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Fleet compliance and software, country by country

The rules and the vendors that dominate a market change once you leave the US. Each page names the actual regulatory body and compliance mandate for that country — including the markets with no US-style ELD equivalent at all — and the local or regional vendors that genuinely serve it, rather than a US vendor with a translated homepage. US-focused buyers should start with the software directory or browse by category. Once the local rules are clear, the head-to-head comparisons narrow a shortlist and the fleet calculators estimate what it will cost. If a country page needs a correction, tell us.

6 countries4 regions

Asia-Pacific

3 countries

  • Australia

    Australia has no mandatory ELD equivalent. The Heavy Vehicle National Law governs fatigue management for vehicles over 4.5 tonnes, and its Electronic Work Diary, the closest thing to a US ELD, remains a voluntary alternative to a paper logbook, even after a major reform of the law took effect on 1 August 2026.

  • India

    India has no ELD mandate. Its real compliance requirement is AIS-140, a GPS-and-NavIC vehicle-tracking standard that transport-category vehicles registered after April 2019 must carry, with a hardwired panic button and ARAI-certified hardware. Fleet software here is built around AIS-140 compliance first, driver-hours tracking second.

  • New Zealand

    New Zealand runs no ELD system and no dedicated heavy-vehicle law like Australia's HVNL. Commercial drivers work under Waka Kotahi's Work Time and logbook rules, and the compliance cost most fleet software actually tracks is Road User Charges, a distance-based tax with no US or Australian equivalent.

Africa

1 country

  • South Africa

    South Africa has no confirmed hours-of-service or tachograph mandate under the National Road Traffic Act, a genuinely different starting point from most markets in this research. What the law does require is a Professional Driving Permit for commercial drivers. The real story behind this market's software industry is stolen-vehicle recovery, not compliance.

Europe

1 country

  • United Kingdom

    The UK has no US-style ELD mandate. Commercial drivers' hours are recorded on a digital tachograph under retained EU law, enforced by the DVSA at the roadside. A new hardware deadline lands on 1 July 2026 for vehicles doing international work, while UK-only vans stay exempt.

North America

1 country

  • Canada

    Canada has had a fully enforced ELD mandate since 1 January 2023, but it works differently from the US version: every device needs independent third-party certification against a national technical standard before a carrier can legally run it, and Transport Canada actively delists devices that fail to keep up.