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A pickup truck and an excavator are both assets, but managing them is nothing alike. Heavy equipment runs on engine hours, not miles. It lives on jobsites without addresses. It needs preventive maintenance by meter readings, rugged telematics hardware, jobsite-level cost tracking and custody workflows for tools and attachments. Fleet software built for over-the-road trucking treats equipment as an afterthought, and the missed PMs show it.
The nine platforms below manage heavy equipment properly: telematics, mixed-asset tracking, maintenance workflows and the construction-specific features that keep iron productive.
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tenna | Construction companies wanting equipment-first management | Custom | No, demo available |
 Samsara | Mixed fleets wanting best-in-class telematics and safety | Custom | No, demo available |
 Motive | Safety-driven fleets with compliance needs | Custom | No, demo available |
 Geotab | Data-driven fleets wanting open-platform telematics | Custom | No, demo available |
 EquipmentShare | Contractors wanting management plus rental and buying power | Custom | No |
 Fleetio | Maintenance-first fleet operations with clean work orders | See website | No, free trial available |
 Verizon Connect | Enterprise fleets wanting carrier-backed coverage | Custom | No, demo available |
 Whip Around | Smaller fleets prioritizing inspections and compliance | See website | No, free trial available |
 EZO | Asset lifecycle, custody trails and procurement in one system | See website | No, free trial available |
We review this list regularly. Vendors can request a listing, send updated pricing or ask about featured placement.
We selected platforms with real heavy equipment management adoption in 2026: engine-hour tracking, mixed-asset visibility, preventive maintenance workflows and construction-aware features. Pure trucking ELD tools, generic asset tags without software depth, and consumer GPS trackers were excluded. Enterprise pricing here is custom; we note where trials and transparent pricing exist.
Demand a demo on your fleet, not theirs: a skid steer on the map with engine hours and an hour-based PM schedule. Verify mixed-asset coverage, pickups and excavators on the same screen with the same metrics, because split tools mean dark assets. Check rugged hardware ratings for your conditions and confirm ERP integration with your accounting system. Pilot on a busy jobsite and a yard, measuring downtime, tool loss and time-to-locate before committing. The platform that moves those metrics with least friction wins.
We review this list regularly. Vendors can request a listing, send updated pricing or ask about featured placement.
Shihab has spent more than a decade helping SaaS and e-commerce brands grow through search. He writes Rankite's software buying guides from pricing pages, documentation and public user reviews. More about Shihab.