Fleet vehicle tracking software has been around for several years now and helps thousands of businesses perform more efficiently, reduce operating costs through increased productivity, lower fuel usage and maintain a tighter control of employee time sheets and overtime claims. There is no doubt investing in vehicle tracking will benefit any size business and deliver substantial cost savings.
However, fleet managers are often confused by the wide range of products and services on offer and fail to understand why the monthly subscriptions can vary so widely. The options are endless, lease, pay as you go, outright purchase, rental contract and so on, but which option truly delivers the most cost-effective solution and provides best value for your business?
Cutting out the middleman and sourcing your own tracker units and vehicle tracking software will certainly work out cheaper than any other option. A growing number of software houses are offering web based fleet vehicle tracking software at extremely low rates, approximately ($5USD / £3GBP) per vehicle per month as a guideline.
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Add to this about ($4USD / £2GBP) to cover the cost of a Data SIM card, which is required to send the GPS coordinates from the tracker to the server over the mobile phone network and you're looking at a total ongoing monthly charge of approximately ($9USD / £5GBP). Brilliant I hear you say, that's probably about half the cost compared to using one of the many vehicle tracking companies out there, but what about getting the units installed?
Any reputable auto electrical accessory installer can carry out installation of the tracker units into the vehicles. It's generally a 3-wire install for most systems and takes around 30 minutes for a typical vehicle tracker install. Your local car audio, car alarm and hands free mobile phone kit installer will be able to undertake the installation for you.
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Sourcing your own software also gives you the freedom to purchase the GPS tracker units from the supplier of your choice as most of the software platforms support a wide range of tracker unit models from different manufacturers. Larger fleets can purchase tracker units at wholesale rates, expect to pay around ($140USD / £110GBP) per unit depending on manufacturer and features required.
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You can see from the numbers that spending a little time and doing your homework could allow you to implement vehicle tracking into your business for less cost than using a conventional service provider and also benefit from lower ongoing service costs. A true win-win scenario for your business.
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