Diesel TMS vs TruckingOffice

Diesel TMS brings trucking and freight brokerage operations into one transportation management system for owner-operators, small fleets, and growing brokerages. Its tools cover load management, dispatching, quoting, and rate confirmation creation. The iOS driver app provides load assignment notifications, tracking, status updates, geofenced automatic updates, document access and scanning, and log book entries. Accounting functions include double-entry accounting with a general ledger, invoicing, payment receipt, carrier and vendor payments, and ACH file downloads. Listed connections include two-way QuickBooks Online, 123Loadboard, MyCarrierPortal, email, and factoring integrations. Zapier is available on every plan, including free, and is described as linking to over 6,000 apps. The company says its API provides no-cost create, read, update, and delete access to core data. TMS Unlimited costs nothing and includes unlimited users, loads, customers, carriers, trucks, drivers, and quotes. TMS Flex costs what you agree with the maker, billed per user per hour while logged in; TMS Pro costs $40 a month per user.

TruckingOffice provides TMS and ELD software for owner-operators and fleet builders, with web, Android, and iOS access. The TMS tracks dispatch details and invoices, including payment status and overdue invoices. Its IFTA reporting tracks miles and fuel gallons by state, calculating mileage automatically with PC*Miler. Pro plans add load planning, LTL dispatch, factoring and remit-to support, and driver settlement management. The ELD app supports driver logs, duty-status changes, daily log certification, and roadside inspection reports; its vehicle interface device reads the truck’s ECM and connects to a phone or tablet by Bluetooth. TMS plans range from $25 a month for Basic Owner/Operator to $130 a month for Pro Fleet, with truck counts and workflows varying by plan. ELD options include $23 a month or $240 a year. A 30-day trial is offered. The TMS page states there are no additional-user fees or contracts and that customers can cancel at any time. Free support is advertised.