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The EROAD alternative for fleets that are more than trucks
EROAD is a strong telematics and AI dash cam vendor across New Zealand and Australia, and it leads on road-transport compliance: electronic Road User Charges in New Zealand, and Fuel Tax Credit and Chain of Responsibility records in Australia. Teams running plant, trailers and tools beside the trucks also need to test how those assets are inspected, maintained and costed.
MapTrack sells the RoadSight, DualSight and Panorama AI dash cams, with GPS built in and video in the MapTrack app, and runs plant, machinery, trailers, tools and vehicles on one asset record, with pre-starts, maintenance triggers and cost history attached.
Choose EROAD when road-transport compliance is the job: electronic Road User Charges in New Zealand, Fuel Tax Credit reporting and Chain of Responsibility records in Australia, with Clarity dash cams and fatigue alerts on the same in-cab unit. Choose MapTrack, which sells the RoadSight, DualSight and Panorama AI dash cams with GPS built in, when the same operation also runs excavators, generators, trailers and tools, and the camera has to sit on one asset record with their pre-starts, maintenance and costs. MapTrack is one platform for every asset a field business runs: alongside vehicles with GPS and AI dash cams, it tracks the tools, plant and trailers outside the cab with QR, barcode and Data Matrix labels, Bluetooth tags and GPS trackers, and runs their pre-starts, bookings and maintenance on the same record.
Based on EROAD’s public Australian, New Zealand and corporate pages, MapTrack product pages and public pricing and store pages as of Oct 2026. Capabilities vary by region and package; verify in a pilot.
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EROAD vs MapTrack: the short answer
- •EROAD leads on road-transport compliance. It launched the world’s first nationwide electronic Road User Charges system in New Zealand in 2009, and the ATO has confirmed its Australian Fuel Tax Credit report can be used as an official record.
- •Its Clarity Edge AI dash cam detects collisions or near misses, tailgating, phone use, distraction, no seatbelt, smoking and fatigue, with an in-cab voice alert, and needs an Ehubo2 or CoreHub in the vehicle.
- •EROAD also tracks equipment, with Bluetooth Where tags, battery GPS trackers and wired units for plant, and schedules services by date, kilometres or engine hours. Work orders, hire rate cards and job costing are not publicly documented.
- •MapTrack puts AI dash cam events, GPS, pre-starts, maintenance and cost history on one asset record, across vehicles, plant, trailers and tools, with hardware and software prices published. EROAD’s Australian pages route to a demo.
What MapTrack covers in one platform
- Every asset, one record
- Tools on QR or barcode labels and Bluetooth tags, plant on GPS trackers, vehicles with GPS and AI dash cams, sites with boundaries: custody, inspections, maintenance and costs on the same record.
- Maintenance that runs on real usage
- Run hours and kilometres from trackers, dash cams or manual readings feed tiered service plans and next-service forecasts, every asset gets a 0 to 100 maintenance health score, and one work order can cover many assets, each with its own pass or fail.
- Easy for crews
- Pre-starts and inspections work without signal, on any phone, with shared-device PINs, single sign-on and AI help to build forms and add assets from a photo. Capterra Best Ease of Use 2026.
- Hardware and software from one vendor
- GPS trackers, AI dash cams with built-in GPS, Bluetooth tags and labels at published prices, managed in the same app, plus LightMetrics dash cam accounts and 150+ telematics, fleet and fuel-card data sources.
- Simple to buy and run
- Per-asset pricing with unlimited users, 24/7 support and month-to-month plans. Capterra Best Value 2026.
The full capability list (35)
- One register for tools, plant, equipment and vehicles
- Custody: who has what, and where
- Site boundaries on the map
- Live tracking and alerts in MapTrack Telematics
- Rate cards (Pro and Enterprise add-on)
- Finance dashboards (Pro and Enterprise add-on)
- Divisions (Pro and Enterprise add-on)
- Run hours and km from trackers, cameras, feeds or readings
- Work orders raised from meters, run hours and data feeds
- Tiered service plans
- Next-service forecasts from usage
- Stale-reading flags
- Maintenance health score
- Service board and due-soon emails
- One work order across many assets
- Batch work orders and bulk scan logging
- Labour, parts and external costs on every service
- Failed checks raise work orders by rule
- Parts and inventory by location and bin
- Offline pre-starts and inspections
- Mobile web app (Android, iPhone, iPad)
- Shared-device PINs
- SAML 2.0 single sign-on (SSO)
- AI form builder
- AI asset creation from a photo
- Equipment bookings (Requests)
- GPS trackers managed in the app
- AI dash cam video in the app
- AI dash cams with built-in GPS
- LightMetrics dash cam connection
- Bluetooth tags
- QR, barcode and Data Matrix scanning
- OEM feeds under Connections
- 150+ data sources
- Engine hours from 68 integrations
Run a vehicle pre-start on a phone
A daily pre-start for a ute, part-way through. Driver checks such as fitness for work and licence take one tap, and each vehicle check records No Fault, Fault Present, Adjustment Carried Out or Not Applicable.
