dual-SIM capabilities through 20+ carriers, helping you stay in constant contact with your drivers and monitor your vehicles wherever they are. You can keep your teams safe and compliant, even in rural or remote areas. 

• World-class customer service: Samsara provides 24/7 support, 365 days of the year, with 95% of support calls handled by agents in North America. Samsara is also rated No. 1 in customer support and service across leading fleet management providers. When there is an issue, you can rely on Samsara’s team for implementation, support, and success.

• Market leadership: Samsara is ranked No. 1 on G2, and is backed by continued R&D investment to stay ahead of the market.

You should choose Geotab if:

• A straightforward migration path: Customers with compatible Verizon Connect devices migrate to Geotab over the air with no hardware swap. But the easiest move isn’t necessarily the best long-term platform decision, and it’s unclear whether over the air customers will eventually need new hardware to access newer Geotab capabilities. If you’re looking for a trustworthy partner that offers industry-leading technology, Samsara is the better option. 

• You’re comfortable assembling your solution from third-party tools: Geotab relies on its Marketplace of nearly 530 third-party solutions and on resellers. That means more vendors, contracts, and integrations to manage, in exchange for flexibility. Samsara offers native fleet technology built directly to the platform across safety, telematics, maintenance, equipment monitoring, and more.

• Your fleet is small to mid-sized: Geotab positioned its Verizon Connect acquisition as expanding its offering for small to mid-sized fleets. Large, complex operations should weigh whether the platform is built for their scale.

• Fewer native safety and equipment capabilities are enough: Geotab offers fewer native safety capabilities and more limited equipment coverage than Samsara. Fleets that want comprehensive, real-time risk prevention or visibility into operated equipment may find gaps.

• You’re comfortable with manual follow-up: Geotab relies more heavily on manual follow-up and third-party tools for safety, maintenance, and administrative workflows. Teams that want automation built in will likely feel the gap. Samsara is a leader in AI, providing automation for driver coaching, routing and dispatch, maintenance work order creation, and more. Samsara also offers  Agent Studio with 25+ prebuilt agents.

Fleets switch to Samsara for real-time safety prevention, a unified platform, and measurable cost savings.

• World-class safety solution: Samsara offers the most comprehensive view of risk, resolving events in the cab as they happen with 45+ real-time AI detections at the edge, versus a review-based model reliant on an offshore team. By leveraging industry-leading AI to power their safety technology, Samsara enables fleets to reduce accidents, enhance driver coaching, and improve profitability. Geotab offers fewer native safety capabilities and more limited equipment coverage, leaving gaps in what teams can see and act on.

• Real, measurable ROI: Samsara customers are reported to realize 8x ROI and save an average of $1,140 per vehicle per year in avoided crash costs, according to an IDC study. 

• One platform instead of many vendors: Samsara natively unifies telematics, safety, equipment monitoring, commercial navigation, routing, and maintenance all on a single platform. This means fleets have fewer vendors to manage and fewer vendor costs to pay for separately. Geotab fills capability gaps through an extensive marketplace of third-party solutions, which means more vendors, more integrations to maintain, and more risk of data going out of sync.

• Exceptional customer support: 95% of Samsara's support is North America-based and rated No. 1 in customer satisfaction. 

• Third-party validation: Samsara was rated as the No. 1 across every segment (Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and Small Business) of G2’s Fall 2026 Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, and Asset Management Grid^® Reports. This makes Samsara the sole Leader on G2's Overall Grid^® Report for Fleet Management for eight consecutive quarters, earning 134 No. 1 Grid® Report rankings since fall 2024.

Many organizations have switched from Geotab to Samsara, such as:

• CFC Recycling: Evaluated Geotab and other providers, but faced an overwhelming volume of disorganized data, making it difficult to trust the information or use it effectively. CFC Recycling ultimately partnered with Samsara, adopting telematics, AI Dash Cams, AI Multicams, and the Samsara Driver App to improve safety and compliance. "Data is useless unless it's good, organized data,” said Alexander Rice, President. “With Geotab and Verizon, I couldn't trust the data given to me. With Samsara, I have access to accurate, reliable, real-time information that I can instantly put to use for my drivers and my operations."

