Motive

Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) is a fleet management platform serving more than 120,000 businesses across trucking, logistics, construction, agriculture, and field service industries. The Motive REST API provides programmatic access to driver management, vehicle tracking, Hours of Service (HOS) compliance, IFTA reporting, dashcam events, dispatch workflows, geofencing, and real-time location data. Developers authenticate via OAuth 2.0 with scoped access tokens and can reach endpoints at api.gomotive.com (or the legacy api.keeptruckin.com base URL). The self-serve Developer Portal allows partners to build and publish apps to the Motive App Marketplace, and Postman collections are available alongside interactive API reference documentation.

Motive is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network: Fleet API. Tagged areas include Fleet Management, Trucking, Logistics, GPS Tracking, and Hours of Service.

The Motive catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Motive’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, engineering blog, and 19 more developer resources.

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26.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 14/100 agent aware Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 API

Fleet Management Trucking Logistics GPS Tracking Hours of Service ELDIFTADash Cam Dispatch Compliance Driver Management Telematics

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 26.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 7.4 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.8 / 17

Access Clarity 5.4 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.1 / 15

Agent readiness — 14/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author Ask about this →
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey) Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes Ask about this →
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 Ask about this →

11 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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Developer Ergonomics scores 10.7 — up to +17.9 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Quality scores 34.7 — up to +16.3 composite points Ask about this →
Access Clarity scores 31.9 — up to +13.6 composite points Ask about this →

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Automotive and Mobility	mixed	41.5	-	-
FMCSA Registered Electronic Logging Devices	mixed	41.5	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Motive Fleet API

Core REST API providing access to driver management, vehicle tracking, Hours of Service logs, IFTA trip reports, inspection reports, dashcam events, dispatch workflows, geofenci...

Motive API pricing

Not yet checked against Motive's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-12; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Developer (Free) free	—
Commercial Fleet Subscription paid	—
Enterprise / Partner enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Motive Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Motive Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Terms of Service 1

What its API terms permit and prohibit, quoted from its own page.

Motive

11 quoted statements, read from Motive's own page on 2026-11-10.

TERMS

Eligibility 1

Who may sign up and where, quoted from its own terms.

Motive

5 quoted statements, read from Motive's own page on 2026-11-10.

ELIGIBILITY

AI Preferences 1

Its stance on AI training, inference and agents, quoted from its own pages.

Motive

1 quoted statement, read from Motive's own page on 2026-11-10.

AI PREFS

Data License 1

How its data and outputs may be reused, quoted from its own terms.

Motive

1 quoted statement, read from Motive's own page on 2026-11-10.

LICENSE

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Motive Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Motive Context

30 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Motive Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Motive Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

BlogIndex

BlogIndex

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

AIPreferences

AIPreferences

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

Plans

FinOps

UsageTerms

DataLicense

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Eligibility

Eligibility

Source (apis.yml)

aid: motive
name: Motive
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/motive.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/motive/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-12
modified: 2026-06-12
specificationVersion: '0.23'
description: 'Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) is a fleet management platform serving more than 120,000 businesses across trucking,
  logistics, construction, agriculture, and field service industries. The Motive REST API provides programmatic access to
  driver management, vehicle tracking, Hours of Service (HOS) compliance, IFTA reporting, dashcam events, dispatch workflows,
  geofencing, and real-time location data. Developers authenticate via OAuth 2.0 with scoped access tokens and can reach endpoints
  at api.gomotive.com (or the legacy api.keeptruckin.com base URL). The self-serve Developer Portal allows partners to build
  and publish apps to the Motive App Marketplace, and Postman collections are available alongside interactive API reference
  documentation.

  '
tags:
- Fleet Management
- Trucking
- Logistics
- GPS Tracking
- Hours of Service
- ELD
- IFTA
- Dash Cam
- Dispatch
- Compliance
- Driver Management
- Telematics
tags_raw:
- Fleet Management
- Trucking
- Logistics
- GPS Tracking
- Hours of Service
- ELD
- IFTA
- Dashcam
- Dispatch
- Compliance
- Driver Management
- Telematics
- Fleet
apis:
- name: Motive Fleet API
  description: 'Core REST API providing access to driver management, vehicle tracking, Hours of Service logs, IFTA trip reports,
    inspection reports, dashcam events, dispatch workflows, geofencing, messaging, fuel purchases, Motive Card transactions,
    and webhooks for event-driven integrations.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.gomotive.com/
  baseURL: https://api.gomotive.com
  tags:
  - Fleet Management
  - GPS Tracking
  - Hours of Service
  - IFTA
  - Dispatch
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Fleet Management
  - GPS Tracking
  - Hours of Service
  - IFTA
  - Dispatch
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-docs.gomotive.com/docs/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer-docs.gomotive.com/reference/introduction
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://developer-docs.gomotive.com/llms.txt
  contact:
  - FN: Motive API Support
    email: apisupport@gomotive.com
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/motive-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/motive-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://gomotive.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer-docs.gomotive.com/docs/introduction
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer-docs.gomotive.com/reference/introduction
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.gomotive.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/KeepTruckin
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/motive-inc
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/Motive_inc
- type: Blog
  url: https://gomotive.com/blog/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://gomotive.com/blog/feed
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.gomotive.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://gomotive.com/legal/api-terms-of-service/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/motive-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/motive-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/motive-finops.yml
- type: BlogIndex
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/motive-context.jsonld
- type: UsageTerms
  url: terms/motive-terms-of-service.yml
- type: Eligibility
  url: eligibility/motive-eligibility.yml
- type: AIPreferences
  url: ai-preferences/motive-ai-preferences.yml
- type: DataLicense
  url: data-license/motive-data-license.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Motive API — frequently asked questions

Does Motive have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from Motive, including Motive Fleet API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Motive API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 1 OpenAPI specification for Motive, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Motive API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Motive, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Motive API ready for AI agents?

Motive has a Kin Score of 26.1 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 13.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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