Quartix Review – 2020

Quartix Highlights

Quartix is a rental service, meaning startup costs are low. In fact, with prices starting from just $14.90 per month, it's easily one of the cheapest vehicle tracking services on the market.

Its strong driver habit tracking features are ideal for smaller, faster cars that may be more at risk for harsh driving incidents, making it a good choice for the taxi or retail industries in particular. It's also easy to use, so drivers can keep in-car customers updated quickly. Quartix's customers number more than 13,000 around the globe, with more than half a million units installed in total since the company's founding in 2001.

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In this review:

• Quartix Highlights
• Quartix Plans and Pricing
• Quartix Software Features
• Setup and Customer Support
• The Verdict

Quartix Fleet Tracking Plans and Pricing

Please note this page was last updated in October 2020 and prices may have changed.

Quartix is a rental service. In other words, you won't outright own their products, which means you won't pay any hefty prices upfront and won't deal with any warranties in order to ensure it all works. However, you'll also pay an ongoing rental fee, which may not be as cost-effective in the long run as a one-time purchase upfront.

Quartix offers three plan tiers: Infopoint offers core features for $14.90 per month, Infoplus includes extras like IFTA fuel tracking and geofencing for $18.90 per month, while another, more robust Infoplus plan includes Driver ID and starts at $22.90 per month.

Here's a quick table comparing Quartix's pros, cons, and prices against similar fleet management providers:

Contract lengths start at 12 months (though they can last longer as well) and cancellations require 30 days' notice. A four-week free trial is a possibility, but you'll need to ask for it: It's only offered on a case-by-case basis, and might not be viable.

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Quartix Setup and Customer Support

Quartix offers on-site vehicle tracking device installation by its accredited engineers. Depending on the unit in question, customers may even be able to quickly and easily install the device themselves.

In addition to email and chat bot options, the service also offers phone support, with hours between 8.30 am and 5 pm, CT, on work days.

Quartix includes plenty of resources on their website, including case studies, guides, webinars, video tutorials, and product updates, while the website itself has a Spanish-language version for greater access.

Support & Training

Quartix Software: Core Features

Software: Simple and intuitive, the central dashboard lets managers keep an eye on all their data. Three plan tiers are offered, each sporting more features than the last.

Hardware: Quartix offers a range of GPS tracking units, including both hardwired and plug-and-play models.

Pricing: Quartix has prices well below the industry average, due in part to the fact that all hardware is rented rather than owned.

Top Features: Quartix offers detailed reports, helping managers collect data on fleet activity, maintenance, and safety on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Fuel reports are also available through an integration with FleetCheck.

ELD: Quartix does not offer an ELD logging ability. If, like most commercial fleets in the US, your fleet must stay in compliance with the ELD mandate, you'll need to pair Quartix's system with another ELD-compliant service.

Read on for the full review, where we'll take a look through all available pricing information before covering core features and support hours. We'll then give our final verdict on whether the service is worth your time and money.

Fleet activity

Live tracking is a core feature covered in every Quartix plan. Complete real-time visibility is available, both through the typical Google Maps view and through the streetview option. Refresh times are reasonably fast, and should be satisfactory – updates come once every two minutes under the Infopoint plan, and once every two minutes under the Infoplus plan.

Managers can crunch the data through a variety of reports, from timesheet reports to daily or weekly overall summaries. Service date reports are also available, which we'll discuss in the Maintenance section below. A mileage-specific report can't be generated, but the same data can be included in timesheet reports.

Driver Safety

The Quartix dashboard offers daily insights into each driver's speed, acceleration, and braking habits. In addition, a driver league table ranks drivers from best to worst, highlighting strong performances and problem areas. Speed analysis reports can track vehicles that consistently violate speed limits.

Managers can also set geofencing alerts. This allows them to preset specific geographic locations, and determine whether their vehicles should remain inside or outside of them. If a vehicle crosses these geofences, managers will be alerted in real time with an email or SMS notification, letting them respond to the issue quickly.

The Quartix system doesn't send out crash alerts, due to the number of false positives from potholes or speed bumps, but crash data can be made available on request. Idle notifications are also available, though this function depends on which type of hardware unit is used.

Fuel Tracking

Quartix offers a range of fuel tracking features, including an IFTA fuel tax tracker, which automatically logs mileage within IFTA reporting territories.

A Fuel Card Report is also available through an integration with FleetCheck, which works with nine major fuel card providers. You'll need to both register with FleetCheck and connect with the Quartix Sales or Support team in order to get it all set up, however. Once in place, you'll gain reports featuring insights such as fuel purchase data, maintenance issues, or driver habits that are wasting fuel, as well as any potential instances of fuel theft.

Another big plus is the service's CO2 emission reports, which serve up estimates of the emissions generated by all of the fleet's vehicles, and can help any fleet track its environmental impact in practical terms.

Routing & Dispatch

Dispatching and route optimization features are available in the live tracking area of the managers dashboard. A weekly route chart gives managers an overview of workforce activity during any day or week they would like to examine. Daily vehicle logs help managers see their drivers' start and end location times at a glance, helping them make informed dispatch decisions.

There's no option for driver messaging in the Quartix interface, which may be a concern for some.

Quartix also doesn't offer in-house options for setting traffic or weather alerts. However, the Google Maps-powered interface does use the green-yellow-red color-coding to signal predicted traffic conditions on its routes.

Maintenance

Alerts and reports can be generated that cover all major aspects of vehicle maintenance.

Service date reports offers a summary of the entire fleet, covering up-to-date and historical stats for vehicle safety inspection, emission tests, service schedules, registration fees, insurance, and any custom milestones that managers may choose to cover, such as the latest tire inspection.

Driver ID

Driver Identification is available with the highest priced plan. It offers additional info on which driver is in which vehicle, doing so through a small receiver that is permanently wired to the dashboard of each vehicle. This receiver pairs with the key fob held by the driver to keep track of who's driving what.

The Verdict

Quartix is a strong option – particularly for fleets with passengers – thanks to its ease of use, solid core features, and low upfront costs. Support is good and prices should be attractive, though some extra features are only available through higher-priced plans, so you'll need to do your research. Overall, it's a good service worth considering, though perhaps not without checking out the competition as well.