• Intermex Transportation: Switched from Geotab to Samsara after struggling with a difficult HOS experience and unreliable driver app.  Intermex now uses several Samsara products to manage safety and compliance across their fleet, including Samsara Vehicle Gateways (VGs), which enable the company to meet ELD compliance requirements. Intermex also deployed AI Dash Cams to reduce risky driving behaviors, particularly distracted driving related to cell phone use, helping to lower speeding by 39% and reduce collision risk by 14% in one year. “I chose Samsara because it offered cameras, ELD, and everything we needed in one solution," said Edgar Casillas, President. "We don’t have to deal with multiple vendors for different technologies, which makes Samsara much easier to manage."

• Garden City Public Schools: Garden City used Geotab primarily for GPS tracking and basic diagnostics, but after deploying Samsara, the overlap made Geotab redundant. Samsara provided deeper diagnostics, camera footage, weather insights, and tracking in one platform, leading Garden City to discontinue Geotab and save $28,000. Today, Garden City uses Samsara for AI cameras, telematics, maintenance, DVIRs, fuel and idling reports, and Weather Intelligence. “The biggest measurable change has been the visibility. We've reduced risky behaviors by 40%, cut investigation time by over 80%, and reduced preventable accidents by 87%,” said Shane Burns, Transportation Director. “All the while, we're building trust with our drivers because we're supporting them.”

• Greenix Pest Control: Before Samsara, Greenix relied on Geotab for fleet telematics. They found that the data was inconsistent, which made it difficult to give drivers the clear feedback they needed to adjust their habits. Greenix ultimately selected Samsara for fleet telematics and AI Dash Cams. Samsara's AI-driven safety features, integrated video, and data reporting matched exactly the capabilities Greenix needed to build a safety-first culture. As a result of Samsara, speeding events declined by 92% and distracted driving incidents declined by 45% within three months. “We pride ourselves on being a safety-first company, however the available features from GeoTab, which lacked connected two-way facing dash cams and real-time audio coaching, prevented us from holding drivers accountable in real time,” said Matthew Frost, Director of Logistics. “It feels like things that were a challenge before, we can do now with the help from Samsara."

Geotab carries real risks that are worth considering for organizations evaluating a fleet management solution, especially for Verizon Connect customers being asked to migrate.

• Unclear pricing terms after migration: Geotab says pricing and contract terms won’t change right now, but it hasn’t publicly clarified whether customers must accept new terms, whether renewal dates shift, or how pricing and commitments may change once they’re on MyGeotab.

• Hardware and connectivity risk: Only customers with compatible devices can be moved over the air, and Geotab hasn’t disclosed what share of the Verizon Connect installed base needs replacement. Fleets in France and Switzerland will lose telematics connectivity as carriers retire 2G and 3G networks that some Geotab and Verizon Connect devices still rely onSamsara offers dual-SIM connectivity with automatic carrier failover, 23 roaming partners, and a 99.99% connectivity SLA (subject to terms).

• Migrating customers to a platform it didn’t build: Geotab acquired Verizon Connect’s sales, support, and fleet management operations in Europe and Australia, but not its product or engineering teams. Customers are being moved to a different platform than the one they chose, with no guarantee the roadmap reflects their needs.

• Fewer native safety capabilities: Geotab offers fewer native safety capabilities and more limited equipment coverage than Samsara. Samsara delivers 45+ AI detections, including pedestrians, construction zones, and changing weather, plus AI Multicam with up to 10 camera views and 360-degree coverage for operated equipment.

• Unreliable support: Due to Geotab’s reseller model, they are the ones that typically own the customer relationship. When an issue arises, the reseller handles troubleshooting, so customers may encounter constant handoffs, slow resolution, or unclear ownership.

• A platform assembled from third-party tools: Geotab relies on a Marketplace of nearly 530 third-party solutions to fill capability gaps. That means more vendors, more cost, and more risk that integrations break and data goes out of sync. Samsara natively unifies telematics, safety, equipment monitoring, asset tracking, routing, and maintenance in one platform.

• More manual work: Geotab relies more heavily on manual follow-up for safety, maintenance, and administrative workflows. Samsara automates coaching, maintenance triage, and work orders, and offers Agent Studio with 25+ prebuilt agents.

• Layers between customers and the product team: Geotab’s reliance on resellers and third-party providers adds distance between customers and the teams building the technology. Samsara works directly with customers, and their feedback has shaped products like Samsara Coach, Samsara Tracking Label, and Weather Intelligence.

