CompareComparisonChecked 23 September 2026
Axlerun vs Fleetio for Australian small fleets
Maintenance-led fleet software built for workshops against compliance-led software built for Australian rules.
Axlerun- Free for 3, then from A$3.49; Cruise A$10.99
- None
- Month to month
- From $4 to $10, annual bands
- None
- Higher tiers annual only
Fleetio is one of the best-known fleet management platforms in the world, and it earns that on maintenance: service programs, work orders, parts inventory, warranty tracking and a network of repair providers, fed by telematics and fuel-card integrations. Axlerun starts from a different question, which is what an Australian business with a handful of vehicles has to get right: the FBT logbook, the rego and CTP dates in the right state, the fuel, the fines, and who was driving. Both are per-vehicle software with no hardware of their own. Where they differ is what they treat as the centre of the record, and which country's rules they were built around.
Choose Fleetio if
Maintenance is the job: you run a workshop, hold parts, raise work orders and want telematics and fuel cards feeding one system.
Choose Axlerun if
You run 2 to 50 vehicles in Australia and need the FBT logbook, rego and CTP tracking, fuel and fines per vehicle, priced in AUD month to month with the first three vehicles free.
Side by side
AxlerunPricing
Free for 3, then from A$3.49; Cruise A$10.99
Drive is free for the first 3 vehicles, then from A$3.49 per vehicle per month. Cruise, the plan with the ATO logbook export, is A$10.99 per vehicle per month. Prices include GST; yearly billing saves about 17%.
From $4 to $10, annual bands
Essential $4 per vehicle per month billed annually, or $5 billed monthly. Professional $7 and Premium $10 per vehicle per month, billed annually only. The page states that prices assume a 5-asset annual plan band and vary by plan, fleet size range, contract term and payment term. No currency is named.
Free tier
3 vehicles free forever
First 3 vehicles free forever on Drive, including automatic GPS trip recording. Every new account also starts on a 30-day Turbo trial for up to 3 vehicles. No credit card.
14-day trial only
No free plan. A 14-day free trial with no credit card.
Hardware
None
Trips record from the phone the driver already carries.
None
None required. Web-based with the Fleetio Go app; location and odometer data come from telematics integrations if you have devices.
Contract
Month to month
Cancel from the customer portal; your data stays exportable.
Higher tiers annual only
Professional and Premium are billed annually only. Essential can be billed monthly at the higher rate.
Built for
2 to 50 vehicles, priced per vehicle
Built for small businesses, priced per vehicle rather than per driver.
Up to 100 on Essential
Essential covers up to 100 vehicles; the higher tiers scale beyond. Built around maintenance operations with workshops, parts and technicians.
FBT logbook and ATO export
Recording free; ATO export on Cruise
Automatic recording is free on Drive. On Cruise, Axlerun ranks the 12-week periods worth nominating and exports an ATO-compliant logbook to Excel or PDF.
Not listed
Not listed on the pricing or features pages. Trips and location history come from telematics integrations, and the compliance features named are US ones: FMCSA inspection templates and NHTSA recall alerts.
Rego, CTP and insurance dates
All 8 states; alerts on Cruise
Rego, CTP, insurance and service dates held per vehicle on Drive, for all 8 states and territories. Alerts before a date lapses are on Cruise.
Not listed (US inspections)
Not listed. No rego, CTP or Australian state renewal handling appears on the pricing or features pages; 'compliance' on the site refers to vehicle inspections.
Servicing and maintenance
By date or odometer; alerts on Cruise
Next service by date or odometer on Drive; proactive alerts on Cruise.
Work orders, parts, warranty
The core of the product: preventive maintenance programs, service reminders, issues, work orders, parts and purchase orders, warranty tracking, recall alerts and a maintenance provider network on the higher tiers.
Fuel
Fuel log + locator in NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA
Fuel entries on every plan. The cheapest-fuel and EV locator covers NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA, free in the app; on CarPlay and Android Auto with Cruise.
Fuel-card integrations
Fuel management with fuel-card integrations on every tier and fuel trend reporting. No cheapest-fuel locator listed.
Drivers and fines
Fines to the driver on duty (Cruise)
Driver allocation and fine entries on Drive. On Cruise a fine goes to the driver who had the vehicle that day, and driver scores are tracked.
Assignments; no fines
Driver assignments in a calendar view, contact management and custom roles. No fine allocation listed.
Platforms
iOS, Android, web, CarPlay, Android Auto
The fuel & EV locator on CarPlay and Android Auto is part of Cruise.
Web, iOS, Android
Web, plus the Fleetio Go app on iOS and Android.
Setup and migration
Plate lookup; migration included
Type a plate and the vehicle profile fills itself. Moving data across from your old system is included with a paid plan.
Self-serve trial, VIN decode
Self-serve trial with onboarding tools and training videos; VIN decoding fills vehicle specs.
Pricing
Axlerun
Free for 3, then from A$3.49; Cruise A$10.99
Drive is free for the first 3 vehicles, then from A$3.49 per vehicle per month. Cruise, the plan with the ATO logbook export, is A$10.99 per vehicle per month. Prices include GST; yearly billing saves about 17%.
Fleetio
From $4 to $10, annual bands
Essential $4 per vehicle per month billed annually, or $5 billed monthly. Professional $7 and Premium $10 per vehicle per month, billed annually only. The page states that prices assume a 5-asset annual plan band and vary by plan, fleet size range, contract term and payment term. No currency is named.
