Fleet Management Software for Australian Small Fleets
Dispatch, driver tracking, proof of delivery and Xero-connected invoicing for Australian businesses running 2–50 vans, utes and light trucks — with billing in Australian dollars and no hardware to install.
Who is Smart Strix for in Australia?
Businesses whose fleet is essential but whose fleet admin shouldn't need a department: the Brisbane courier running eight vans, the Melbourne removals firm juggling trucks and crews, the Perth trades outfit with utes across three sites, the Sydney delivery operator invoicing forty customers a month. Smart Strix covers the day loop — jobs assigned on a kanban dispatch board, drivers working from an iOS/Android app, POD with photos and signatures, and completed work flowing into invoices and payment reminders. It's built for operators between spreadsheet chaos and enterprise telematics: too many vehicles to wing it, too few to justify per-vehicle hardware contracts.
Why does no-hardware tracking matter for Australian fleets?
Because installed telematics is priced and contracted for fleets far larger than yours. Smart Strix tracks vehicles through the driver's phone — live map, breadcrumb history, and shareable customer tracking links that expire on a schedule you set. Nothing to fit, no per-vehicle devices, no multi-year telematics contract; GPS tracking comes with the Advanced plan. When a vehicle changes or a casual driver joins for the Christmas rush, tracking follows the phone, not the van.
Does Smart Strix work with Xero?
Yes — invoices raised in Smart Strix export to Xero via OAuth (QuickBooks is supported too). In a market where Xero is effectively the default small-business ledger, that closes the loop Australian operators feel most: job done, POD captured, invoice raised, reminder schedule running, and the books reconciled without retyping. The full quote-to-cash flow — quotes, invoices, late-fee and reminder automation, partial payments — is covered under invoicing and payments.
What does "CoR-aware record keeping" mean?
Most Australian van fleets sit below the 4.5-tonne GVM line where the Heavy Vehicle National Law and Chain of Responsibility begin — their obligations come from WHS duty of care instead. Smart Strix is built for exactly that evidence burden: vehicle files with registration and insurance expiry alerts, timestamped check-in/check-out photos, maintenance and fuel history, and driver shift records. To be clear about scope: Smart Strix is not NHVR accreditation software, doesn't provide electronic work diaries, and no software makes an operator compliant — it keeps the records that let you demonstrate the system you run. The guides below explain the Australian rules in plain English.
Australian compliance guides
Does Chain of Responsibility apply to vans?
Why CoR stops at 4.5 tonnes GVM and what WHS duty of care asks of van operators instead.
Daily vehicle checks for vans
No law prescribes them below 4.5 tonnes — here's why documented pre-starts are still expected.
The 4.5-tonne GVM rule explained
The one number that decides which law, which licence and how much payload.
Fatigue rules for van drivers
Work diaries don't apply to vans — WHS fatigue duty does. What a small-fleet policy looks like.
Rego and inspections by state
NSW pink slips, QLD safety certificates, VIC roadworthiness rules and WA's on-demand model.
Van fleet compliance checklist
All six pillars of small-fleet compliance in one working checklist.
Software comparisons for Australian operators
Courier dispatch software in Australia
Transvirtual, Locate2u, Track-POD and Smart Strix compared — with our own product disclosed.
Vehicle inspection apps in Australia
SafetyCulture, Whip Around, Gearbox and Smart Strix — including where ours deliberately differs.
Explore the platform
Driver tracking
Live map and breadcrumb history from the driver's phone — no installed hardware.
Vehicle checks
Check-in/check-out with timestamped photos and document expiry alerts.
Proof of delivery
Photos and customer signatures captured in the driver app, attached to every job.
Driver shifts
Clock-in/out and weekly hour history — the data a fatigue policy needs to be auditable.
How do Australian customers pay?
In Australian dollars — Stripe checkout shows your local AUD price at signup, so there's no GBP conversion surprise on your card statement. Two plans (Starter for up to 3 drivers; Advanced with unlimited drivers and GPS tracking), monthly or yearly, cancel anytime, and it's free to get started: current details on the pricing page. One scope note we volunteer rather than bury: the Smart Strix job marketplace draws consumer jobs from the UK-based Smart Taurus platform, so it isn't an Australian feature today — everything else on this page is.