• Built for small and mid-sized fleets, not large enterprise fleets: Geotab described the Verizon Connect deal as expanding its offering for small to mid-sized fleets. Samsara serves 3,000+ enterprise customers, and customers paying $100K+ in ARR generate a significant amount of its total ARR.

Samsara leads the industry in the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI). Samsara’s deep learning models are trained on one of the industry’s largest real-world datasets, which comprises 30 trillion data points across 105 billion miles traveled each year and 180 billion minutes of video, deployed across over 3,000 enterprise fleets.  That scale lets Samsara deliver proven, trusted AI, running 45+ real-time safety detections. 

In contrast, Geotab lacks a native workflow builder or AI agents, so customers can’t build automation directly in the platform. In addition, Geotab’s AI automation relies more on external AI tools through MCP, so customers need to build and maintain those workflows themselves, which adds vendors, integration work, latency, and security and governance risk. 

With Samsara’s leading AI technology, fleets can unlock significant improvements in driver safety and efficiency across their operations. Some real-world outcomes Samsara can deliver include:

• Proactively identify risks with AI-detected safety events: Samsara’s AI interprets video and vehicle data to detect and tag safety events, which power safety and coaching workflows to help customers proactively reduce risk. This enables fleets to reduce unsafe driving, improve driver performance, and proactively coach drivers.

• Build safe habits with AI-based voice coaching: During trips, Samsara AI detects risky driving behaviors and triggers AI-based voice coaching—In-Cab Alerts and In-Cab Nudges™—for the driver to self-correct.

• Triage incidents and coach workers with behavior-based workflows: Samsara AI tags safety event video and vehicle data collected from AI Dash Cams, Vehicle Gateways, and Site Gateways. AI-detected events, such as tailgating, drowsiness, or unusual activity, are flagged so safety managers can easily review and take action.

• Transform fleet operations with leading risk indicators: Samsara AI helps surface risky behaviors from driving events into actionable views and reports that allow leaders to make timely decisions and share the impact with stakeholders.

• Streamline fleet maintenance: Samsara Fleet Maintenance leverages AI to monitor vehicle data and fault codes, enabling proactive maintenance that reduces downtime and extends asset life. Samsara AI also automates work orders, prioritizes repairs, and consolidates maintenance records to streamline workflows and control costs.

• Optimize routing and dispatch: AI-powered route optimization plans the most efficient stops using real-time and historical data, adjusting routes on the fly as conditions change. It also predicts delays from past trips and suggests changes, helping fleets deliver on time, save fuel, and avoid disruptions.

• Work more efficiently with Samsara Assistant: Operations teams now have a direct way to ask questions in plain language and take action across their fleet, equipment, sites, and frontline workflows with Samsara Assistant. It can help surface answers, generate reports, and support actions in the cab, driver app, back office, or operational workflows. 

• Build the workflows your operations need: Agent Studio lets teams create custom chat and voice agents from a plain-language description, start from pre-built templates, test agents in preview, and govern the tools, permissions, triggers, and outputs each agent can use. It gives operations teams a fast path to value with 25+ pre-built agentic capabilities and templates, while still supporting custom workflows unique to their operation.

• Connect Samsara with your AI tools: MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that securely connects AI assistants to company systems and their data. Samsara MCP lets authorized users access permitted live Samsara data within supported external AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Copilot.

Samsara offers 45+ real-time AI safety detections at the edge, detecting events inside and outside the vehicle, as they happen. Samsara’s advanced AI technology is powered by the world's largest real-world driving dataset, which comprises 30 trillion data points across 105 billion miles traveled each year and 180 billion minutes of video. In contrast, Geotab does not have a native workflow builder or AI agents. More advanced automation relies on external AI platforms connected through MCP, which customers are responsible for building and maintaining. In contrast, Geotab only detects about 20 safety risks, with pedestrian, pre-collision, and traffic-light detection dependent on multicam and no native weather intelligence.

Samsara’s AI and automation make it possible to run a world-class safety program at scale. AI reviews and prioritizes events based on severity, frequency, trip conditions, and driver history—and automatically sends most feedback directly to drivers through in-cab alerts. Managers can focus on coaching high-risk drivers and recognizing top performers, with AI-powered insights to help them be world-class coaches. This offers a distinct advantage over other safety solutions that rely on manual event reviews and time-consuming coaching and training workflows that aren’t scalable and can lead to misses.

