KeepTruckin (Motive) API
Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) runs a mature public REST API at api.gomotive.com with OAuth 2.0, API keys, webhooks, and a partner marketplace. API use requires a paid subscription, and marketplace OAuth apps need partner approval. No official SDK, and rate limits come by email.
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KeepTruckin (Motive) scores D+ on the API Report Card. Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) runs a mature public REST API at api.gomotive.com with OAuth 2.0, API keys, webhooks, and a partner marketplace. API use requires a paid subscription, and marketplace OAuth apps need partner approval. No official SDK, and rate limits come by email.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
Motive (formerly KeepTruckin, rebranded April 2022) is an AI-driven fleet operations platform founded in 2013 by Shoaib Makani, Obaid Khan and Ryan Johns and headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
Vertical: Fleet / Trucking / Logistics, specifically ELD compliance, telematics, driver safety, and integrated fleet operations. Fleet managers, safety directors, dispatchers, compliance officers, drivers and back-office finance use Motive to: capture FMCSA-compliant HOS/ELD logs, run DVIRs and inspections, monitor real-time GPS and engine fault codes, review AI Dashcam events (harsh braking, distracted driving, following distance, stop sign violations) and coach drivers off DRIVE risk scores, generate IFTA fuel tax reports, dispatch and message drivers, track assets and equipment via gateways, manage fuel spend and fraud prevention via the Motive Card, schedule preventive maintenance off fault codes and odometer, and feed live load/ETA data into TMS partners (McLeod, Transport Pro, NinjaTMS, CarrierGuide, TruckMaster, Trucker Path, Trucking365 and 100+ others).
9/10 within fleet/telematics. Motive and Samsara form the duopoly at the top of the commercial fleet market. Motive reports 120,000+ customers and 1M+ drivers on the platform, with the Motive mobile app consistently a top-grossing business app among truckers.
Motive is the system of record for safety, compliance and telematics across its 120,000+ fleet customers.
Founded 2013 in San Francisco; rebranded from KeepTruckin to Motive in April 2022.
KeepTruckin-era API endpoints were deprecated/migrated post-rebrand, breaking integrations that hadn't moved to `api.gomotive.com`. Rate limit details are not prominently published, developers must reach out to apisupport@gomotive.com for tier-specific limits. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Samsara, Geotab, Verizon Connect, Lytx, Omnitracs (Solera), Trimble Transportation. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial KeepTruckin (Motive) API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write KeepTruckin (Motive) data. See the KeepTruckin (Motive) integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/keeptruckin-motive-api.