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Komatsu Smart Construction vs Tenna

Two routes to production tracking on sitework: Komatsu Smart Construction ties machine control, drone surveys and a Fleet load-tracking app to a design-vs-progress dashboard; Tenna runs machine-learning load counts on its own telematics data. Vendor-published facts only.

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Komatsu Smart Construction vs Tenna: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowKomatsu Smart ConstructionTenna
CategoryMachine control, guidance & site data suiteEquipment management & telematics
AI role (our label)Not AI-firstAI features added to established product
What it doesKomatsu's suite of construction technology: Dashboard (combines 3D design data, aerial mapping and machine data to confirm quantities and progress daily), Design (prepares design files for Komatsu intelligent machine control and other GNSS machine control systems), Drone and Edge, Field (cost tracking of labor, machines and materials against the bid), Fleet (mobile app for fleet and load-tracking data to track production), Office, Remote (send files to machines, view what the operator sees), 3D Machine Guidance for Komatsu excavators, 3D Machine Guidance Flex (as-built data from any machine with an in-cab tablet), Intelligent Machine Control (IMC), a base/rover RTK unit, and Whiteboard for assigning equipment across jobs. The page we read describes automation and connected data but does not describe the suite as AI, so we tag it Not AI-first.Equipment management software that puts equipment, vehicles, tools, attachments, and materials in one system: GPS tracking and geofences, utilization, preventive maintenance and work orders, dispatching, asset financials, AI dash cams with driver and operations scorecards, DVIR/ELD/IFTA compliance, and a Virtual Superintendent with automated load counts. Sells its own trackers (TennaCANbus, TennaCAM, TennaFLEET, and more) and integrates with OEM telematics and accounting/ERP. Vendor says 750+ construction businesses use it (vendor claim). Tenna announced Virtual Superintendent on Oct 6, 2026; its first module, Load Tracking, runs machine-learning models on 1 Hz telematics data to recognize loading, queuing, and dumping and to count haul cycles and quantities by job, with no added hardware (vendor description).
Who it's forEarthwork and sitework contractors running Komatsu or mixed machines with GNSS machine control.Contractors' field, shop, and office teams managing mixed fleets.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Not publicly listed (Smart Construction Remote offers a 30-day free trial on the page we read; other modules route to sales). (Checked Oct 16, 2026.)Not publicly listed (custom pricing by request). Pricing page says data and hardware pricing is based on asset count, with Premium Products such as Maintenance and Safety & Compliance as optional add-ons to the TennaCORE platform. (Checked Oct 15, 2026.)
Test statusNot tested. No scores.Not tested. No scores.
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Facts last checked: Komatsu Smart Construction Oct 16, 2026; Tenna Oct 15, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor page before relying on them.

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