Geotab vs Samsara: How a Geotab Partner Compares the Two Platforms

The main difference between Geotab and Samsara is who you buy from: Samsara sells its own integrated suite directly, while Geotab works through partners such as High Point GPS, which delivers the open platform and does the installation, configuration and support itself. Both come up in fleet telematics research because both put a device in the truck, a map in the office and an ELD in the driver's hands, so the feature list won't separate them. Samsara is vertically integrated. The hardware, software, cameras and support all come from Samsara, sold directly and built on Samsara's roadmap. High Point GPS is a Montreal-based fleet tracking provider that supplies the GPS tracking device and the High Point GPS platform. The company that quotes, installs, configures the database, builds custom add-ins, trains the dispatchers and answers the phone is High Point GPS, in French and English, across Canada and the United States.

Both models work. If you want one company accountable for the whole stack and don't expect to need anything outside its catalogue, a single vendor serves you well. If you want telematics that fit how your fleet already works, and a partner you can reach by name, High Point GPS is built for that.

Every row below can be checked on a public page: Transport Canada's list of certified electronic logging devices, read in October 2026, and Samsara's own website. High Point GPS is a Geotab partner, and the ELD it installs is Geotab's. Certification status changes over time, and the list notes that the certification body has the final say, so confirm the current entry before you sign.

Both companies design their own vehicle hardware, and both have ELDs on Transport Canada's certified list. Geotab's current vehicle device is the GO10: Transport Canada lists GO10 entries for Android and iOS, certified in 2026 by COMDriver Tech, and Geotab's support document says it uses LTE Cat 1 bis, reaches about 1.5 m accuracy in open sky and accepts up to 5 IOX add-ons. Samsara's Vehicle Gateway VG55 has 4G LTE with a built-in Wi-Fi hotspot and is designed for self-installation, according to Samsara; Transport Canada lists Samsara VG54-NA, VG54-NAH, VG55-NA and VG34 entries, certified in 2026 by FPInnovations.

On cameras, Geotab makes the GO Focus Plus, an AI dash cam with road and cabin lenses and in-cab voice cues, and the GO Focus Pro, which supports up to 4 side or external rear cameras plus 1 additional rear camera. Samsara makes the CM34 dual-facing AI dash cam, with in-cab voice coaching, and the AI Multicam, which takes up to eight auxiliary cameras when two units are paired. With either brand, the cameras report to the same platform as the GPS tracker, so video sits next to the GPS fleet tracking data from the same moment.

The platform High Point GPS deploys is open by design. It has a documented API and SDK, an add-on library of third-party add-ins and hardware, a Data Connector for BI tools, and a rules engine configured for your fleet during onboarding. You can export all of the fleet's data. High Point GPS writes custom add-ins and integrations on top of the platform, as it did with GeoDocs when no off-the-shelf document tool fit. Samsara's platform is polished and coherent, with its own open API, SDKs and an App Marketplace of third-party integrations, all built around Samsara's own hardware and apps.

You see the difference in how each feature set grows. A single vendor ships new capability on its own schedule. An open platform grows partly through its owner's roadmap and partly through partners and third-party developers building on it, which gives you a wider range of tools, though one less centrally curated.

Both offer ELDs registered with the FMCSA and certified in Canada, plus DVIR and IFTA distance reporting, so compliance is a draw. Cameras are where the two models split. Samsara's AI dash cam is its own product and central to its pitch. With High Point GPS, the cameras are Geotab's GO Focus Plus and GO Focus Pro, installed alongside the GPS tracking device and connected to the High Point GPS platform. Support is the structural difference. High Point GPS arranges professional installation, and your first call goes to its own support team, in English or French. With Samsara, support comes from Samsara's own organization, and installation can go through Samsara's network of installation partners.

The table compares the structure of the two models, not each feature. Both handle tracking, compliance and video. They differ on who builds what, and on how much room you have to customize.

The comparison comes down to four questions you can answer about your own fleet. First, do you need a workflow, report or integration that isn't a standard feature? That is where an open SDK, an add-on library and a partner who builds add-ins matter, and a single vendor's roadmap does not. Second, do you want to pick cameras, sensors and add-ins from several makers, or take one vendor's catalogue? One catalogue is simpler until you need something it lacks. Third, do you value one company accountable for everything more than a local partner accountable for installation, configuration and support? Fourth, who, by name, will answer the phone in month eight, in your language and time zone? High Point GPS answers that last question for the fleets it serves, and will tell you plainly when your answers point to the other platform.

Send a vehicle list with make, model and year, and say which vehicles need AI dash cams and which only need tracking. We will propose a GO10 for each vehicle, a GO Focus Plus or GO Focus Pro where cameras fit, and the harness each one needs.

High Point GPS is a Montreal fleet telematics company and Geotab partner, founded in 2013 and serving over 500 fleets in Canada and the United States, in English and French. Our professional installers fit the hardware, and plans are 3-year contracts with free equipment, add-ons and custom bundles. Use the free quote form on this page: select Get a free quote and tell us about your fleet.