| TruckerFetch | DIY with FMCSA data | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $49/month | Free data, plus your time and infrastructure |
| New carriers | Published daily by 8 AM ET | Diff each release yourself |
| Filters | Niche, cargo, fleet, tenure, state, classification | Write your own queries |
| Contacts | Reported email and phone, with removals applied | Reported fields, removals are yours to manage |
| Authority and insurance | Linked to each carrier | Separate datasets to join |
| Export | CSV and CRM-ready CSV | Build it |
The data is public. The work isn't.
FMCSA's open data program publishes carrier census, authority and insurance records, and SAFER lets you look up a single carrier. That's ideal for checking one company. Building a daily prospect list from it means downloading large files, tracking what's new since yesterday, decoding field values, joining datasets and cleaning contacts.
Who should build it themselves
Teams with data engineers and a specific research question can work with the source data directly. Sales teams that want a working list every morning, with filters and exports, usually save more than the subscription cost in the first week.