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Both products put freight on a live map. How they get there — and how you buy them — is where they part ways.
MacroPoint describes ELD/telematics pull and TMS push as its primary methods, with its driver app as a fallback[2]. CarrierView tracks every load through the driver's phone — app or app-less browser link — so tracking works with any carrier, integrated or not.
MacroPoint's public site offers demo and "talk to an expert" paths, with a five-stage implementation process and a carrier activations team[4]. CarrierView is self-serve: sign up, create a load, driver gets a text — first track in minutes.
Descartes positions MacroPoint as a multimodal visibility platform for shippers, brokers and 3PLs, with a 435,000+ carrier network[1]. CarrierView does one job — broker load tracking by phone — and includes every feature on every plan.
MacroPoint facts below come from its own public pages — numbered sources at the bottom, all as viewed August 6, 2026.
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| CarrierView | Descartes MacroPoint™ | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Freight brokers | Shippers, freight brokers & 3PLs, carriers[1] |
| Primary tracking method | Driver's phone — driver app or app-less browser link, per load | ELD/GPS data pulled from the carrier's system, or TMS push; mobile app as fallback[2] |
| Getting started | Self-serve signup; free plan, no demo required | Demo / "talk to an expert"; no self-serve signup offered on its public site[1] |
| Pricing disclosure | Public pricing page — all plans listed | No pricing page on macropoint.com; figures appear only in its dated articles[5][6] |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly by active tracks: $0 / $100 / $200 / $500 — no per-load fees | Per-load; its July 2025 article cites $0.10–$2.00/load at high volume, $0.42–$3.75 at ~1,000 shipments/yr[6] |
| Implementation | None — create a load, driver gets a text | Its July 2025 article cites a $3K–$20K implementation cost; five-stage onboarding with dedicated CSM[4][6] |
| Photo & POD documentation | Included on all plans — 15 photo/document types, geotagged | Proof of Delivery listed among optional add-ons; pricing not published[6] |
| Customer visibility | No-login live share links included | Customer Portals listed among optional add-ons[6] |
| Fraud screening | Anti-spoofing checks on every location ping, all plans — checks stay private on purpose | Advertises a FraudGuard capability; implementation details not publicly documented[1] |
| Carrier network | No network to join — you track your own carriers directly | 435,000+ carrier network; 2M+ drivers on its app[1][3] |
Every claim about MacroPoint on this page is sourced from its own public pages, as viewed August 6, 2026. MacroPoint's network scale and ELD integrations are real strengths for enterprise, integration-heavy operations — this table is about fit, not a takedown. Figures cited from articles reflect their publication dates and may have changed; see sources below.
If you're evaluating MacroPoint tracking for your brokerage, the practical question is where the location data comes from — that decides which carriers you can track and how fast a load goes live.
Descartes MacroPoint describes its primary tracking methods as pulling ELD/GPS data from the carrier's system or receiving it from a TMS, with its driver app as a fallback[2]. That model shines when your carriers are already in its integrated network[1].
CarrierView tracks every load through the driver's phone — the free driver app or an app-less browser link the driver just taps. No ELD integration, no carrier-network prerequisite: the first track goes live minutes after signup, with anti-spoofing checks on every ping.
Both are large visibility networks built on carrier ELD/telematics integrations plus a driver app, and neither publishes a pricing page. FourKites facts come from its own pages as viewed October 2, 2026, with the MacroPoint sources re-checked the same day — numbered sources at the bottom.
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| Descartes MacroPoint™ | FourKites | CarrierView | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | A "3rd party visibility solution" for brokers, shippers and carriers[2] | Enterprise supply chains ("1,600+ Brands"), with 3PL and carrier programs[7][11] | Freight brokers |
| Where location data comes from | Carrier ELD/GPS pull, TMS push via API or CSV, MacroPoint for Truckers app[2] | 900+ GPS and ELD providers, API/EDI/TMS, flat files/SFTP, CarrierLink driver app[8][9] | Driver's phone — driver app or app-less browser link, per load |
| For carriers | No charge for its carrier integration methods[2] | "Free to join. Free to use. Always." — most carriers live within 48 hours via FourKites Connect[10] | Nothing to join — the driver installs the free app or taps a link |
| Pricing | No pricing page; its own articles cite per-load fees ($0.10–$2.00 at high volume) and $3K–$20K implementation[5][6] | No pricing published on fourkites.ai[7] | Public: $0 / $100 / $200 / $500 per month by active tracks |
MacroPoint and FourKites are built for scale — wide carrier networks and deep integrations. If you're a brokerage that needs to track any carrier on the next load without an integration project, that's the gap CarrierView is built for. Weighing FourKites on its own? See the FourKites alternative comparison →
You're a broker who needs loads tracked today, through the driver's phone, with photo evidence and a share link for the customer — and you want to see the price before you talk to anyone.
You're an enterprise shipper, broker or 3PL that wants visibility fed primarily by ELD and TMS integrations across a large carrier network, with a managed implementation and a dedicated success team[1][4].
Plans are priced by simultaneous active tracks — when a load delivers, the slot frees up for the next one. Every feature is included on every plan, fraud checks and all.
Descartes MacroPoint™ and MacroPoint for Truckers are trademarks of The Descartes Systems Group Inc. or its affiliates. CarrierView is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Descartes. FourKites and CarrierLink are trademarks of their respective owner; CarrierView is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by FourKites. Information about Descartes MacroPoint is drawn from its public materials as of the dates shown and may have changed since; if you believe anything here is out of date, tell us and we'll review it promptly.
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