Fleet Maintenance Pro vs OpenGTS

Fleet Maintenance Pro helps organizations manage maintenance, repairs, fuel records, and fleet equipment. All editions can track an unlimited number of vehicles and equipment. Preventive maintenance can be scheduled by date, mileage, kilometers, hours, or fuel consumption, with automated notices when service is due. Repair requests can generate work orders with parts and labor details. The software records fuel transactions and can import exported information from an existing fuel card system. Shop Edition adds parts inventory management, stock tracking, purchasing, and reorder notifications. Reports can be printed, emailed, or exported, and an optional editor can adjust included reports. The cloud version is accessible from desktops, tablets, and smartphones, with dedicated iPhone and Android apps. The cloud plan page lists integration options such as GPS and API; the Enterprise web version can import meter readings and asset locations daily from a GPS provider. Cloud data is described as encrypted and automatically backed up. Plans include cloud subscriptions and Windows desktop purchases; the cloud plan listing starts at $24/user/mo, while another page shows “Starting at $30/mo.” A 30-day free trial is offered, but there is no free plan.

OpenGTS is an open-source, web-based system for collecting and storing GPS tracking and telemetry data from remote devices, with vehicle fleets as its focus. Its described uses include taxis, delivery vehicles, equipment, ships, and personal tracking. Fleet operators can view live locations, diagnostics, and sensor data, and use customizable historical, detail, and summary reports. Custom geofences can produce arrival and departure events in reports. Accounts can contain multiple users with separate passwords and controlled access to account sections. Mapping options include OpenLayers/OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, and Mapstraction. Several tracker protocols and phone-tracking options are included, and custom devices can be added through an example communication server. Each device needs a supported communication server, which may require protocol configuration or implementation. OpenGTS is written in Java, uses an SQL database, and runs its web interface and HTTP device servers in a servlet container such as Apache Tomcat. The project is licensed under Apache License version 2 and provides installation and configuration documentation, a tutorial, JavaDocs, and a FAQ.