Free tier
Axlerun
3 vehicles free forever
First 3 vehicles free forever on Drive, including automatic GPS trip recording. Every new account also starts on a 30-day Turbo trial for up to 3 vehicles. No credit card.
Fleetio
14-day trial only
No free plan. A 14-day free trial with no credit card.
Hardware
Axlerun
None
Trips record from the phone the driver already carries.
Fleetio
None
None required. Web-based with the Fleetio Go app; location and odometer data come from telematics integrations if you have devices.
Contract
Axlerun
Month to month
Cancel from the customer portal; your data stays exportable.
Fleetio
Higher tiers annual only
Professional and Premium are billed annually only. Essential can be billed monthly at the higher rate.
Built for
Axlerun
2 to 50 vehicles, priced per vehicle
Built for small businesses, priced per vehicle rather than per driver.
Fleetio
Up to 100 on Essential
Essential covers up to 100 vehicles; the higher tiers scale beyond. Built around maintenance operations with workshops, parts and technicians.
FBT logbook and ATO export
Axlerun
Recording free; ATO export on Cruise
Automatic recording is free on Drive. On Cruise, Axlerun ranks the 12-week periods worth nominating and exports an ATO-compliant logbook to Excel or PDF.
Fleetio
Not listed
Not listed on the pricing or features pages. Trips and location history come from telematics integrations, and the compliance features named are US ones: FMCSA inspection templates and NHTSA recall alerts.
Rego, CTP and insurance dates
Axlerun
All 8 states; alerts on Cruise
Rego, CTP, insurance and service dates held per vehicle on Drive, for all 8 states and territories. Alerts before a date lapses are on Cruise.
Fleetio
Not listed (US inspections)
Not listed. No rego, CTP or Australian state renewal handling appears on the pricing or features pages; 'compliance' on the site refers to vehicle inspections.
Servicing and maintenance
Axlerun
By date or odometer; alerts on Cruise
Next service by date or odometer on Drive; proactive alerts on Cruise.
Fleetio
Work orders, parts, warranty
The core of the product: preventive maintenance programs, service reminders, issues, work orders, parts and purchase orders, warranty tracking, recall alerts and a maintenance provider network on the higher tiers.
Fuel
Axlerun
Fuel log + locator in NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA
Fuel entries on every plan. The cheapest-fuel and EV locator covers NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA, free in the app; on CarPlay and Android Auto with Cruise.
Fleetio
Fuel-card integrations
Fuel management with fuel-card integrations on every tier and fuel trend reporting. No cheapest-fuel locator listed.
Drivers and fines
Axlerun
Fines to the driver on duty (Cruise)
Driver allocation and fine entries on Drive. On Cruise a fine goes to the driver who had the vehicle that day, and driver scores are tracked.
Fleetio
Assignments; no fines
Driver assignments in a calendar view, contact management and custom roles. No fine allocation listed.
Platforms
Axlerun
iOS, Android, web, CarPlay, Android Auto
The fuel & EV locator on CarPlay and Android Auto is part of Cruise.
Fleetio
Web, iOS, Android
Web, plus the Fleetio Go app on iOS and Android.
Setup and migration
Axlerun
Plate lookup; migration included
Type a plate and the vehicle profile fills itself. Moving data across from your old system is included with a paid plan.
Fleetio
Self-serve trial, VIN decode
Self-serve trial with onboarding tools and training videos; VIN decoding fills vehicle specs.
Axlerun’s column comes from the current plan comparison and pricing. Fleetio’s column is taken from their own published pages as at 23 September 2026. Where a feature does not appear on those pages the cell says so rather than guessing.
Where Axlerun wins
Australian compliance is in the product, not a custom field
An ATO-compliant FBT logbook per vehicle with ranked 12-week periods on Cruise, and rego, CTP and insurance dates for all eight states and territories with alerts on Cruise. None of that appears on Fleetio's pages.
FBT LogbookTrips record from the phone
Automatic GPS trip recording is free on Drive with nothing to install. In Fleetio, location and trips arrive through a telematics integration, which means a device and a second vendor.
Compliance & Renewal AlertsA price you can read in AUD, month to month
Drive is free for three vehicles and Cruise is A$10.99 per vehicle per month including GST, cancel any time. Fleetio's higher tiers are annual only and its page prices a five-asset band in an unnamed currency.
What it costs for a fleet your size
Axlerun figures are monthly billing including GST; yearly saves about 17%. Drive charges only for vehicles beyond the first three. Cruise is the plan with the ATO logbook export.
4 vehicles
A$43.96a month on Cruise
A$3.49 a month on Drive
Fleetio
4 vehicles × $5 = $20 a month on Essential billed monthly, or $16 a month billed annually. Currency not named; the page's rates assume a 5-asset plan band, so a quote may differ.
10 vehicles
A$109.90a month on Cruise
A$24.43 a month on Drive
Fleetio
10 vehicles × $5 = $50 a month on Essential billed monthly, or $40 a month billed annually. Currency not named; the page's rates assume a 5-asset plan band, so a quote may differ.
25 vehicles
A$274.75a month on Cruise
A$76.78 a month on Drive
Fleetio
25 vehicles × $5 = $125 a month on Essential billed monthly, or $100 a month billed annually. Currency not named; the page's rates assume a 5-asset plan band, so a quote may differ.
First 3 vehicles free, forever
Switching to Axlerun
There is nothing to uninstall and no contract to run down. Add your vehicles by plate, invite the drivers, and trips start recording from their phones. If you take a paid plan we move your existing records across from the old system at no extra cost.
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