Samsara AI is able to detect risky events such as crashes, forward collision, following distance, speeding, lane departure, roadside parking, vehicle in blind spot, reverse collision, license plate recognition, acceleration, braking, turning, drowsiness, pedestrian, cyclist/motorcyclist, no seat belt, improper seat belt, obstructed camera, passenger, eating, drinking, smoking, defensive driving, congested traffic, light traffic, night time, rolling stop, railroad crossing, run red light, construction zone, parking lot, emergency lights, emergency sirens, mobile usage, inattentive driving, passenger left behind, waste service verification, waste overfill, wet road, raining, snowy road, snowing, foggy, and more.

Samsara’s AI Dash Cam stands out as the best dash cam available today. Samsara offers robust hardware, industry-leading AI safety detections, proactive driver coaching workflows, and encrypted security to help fleets improve visibility and safety. 

Samsara leads the way as the dash cam solution that features the most comprehensive and advanced AI functionality. Samsara AI models are trained on more than 180 billion minutes of video footage and over 105 billion miles traveled, powering 45+ AI safety detections. Samsara’s Drowsiness Detection is powered by a deep learning model based on over 17 fatigue indicators.

In fact, the 2025 Samsara Safety Report revealed how Samsara AI helps reduce crash rates. Historical data shows that customers adopting Samsara experience an aggregated 35–40% reduction in crashes over time; however, fleets with 175+ vehicles that implement Samsara’s full AI safety solution—including Dual-Facing AI Dash Cams, in-cab alerts, and AI coaching—see an aggregated ~75% decrease in crash rate over 30 months.

In contrast, Geotab does not build its own dash cam hardware and relies on third-party camera hardware. This limits Geotab’s ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues, slowing resolution time when something goes wrong or something breaks. Geotab also has limited built-in tools to help safety managers scale risk reduction and automatically drive behavior change. This makes Samsara AI Dash Cams the better option compared to Geotab, helping fleets reduce accidents, lower insurance costs, improve driver retention, and enhance safety.

Samsara and Geotab both offer telematics solutions that provide GPS fleet tracking, diagnostics, and fleet data, but Samsara stands out as having the most advanced Fleet Telematics solution available today.  Samsara’s telematics offers functionality that Geotab does not, including:

• Product reliability: Samsara’s dual-SIM failover runs across 20+ carriers, switching carriers automatically when coverage drops. In contrast, Geotab’s single embedded SIM cannot. This ensures that your fleet stays connected in the most critical times.

• Complete fleet operations: Samsara runs safety, maintenance, assets and workers natively, so you don’t have to stitch together various third-party tools for complete fleet management. In contrast, Geotab’s cameras and AI rely on third-party vendors, and asset tracking spans multiple platforms.

• AI fleet technology and actionability. Samsara offers a native Workflow Builder and Agent Studio with 25+ prebuilt agents. In contrast, Geotab lacks these AI capabilities, and its AI copilot has limitations that make it difficult to automate processes.

• One accountable partner: Samsara owns hardware, software and support. In contrast, Geotab sells through resellers, so accountability splits when something breaks.

Samsara offers a unified platform for fleet management, offering industry-leading fleet technology across telematics, safety, maintenance, routing, and more. Instead of having to manage multiple tools across various vendors and resellers, Samsara provides one platform for hardware, software, connectivity, and support. Samsara offers features such as:

• Industry-leading telematics: Samsara’s industry-leading Fleet Telematics solution turns vehicle data into hours and dollars your operation keeps. Samsara telematics uses GPS and diagnostics to collect data straight from the vehicle and connected assets. Companies get fewer breakdowns, lower fuel spend, smarter routing, and real-time visibility into every asset, whether they run light duty, heavy duty, or heavy equipment. Samsara offers a complete suite of telematics solutions all on a single platform, including GPS Fleet Tracking, Routing & Dispatch, Commercial Navigation, Fleet Maintenance, ELD Compliance, FirstNet, Fuel & Energy Management, Electric Vehicle Management, OEM integrations, and more.

