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Samsara vs Tenna

Two fleet and equipment platforms that both pair telematics with AI dash cams. Samsara is a broad connected-operations platform with a construction offering; Tenna is built around construction mixed fleets. Vendor-published facts only.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 15, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

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Samsara vs Tenna: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowSamsaraTenna
CategoryFleet telematics & video safetyEquipment management & telematics
AI role (our label)AI features added to established productAI features added to established product
What it doesConnected-operations platform with a construction offering: GPS fleet tracking, dual-facing and front-facing AI dash cams with real-time safety alerts and driver coaching, asset tags for small and unpowered assets, utilization, dormancy, and machine-use reporting for equipment and vehicles, preventive maintenance and remote fault-code alerts for vehicles and yellow iron, fuel reporting, and a worker-safety wearable. Its AI page describes Samsara Assistant (plain-language questions about your operation), Agent Studio (custom AI agents and automations), and Samsara MCP, which connects Samsara data to tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot while respecting existing permissions (vendor description).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 forContractors and other operators running vehicle fleets, yellow iron, and mixed assets.Contractors' field, shop, and office teams managing mixed fleets.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Not publicly listed (no prices shown in the pricing page text we fetched; the site routes to sales).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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