How we differ from Carrier411,
DAT, RMIS & Highway.
We're not a full TMS, a load board, or a fraud-prevention platform. We sell the one slice those tools either bury inside a seat license or don't surface at all: the fresh new-authority lead signal + carrier email + a clean safety screen, agent-callable, at a fraction of the cost.
✔ Last verified against the FMCSA / USDOT record: Aug 5, 2026
The one thing only we have: the factor-SWITCH signal
RigDig (Randall-Reilly) sells a static, annual UCC bucket — "here is who your customers' factor was, as of the last data pull." It's a snapshot. It cannot tell you what changed or when. The day a carrier files a UCC-3 termination against its factor's lien, it is factor-free and shopping — and that carrier looks identical in RigDig's annual file until the next refresh. We surface that termination as a real-time switch lead, plus virgin authorities (no factor lien yet) and a chameleon reincarnation flag. See the switch signal →
| UCC factor data | RigDig (Randall-Reilly) | Freight Intel (us) |
|---|---|---|
| Who is the carrier's factor of record | Yes — static annual bucket | Yes — classified factor vs equipment vs MCA, in covered states |
| Factor-SWITCH signal (UCC-3 termination) | No — can't show what changed or when | Yes — real-time "just left its factor" lead |
| Virgin (fresh authority, no factor yet) | No | Yes — first factor to call wins |
| Chameleon / reincarnation flag | No | Yes — nationwide, shared phone/address ⨯ deactivated carrier |
| Accruing "what changed and when" timeline | No — annual snapshots only | Yes — forward snapshot compounds weekly |
| UCC state coverage | Broad (purchased aggregator data) | Partial & marked honestly — expanding; we never label a carrier "virgin" in a state we didn't check |
| Agent-callable (MCP) + self-serve | No — enterprise sales | Yes — MCP + JSON, key in 1 business day, from $99/mo |
Where RigDig wins: it has broad, multi-state purchased UCC coverage today and a long-standing data operation. We're honest that our UCC layer is partial and expanding — but the real-time switch signal, the chameleon flag, and the accruing timeline are things RigDig structurally does not sell at any coverage level.
The honest table
| Dimension | Carrier411 / TruckerDB | DAT | RMIS / Highway | Freight Intel (us) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | ~$40–$100/mo per user | $$$ load board + analytics | Enterprise / per-onboard | $0 to browse · $300–$1,500/mo · resell $2k–$5k |
| New-authority lead feed (fresh MC/DOT) | Monitoring / raw list | No | No | Yes — newest-first, filterable, with email |
| Factoring pre-qualification (financeable verdict) | No — raw carrier list only | No | No | Yes — GO/WAIT/NO from for-hire class + live MC authority + BIPD insurance on file |
| Insurance on file (insurer, BIPD coverage) | No | No | Yes — onboarding focus | Yes — insurer name, $ coverage, BMC-91X, effective date |
| Operating-authority status (Active/Pending) | Partial | No | Yes | Yes — from the L&I record, joined to every lead |
| Carrier email on file | Partial | No | No | Yes — from the FMCSA census record |
| Safety screen by DOT (OOS rate, rating) | Yes — deep, with reviews | Limited | Yes — monitoring focus | Yes — transparent OOS-rate tier |
| Agent-callable (MCP) | No | No | No | Yes — native MCP, four tools |
| Webhook on a watched carrier | Email alerts | — | Email/portal | Yes — real webhooks per watchlist |
| Self-serve, no sales call | Yes | Mostly | No | Yes — invoice or crypto, key in 1 business day |
| Broker fraud / double-brokering defense | Yes — community reviews | — | Yes — core product | No — we're authority + safety + leads, not fraud-scoring |
| Load board / freight matching | — | Yes — the market | — | No — we're carrier data, not load matching |
| Onboarding/insurance-cert workflow | — | — | Yes — RMIS/Highway core | No — data + screen, not a workflow |
Where they win, we say so. If you need double-brokering defense and carrier reviews, buy Carrier411 or Highway. If you need a load board, that's DAT. If you need full carrier onboarding/insurance workflow, that's RMIS. If you need a fresh, filterable new-authority lead feed + carrier email + a clean safety screen, agent-callable, without a per-onboard or enterprise contract — that's us.
Accuracy & freshness — stated plainly
Source
100% public FMCSA / USDOT Socrata datasets: the carrier census file (identity, fleet, authority date, email) and the roadside vehicle-inspection file (safety). Every carrier links back to FMCSA SAFER.
Freshness
The carrier census updates on a USDOT cadence; add_date (authority grant date) is current to within days. We re-seed and show the verified date on every page.
Email coverage
~55% of carriers have an email on file in the FMCSA census. We never fabricate one — if it's blank, we say so. Domain shown free; full address on the paid feed.
Safety basis
Our tier is the carrier's roadside out-of-service rate vs the ~21% national vehicle average — a transparent, reproducible signal. It is not a CSA BASIC percentile and not a guarantee. New carriers with no inspections show "Unrated", never a fake score.
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