Average Price of Wireless Vehicle Tracking

Wireless vehicle tracking is something that has evolved over time as the GPS (global positioning system) industry has gotten increasingly technologically advanced. Many businesses and industries have the need to track fleets of vehicles within a geographic area. Trucking companies, municipalities and utility service providers all have good reasons for tracking their vehicle fleets. It is important for these industries to have an idea where their vehicles are at any given time in order to provide timely response and real time travel updates.

Public Use

The general public has benefited from the advancements in fleet vehicle tracking as well as the new car standard seems to be to include some type of tracking device be it OnStar or some other tracking device. However, simply having the capabilities to provide wireless vehicle tracking is not enough as there is a monthly service fee in order to be able to capitalize on this technology. In the past, the fee was quite expensive (sometimes nearing $5,000/month), however thanks to the advancement in technology the cost of maintaining this service is drastically reduced today. In most cases wireless vehicle tracking can be had for around $30 to 40/month with an initial investment of less than $500 for the hardware.

Commercial Use

Wireless vehicle tracking for businesses has also drastically dropped in price with the initial investment required to outfit a vehicle with the service being less than $700 for even the most advanced systems and less than $70/month for some of the best tracking services available. Many service providers now offer options such as remote vehicle shut off and tracking pages on the Internet. A business owner simply has to log in to a secure website and has an instant pictures of where his entire fleet is within a geographic area.

Conclusion

Thanks to the increase in technology and the decrease in the overall expense of said technological advancements, wireless vehicle tracking is now not any more expensive than a reasonable cellular phone plan.