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Teletrac Navman vs HCSS Telematics

A cross-industry fleet telematics vendor with a construction offering versus a heavy civil software vendor's own telematics. Both describe AI only in driver-safety video. Vendor-published facts only.

DESK RESEARCH, NOT TESTED. Compiled from vendors' public websites (accessed Oct 16, 2026). Vendor claims are not verified by Means & Methods Lab. No scores or rankings.

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Teletrac Navman vs HCSS Telematics: vendor-published facts side by side
Sheet rowTeletrac NavmanHCSS Telematics
CategoryFleet & equipment telematicsEquipment telematics & GPS tracking (heavy civil)
AI role (our label)AI features added to established productAI features added to established product
What it doesFleet and equipment telematics vendor with a construction page covering yellow iron through pickup trucks: locate equipment across jobsites, engine hours and fuel, geofencing against unauthorized use or theft, idle equipment that could move to another job, preventive maintenance alerts and logs, cost-of-ownership and rent-vs-buy reporting, and monitoring of payloads, cycle times and daily production targets. Platforms named are TN360 and DIRECTOR. Video telematics is integrated into TN360, and the page says "Video AI monitors driving behavior including speeding, distracted driving and tailgating", with scorecards, coaching apps and video access for claims. Also lists aggregate mining, ready-mix concrete, asphalt/paving and construction trades. A Sherwood Construction case study says GPS tracking led police to a stolen loader backhoe and skid steer that would have cost over $160,000 to replace (vendor case study, not verified).HCSS's software-and-hardware equipment tracking product, which HCSS calls a GPS solution geared toward the heavy civil industry: one map view of a mixed fleet, hand-drawn geofences matched to job sites with entry/exit reports, alerts (harsh driving, excessive idling, theft), and fleet data pulled from the machine ECU. HCSS OEM Link brings in manufacturer telematics (the page names John Deere, Cat, Volvo and Komatsu) into the same web portal. Hardware: plug-in units for over-the-road vehicles, wired units for yellow iron, AAA-battery satellite trackers for non-powered assets, ELD units HCSS says are ELD-compliant, and a plug-and-play dash camera "with a built-in AI processor to detect risky driving and forward collisions" (the only AI described on the page). Telematics data feeds other HCSS products: Equipment360 (maintenance: meter readings into PM cycles, fuel level, location), FuelerPlus, HCSS Dispatcher (equipment not where it is scheduled) and HeavyJob (pull GPS engine hours onto the timecard). Page figures: 4,000+ contractors, 58,000 connected assets and 4.3 million harsh driving events captured in 2024, and $150,000 saved in rentals by the average HeavyJob & Telematics user (vendor claims, not verified); customer quotes from Haines & Kibblehouse (OEM telematics, cycle-time reports for trucking on milling/paving and dirt jobs) and Park Construction are vendor-published.
Who it's forContractors, ready-mix, aggregate and paving operations running mixed on-road and off-road fleets.Heavy civil contractors' equipment, shop and safety managers, especially shops already on HeavyJob, Equipment360 or Dispatcher.
Pricing (as publicly stated)Not publicly listed (Get Pricing form; teletracnavman.com/pricing returned 404). (Checked Oct 16, 2026.)Not publicly listed ("Get pricing" and demo forms only). The page mentions a 12-month money-back guarantee across the HCSS suite (vendor statement). (Checked Oct 16, 2026.)
Test statusNot tested. No scores.Not tested. No scores.
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