Linxup Review: Minimize Downtime From $25 per Month

Linxup is an appealing GPS fleet management system for minimizing downtime of your vehicles and keeping your business on the road, according to our research.

Its software is equipped with automated maintenance reminders that help you stay on top of your service schedule and track preventative maintenance routines that will ultimately prevent vehicle breakdowns. 

In this Linxup review, we’ll compare Linxup’s features against its competitors and examine whether or not it’s a worthy investment.

Linxup Review: Overview, Pros and Cons

If you’re short on time, here’s a quick summary of everything you need to know about Linxup, including its major plus points and a few inconveniences to consider.

Linxup Review: Design and Layout

Linxup is designed with simplicity in mind. You are greeted by a clean home page that straightforwardly displays vital information, as you are taken straight to the map view.

We found it easy to access core functionality via its top navigation bar – seen in the image below to include the Map, Reports, Alerts, Maintenance, Customers, and Setup sections – and get into its GPS tracking, driver behavior monitoring, and reporting tools.

This interface is limited in terms of customization compared to competitors Samsara and Verizon Connect Reveal. These software options allow users to drag and drop widgets and customize their dashboards extensively – for instance, Verizon lets you customize a favorites menu of your most used pages, search for specific tools, and pin tabs for regularly used items – Linxup’s dashboard is more static.

This can make it more difficult for users to prioritize the information they need most, forcing them to sift through multiple tabs or pages to find the exact tools they need. It requires a few extra clicks to access some specific tools then, but we still found it pretty easy to use overall since every tool is well-signposted.

Plus, Linxup is accessible via both desktop and mobile devices, allowing fleet managers to monitor operations on the go. The mobile app mirrors the desktop interface, ensuring a consistent user experience no matter your chosen device.

Linxup Review: Features

Linxup’s standout features have to do with fleet maintenance and driver management tools, where it scored favorably in comparison to other providers we’ve investigated. Here’s a look at each of its top offerings in more detail, starting with its maintenance tools.

Reliable fleet maintenance management system

Neglecting simple routine maintenance can lead to vehicle breakdowns and costly repairs. Linxup’s comprehensive fleet maintenance program allows you to track service due dates and keep your vehicles in prime condition.

Its powerful built-in maintenance management system allows you to:

• Add maintenance dates for each vehicle in your fleet
• Create service schedules based on mileage, hours of usage, or scheduled dates
• Keep a record of previous services
• Get notifications about approaching service events

Powerful driver behavior reporting 

Linxup provides easy access to reports like driver performance, fuel usage, and maintenance schedules. These reports are presented in clear, graphical formats that helped us quickly interpret data without needing to dive into raw figures.

Although, you can certainly get more customizable and detailed reporting from the likes of Teletrac Navman by comparison: they are fairly basic, though that does allow them to be easy to read. While it’s a bit of a miss-matching color scheme, the bright colors of each graph make it obvious where you need to look to quickly get information upon repeat visits.

Using Linxup, we also found we could:

• Review detailed driving history with animated, interactive route replay 
• Breakdown each day into detailed trip segments 
• Review stops, alerts, and other key driving events 
• View street-level details to gain deeper insight

Daily driver safety reports

Better yet, Linxup puts driver safety front and center with a daily performance scorecard for each driver. It monitors unsafe driving activity, such as speeding, harsh braking, and rapid acceleration.

Using this data, you can also generate a daily driver safety report card (also seen as part of the main dashboard shown above) that provides:

• A grade for each driver, rating their performance from best to worst each day.
• A summary of key safe driving behaviors and alerts
• Key data, such as stops, miles driven, and idling activity

Increasing driver safety also means reducing risk liability and stress. Business owners will receive real-time alert notifications via mobile or summary notifications via email or text when unsafe driving occurs.

User-friendly and comprehensive tracking

Of course, as with all the top fleet management software, Linxup’s real-time GPS tracker is a core piece of functionality.

