GFI Systems vs. Samsara Vehicle Telematics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GFI Systems
Score 8.5 out of 10
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GFI Systems in Edmonton offers their suite of fleet management applications comprising GPS tracking of assets, dispatch and fleet maintenance controls, as well as ELD hardware and applications.N/A
Samsara Vehicle Telematics
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Samsara, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their product suite for fleet management, enterprise asset, and GPS tracking. The suite includes cameras (e.g. dash cam), sensors, a mobile app, Wi-FI hotspot and cellular gateway, and other products and features designed to support an enteprise fleet.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Top Pros
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User Ratings
GFI SystemsSamsara Vehicle Telematics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(3 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GFI SystemsSamsara Vehicle Telematics
Likelihood to Recommend
Gfi Systems
When our client wants to host email onsite, not in the cloud, our go-to is GFI Systems MailEssentials. You can set up allowed or blocked emails based on many parameters. The quarantine feature is easy to manage. Sometimes it "catches" too many emails. Easy to fix, though! GFI Systems LanGuard is so comprehensive that initial scans take forever to run! But it is so comprehensive that it catches *everything*! Not just viruses, and lack of updates--it catches things in the endpoint's registry. And provides the full information on the endpoint in order to identify and fix it. Thanks, guys for great products!
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Samsara
Samsara [for Fleets] is an excellent solution not only to help with the DOT/FMCAS ELD compliance regulation, it has helped our organization stay on top of our fleet health and maintenance better than ever before. This program takes the mileage from the trucks and uses that information to calculate the maintenance intervals for all service schedules created. Then it will give you warnings as the vehicles approach those intervals in order to help plan out maintenance for your fleet minimizing down time.
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Pros
Gfi Systems
  • Security is their main focus and they do an excellent job providing users the ability to use all tools in one product.
  • Their reports are very detailed and have the option to auto email key people with executive reports to keep track of vulnerabilities and patch status.
  • Keeping costs low, no other company could offer as much as they do for everything they offer.
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Samsara
  • Video monitoring of road and cab activity.
  • GPS tracking of vehicle location.
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Cons
Gfi Systems
  • GFI Systems MailEssentials would be nice to have the possibility to block emails from overseas. Make that customizable, too!
  • Have a "lite" version of GFI Systems LanGuard so we can do a quick check, if we would like to
  • How about a special "partner" phone number for support? One where a partner can access support more quickly?
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Samsara
  • Better notice of when a camera has gone bad or AI of a covered camera.
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Support Rating
Gfi Systems
The Support zteam for GFI was with us all the way through, and I believe that they had the best support team of all the products that we use and/or tested.
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Samsara
Great support team. Always available by chat, phone, email. They have always answered our questions and issues that we've had with the software. I'm thankful to have such a quality team to back their product. I was surprised by the level of access and transparency they offer to their customer service team to share with us.
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Alternatives Considered
Gfi Systems
GFI Systems MailEssentials is easier to use and much less expensive.
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Samsara
Samsara [for Fleets] is head and shoulders about the opposing products we stacked it up against. Between the ease of use for the driver app, the intuitive user friendly homepage and attentive staff and support team that Samsara provides makes their solution second to none. There have been multiple times that I have suggested items in the respective area of the website and within days I'm having a conference call with their development team so they can better understand what I'm looking for and how to make it happen and appeal to all customers in a constant effort to add value to their product.
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Return on Investment
Gfi Systems
  • GFI Systems does save us a lot of time and makes it very convenient to manage clients. Remote access usually works well.
  • For our business GFI Systems is a bit expensive. The total cost is like hiring a full time employee.
  • It would be nice if the backup function was more robust and better thought out. Until then, we are seeking another service for our client's backup needs.
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Samsara
  • Reduced accident frequency.
  • Reduced liability for accidents caused by others.
  • Mitigated and quick resolutions to accidents caused by my drivers.
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