Before you book
Look up the USDOT or MC number, confirm the company, and read its authority, insurance and safety records.
Run a carrier check →Your best
Carrier411 alternative
Check carrier authority, insurance filings and safety records before booking. Monitor changes, review shared contact details and save your team’s decisions in one workspace. Plans start at $49 a month.
- From $49/month
- Cancel anytime
CarrierTrail and Carrier411 side by side
What each one costs, who it is for and where its information comes from.
CarrierTrail
Carrier411
Price
CarrierTrail$49 a month for 500 monitored carriers, $99 for 5,000. Both are on the pricing page.
Carrier411From $99 a month, as published on its site on 30 Sep 2026.
Who can use it
CarrierTrailBrokers, shippers and carriers. Anyone can run the free lookup, and a carrier can read its own record.
Carrier411Brokers and shippers. Carriers cannot hold accounts, its CEO told Freight Caviar.
Where the information comes from
CarrierTrailFMCSA’s public census, authority, insurance and safety data.
Carrier411FMCSA safety scores and its own FreightGuard reports (FreightWaves).
Reports written by other brokers
CarrierTrailNone. You read the public record and your own team’s notes, which stay private to your workspace.
Carrier411Includes broker-submitted FreightGuard reports (Freight Caviar).
Ongoing monitoring
CarrierTrailDaily checks on the carriers you monitor. Changes to authority, insurance, safety rating or contact details appear in your review queue, and you get notified.
Carrier411Tracks carrier compliance and safety automatically (Freight Caviar).
A record of what you checked
CarrierTrailApprove or reject with a note. The records you saw at that moment are saved with it.
Carrier411Logs each time you look at a carrier’s safety rating (FreightWaves).
Carrier411 details: its own site (30 Sep 2026), Freight Caviar (29 October 2024) and FreightWaves (29 October 2019). CarrierTrail is not affiliated with Carrier411; Carrier411 and FreightGuard are its trademarks.
What you do in CarrierTrail
Shared contact details
See when a carrier’s phone number or address is also used by other carriers, with the carriers that share it.
Phone and contact checks →Every decision
Approve or reject with notes, and keep the evidence you saw at the time. The next reviewer picks up where you left off.
About decision evidence →Monitoring
Know when a carrier’s record changes
Put the carriers you work with on a watchlist. Daily checks compare each one with its last snapshot. See carrier changes in one review queue.
- Authority and insurance filings, compared with the previous snapshot.
- Safety rating and contact details from the FMCSA census.
- Failed or stale checks are shown as unavailable.
Changes 3 newIllustrative example
- Insurance filings changedExample Freight Co. · Published filing rows: 2 → 3
- Census details changedSample Hauling Inc. · Phone:
(214) 555-0199→ (214) 555-0100 - Authority records changedDemo Logistics LLC · Published filing rows: 1 → 2
- Team decision updatedExample Freight Co. · Review → Approved
Check a carrier before you switch
Free carrier lookup. Enter an MC number, a USDOT number or a company name. The result shows the carrier’s operating authority, insurance filings and safety record, with source dates alongside.
Moving your carriers over
- Save your carrier list as a CSV with a USDOT column, an MC column or both. Up to 5,000 rows in one file.
- Upload it from the dashboard. Each row is matched to its FMCSA record. See CSV import and export.
- The daily checks start for every carrier on your watchlist, and the first changes appear in your review queue.
- Invite your team: 2 members on Starter, 5 on Team.
Carrier monitoring from $49 a month
Monthly plans with no annual commitment. The lookup on this page stays free.
Starter
$49 / month
- 500 active monitored carriers
- 2 workspace members
- Private decisions, evidence and CSV exports
- Notifications when a carrier changes
Team
$99 / month
- 5,000 active monitored carriers
- 5 workspace members
- All Starter features
- Shared team review and access controls
Questions
Can CarrierTrail replace Carrier411?
For checking a carrier’s public record and monitoring it afterwards, yes. CarrierTrail checks FMCSA’s census, authority, insurance and safety data daily and saves your team’s decisions with the records they were based on. It holds no reports written by other brokers.
Does CarrierTrail have FreightGuard reports?
No. FreightGuard belongs to Carrier411. CarrierTrail shows the public FMCSA record, shows when a phone number or address is shared with other carriers, and keeps your team’s notes private to your workspace.
How much does CarrierTrail cost?
$49 a month for 500 monitored carriers and 2 members, or $99 a month for 5,000 carriers and 5 members. Carrier411’s site listed plans from $99 a month on 30 Sep 2026. See pricing.
Can I check an MC number without an account?
Yes. The lookup on this page is free: 3 record lookups and 10 name searches a day. Choose a paid plan to search carriers and build a monitored watchlist.
Can a carrier use CarrierTrail?
Yes. Anyone can run the free lookup, so a carrier can read its own public record the way a broker sees it.
Where does CarrierTrail’s data come from?
From FMCSA’s public datasets: the census, Motus authority and insurance filings, and safety records. Source dates are shown alongside carrier records. See data and methodology.
How do I bring my carrier list?
Save it as a CSV with a USDOT column, an MC column or both, and upload it from the dashboard. One file can hold up to 5,000 carriers.
Is an annual commitment required?
Monthly plans require no annual commitment. Cancel renewal from your dashboard.
Monitor your carriers from $49 a month
Sign up online, upload your carrier list and let the daily checks run.