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What is EROAD?
EROAD is a fleet management technology company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with offices in Sydney, Manila and San Diego, and it is dual-listed on the NZX and the ASX. It started in road-user charging: in 2009 it launched the world’s first nationwide electronic Road User Charges system in New Zealand. Across New Zealand, Australia and North America, 238,389 units were connected at 31 March 2026, with 26,089 at work in Australia.
Its in-cab unit, the Ehubo2, sits at the centre of a compliance-heavy product set: Fuel Tax Credit and FBT reporting, inspection, defect, servicing and speeding records for Chain of Responsibility, Clarity dash cams with AI fatigue and distraction alerts, Iridium satellite tracking for heavy vehicles out of mobile coverage, and Etrack trackers and tags for equipment. For a road fleet with real compliance work, that is a mature and coherent package.
Why teams look for an EROAD alternative
Most teams that look past EROAD are not unhappy with its compliance tools. They run more than trucks, and want the plant, trailers and tools on the same record as the vehicles.
The register extends beyond the road fleet
EROAD tracks equipment with tags and trackers. Test how excavators, generators, light towers and tools are registered, inspected and serviced as assets, not only located on a map.
Check how a due service becomes a job
EROAD schedules services by date, kilometres or engine hours and keeps a service history. Work orders are not publicly documented, so confirm how a due service is raised, assigned and closed out on the asset.
Cost and hire sit somewhere else
Hire rate cards, chargeout and cost history per asset are not publicly positioned. If you hire out plant or need repair-or-replace decisions, check where that data would live.
You cannot price it without a conversation
EROAD’s Australian pages route to "Book a demo" with no published price, so a mixed rollout cannot be costed up front.
MapTrack vs EROAD
Competitor claims come from EROAD’s own public pages, read 29 Oct 2026. Where a capability is not documented publicly it is marked unknown, never absent.
| Criteria |  MapTrack |  EROAD |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | YesMixed fleets: plant, machinery, trailers, tools and vehicles on one asset record | Road fleets where telematics, safety and road-transport compliance are the programme(per EROAD, Oct 2026) |
| AI dash cams | YesRoadSight, DualSight and Panorama AI dash cams with GPS built in, events on the same asset record as pre-starts, maintenance and cost, and a fleet safety events dashboard | YesClarity Edge, road or dual-facing, with road, driver and fatigue AI and in-cab voice alerts; it needs an Ehubo2 or CoreHub. The Clarity range runs from one to six camera angles(per EROAD Clarity Edge, Oct 2026) |
| Road-transport compliance | ?Pre-start, inspection and service records on each asset. MapTrack is not a road-user charging, fuel tax or work diary product | YesElectronic RUC in New Zealand; a Fuel Tax Credit report the ATO accepts as an official record, an FBT logbook and Chain of Responsibility records in Australia(per EROAD tax and compliance, Oct 2026) |
| Assets with no cab (trailers, generators, tools) | YesGPS trackers, Bluetooth tags and QR, barcode and Data Matrix labels, each on its own asset record with pre-starts, bookings and maintenance | YesEtrack Where Bluetooth tags, Oyster3 battery GPS trackers for trailers and bins, and wired G70 units for plant and generators(per EROAD equipment tracking, Oct 2026) |
| Pre-starts and inspections | YesQR pre-starts and inspections attached to the asset, with failures raising work orders | YesEROAD Inspect on the Ehubo2 or a phone, for any vehicle or asset, with defects on a defect board(per EROAD Inspect, Oct 2026) |
| Maintenance from runtime or odometer | YesWork orders raised automatically from meter readings, run-time hours and GPS or OEM data feeds, with tiered service plans | ?Services due by date, kilometres or engine hours, with a service history; work orders are not publicly documented(per EROAD fleet maintenance, Oct 2026) |
| Job costing and rate cards | YesRate cards, chargeout and cost history per asset and per site | Not publicly confirmedNot publicly positioned as a hire rate-card or asset-costing platform(per EROAD, Oct 2026) |
| Out of mobile coverage | YesThe G150 Iridium satellite GPS tracker, and the DualSight AI dash cam can send its data and video over a vehicle-mounted Starlink’s Wi-Fi | YesIridium satellite tracking for Ehubo2-fitted heavy vehicles, positioned for mining and remote sites(per EROAD satellite communications, Oct 2026) |
| Integrations | YesEROAD is listed as a supported telematics data source on MapTrack’s integrations page, so the two can run side by side | YesNamed partner integrations, plus a Third Party Partner Gateway API as an add-on for MyEROAD customers(per EROAD partners and integrations, Oct 2026) |
| Pricing transparency | YesPublic hardware store with prices, plus a public software pricing page | ?No price on the Australian pages reviewed; they route to "Book a demo"(per EROAD Clarity Edge, Oct 2026) |
| Region | YesAustralian-built and supported, deployed internationally | Headquartered in Auckland, with offices in Sydney, Manila and San Diego, serving New Zealand, Australia and North America(per EROAD: about, Oct 2026) |
See a mixed fleet in one record
Bring an asset list with a truck, an excavator, a trailer and a generator on it. We will show you what each one looks like in MapTrack.
