Vehicle Tracking Costs in 2026: GPS Fleet Tracking Prices, Hardware and Contracts

Quick answer: Vehicle tracking for business fleets costs about $10 to $35 per vehicle per month at vendors that publish prices, plus $0 to $129 per tracker depending on the contract. AI dash cams add roughly $30 to $50 per vehicle per month, and an ELD adds about $7 to $30. Samsara, Motive, Verizon Connect, Geotab and other enterprise platforms only quote. Every price below is vendor-published, checked September 2026.

Vehicle tracking prices are hard to compare because vendors split the bill differently. Some give you the device and charge a higher monthly fee, some charge for the device and lower the fee, and some make the device free only if you sign for three years. This guide lays out published prices side by side, separates hardware from subscription, explains contract terms, and works through what a small fleet actually pays.

How Much Does GPS Fleet Tracking Cost per Month?

These are the vendors that publish per-vehicle prices on their own websites.

Source: each vendor’s own pricing page, vendor-published, checked September 2026. BrickHouse’s FAQ also mentions a $9.95 starting price; its plan table shows $9.99 on a 2-year term.

Vendors that only quote

The following vendors do not publish prices. Their pricing pages are contact or demo forms:

• Samsara (asks for fleet size, from 1 to 5 vehicles up to 5,000+)
• Motive
• Verizon Connect, including the former Fleetmatics product line
• Geotab (GO Core and GO plans, sold through resellers; hardware included, no installation fee)
• Teletrac Navman, GPS Insight, Lytx, Powerfleet (Fleet Complete), Rhino Fleet Tracking and GPS Trackit (now part of Zonar)

If you searched for “Fleetmatics cost per vehicle”: Fleetmatics is now Verizon Connect, and Verizon Connect does not publish a per-vehicle price.

How Much Does a Vehicle Tracking System Cost in Total?

Add the hardware, any installation or activation fee, and the monthly fee for every month of the contract. Industry ranges published by vendors themselves give a sense of the spread:

• Geotab’s cost guide gives an example of one provider charging $15 per vehicle per month and another $50, and notes that some include hardware, installation and training while others charge for them separately.
• Track Your Truck’s 2026 cost breakdown puts hardware at free to $200+, service at $13 to $50 per vehicle per month, activation fees at $25 to $75, and dash cams at an extra $15 to $40 per month.

The published prices in the table above sit at the lower end of those ranges, which is typical for small-fleet vendors.

Hardware vs Subscription Pricing

Installation is the other hardware cost. Plug-in OBD-II trackers are self-installed in minutes, and Azuga says its OBD tracker takes about 20 seconds. Hardwired trackers and some dash cams may need an installer; ask whether installation is included, as it is with Geotab.

Contract Terms and How They Change the Price

Contract length is the biggest lever on price after fleet size. Using Linxup’s published prices as an example, one tracker on a 3-year term costs $0 for hardware and $25 a month, while the same tracker with no contract costs $69 upfront and $25 a month. Track Your Truck’s AI dash cam drops from $39.99 to $34.99 a month on a 1 or 2-year term. Quartix commits you for 12 months while you pay off the tracker, then goes month-to-month.

Before you sign, ask for:

• The full contract value (hardware plus every monthly payment over the term).
• The early termination fee and whether unpaid hardware becomes due.
• Whether you can remove vehicles during the term.
• The renewal price and whether the contract auto-renews.

What Does a Small Fleet Actually Pay? Worked Examples

These estimates use only the list prices above for 10 vehicles over 12 months, before taxes, promotions and any quote-based discounts.

The spread is mostly about features. The cheapest plans cover location, trips and alerts. Adding driver scoring, cameras or an ELD moves you up the table quickly, and cameras roughly double or triple the monthly bill.

What Adds to the Cost of Vehicle Tracking?

• Dash cams: $25 to $50 per vehicle per month at the vendors above, plus camera hardware from $0 to $399 depending on the term.
• ELD for hours of service: OneStep GPS bundles GPS and ELD for $20.95; Linxup charges $30 and Azuga starts at $30.
• Asset trackers for trailers and equipment: Linxup charges $15 per tracker per month.
• Faster location updates and premium support: Azuga’s $35 CompleteFleet tier adds 30-second tracking and a customer success manager.
• Maintenance software: if your tracker lacks it, Fleetio costs $4 to $10 per vehicle per month and Simply Fleet has a free plan for up to 5 vehicles.

Vehicle Tracking Costs by Fleet Size

Fleet size changes both the price per vehicle and the kind of vendor you deal with.

• 1 to 5 vehicles: self-serve vendors are the best fit. Force Fleet’s Starter plan covers up to 3 vehicles at $10 to $12 each per month, OneStep GPS is $13.95 with the device included, and most small plans are month-to-month. Budget roughly $30 to $125 a month for tracking alone at the published prices above.
• 6 to 50 vehicles: published pricing still applies, but this is where contract length starts to matter. Linxup and Track Your Truck drop hardware to $0 on 2 or 3-year terms, and Linxup offers free hardware and 20% off service for 5 or more devices on a 3-year contract (vendor-published promotion, checked September 2026). Ask whether a volume price applies.
• 50+ vehicles: you will usually talk to sales at Samsara, Motive, Verizon Connect, Geotab or Teletrac Navman. Per-vehicle pricing is negotiated, often bundled with cameras and ELD, and tied to a multi-year term. Samsara’s pricing form, for example, sorts buyers into bands from 1 to 5 vehicles up to 5,000+.

How to Get a Lower Price on Vehicle Tracking

1. Compare full contract value, not the monthly fee. A $0 device on a 3-year term can cost more overall than a $69 device with no contract if you might cancel.
2. Pay annually where the vendor offers it. Force Fleet, for example, lists $10 annual against $12 monthly on its Starter plan.
3. Buy only the modules you will use. Cameras and ELD are the expensive parts; add them only to the vehicles that need them.
4. Get competing quotes from two or three quote-only vendors. Quoted prices move more than published ones.
5. Use the trial or money-back window to check coverage in your area and whether drivers and dispatchers actually use the app.

How Much Does a GPS Tracking Device Cost?

A fleet GPS tracking device costs $0 to $129 at the vendors we checked, and more for rugged hardwired units and cameras. The device is free with OneStep GPS (returned on cancel), $59 with Force Fleet, $14.95 and up at BrickHouse, and $0 to $129 at Linxup and Track Your Truck depending on contract length. US Fleet Tracking lists its trackers at $75 to $199. The monthly service fee is extra in every case.

What Is the Best GPS Tracker Without a Subscription?

For fleet use, there is not a good one. Real-time tracking needs a cellular data plan, so every fleet tracker has a monthly fee. Devices sold as “no monthly fee” are usually Bluetooth tags or passive loggers that do not show live location. If the goal is the lowest ongoing cost, look at plans that include the device, such as OneStep GPS at $13.95 a month, or annual billing such as Force Fleet’s $10 Starter plan.

Is Vehicle Tracking Worth the Cost?

It usually is when it replaces phone calls and guesswork. The common sources of savings are less idling and speeding, fewer unauthorized trips, faster dispatch, accurate timesheets and proof of arrival for customers, and quicker recovery of stolen vehicles. Measure your own baseline first (fuel spend, overtime, missed appointments) so you can check the result during a trial or money-back window. For how tracking works in practice, see our GPS fleet tracking guide, and for full platforms compared, see the best fleet management software guide and the fleet management software pricing comparison.

Related reading: Samsara Pricing 2026: Per-Vehicle Costs, Hardware and Contract Terms, Fleetio Pricing 2026: Plans, Per-Vehicle Costs and What Each Tier Adds

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