OneTrack vs Telematics

Telematics tells you something happened. OneTrack shows you what happened.

G-force alerts without context. False positives you can't verify. Utilization numbers that don't tell the full story. If your telematics system is raising more questions than it answers, there's a reason.

Telematics
× G-force number, no context
× High false positive rate
× Runtime hours only
× Reactive—alerts after incidents
× No behavior visibility
OneTrack
Video of every event
AI-verified, near-zero false positives
True productive utilization
Proactive—catches behaviors before incidents
Full operator behavior recognition
The Telematics Problem

Data without context is just noise

Your telematics system sends a G-force alert. A forklift exceeded the threshold at 2:47 PM in aisle 12. What you don't know: Did it actually hit something, or roll over a crack in the floor? If there was an impact, what did it hit? Was it operator error or a process problem?

Without answers, your options are limited. Talk to the operator who may not remember. Scrub through hours of CCTV footage. Or just log the alert and move on. The same problem applies to utilization—telematics says a forklift ran for 6 hours, but was the operator moving product or sitting idle waiting for tasks?

Telematics captures the "what" but misses the "why." And without the "why," you can't fix anything.

50%+
False positive rate on G-force alerts
0
Behaviors telematics can detect
?
Root causes telematics can identify
"I'd walk through a warehouse and see scuffs and marks on our lift trucks, but I'd never actually see it happen when I'm out walking around."
Brien Downie — President, Holman Logistics

Holman Logistics deployed OneTrack across their operations to go from guessing what happened to seeing exactly what happened—with video evidence for every event.

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Feature Comparison

Telematics vs OneTrack, head to head

Capability
Traditional Telematics
OneTrack Vision AI
Impact Detection
G-force threshold alert. No context on what was hit or why.
AI-verified with video. See exactly what happened, what was hit, and the operator's actions before impact.
False Positive Rate
High. Potholes, dock plates, and debris trigger the same alerts as real impacts.
Near zero. Vision AI sees the event and classifies it accurately.
Utilization Tracking
Runtime hours. Forklift on = "utilized." No distinction between productive and idle time.
True productive utilization. Distinguishes active work from empty travel, idle time, and waiting.
Safety Approach
Reactive. Alerts you after incidents happen.
Proactive. Identifies unsafe behaviors (phone use, distraction, PPE violations) before they cause incidents.
Coaching
Limited. "You had a G-force event" isn't actionable feedback.
Specific, video-based coaching points delivered directly to supervisors. AI identifies exactly what to coach on.
Behavior Recognition
None. Sensors can't observe human behavior.
Phone use, distraction, seatbelt violations, PPE compliance, hands off controls, and more.
Evidence for Investigations
A timestamp and G-force number. Relies on witness statements to reconstruct events.
Complete video evidence with seconds before and after every event. No guessing required.
Near-Miss Detection
Not possible. If there's no impact, there's no G-force reading.
Vision AI identifies close calls with pedestrians, racking, and other equipment.
"We used to go off gut feel. Now we have data—and it's automatic. The system even picked up a legitimate idle event where an operator was helping clean a spill. OneTrack told us to thank him. That's next level."
Dylan O'Connor — Logistics Manager, Church & Dwight
How It Works

Cameras see what sensors can't

01

See Everything

Cameras capture 360-degree video of every event. Not just that something happened, but what happened, who was involved, and what caused it. Context that sensors physically cannot provide.

02

Understand Automatically

AI agents analyze every event in real time. They classify impacts, identify behaviors, measure productive utilization, and surface the events that actually matter—filtering out the noise.

03

Coach Proactively

Supervisors receive specific, actionable coaching points with video evidence. No more guessing or relying on memory. AI even identifies positive behaviors to recognize, not just problems to fix.

Customer Panel

Hear it from operations leaders

Watch customers discuss why they chose OneTrack over traditional telematics and the results they've seen.

Proven Results

What happens when you switch to vision AI

84%
Reduction in safety incidents
Church & Dwight
$287K
Annual savings per facility
Church & Dwight
120+
Hours saved per week
Church & Dwight
93%
Incident reduction
Kellanova
"The agents don't just find issues—they give our supervisors the exact coaching points and even recognize wins. We were losing 120 hours a week just on extended breaks. Now, OneTrack flags violations and sends them directly to supervisors. That alone pays for OneTrack."
Dylan O'Connor — Logistics Manager, Church & Dwight
FAQ

Common questions

What is the difference between telematics and vision AI for forklifts?
Telematics uses accelerometers and GPS sensors to measure G-forces, speed, and location. It tells you something happened but not what or why. Vision AI uses cameras and artificial intelligence to see and understand what actually occurred—identifying operator behaviors, objects involved, and root causes. The difference is measurement versus understanding.
Why do telematics systems have so many false positives?
Telematics G-force sensors can't distinguish between a forklift hitting racking and rolling over a pothole, crossing a dock plate, or driving over pallet debris. All of these produce similar G-force readings. This leads operations teams to either lower sensitivity (missing real impacts) or get buried in false alerts they start ignoring. Vision AI eliminates this problem by actually seeing what happened.
Can OneTrack replace my existing telematics system?
Yes. OneTrack's camera-based platform captures everything telematics does—impacts, utilization, speed events—plus behavior recognition, video evidence, root cause analysis, and AI-powered coaching. Many customers replace their telematics systems entirely. Others run both during a transition period and find that OneTrack delivers all the data they need and more.
How accurate is OneTrack compared to telematics for impact detection?
Telematics impact detection relies on G-force thresholds that produce high false positive rates. OneTrack uses vision AI to verify every event with video evidence, achieving significantly higher accuracy. You see exactly what happened, what was hit, and what the operator was doing before the event.
What can vision AI detect that telematics cannot?
Vision AI detects operator behaviors like phone use while driving, not looking in direction of travel, seatbelt violations, PPE non-compliance, distracted driving, and unsafe speeds near pedestrians. It also identifies near-misses, product damage, and process violations. Telematics can only detect threshold-based events like G-force spikes and speed violations—it has no ability to observe behavior or context.

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