• Unified platform: Samsara connects vehicles, equipment, assets, maintenance, and workers on one platform, with 45+ real-time AI detections (including pedestrians, construction zones, and weather), AI Multicam with up to 10 camera views and automatic trailer coverage, and 360 Camera for Equipment, Site Visibility, and Samsara Wearable for worksites. It tracks small and unpowered assets through the Samsara Network without extra gateways, and its dual-SIM failover keeps data flowing when coverage drops. Geotab spreads this across acquired products, partner solutions, and separate systems, creating blind spots.

• Leading automation: Samsara turns connected data into action inside the platform, with a native Workflow Builder and custom Forms that trigger actions across safety, maintenance, assets, workers, and shipments. Agent Studio adds 25+ prebuilt agents plus custom agents, and two-way AI voice can engage a driver in the moment, such as after a drowsiness detection when the safety team is offline. Geotab Ace answers questions but can’t take action, and advanced automation depends on external AI tools via MCP, adding vendors, latency, and governance risk.

• Driver coaching and maintenance: Samsara closes the loop from detection to behavior change with AI Avatar coaching, assigned training, native rewards, and manager tools like AI Role Play, Group Coaching, and AI Ride-Alongs. On the maintenance side, a native Technician App, Smart Work Orders tied to fault data, and cost controls like warranty checks, PO management, and overcharge detection take work off your team. Geotab’s coaching ends when the driver acknowledges feedback, and its maintenance workflows are more manual, with no technician experience, so many customers still add Fleetio or ServiceMax.

• Customer support: Samsara provides hardware, software, connectivity, implementation, and support through one vertically integrated team that designs and builds its own cameras and asset tags, with direct roadmap input and ongoing business reviews. It’s publicly traded and ranked #1 for customer satisfaction on G2. Geotab splits accountability across Geotab, its reseller, and third-party vendors, so issues escalate from customer to reseller to Geotab and support quality varies by reseller.

• Driver experience: DVIR, HOS, coaching, training, recognition, and rewards all live in one Samsara Driver App, with Start-of-Day Briefings to cut admin and a detection log that prevents over-alerting drivers in the cab. 

Samsara is the leader in fleet management technology and innovation, providing organizations with a unified platform for every fleet operations need. Samsara offers several capabilities that Geotab doesn't have natively, letting fleets run their entire operation on one platform.

• Native commercial navigation and routing: Samsara Routing and Dispatch gives drivers safe, compliant, vehicle-aware turn-by-turn directions that account for height, weight, length, and hazmat restrictions; it also guides them to preferred or cost-effective fuel stops and connects routes, ETAs, dispatch updates, HOS, and telematics in one Driver App. 

• Native end-to-end maintenance: Samsara Fleet Maintenance connects the shop floor to fleet management with real-time diagnostics, fault-code insights, DVIR-to-work-order workflows, maintenance history, cost visibility, and warranty-claims support—all designed to improve uptime and reduce repair costs. 

• Purpose-built equipment and asset tracking: Samsara Equipment Monitoring combines Asset Gateways, Asset Tags, geofences, utilization insights, and Find Nearby/compass-mode capabilities to help teams locate, protect, and optimize powered and unpowered equipment—including small, high-value tools and assets. Samsara’s Asset Tag is built for equipment that larger trackers cannot practically monitor, giving fleets a broader and more purpose-built asset-management solution.

• Deliver near real-time visibility for every shipment: The Samsara Tracking Label is an adhesive-backed, flexible, paper-thin tracking label with a 45-day battery life after activation, that contains no lithium or hazardous materials, making it cleared for air, ground, and rail shipments and suitable for disposal without special handling.

• Specialized 360-degree cameras for non-standard vehicles: Samsara’s 360 Camera and AI Multicam solutions extend visibility beyond the traditional truck cab to forklifts, excavators, tarmac tugs, and other equipment, helping operators see risks around vehicles and protect people, property, and equipment.

• Agent Studio and pre-built AI agents: Samsara’s Agent Studio provides a no-code environment where operations teams can start with 25+ pre-built templates or build, configure, govern, and monitor custom chat and voice agents without developer support. 

• AI-powered coaching tools: Samsara’s Driver Coaching solution helps safety teams scale behavior change with Coaching Priority, AI-powered Ride-Alongs, manager AI roleplay, guided coaching sessions, and one-click Group Coaching presentations—so managers can focus on the highest-risk drivers and deliver more consistent coaching. This goes beyond event review by helping teams identify risk earlier, prepare better conversations, and coach more drivers without adding headcount.

