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Source-linked differences for fleet and maintenance managers. No sponsored winner and no blended review score.
Simply Fleet is a mobile-first fleet maintenance platform for small and mid-size operators, covering preventive maintenance, inspections, work orders, parts, and fuel. It emphasizes low per-vehicle pricing and a free tier for very small fleets.
UpKeep is a mobile-first CMMS with a dedicated Fleet product that layers vehicle-specific capabilities onto its core maintenance engine. It handles usage-based preventive maintenance (miles, engine hours, or calendar days), mobile work orders, digital DVIRs with photos and flagged defects, parts management, and VIN-based vehicle history. It is genuinely maintenance-first: compliance records are DOT/OSHA audit-ready, and PMs auto-generate work orders when thresholds are hit. Real-time GPS, speed, and engine diagnostics come from integrating existing telematics (Samsara, Geotab, Motive) rather than UpKeep hardware, so it is not a native-GPS platform. Pricing starts at $24/user/mo (Essential) and $55/user/mo (Premium), with Professional and Enterprise tiers on custom quotes.
How Simply Fleet and UpKeep line up, side by side. Rows where they differ are highlighted.
| Feature | Simply Fleet |
UpKeep |
|---|---|---|
| Capterra rating | 4.6/5 (28) | 4.6/5 (1,329) |
| Starting price | From $2/vehicle/mo; free up to 5 vehicles | From $24/user/mo (Essential) |
| Best for | Small to mid-size fleets that want affordable, mobile-first maintenance tracking without enterprise complexity | Maintenance-led fleets (mixed vehicle + facility/equipment operations) that want a mobile-first CMMS built around work orders, PMs, and DVIRs rather than GPS tracking. |
| Preventive maintenance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Work orders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inspections & DVIR | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parts inventory | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fuel tracking | ✓ | — |
| Native GPS tracking | — | — |
| Asset management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compliance | ✓ | ✓ |
This is a fit comparison, not a universal winner. A tool built for an enterprise fleet with native telematics is not the same as one built for a small in-house shop. Validate the decisive maintenance workflow and total contract cost in both demos.
Start here when: Small to mid-size fleets that want affordable, mobile-first maintenance tracking without enterprise complexity.
Start here when: Maintenance-led fleets (mixed vehicle + facility/equipment operations) that want a mobile-first CMMS built around work orders, PMs, and DVIRs rather than GPS tracking..
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| Review platform | Simply Fleet | UpKeep |
|---|---|---|
| Capterra | 4.6/528 reviewsChecked July 17, 2026 · open source ↗ | 4.6/51,329 reviewsChecked July 17, 2026 · open source ↗ |
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A strong budget-friendly fit for small fleets that need core maintenance management without paying enterprise rates.
A real fleet maintenance CMMS, not pure telematics. UpKeep Fleet covers the maintenance core well (PM, work orders, DVIR inspections, parts, vehicle asset history, DOT compliance), which is why the maintenance facets are true. It has no native GPS hardware and no dedicated fuel cost/consumption tracking module (it only surfaces a live "Fuel Level" reading pulled from third-party telematics), so native_gps and fuel_tracking are false. Best fit for shops that already run maintenance in a CMMS and want vehicles in the same system, or that plug in an existing telematics provider for location data.
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