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Where MapTrack is different
Where does the excavator live?
In MapTrack the excavator, the generator and the gang box each have a full asset record, with pre-starts, services, bookings and costs, beside the trucks with AI dash cams.
Tags and trackers tell you where equipment is. The record behind them is what decides whether a machine is serviced on time, booked to the right job and worth keeping. MapTrack tracks the same assets with GPS trackers, Bluetooth tags and QR labels, and keeps that record on every one.
What does the camera add to the record?
MapTrack’s AI dash cams have GPS built in, so the truck’s location, trips and estimated run hours and kilometres land on its record beside its pre-starts, servicing and costs.
Each saved event opens in MapTrack with its clip, the trip it was on, the speed and the place. On the DualSight, the Pro plan adds live road alerts including tailgating and forward collision warnings, and the Advanced plan adds driver monitoring. Footage is visible to account owners only.
Can you see what the asset actually costs?
Rate cards, chargeout and cost history per asset and per site, so utilisation and cost sit beside location rather than in a finance spreadsheet.
Telematics tells you where a machine is. It does not usually tell you what it cost you this month, what it earned on a site, or whether it is worth keeping. MapTrack carries that on the asset record (rate cards and finance are a Pro and Enterprise add-on).
What about sites out of mobile coverage?
The DualSight can send its data and video over a vehicle-mounted Starlink’s Wi-Fi instead of mobile data, and the G150 tracker reports over Iridium satellite.
On Starlink the DualSight uses Starlink only: there is no automatic fallback to its SIM. If Starlink is off or unavailable it keeps recording to its card, subject to storage and power, and uploads and video requests wait until the connection is back. We set it up with you before it goes in the vehicle.
Where EROAD wins
Written to be useful rather than flattering to us. If these are the things you are buying, buy them.
Road-transport compliance, done properly
Electronic Road User Charges in New Zealand since 2009, a Fuel Tax Credit report the ATO accepts as an official record, an FBT logbook and Chain of Responsibility records in Australia. MapTrack does not do road-user charging or fuel tax reporting.
Fatigue alerts in the cab
Clarity Edge fatigue AI watches for yawning, frequent blinking and eyes closed for more than 1.5 seconds, with a voice alert to the driver and a notification to a manager at the same time.
Work diaries for heavy vehicles
An NZTA-approved electronic logbook in New Zealand, and in Australia Logmaster’s Electronic Work Diary, approved by NHVR, as an add-on to EROAD’s Geotab heavy vehicle solution.
It does track equipment
Where tags, Oyster3 and G70 trackers and Inspect on a phone cover more than the trucks. If your plant and tools need location only, the gap may be smaller than it first appears.
When to choose each
Choose MapTrack if you…
- Your fleet is mixed: plant, machinery, trailers and tools alongside vehicles.
- Pre-starts, maintenance and cost need to sit on the same record as location and dash cam events.
- You want work orders raised automatically from meter readings and run-time hours, with tiered service plans.
- You want published hardware pricing rather than a quote.
- You need equipment bookings (Requests) with approvals, conflict checks and scan-to-check-out.
- You hire out equipment and need rate cards with daily, weekly and monthly rates (a Pro and Enterprise add-on).