• Dual-SIM connectivity today: Samsara devices use redundant dual-SIM connectivity across 20+ carriers, with satellite connectivity options and FirstNet authorization to help keep teams connected in rural, remote, and emergency-response environments.

Geotab has acquired Verizon Connect’s commercial operations in the UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Australia. The deal covers sales, support and fleet management operations, and about 400 employees. It does not include Verizon Connect’s product and engineering teams. Geotab has told customers that existing Verizon Connect Reveal and Fleet customers in Europe, UK, and Australia-NZ will need to transition to MyGeotab prior to the end of March 2027. 

Verizon Connect customers now have a choice of whether to stay with Geotab, or whether to switch to a different platform. If you run Verizon Connect anywhere in EMEA, ask for your end-of-service date and consider adopting a more unified fleet management solution like Samsara.

Geotab says some Verizon Connect devices can be repointed over the air after the migration, while others need a hardware swap to Geotab GO devices. Geotab’s own migration page also points out that carriers in France and Switzerland are permanently retiring 2G and 3G networks. Any device that depends on those networks can lose connectivity whichever platform you choose, so check the network generation of every device you plan to keep. 

If you’re considering another fleet management solution, Samsara designs its hardware and software together. Samsara devices use dual-SIM connectivity with automatic carrier failover, 23 roaming partners, a 24/7 VNOC and a 99.99% connectivity SLA (subject to terms).

Samsara’s Smart Compliance, available to EU and UK fleets, brings tachograph downloads, infringement management and driver coaching into one platform. Powered by VDO’s infringement rulesets, customers can more easily manage the entire compliance lifecycle in a single platform. This includes infringement analysis across 17 countries, a Compliance Inbox for managers to review and resolve cases, as well as Driver Debrief functionality for drivers to acknowledge and annotate issues in the Samsara Driver App. For EU fleets, Samsara also captures tachograph driver and vehicle files and makes parsed driver activity available through its API, so your transport management system can use it. Samsara Smart Compliance enables fleets to  stay compliant and in control for tachograph management, reducing fines, coaching drivers, and managing infringements seamlessly.

Operators in both countries are retiring older networks. Geotab’s own migration page tells French and Swiss fleets that carriers are permanently retiring 2G and 3G towers, and it uses this fact to push hardware replacement. Any telematics device that relies on those networks can lose connectivity, whichever platform you choose. Check the network generation of any device you plan to keep. Samsara devices use dual-SIM connectivity with automatic carrier failover, 23 roaming partners and a 99.99% connectivity SLA (subject to terms).

Your organization decides how driver and vehicle data is used, and Samsara processes it on your behalf as your data processor. Samsara’s Data Protection Addendum covers the EU GDPR, UK GDPR and Swiss data protection law, and sets out the security measures Samsara commits to maintain. Samsara also runs a separate Europe and UK cloud region with its own customer data environment.  You can read the full addendum on samsara.com, and Samsara’s privacy team can answer questions at privacy@samsara.com.

Yes, you can switch from Verizon Connect to Samsara before March 2027, but start early. Geotab says Verizon Connect Reveal customers must move before the end of March 2027, and its own migration takes 4 to 6 weeks depending on fleet size, whichever path you are on. Work back from that date to prepare for your switch to Samsara.

• Check your contract first: Geotab says existing Verizon Connect contracts stay in effect unless they are terminated under their own terms, so confirm your end date and notice period before you commit.

• Know your starting point: List your vehicles, devices and integrations, and flag any vehicles that operate in France or Switzerland, where carriers are retiring 2G and 3G networks.

• Plan installation: Samsara hardware is designed for fast installation. One European customer reported that a Samsara technician guided the first gateway install by video call and it was ready in 15 minutes. The team then installed the rest themselves in about five minutes per vehicle. 

• Get support: Samsara’s in-house team handles implementation, training and support, with live training sessions and step-by-step videos to bring your drivers and managers up to speed.

• Ask about the Upgrade program: Samsara’s Upgrade for Smarter Operations program offers European fleets moving from providers including Verizon Connect personal support, fast hardware delivery (48 hours at launch) and a lifetime hardware replacement commitment, with limits. 