We found it allowed us to quickly and easily locate any vehicle and promptly solve customer and driver disputes. The Google-maps-based interface is not dissimilar from our favorite tracking software, Verizon Connect Reveal, as you see below.

Every Linxup tracker updates location data every 60 seconds when the vehicle is on and every hour when the vehicle is off. That’s not the quickest speed on the market, with the likes of Motive promising 1-3 second refresh rates and most other competitors, like Verizon Connect Reveal, Azuga, and GPS Insight, hitting the 30-second mark.

Once a Linxup tracker is installed, however, tracking a vehicle’s location and performance is easy and you’ll have the following tools across the web or mobile app:

• Get instant GPS tracking of any vehicle in your fleet 
• View detailed reports of vehicle activity 
• Access map views with both map and satellite options 
• View a breadcrumb location history for each vehicle using clickable icons that make it super easy to find speed, direction, and vehicle stop information

In addition, you can also review fleet summary reports that record tracking data to produce:

• Vehicle idling reports of driver’s activity
• Stops reports showing vehicle stop times at different locations
• Advanced trip reports showing each day‘s activity
• Driver safety report cards

Linxup Review: Useful Add-Ons

Besides what you get with the basic Linxup package, you can also get some extra functionality depending on your fleet needs. Here’s a couple we think could be worthwhile.

IFTA reports

Need International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) reports? With Linxup, you can generate IFTA reports, including fuel and miles tax summaries, in seconds. You can also calculate fuel-tax information for individual vehicles or your entire fleet. 

Approved by all US Departments of Transportation, Linxup’s IFTA add-on gives you the tools to easily:

• Collect mileage data
• Calculate fuel tax information for each or all vehicles
• View fuel gallons used, tax rates for individual states, and total fuel tax due
• Generate reports in HTML and quickly export to Excel

Definitely a worthy add-on, this will cost an extra $12 per month and could save hundreds of hours in the long run.

24-Hour Protection With Linxup’s Dashcam

Receive video or image alerts for collisions, nearby movement, breaking glass, and harsh braking with the Linxup Dashcam. This tiny yet mighty add-on is a beast with unbeatable features: 

• Real-time view of the roads and inside the vehicle 
• User-generated video options
• LED spotlight for theft prevention

Using 4G LTE connectivity, videos instantly upload to the cloud and are available via mobile app or web, so you can easily share videos with your insurance provider or the police.

Linxup Dashcam starts at $99 per vehicle, and can only be purchased on top of your monthly subscription plan.

Linxup Review: Pricing and Costs

The industry norm is to give pricing on a case-by-case basis. However, Linxup is pretty transparent when it comes to pricing.

Below is the pricing for each of its devices. It is worth noting that, no matter which device and contract you choose, you’ll still pay an added $25 per vehicle, per month for Linxup’s software.

This all sees it score a middling but respectable 3.2/5 in our research for pricing, sitting above big names like Verizon, Azuga, Spireon, and Samsara.

Linxup offers competitive prices, although it is far from the most affordable fleet management system on the market. This award goes to RAM which offers bespoke pricing that is pretty cheap according to our research and is closely followed by Quartix with rental services at $14.90 per vehicle, per month.

Another drawback is that Linxup does not offer a free installation nor a free trial, something Quartix and RAM both offer. However, their plug-and-play devices are easy to install.

Linxup’s products come with a one-year warranty and are available at reduced rates and special volume pricing – depending on your contract length. Just note that there are hefty charges (we’re talking $250 to $450) if you cancel before your contract has expired.

We know it’s scary to commit to a long-term contract. That’s why we’ve done the necessary research to help you find the right fleet management system for you. Fill out our short quote comparison tool with a few details about your fleet and its requirements. We’ll then pair you with top providers that fit your needs. They’ll be in touch with tailored, obligation-free quotes. 

How Does Linxup Compare With Other Fleet Management Systems?

Now you know where Linxup’s strengths and drawbacks lie, you’ll want to see how well it stacks up against the competition.