- You want a cost ledger, budget vs actual and repair-or-replace for every asset (a Pro and Enterprise add-on).
- Some vehicles work beyond mobile coverage and carry a Starlink, so the DualSight can send its video over Starlink Wi-Fi.
Consider EROAD if you…
- •Your programme is road-transport compliance: electronic RUC in New Zealand, or Fuel Tax Credits, FBT and Chain of Responsibility records in Australia.
- •You want fatigue alerts with an in-cab voice alert on heavy vehicles, alongside the in-cab unit that runs your compliance.
- •Your assets are overwhelmingly road vehicles rather than mixed plant, trailers and tools.
Pricing and total cost
MapTrack
Per-asset software pricing with unlimited users, published on the pricing page. Hardware is listed with its price in the public store, including the AI Fleet Dash Cam with GPS and the full GPS tracker range.
You can price a mixed rollout before speaking to anyone, which matters when your rollout includes vehicles, plant, trailers and tools.
EROAD
EROAD’s Australian pages publish no price and route buyers to "Book a demo". Its terms describe renting the hardware with the services as a monthly bundle, or buying the hardware and paying a monthly fee. Itemise the in-cab unit, cameras, trackers and tags, any compliance or fatigue add-ons, contract term and installation before signing.
Always compare hardware ownership, contract term, minimums, installation, SIM and data, any compliance add-ons, and footage retention before deciding.
Moving from EROAD, or running both
You can keep EROAD on the trucks for compliance and run MapTrack across the whole register. EROAD is on MapTrack’s integrations page as a supported telematics data source, so the two can run side by side.
Export the asset register first
Pull your asset list, categories, serial numbers and current assignments. This is the part that carries forward, whichever telematics you keep on the trucks.
Decide what stays on EROAD
If RUC, Fuel Tax Credits or work diaries run on EROAD, keep them there. Move the plant, trailers and tools, and the pre-starts and services for every asset, into MapTrack.
Run both on one site
Pick a site with a truck, an excavator, a trailer and a generator. Keep the incumbent running. Compare what each system knows about all four at the end of a month.
Move the workflows, then the hardware
Pre-starts, maintenance schedules and custody move first because they are the daily habit. Cameras and trackers follow at contract renewal, which avoids paying twice.
What to verify in a pilot
Both of these are questions to ask, not claims to trust. Run them against your own asset list.
- ✓MapTrack: Load a real asset list covering a truck, an excavator, a trailer and a generator. Run a pre-start on each, let a run-hours service fall due, and check the cost history. If you run Starlink, test the DualSight on it before rollout. The test is whether all four assets have a complete record at the end.
- ✓EROAD: Ask which asset classes the tags and trackers support and what run hours they report, how a due service becomes a work order, and where hire rates and asset costs would live. Ask which Clarity camera and AI options your quote includes, and whether each needs an Ehubo2 or CoreHub in the vehicle.
Other alternatives worth considering
If road-fleet telematics is the whole programme, these are the comparisons that matter more than ours.
Teletrac Navman
Established fleet telematics with dedicated Australian and New Zealand sites, AI video and heavy-vehicle compliance tools.
Samsara
Large connected-operations platform with strong fleet, trailer and camera hardware. Strongest where the fleet is vehicle-heavy.
Lytx
Long-established video telematics with a mature driver coaching programme.
Geotab
Deep telematics ecosystem with a wide marketplace. Camera options exist alongside a large third-party integration set.
Methodology and sources
Updated 29 Oct 2026 from EROAD’s public product, compliance and company pages, plus MapTrack product documentation and public pricing and store pages.
- EROAD: about
- EROAD Clarity Edge
- EROAD equipment tracking
- EROAD Inspect
- EROAD fleet maintenance
- EROAD tax and compliance
- MapTrack pricing
- MapTrack AI dashcams
Where an EROAD capability is not documented on the pages reviewed it is marked unknown rather than absent. Products and compliance tools differ between New Zealand, Australia and North America; verify against the site for your country.
Spotted something out of date or incorrect? Email corrections@maptrack.com and we will review and update this page.
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About the author
Co-Founder & GM of Operations
Lachlan leads operations at MapTrack, bringing 10+ years of enterprise technology experience across mining, construction and heavy industry. Before MapTrack, he held senior roles at Workato (integration and automation) and AppDynamics/Cisco (application performance), working directly with ASX-listed organisations to modernise their technology stacks. His deep understanding of field operations and blue-collar workflows shapes how MapTrack solves real problems for asset-intensive teams.
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