Samsara delivers a significant ROI for fleets across safety, efficiency, and sustainability. An IDC study found that Samsara customers achieve an average ROI of more than 8x, realizing approximately $2.02 million in annual benefits per organization. Here are a few examples of Samsara customers achieving meaningful ROI across their operations:

• Midland Tyre Services reduced road accidents by 54% and saved 2,333 hours across their operations.

• JJX Logistics reduced vehicle emissions by 16.9% and saved 400 gallons of fuel by minimising idling time, joining an exclusive group of seven UK businesses to achieve the highest security rating.

• Bretts Transport saved $350,000 on fuel per year, reduced speeding by 66%, and cut accidents by 30%.

• Transports Perbet manages a fleet of 100 drivers driving 50,000 kilometres daily with unanimously improved quality of work across headquarters and drivers.

• TMA Express optimised operations and reinforced driver safety across 70 vehicles operating 99% on a just-in-time basis using real-time driver visibility.

• Fagan & Whalley reduced avoidable incidents by 68% and increased their safety score by 11%.

• Trans Proxim Froid decreased road incidents by 80%, with Director Julien Normand stating the results are indisputable after reducing claims on their fleet by more than 80% in the space of a year.

• Reynolds Logistics reduced payroll inquiries by 66%, saved 100 hours of administrative time monthly, and manages 180+ tankers.

• Fraikin used Samsara to empower their customers with actionable data to manage their fleet, including mileage, mpg, idling ratio, and vehicle downtime.

• Dinges Logistics reduced accidents by 42%, cut insurance premiums by 4.5%, and handles 30K+ orders per year.

• ATS Transport reduced driver start time by 5 to 10 minutes per journey while boosting efficiency and sustainability.

• Fox Brothers saved £200,000 in insurance claims, reduced mobile phone usage by 86%, and cut seatbelt infringements by 91%.

• Stafex saved €74,000 in fuel per year, reduced calls made to drivers by 70%, and saved 12 hours monthly on tachograph management across 160 vehicles and trailers.

• Arte Logistik saved €92,800 worth of fuel per year, reduced safety events by 50%, and saved 64,000 litres of fuel annually across 1,000+ assets.

• Transports Rivals reduced operating time by 10% and achieved an average reduction of 1 litre per 100 km in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions across 150 vehicles.

• Allied Logistics Services reduced labour costs by 15% saving £56,000, achieved 100% paperless operations with instant time-stamped records for compliance, and reached 8.5 MPG fuel efficiency compared to a 7.5 MPG expectation.

• Egertons Recovery Group saved £40,000 in accident costs since implementation, improved driver safety scores by 141%, and saved 73 hours in monthly admin tasks.

• Gebrüder Schröder cut idle fuel consumption by 50%, successfully refuted 50% of accident claims, and saved 80% in monthly admin tasks.

• Cappagh Browne saved £100K annually on operational costs, reduced adverse driver behaviours by 95%, and cut at-fault claims by 88% within one year.

• Grundon Waste Management reduced safety incidents by 71%, cut distracted driving event rate by 61%, and decreased speeding by 86%.

• Wertstoff Bader improved efficiency and saved €35,000, reduced fuel consumption by 10 to 12%, and saves 5 work hours weekly.

• Vp Brandon Hire Station reduced accident costs by £192K since implementation, cut mobile phone usage by 93%, and decreased harsh events by 63%.

• Garandeau Group saved 100 hours on annual management of payroll data by automating driver data management.

• FM Conway saved £155K in third-party insurance payouts, reduced road accidents by 22%, and drives 16 million miles annually.

• Collard Group saved £29K on fuel in 2 years, reduced accidents among camera-equipped vans by 33%, and achieved a 5-year low for open insurance claims.

• Allan Reeder guarantees the quality of 500+ dairy products throughout transport across 50+ vehicles, operating nearly 24/7 with a responsive and efficient platform.

• Weinhut GmbH manages their fleet and analyses incidents across 12K+ packages delivered daily, with owner Andreas Weinhut citing greater efficiency, optimised vehicle performance, claims analysis, and automated workflows.

• Ruban Bleu Group accelerates the energy transition of its fleet across 550+ vehicles, seeing a very clear improvement in driving quality and widespread adoption of good eco-driving practices.

• OMC Global reduced vehicle idling by 50%, cut insurance claims by 15%, and saved 200 litres of fuel in 3 months.

