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Joblogic vs Motive

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Joblogic

Field Service

Field service management built around UK planned maintenance contracts and compliance certificates

From
£45/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Motive

Fleet Management

ELD compliance, AI dashcams and spend management for North American commercial fleets

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Joblogic the published £45 per user per month covers only the Standard tier, and the planned maintenance contracts most buyers come for sit on Premium, which is quote only, so the advertised price is not the price a maintenance contractor pays.; Motive contracts are multi-year and per vehicle with hardware embedded, so a fleet that shrinks keeps paying for units that are sitting in a yard.
  • They diverge on capability: Joblogic covers PPM contract scheduling, Motive covers ELD compliance.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Joblogic and Motive actually diverge.

Attributes where Joblogic and Motive differ
AttributeJoblogicMotive
Starting price£45/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer user per monthquote
CategoryField ServiceFleet Management

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Joblogic

  • PPM contract scheduling
  • Asset registers
  • Digital certificates
  • Offline mobile app
  • Job costing
  • Dispatch board
  • Customer portal
  • Custom form builder

Only in Motive

  • ELD compliance
  • AI dashcams
  • GPS tracking
  • Driver safety scoring
  • Vehicle diagnostics
  • Spend management

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Joblogic

  • A fire or gas safety contractor issuing hundreds of statutory certificates a month that must be retrievable at auditnot Motive
  • An HVAC firm running annual maintenance contracts across a portfolio of client sites with equipment registers per sitenot Motive
  • A facilities contractor mixing contracted PPM visits with reactive callouts on the same engineer diarynot Motive
  • A service business that has outgrown a whiteboard and spreadsheets but needs UK accounting integration with Sage or Xeronot Motive

Motive

  • A trucking fleet that must run FMCSA compliant electronic logs and wants cameras from the same vendornot Joblogic
  • An operator facing an insurance renewal that requires evidence of a driver coaching programmenot Joblogic
  • A construction fleet tracking both vehicles and unpowered assets such as trailers and generatorsnot Joblogic
  • A fleet suspecting fuel card misuse and wanting transactions matched against vehicle locationnot Joblogic

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Joblogic

  • The published £45 per user per month covers only the Standard tier, and the planned maintenance contracts most buyers come for sit on Premium, which is quote only, so the advertised price is not the price a maintenance contractor pays.
  • Users are counted as office staff, engineers and managers alike, so a business with many part-time or seasonal engineers pays full seats for people who log a handful of jobs a month.
  • The entry price is billed annually, so there is no low-commitment monthly option to trial the product properly at scale.
  • Compliance certificates, terminology and accounting integrations are written for the UK and Ireland, which makes the product a poor fit outside those markets despite being sold internationally.
  • The mobile app carries a lot of configurable form logic, and engineers on older devices report slow loading and sync on jobs with large certificate sets, which costs time on site.

Motive

  • Contracts are multi-year and per vehicle with hardware embedded, so a fleet that shrinks keeps paying for units that are sitting in a yard.
  • Driver facing cameras generate real workforce resistance, and fleets in tight labour markets have lost drivers over the rollout rather than the technology.
  • Installation and calibration across a distributed fleet takes weeks of vehicle downtime, which is rarely costed into the comparison at the point of purchase.
  • The rebrand from KeepTruckin means older documentation, integration guides and third-party references are inconsistent, which slows technical work on connections.
  • Coverage depends on cellular networks, so remote route segments produce gaps in tracking and delayed log uploads that drivers then have to reconcile.

Pricing, plan by plan

Joblogic

£45/month
  • Standard$45/month
    • Billed annually, per user
    • Customers, sites and asset tracking
    • Quotes, jobs, invoices and job costing
  • Premium$undefined/month
    • Quoted on team size
    • PPM maintenance contracts
    • Purchase orders and stock
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Custom pricing
    • Advanced dashboards and compliance tools
    • Customer portal

Motive

On request
  • Motive$undefined/year
    • Per-vehicle subscription over a multi-year term
    • Hardware supplied within the agreement rather than purchased outright
    • Dashcams, asset trackers and spend management priced as separate lines

Which should you pick?

Choose Joblogic if

  • You need ppm contract scheduling.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want asset registers.
Joblogic review

Choose Motive if

  • You need eld compliance.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want ai dashcams.
Motive review

Questions people ask

Is Joblogic or Motive better?
Neither clearly leads. Joblogic starts at £45/month and Motive at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Joblogic or Motive?
Joblogic starts at £45/month and Motive at On request.
Does Joblogic or Motive run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Joblogic best used for?
Joblogic is most often used for a fire or gas safety contractor issuing hundreds of statutory certificates a month that must be retrievable at audit, an hvac firm running annual maintenance contracts across a portfolio of client sites with equipment registers per site, a facilities contractor mixing contracted ppm visits with reactive callouts on the same engineer diary, a service business that has outgrown a whiteboard and spreadsheets but needs uk accounting integration with sage or xero. Of those, a fire or gas safety contractor issuing hundreds of statutory certificates a month that must be retrievable at audit and an hvac firm running annual maintenance contracts across a portfolio of client sites with equipment registers per site are not what Motive is typically brought in for.
What can Joblogic do that Motive cannot?
Joblogic covers PPM contract scheduling, Asset registers, Digital certificates, Offline mobile app. Motive covers ELD compliance, AI dashcams, GPS tracking, Driver safety scoring.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Joblogic: Do I need the Premium plan?

If you run planned maintenance contracts, purchase orders or timesheets, yes. Standard handles reactive jobs, quotes and invoices only.

Motive: Is Motive the same company as KeepTruckin?

Yes. KeepTruckin renamed to Motive in 2022. The products and account relationships carried over.

Joblogic: Are subcontractors charged as users?

No. Joblogic counts office staff, engineers and managers as users; customers and subcontractors are not counted as seats.

Motive: Can hardware be bought outright?

It is normally supplied inside a multi-year subscription rather than sold, which is why the exit cost of a shrinking fleet is high.

Joblogic: Does it work offline?

Yes, the engineer app completes jobs, forms and signatures without signal and syncs later, which matters in plant rooms and basements.

Motive: Does it work outside the United States?

Canada and Mexico are supported, including Canadian electronic logging requirements. Coverage elsewhere is limited.

Joblogic: Can it issue gas and electrical certificates?

Yes, statutory UK certificate templates are built in, and the top tier adds a form builder for your own documents.

Motive: Are the driver facing cameras optional?

Yes, road facing only configurations are available, and fleets worried about driver retention often start there.

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