CarrierScrub
Pricing compared
| CarrierScrub | BrokerSnapshot | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $0 on Pay-as-you-go. 25 lookups free every month, then $1.00 each | Basic $100/mo · Pro $300/mo · Business $700/mo · Enterprise custom (their site, 13 Sep 2026) |
| Free tier | Pay-as-you-go, $0 a month, plus 3 checks a day with no account | None found; lowest tier is $100/mo |
| API access | Every plan: 25 free lookups a month, then $1.00 each; unlimited on Agency ($249/mo) | Pro ($300/mo) and above |
| Vet a whole list | Up to 1,000 carriers per upload, on Pay-as-you-go | Not found on their public site; CSV exports from Pro ($300/mo), 200 a month |
| How the verdict is reached | Fixed, published rules. The same filings always get the same verdict | AI Summary with an action plan; 20 a month on Basic |
What each checks
CarrierScrub reads FMCSA's own operating-authority and insurance filings and applies fixed, published rules -- no AI generation step, no proprietary score. Its equivalent to BrokerSnapshot's alias detection is narrower but concrete: a check for a new USDOT number registered shortly after a revocation was served on a different-named carrier at the same phone number, stated as a fact with the dates, never as an accusation. See the verdict rules.
BrokerSnapshot's own numbers (13 September 2026): 4.60M+ companies tracked, 158.72M Secretary of State records, 369K+ active carriers, 96.40M inspections on file, updated daily. It layers an AI-generated summary and "action plan" on top of that data, plus entity/alias detection meant to surface a carrier reopening under a new name.
Who should switch
Brokerages paying $100 a month or more mainly to confirm a carrier's authority and insurance before a tender, or $300 a month for API access. CarrierScrub does the check on Pay-as-you-go and includes the API on every plan, with the reasons stated as FMCSA facts you can verify yourself rather than a generated summary you have to trust. Small Brokerage and Agency add a vetting file: your written carrier-selection policy and every check by carrier or by load, printable and as a CSV. BrokerSnapshot remains the deeper tool if your process depends on Secretary of State records, safety benchmarking or contact validation.
Carrier411 vs. BrokerSnapshot vs. CarrierScrub
Carrier411 and BrokerSnapshot are both paid platforms built for brokerages. They differ most on who may sign up, where their fraud signals come from, and what they cost. Each cell states what that vendor lists on its own site.
| CarrierScrub | Carrier411 | BrokerSnapshot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 on Pay-as-you-go; $79/mo and $249/mo plans | $99/mo, no contracts | Basic $100/mo · Pro $300/mo · Business $700/mo · Enterprise custom |
| Free trial or tier | Free permanently; 3 checks a day with no account | 30-day free trial | None found |
| Who can open an account | Anyone, including a carrier checking its own record | Qualified US and Canadian logistics companies; trucking companies, dispatch services and six other business types are blocked | Brokers, 3PLs, shippers, factoring, insurance, leasing and government users, among others |
| API | Every plan; unlimited on Agency ($249/mo) | Not listed on its homepage | Pro ($300/mo) and above |
| AI analysis | None; fixed, published rules | Listed as "Artificial Intelligence Analysis" | AI Summary with an action plan; 20 a month on Basic |
| Fraud and identity signals | A new registration at a revoked carrier's phone number under a different name, from FMCSA filings | FreightGuard reports filed by its customers (200,516 by its own count); new MC numbers tracked daily | Entity and alias detection; phone, name and address validation |
| Secretary of State records | None | Not listed | All 50 states |
| History | No multi-year archive | FMCSA data since 2005 | 8+ years of archived snapshots |
| Safety data | Safety rating, 24-month OOS rates and crash counts from FMCSA's SMS snapshot, dated to it; no BASIC percentiles, which FMCSA does not publish for property carriers | Safety ratings, BASIC percentiles, inspections, violations, crashes, out-of-service orders | SMS BASIC scores, crash rates, inspection history, out-of-service orders |
Sources: live fetches of carrier411.com and brokersnapshot.com on 13 September 2026. Neither vendor's claims were tested. "Not listed" means the fetched page does not mention it, not that the product lacks it.
Where BrokerSnapshot is the better choice
- FMCSA safety scores, inspection history and out-of-service orders -- BrokerSnapshot benchmarks these against industry averages; CarrierScrub checks out-of-service orders and adds the safety rating, out-of-service rates and crash counts, with no benchmark.
- Secretary of State entity records and alias/related-company detection across all 50 states -- a real BrokerSnapshot strength CarrierScrub doesn't have.
- Phone, name and address contact validation. CarrierScrub's own related-entity signal (same phone number, different name, registered shortly after a revocation) is a narrower, FMCSA-sourced version of the same idea, not a full contact-validation product.
- An AI-generated summary or action plan. CarrierScrub deliberately doesn't generate one -- see the FAQ on why.