{
 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "samsara",
 "name": "Samsara",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "samsara.com",
 "category": "Business Operations",
 "task": null,
 "summary": "Fleet operations platform: AI dash cams, GPS telematics, ELD compliance and trailer and equipment tracking, sold as separate packages to fleets.",
 "best_for": "fleets that want safety cameras, telematics and equipment tracking from one vendor and are prepared to negotiate a multi-package quote",
 "skip_if": "you run a handful of vehicles and want a price before a sales call: Samsara publishes none, and the terms renew automatically unless you cancel in writing 30 days before the end",
 "honest_knock": "Seven named packages and not one price. The pricing page asks how many vehicles you run and leads to a sales form; the plans page ends every package in Get pricing. The contract side is public and worth reading before the call: under section 13.1 of the Platform Terms, if you do not cancel auto-renewal in writing at least 30 days before the licence ends, Samsara may renew for up to a year or the length of your previous term, whichever is greater. Put that date in your calendar on day one. Licensed hardware is covered for as long as the licence runs; accessories and cables get one year.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "quote_only",
  "entry_price": null,
  "entry_price_terms": null,
  "from_price_usd_month": null,
  "plans": null,
  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "(read 2026-10-10 on samsara.com/pricing and samsara.com/resources/plans, US site) No prices are shown. The pricing page opens a form that first asks how many vehicles or assets you have (1-5, 6-29, 30-499, 500-4,999 or 5,000+) and prints no figure. The Pricing and Plans page names seven packages: Safety Premier and Safety Enterprise, Telematics Premier and Telematics Enterprise, Standard Visibility and Advanced Tracking for trailers and equipment, and the Fleet Application Suite. Every one of them ends in a Get pricing button; none carries a per-vehicle rate, a hardware cost or a contract length.",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-10",
  "source_url": "https://www.samsara.com/pricing"
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "quote_only",
   "label": "Quote-only pricing",
   "evidence": "No published price: samsara.com/pricing is a fleet-size form and samsara.com/resources/plans names seven packages, each with a Get pricing button and no amount (read 10 Oct 2026)",
   "verified_at": "2026-10-10",
   "source_url": "https://www.samsara.com/pricing"
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Motive",
  "why": "the closest peer and also quote-only; ask both for the same vehicle count, the same packages and the same term, and compare the renewal and early-exit terms as well as the per-vehicle rate"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/samsara.json",
  "review": "https://officesoftwaremarketplace.com/samsara-review.html",
  "marketplace": null,
  "vendor_site": "https://samsara.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://partner.samsara.com/6uuztqtsdo0k",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Pricing status is 'quote_only': no single public entry price.",
  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "samsara:public_price",
   "key": "public_price",
   "question": "Can you publish a price, or a starting price, for the plans that are quote-only?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "samsara:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "samsara:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "samsara:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "samsara:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_checked",
   "detail": "We could not read the vendor's pages as plain HTML.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}