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Tailwind TMS vs Motive Comparison (2026)

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Motive

Overview

No set-up fees. No contracts. Web-based. Free trial, then $99-$199/mth. Manage all dispatches, ops, equipment, accounting & admin. Free mobile ePOD driver app.

Motive is a cloud-based fleet management solution that helps fleets of all types track vehicles with real-time GPS, automate operations, simplify compliance, and more, using a centralized platform.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

99

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.2

97

5

4

3

2

1

50

31

10

2

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
62%
would recommend this app

4.5

1.6K

5

4

3

2

1

1.1K

360

91

33

69

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
74%
would recommend this app

Pros

“You can dispach the load, customize the payables the way you want, There is ways to add deductions and fuel can be imported, for owner operstor deductions, and software will pay the truck not the driver as this is important for owner operators, and if they have there own drivers this ia probably 1 of 15 tested products that has this option.”
DK

Djuro K.

Ceo

“One of our favorite features of this software are all the integration, the tailwind team has partnered up with the best service providers (Truckertools, Border Connect,RMIS etc), in the transportation industry to provide an immersed experience when using the software.”
AM

Altaf M.

Vice President

“Easy to find an order and create a dispatch and save the POD and BOL and enter the cost associated with the load”
AK

Ashveen K.

Dispatcher

Pros

“The monitoring system allows us the ability to coach drivers based on an actual scoring system that is provided by the telematics of the vehicle.”
KA

Kevin A.

Director of Safety

“Having ELD logs, GPS tracking, safety alerts, and driver data all in the same dashboard makes it easier to manage drivers and stay compliant.”
AP

Alissa P.

agent

“solid fleet management system that helps us manage drivers, maintain compliance, and track vehicles”
AP

Alissa P.

agent

Cons

“This program solves the base problem of needing to send rate confirmations and build shipments but I have yet to think about switching over my quick books due to the incredibly slow speed of the site and multiple crashes per week.”
DP

David P.

Owner

“Poor transaction history and being able to see who did what in the system. ”
MM

Michelle M.

Operations Manager

“There are not many cons to Tailwind but being an online-based system comes with its negatives as well, and the biggest downfall of the system is that it can be very sluggish at times taking a few seconds to load between screens, and does not fully load the page at times. ”
AM

Altaf M.

Vice President

Cons

“With real-time tracking and data collection, I sometimes worry about privacy and the security of our data.”
BJ

Brandon J.

Director of Digital solutions.

“The only Con from me for Motive was it is very hard to get ahold of a live customer service agent.”
RM

ROBERT M.

DOT Safety and Compliance manager

“Used it for couple of months now trying to cancel and they won’t refund me for the months that I won’t be using.”
MB

Makhmud B.