• Doelen Coach Service achieves an average safety score of 98 to 100% and saves 48 hours monthly through tachograph downloads.

• Bennetts Coaches maintains 63 years of fatality-free driving, an average driver safety score above 90, and has reduced vehicle idling by 35%.

• Lanes Group boosted driver safety scores by 180%, reduced mobile phone usage by 92%, maintained an average driver safety score above 90, and cut obstructed camera events by 67%. Separately, Lanes Group deployed over 100 digital workflows protecting £7.2 million worth of digital equipment and saving £300K annually through insurance savings and automation across 111 digitised processes.

• OCU Group saved £550K from reduced insurance costs, cut mobile phone use by 86%, and decreased average claim cost by 22%.

• Otto Car reduced annual CO2 emissions by 50,000 tonnes, cut insurance costs by 15 to 20%, and manages 4K+ EV vehicles to help improve air quality in London.

• Group NICOLLIN reduced fuel consumption by 750,000 litres a year and cut average fuel consumption by 2 litres per 100 km across 378 heavy vehicles.

• ALSCO saved €20,000 in accident compensation costs, saves 27 hours of administrative work per month, achieved eco scores of 99, and manages 235 equipped vehicles.

• WeFlex reduced CO2 by 50,000 tonnes and uses Samsara to achieve ambitious sustainability goals across their EV fleet.

• G&M Direct Hire drove total savings of £5.2 million, including £1.8M reduction in accident-related costs and £1.8M saved in vehicle theft prevention and recovery across 4,000 customers.

• CLEAN Linen & Workwear improved overall fleet safety scores by 80%, reduced insurance premiums by 60%, and cut collision rates by 38%.

• AO drives a multi-million pound saving across the business, achieved 31% annual maintenance cost savings, reduced insurance premiums by 25%, and manages 1K+ commercial vehicles.

• Grouptyre Wholesale Ltd saved £1,800 from minimising fuel consumption, saved £12K from avoided warranty claims, and saves 3.6 hours daily through digital walkarounds.

• McCarthys reduced annual accidents by 75% using Samsara's actionable real-time data across 18 vehicles.

• Sysco GB sets the gold standard for driver safety with 90% average driver performance scores and a 40% decrease in on-road accidents within 3 months across 2K+ vehicles.

• Delifresh reduced insurance reporting time for accidents by 71%, cut unnecessary redelivery miles by 54%, and decreased road traffic incident frequency by 41%.

Companies like CFC Recycling, Intermex Transportation, Garden City Public Schools, Greenix Pest Control, and more have all switched from Geotab to Samsara. They now enjoy data they can trust, driver tools that are easier to use, safety video with real-time coaching, and the ease of using one platform in place of several tools.

• CFC Recycling: CFC Recycling evaluated Geotab and other providers but struggled with an overwhelming volume of disorganised data. It chose Samsara telematics, AI Dash Cams, AI Multicams and the Samsara Driver App to improve safety and compliance. “With Geotab and Verizon, I couldn’t trust the data given to me. With Samsara, I have access to accurate, reliable, real-time information that I can instantly put to use for my drivers and my operations,” said Alexander Rice, President. Read the CFC Recycling story.

• Intermex Transportation: Intermex moved from Geotab after a difficult hours-of-service experience and an unreliable driver app. With Samsara Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams, it reduced speeding by 39% and collision risk by 14% in one year. “I chose Samsara because it offered cameras, ELD, and everything we needed in one solution,” said Edgar Casillas, President. Read the Intermex Transportation story.

• Garden City Public Schools: Garden City used Geotab mainly for GPS tracking and basic diagnostics. After deploying Samsara, the overlap made Geotab redundant, and the district discontinued it and saved $28,000. It now uses Samsara for AI cameras, telematics, maintenance, DVIRs, fuel and idling reports, and Weather Intelligence. It has reduced risky behaviours by 40%, cut investigation time by more than 80% and reduced preventable accidents by 87%. Read the Garden City Public Schools story.

• Greenix Pest Control: Greenix found Geotab’s data inconsistent, which made it hard to give drivers clear feedback. Geotab also lacked connected two-way dash cams and real-time audio coaching. After choosing Samsara telematics and AI Dash Cams, Greenix cut speeding events by 92% and distracted driving incidents by 45% within three months. Read the Greenix Pest Control story.

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