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NexTraq
US small-fleet telematics now absorbed into Michelin Connected Fleet
As of 31 August 2026, NexTraq's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. An Atlanta telematics business bought by Michelin from FLEETCOR in 2017 and progressively folded into the Michelin Connected Fleet brand alongside Masternaut and Sascar. Softwr lists it under Fleet Management. NexTraq is made by Michelin Connected Fleet, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What NexTraq does
NexTraq provides GPS vehicle tracking, hours of service logging, fuel and idling reporting, maintenance scheduling and job dispatch for small and mid-size North American fleets, typically in construction, field service, distribution and trades. The device is a hardwired or OBD-II tracker feeding a web console with mobile apps for drivers and supervisors. The fact that should shape any purchase decision is ownership. FLEETCOR sold NexTraq to Michelin in 2017 for a figure reported at around 316 million dollars. Michelin had already bought Sascar in Brazil and went on to take full control of Masternaut in Europe, then brought the three under the Michelin Connected Fleet name. For a buyer this is not branding trivia. Consolidating three separately built telematics platforms onto a shared architecture is a multi-year exercise, and it determines whether the product you sign for today is the one you will be running in three years, whether your integrations survive a migration, and whether the support team you are introduced to still exists after the next reorganisation. The underlying product is solid but unremarkable small-fleet telematics: adequate compliance, reasonable dispatch, competent reporting, nothing that a buyer could not get from several competitors. The reason to choose it is a Michelin relationship or a tyre and fleet services bundle that makes the total cost work. The reason to avoid it is that the roadmap belongs to a corporate integration plan rather than to the product itself.
What people use it for
- A North American trades or field service fleet that wants tracking, dispatch and ELD compliance from one mid-market vendor
- An operator already buying Michelin tyres and fleet services that can negotiate telematics into a wider commercial agreement
- A fleet replacing an ageing tracking system that values an owner with a large corporate balance sheet over a venture-funded challenger
- A distribution business needing straightforward fuel and idling reporting to justify a driver behaviour programme
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about NexTraq.
- The NexTraq brand has been absorbed into Michelin Connected Fleet, so the product name, the account team and eventually the platform underneath you are all subject to a consolidation plan you have no say in.
- Michelin is merging three separately engineered telematics products, which historically means feature freezes on the older platforms and a migration that existing customers pay for in disruption rather than cash.
- The feature set is mid-market and unexceptional, so it rarely wins a technical evaluation against Geotab or Samsara on capability alone.
- Contracts bundle hardware into multi-year terms, so a fleet that shrinks or is acquired continues paying for devices, and early exit triggers hardware recovery costs.
- The integration ecosystem is small and the API is not a selling point, so connecting telematics data to job costing or payroll usually means custom work or scheduled file exports.
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What people choose instead of NexTraq
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
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Azuga: A lighter, cheaper option for small fleets that do not need heavy compliance tooling
- NexTraqvsGeotab
Geotab: A stable independent platform with an open data model, if roadmap certainty and integrations matter to you
Pricing
What NexTraq costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
NexTraq
On request
- Per vehicle subscription with hardware bundled into the term
- Multi-year agreements are standard
- ELD and dispatch modules priced as tiers
- Tyre and fleet service bundles available through the Michelin relationship
Capabilities
Features
Vehicle tracking
Live position, trip history, geofences and after-hours use alerts
Hours of service
ELD-compliant driver logs for regulated North American operations
Fuel and idling reporting
Consumption, idle time and fuel card reconciliation reporting
Maintenance scheduling
Service intervals by mileage, engine hours or date with reminder alerts
Job dispatch
Assignment and status tracking for field crews from the same console
Driver scorecards
Speeding, harsh braking and acceleration summaries per driver
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is NexTraq still a separate company?
No. Michelin bought it in 2017 and has folded it into Michelin Connected Fleet, together with Masternaut in Europe and Sascar in Brazil.
Will my NexTraq system be migrated to a different platform?
Assume so, eventually. Ask directly what the migration timetable is, what happens to historical data, and who bears the cost of re-fitting or re-configuring devices.
Does buying Michelin tyres get me a better telematics price?
It is worth testing. The commercial logic of the acquisition is bundling vehicle services, and that is where discounting is most likely to be available.
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