No per-load or per-mile fees — Dispatch is US$89.10/month for up to 5 trucks however many loads you run, so a good month is not taxed.
Running your own authority means you are the dispatcher, the biller, the compliance officer, and the driver. Most software aimed at you either strips out everything useful to hit a low price, or charges fleet pricing for features you will never touch. The right tool does the paperwork you would otherwise do at 10pm.
No per-load or per-mile fees — Dispatch is US$89.10/month for up to 5 trucks however many loads you run, so a good month is not taxed.
Invoice the day you deliver — with the invoice-on-delivery automation on, the delivered load generates its invoice instead of piling up paperwork for the weekend.
IFTA reporting from Operate — organize mileage and fuel by jurisdiction for quarterly review.
Per-diem handling — supported in settlement math for owner-operators who run a per-diem program.
Permit and authority record tracking from Elite — USDOT, MC number, UCR, IRP base plate, insurance, and medical-card dates.
Settlement math you can verify — see exactly how gross became net, with deductions, escrow, and chargebacks itemized.
Grows if you do — the same platform supports additional trucks and drivers; the price changes only when you move to a higher plan or a larger fleet size, and there is no per-driver charge.
The honest list is short: know what you hauled, get paid for it quickly, keep the IRS and FMCSA satisfied, and know whether you made money. Everything else is optional. Software that adds workflow you did not ask for is a net loss when you are the only person operating it.
Cash flow is the pressure point. The gap between delivering a load and being paid for it is where one-truck operations get squeezed, and a meaningful part of that gap is self-inflicted: the invoice that went out four days late because the POD was in the truck. Capturing the POD on delivery and invoicing the same day removes most of that delay.
The second pressure point is the annual paperwork cliff — UCR registration, IRP renewal, the 2290 heavy vehicle use tax deadline, insurance renewal, and your medical card, each on a different schedule. Missing one can put you out of service. Tracking them in a system with expiry alerts is a small feature with outsized consequences.
Rate per mile is the number brokers quote; cost per mile is the number that decides whether you take the load. Once loads, fuel, and other costs are recorded in one system, the numbers to work out your real cost per mile are in one place, and from Operate, revenue reporting and lane rate tools show what each customer and lane brings in.
Most owner-operators discover that one or two regular customers are subsidizing the rest, or that a lane they have run for a year loses money after deadhead. That analysis is impossible from a shoebox of receipts and much easier from records that already hold the load data.
You book direct or off load boards, invoice your own customers, and file your own IFTA. The platform handles the paperwork chain from booking to payment so the office work fits into the gaps in your day.
You need clean records of what you hauled and what you were paid, plus your own view of settlement math to check against the carrier statement. Discrepancies are much easier to raise when you have your own numbers.
The first hire adds dispatch, qualification, and pay workflows. The same account can support them; compare the required plan before adding the driver. There is no per-driver charge.
If you take loads into Canada, ACE and ACI eManifest workflows are available on qualifying plans; compare that plan with a separate filing service based on your crossing volume.
Compare the plan that contains your required workflows, or request a free guided walkthrough. Product access requires a paid subscription unless sales provides a written trial offer.
View plansIt is worth evaluating if the time saved on invoicing, recordkeeping, and deadline tracking exceeds the subscription cost. Compare your current weekly admin time and avoid assuming a payback until you have tested the workflow with your own loads.
The Dispatch plan is not priced by load or mile; it starts at US$89.10/month for up to 5 trucks. IFTA, the driver app, permit records, and other workflows require higher plans, so compare the complete configuration.
Yes, from Operate. Mileage and fuel records can be organized by jurisdiction to produce quarterly IFTA reporting for review; source-data coverage varies by ELD connection, and the carrier remains responsible for filing.
Permit and authority record tracking is available from Elite for USDOT, MC number, UCR, IRP, insurance certificates, and driver documents. Confirm the exact reminder and filing workflow during the demo.
Yes, per-diem handling is supported in settlement calculations for operations that run a per-diem program. Speak to your accountant about whether per-diem is advantageous for your specific tax situation — the platform records it, it does not advise on it.
The same account can dispatch multiple trucks and support driver, compliance, and settlement workflows. The price changes only when you move to a higher plan or a larger fleet size, and there is no per-driver charge.