McLeod LoadMaster vs. Samsara Vehicle Telematics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LoadMaster
Score 10.0 out of 10
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McLeod Software in Birmingham, Alabama offers LoadMaster, a fleet management tailored to the needs of trucking companies covering dispatch, vehicle fuel and maintenance management, mobile driver communication, driver safety and efficiency management, and other features.N/A
Samsara Vehicle Telematics
Score 8.3 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
Pricing
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LoadMasterSamsara Vehicle Telematics
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
McLeod LoadMasterSamsara Vehicle Telematics
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
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9.0
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User Testimonials
McLeod LoadMasterSamsara Vehicle Telematics
Likelihood to Recommend
McLeod Software
On my daily tasks, it helps me to track every order and provide us with detailed information, logging times, [and] user's interactions. Not only [being] able to track but to build and receive orders thru its transmission system is good because it is integrated with a huge amount of companies world wide, reducing the effort and costs in contracting several apps to do just one thing.
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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
McLeod Software
  • Dispatching management- with all its features we can be sure that McLeod will cover all the possible needs when dispatching a load.
  • Billing and documentation- its platform also provides several ways to gather all our documentation and keep them recorded.
  • GPS tracking- its implementation on GPS is beyond of our expectations. It works perfectly with the most known GPS apps such Macropoint, Keeptruckin, LoadTrack and more.
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Samsara
  • Video monitoring of road and cab activity.
  • GPS tracking of vehicle location.
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Cons
McLeod Software
  • Guides- we would love to have some updated tutorials and videos about how to use it
  • Feedback system- everyone wants to be listened to. We would appreciate a system to leave a feedback about its product and its new functionalities.
  • Fresh look- it is not ugly but McLeod is strong [and] powerful and I think a newer and fresh look will be nice.
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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
McLeod Software
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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
McLeod Software
McLeod has several implementations and is always looking for new ways to get up-to-date. Also, it is stable which is a nice thing when you are a big company handling thousands and thousands of loads every day. We are not only building loads but selling, tracking, dispatching, billing them, and all is being done in the same app.
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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
McLeod Software
  • Looks a bit old- we are in a new age of apps with fresh looks and responsive designs, however, this does not impact our business but we think that using a new face will help with the training curve.
  • It might delay the operation a bit because we need to access different menu items to get to one specific point.
  • A positive thing would be that with all the amount of features it has. McLeod is always trying keep the platform stable, and we know it is not easy to maintain a software like that.
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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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