Before we compare Linxup to a couple of other fleet management software options we’ve previously tested, here’s a brief look at the costs and selling points of the other top-rated picks.

Linxup vs Verizon Connect Reveal

If you want to be the best, you need to better the best fleet management software on the market. Verizon Connect Reveal is our current number one pick and it does offer improvements in a few areas.

Chief among them is the addition of automatic route optimization, which Linxup lacks entirely. Linxup does have some powerful driver behavior management features to coach drivers about fuel-efficient driving habits, but optimizing routes is an easy way to save on fuel in the long run. And to make things even less appealing, it doesn’t have Verizon’s live traffic alerts either.

With Verizon, you can significantly cut transportation time and fuel costs via efficient route planning and live reactions to traffic or other on-road incidents. It should be said, other providers can do this too, including Samsara and Azuga, so it is a sore spot for Linxup. Saying that Linxup can do route optimization via integrations with third-party route optimization apps, though this is not a necessary step with other all-in-one software.

Relatedly, Linxup also doesn’t have its own fuel purchase report, like Verizon (and Samsara). However, similar to Fleetio and GPS Trackit, you do have the option to integrate with a fuel card to track your fuel purchases. And, separately, it may provide cargo monitoring, but it doesn’t provide engine temperature monitoring. 

Still, where Linxup focuses on, it performs really well in our view. It is on par with Verizon for its vehicle management tools, with both allowing you to record oil changes, tire rotations, warranty expirations, license renewals, and enact preventative maintenance routines.

For instance, you can receive vehicle hardware diagnostic reports based on automatically generated data with Linxup – for example, when a vehicle gets a fault light, the system will immediately let you know. Then, via Linxup’s app, you can check the trouble code, click on it to see a more detailed diagnostic report, determine the severity of the issue, and decide whether or not it needs immediate attention.

It’s not so much the quality of Linxup’s features then but the extent that sees it score lower than Verizon Connect Reveal. Be warned, however, that those extra features will come at a price. Verizon is tight-lipped about its exact costs but we are aware they can balloon between its basic starting point of around $20 per vehicle, per month to as much as over $100 per vehicle, per month.

If you want a good balance between cost and utility, you can read our RAM Trucking review and Teletrac Navman review.

Linxup vs Azuga

Azuga and Linxup are worth directly comparing since both have a similar price point of around $25 per vehicle, per month.

Like Verizon and as discussed above, Azuga offers a more robust real-time tracking system with additional features such as traffic-aware routing, which helps in optimizing delivery routes based on current traffic conditions.

Azuga also improves on Linxup’s maintenance tools by offering predictive maintenance that analyzes vehicle data to predict when maintenance is needed, helping to prevent breakdowns before they happen. Linxup maintenance management tools rely on manual input by comparison. You can set your alerts when a threshold is set, which can effectively act similarly – you’ll just have to set that up yourself.

In general, Linxup has a comprehensive alert system, too. It covers, safe driving habits (e.g. speeding, harsh braking, and rapid acceleration), device tampering and no GPS signal, Geofencing alerts for when drivers enter or exit an area, the first ignition of the day, and excessive idling. So we wouldn’t say this a lacking on Linxup’s part necessarily, even if the Azuga is slightly simpler to configure.

Somewhere Linxup is well beaten is for customer support. While you can call Linxup anytime, our research shows there are mixed reviews when it comes to the consistency and helpfulness of its customer support team. While some people report that Linxup’s representatives were difficult to reach, others claim that their complaints were addressed immediately.

With Azuga, all its users have 24/7 chatbot, email, and phone line support options to speak with highly lauded technicians. It also offers a comprehensive knowledge center if you want to take a more hands-on approach to learning the software.

Overall, we’d say Azuga edges it in terms of absolute value for money if the prices are even, offering a greater number of advanced features. However, Linxup does offer more for less investment if simply spending the least is your priority, as Azuga’s plans do require a few additional payments that increase costs quickly – and that includes its predictive maintenance, in-cab coaching and fuel card integration.

How We Reviewed Linxup