We do the rest.
Full drone and vehicle fleet management as an API. Every asset, bakkie, truck, drone, vessel, robot, pushes its GPS position to one endpoint. Elara turns that single stream into a live fleet console, routes-vs-plan, operational alerts, trip history and dispatch optimisation. The dispatch engine went 9/9 on CVRPLIB-X against Google's OR-Tools and keeps navigating when the signal drops, the big maps can't. The routing is solved, not guessed: order from the chaos of a thousand moving assets. No hardware. No per-vehicle pricing. No lock-in.
The whole integration is one POST
The whole integration is one POST
From any device that knows its position, a phone, a telematics unit you already own, a drone's companion computer.
# 1 · register the asset (once)
curl -X POST https://route.elara-cortex.com/v1/assets \
-H "X-API-Key: $KEY" -d '{"name":"Bakkie 7", "category":"vehicle"}'
# 2 · the device pushes location, this is ALL the device ever does
curl -X POST https://route.elara-cortex.com/v1/assets/{id}/position \
-H "X-API-Key: $KEY" -d '{"lat":-26.2041, "lng":28.0473, "heading":80, "battery_pct":76}'
# 3 · we do the rest
curl https://route.elara-cortex.com/v1/fleet/summary -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" # the whole fleet, one call
curl https://route.elara-cortex.com/v1/fleet/alerts -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" # offline · off-route · low battery · arrived
curl https://route.elara-cortex.com/v1/assets/{id}/history # trips & playback
What "the rest" means
Live fleet console
Every asset on one call, status (moving / idle / offline), speed, battery, distance today. GET /v1/fleet/summary
Routes vs plan
Assign the planned route; we measure live drift, flag off-route beyond 200 m and detect arrival. POST /v1/assets/{id}/route
Operational alerts
Offline 10+ minutes, off-route, low battery, arrived, derived live, one call. GET /v1/fleet/alerts
Trip history & playback
30-day position history per asset for trips, audits and replays. GET /v1/assets/{id}/history
Dispatch optimisation that out-schedules Google
Order multi-stop runs the fastest way before they leave, 9/9 on CVRPLIB-X against Google's OR-Tools, holding the time-window stops it drops (enterprise proof). POST /v1/optimise
Keeps navigating when the signal drops
Plan a route, lose the connection, it keeps navigating, re-routing 302x faster online or off, the big maps need a connection, we don't. POST /v1/reroute
The routing engine itself
Road, drone, sea and AV routing with live-traffic re-routing, the same engine, included.
Why flat-rate beats per-vehicle
Telematics platforms price per vehicle per month, plus hardware, plus multi-year contracts. We price the software backend flat, your devices are the hardware.
| Stack | 100 vehicles / month | 1 000 assets / month | Hardware | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsara | ~$2, 700–3, 300 | ~$27, 000–33, 000 | $99–148 per vehicle | 3 years |
| Geotab (bundled) | ~$3, 000–4, 000 | ~$30, 000–40, 000 | Per vehicle | Varies |
| ELARA FLEET IN A BOX | $199 flat | $199 flat | None, any GPS source | Cancel anytime |
Telematics prices per public 2026 comparisons: Spytec · Airpinpoint. Those platforms bundle cameras, ELD compliance and hardware we do not sell, the comparison is the software fleet backend.
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No hardware. No per-vehicle pricing. No lock-in. Your devices are the only hardware you need. Don't take our word for it: run the public benchmarks and watch the dispatch engine go 9/9 against Google.
ELRT-FLEET-BOX · $199/month · up to 1 000 assets · engine tested in 1 500 cities · Powered by Elara-Cortex