Driver

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review18 days ago

Key features

  • Total features54
  • 3PL Management
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Asset Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budget Tracking
  • CRM
  • Carrier Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Contact Database
  • Cost Tracking
  • Costs
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Management
  • Customer Portal
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Delivery Tracking
  • Dispatch Management
  • Document Management
  • Driver ETA
  • Driver Logs
  • Driver Management
  • Driver Settlements
  • EDI
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Alerts
  • Employee Management
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Equipment Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Storage
  • Fleet Management
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Drivers
  • For Freight Operations
  • For Oil & Gas
  • Forms Management
  • Fuel Cost Management
  • Fuel Management
  • Fuel Tracking
  • GPS
  • Geofencing
  • Geographic Maps
  • Geolocation
  • Heatmaps
  • Historical Reporting
  • IFTA Reporting
  • Import/Export Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Inspection Management
  • International Forwarders
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Job Costing
  • LTL/Shared Truckload
  • Live Driver Tracking
  • Load Optimization
  • Local Forwarders
  • Location Tracking
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mileage Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Signature Capture
  • Mobile Time Tracking
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Onboarding
  • Order Management
  • Order Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Pricing
  • Progress Tracking
  • Purchase Order Management
  • QuickBooks Integration
  • Quotes
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Rate Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Records Management
  • Reminders
  • Repair Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Route History
  • Route Management
  • Route Optimization
  • Routing
  • SMS Messaging
  • Safety Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Service History
  • Shipment Tracking
  • Spend Analysis
  • Status Tracking
  • Technician Management
  • Territory Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • Tracking
  • Transportation Management
  • Trip Logs
  • Truckload Management
  • Vehicle Information
  • Vehicle Management
  • Vehicle Tracking
  • Violation Tracking
  • Warehouse Management
  • Waybills
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features118
  • 3PL Management
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Asset Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budget Tracking
  • CRM
  • Carrier Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Contact Database
  • Cost Tracking
  • Costs
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Management
  • Customer Portal
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Delivery Tracking
  • Dispatch Management
  • Document Management
  • Driver ETA
  • Driver Logs
  • Driver Management
  • Driver Settlements
  • EDI
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Alerts
  • Employee Management
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Equipment Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Storage
  • Fleet Management
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Drivers
  • For Freight Operations
  • For Oil & Gas
  • Forms Management
  • Fuel Cost Management
  • Fuel Management
  • Fuel Tracking
  • GPS
  • Geofencing
  • Geographic Maps
  • Geolocation
  • Heatmaps
  • Historical Reporting
  • IFTA Reporting
  • Import/Export Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Inspection Management
  • International Forwarders
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Job Costing
  • LTL/Shared Truckload
  • Live Driver Tracking
  • Load Optimization
  • Local Forwarders
  • Location Tracking
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mileage Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Signature Capture
  • Mobile Time Tracking
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Onboarding
  • Order Management
  • Order Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Pricing
  • Progress Tracking
  • Purchase Order Management
  • QuickBooks Integration
  • Quotes
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Rate Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Records Management
  • Reminders
  • Repair Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Route History
  • Route Management
  • Route Optimization
  • Routing
  • SMS Messaging
  • Safety Management
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Service History
  • Shipment Tracking
  • Spend Analysis
  • Status Tracking
  • Technician Management
  • Territory Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • Tracking
  • Transportation Management
  • Trip Logs
  • Truckload Management
  • Vehicle Information
  • Vehicle Management
  • Vehicle Tracking
  • Violation Tracking
  • Warehouse Management
  • Waybills
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations6
  • AUTOsist
  • Arrivy Field Service Management
  • AscendTMS
  • Avaal Freight Management (AFM)
  • Axis TMS
  • Axon Trucking Software
  • BOLT
  • BeyondTrucks
  • CoPilot Truck
  • Datatruck
  • Descartes MacroPoint
  • DriveCam
  • EZCheck-In
  • EZTrack
  • Elite EXTRA
  • FASTER Web
  • FarEye
  • FleetIT
  • Fleetio
  • Fleetpal
  • Fleetsoft
  • Fleetworthy Weigh Station Bypass
  • FourKites
  • Google Maps
  • IBM Maximo Application Suite
  • MaintainX
  • Marketo Engage
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PCS TMS
  • Pegasys
  • Pitstop
  • PortPro
  • PrePass
  • ProTransport
  • Prophesy, a Körber product
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Roanex TMS
  • Route4Me
  • Samsara
  • Shipwell
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • Synergize
  • TMSEZ
  • Tableau
  • Toro TMS
  • Tracx
  • TransPlus
  • Transport Pro
  • Trimble Accubid Anywhere
  • TruckDash
  • TruckLogics
  • TruckMaster
  • TruckMate
  • TruckSpy
  • Truckbase
  • Trucker Tools
  • Truckpedia TMS
  • UKG Pro
  • UKG Ready
  • Uber Freight
  • Vektor TMS
  • Whip Around
  • Wise Systems
  • Workday Workforce Management
  • Zapier
  • monday AI Work Platform
  • project44 Movement
  • Total integrations65
  • AUTOsist
  • Arrivy Field Service Management
  • AscendTMS
  • Avaal Freight Management (AFM)
  • Axis TMS
  • Axon Trucking Software
  • BOLT
  • BeyondTrucks
  • CoPilot Truck
  • Datatruck
  • Descartes MacroPoint
  • DriveCam
  • EZCheck-In
  • EZTrack
  • Elite EXTRA
  • FASTER Web
  • FarEye
  • FleetIT
  • Fleetio
  • Fleetpal
  • Fleetsoft
  • Fleetworthy Weigh Station Bypass
  • FourKites
  • Google Maps
  • IBM Maximo Application Suite
  • MaintainX
  • Marketo Engage
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PCS TMS
  • Pegasys
  • Pitstop
  • PortPro
  • PrePass
  • ProTransport
  • Prophesy, a Körber product
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • Roanex TMS
  • Route4Me
  • Samsara
  • Shipwell
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • Synergize
  • TMSEZ
  • Tableau
  • Toro TMS
  • Tracx
  • TransPlus
  • Transport Pro
  • Trimble Accubid Anywhere
  • TruckDash
  • TruckLogics
  • TruckMaster
  • TruckMate
  • TruckSpy
  • Truckbase
  • Trucker Tools
  • Truckpedia TMS
  • UKG Pro
  • UKG Ready
  • Uber Freight
  • Vektor TMS
  • Whip Around
  • Wise Systems
  • Workday Workforce Management
  • Zapier
  • monday AI Work Platform
  • project44 Movement