Looking at Truckbase? An Honest Alternative for 1-10 Trucks (2026)

Truckbase is good software — a clean, modern TMS with real traction among growing asset carriers. If you are comparing options for a small fleet, here is a straight look at how it stacks up against NRB Carrier Group, including where Truckbase is genuinely the better fit.

Where the two overlap

Both platforms lead with the same core promise: stop retyping paperwork. Both use AI to read a rate confirmation and create the load automatically — broker, rate, stops, dates, reference numbers — and both give drivers a way to submit PODs and documents from a phone instead of a fax machine.

Where Truckbase is stronger today

• ELD integrations — Truckbase connects to 30+ ELD providers for live truck tracking and automated check calls. NRB Carrier Group does not integrate ELDs yet.
• EDI — if your shippers require EDI load tenders and status updates, Truckbase has it.
• QuickBooks sync — Truckbase pushes to QuickBooks directly; NRB Carrier Group exports clean CSVs your accountant can import instead.
• Heavy haul and specialized — Truckbase was built with open-deck and oversize workflows in mind.

Where NRB Carrier Group is stronger today

• Document AI breadth — beyond rate cons, the AI reads fuel, maintenance, toll, and lumper receipts straight into your expense log, plus CDLs, med cards, registrations, and insurance into compliance tracking with expiry warnings. A cab-phone photo becomes books and compliance, not a to-do.
• IFTA — a quarterly fuel-and-miles-by-state summary builds itself from your scanned receipts and load addresses, with a CSV download for your accountant.
• Invoice packets (Carrier Group tier) — one click bundles invoice + rate con + POD into a single PDF ready to send to a broker or factoring company. Works with any factor, no integration required.
• Price shape — per carrier, not per user. $79/month includes your first truck, $20/month per additional truck, unlimited logins. Published estimates put Truckbase's minimum around $290/month billed annually, priced per user. And NRB Carrier Group has a genuinely free Starter tier for 1-2 trucks.
• A done-for-you option — the application-only Carrier Group tier ($349.99/month plus $40 per truck, back office and compliance included) pairs the software with real people handling invoicing paperwork, compliance, and IFTA filing. Dispatch is available there as an optional 6% of gross linehaul, and loads you book yourself are never billed. Software companies do not staff this; back-office services do not build software.

How to pick

Run 10+ trucks with shippers that demand EDI, or need live ELD tracking inside your TMS today? Truckbase is the safer pick. Running 1-10 trucks and drowning in receipts, compliance dates, and invoicing paperwork? NRB Carrier Group covers more of that for less money — and you can prove it on the free tier before paying anything.

Full disclosure: NRB Carrier Group is our app, and this page exists because people search this comparison. Pricing figures for Truckbase come from their published pricing and public review sites as of mid-2026 and may change — check their site for current numbers. We have tried to be fair; if anything here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.

Start free at nrbcarriergroup.com — scan one rate con and one fuel receipt, and see how much of your paperwork disappears.