| Broker liability |
✓The Supreme Court's unanimous May 2026 ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II confirmed brokers can be sued for negligently selecting an unsafe carrier — and turns your vetting process into evidence. Every dispatch generates a timestamped report documenting every safety check performed before that load |
✕Relies on public FMCSA data, which FMCSA itself says is not a guarantee of a carrier's safety |
✕Relies on public FMCSA data, which FMCSA itself says is not a guarantee of a carrier's safety |
✕Relies on public FMCSA data, which FMCSA itself says is not a guarantee of a carrier's safety |
| Driver safety (MVR & background check) |
✓Runs an FCRA-compliant Motor Vehicle Record and background check through Checkr on the actual driver assigned to the load — the driver-qualification record Montgomery says a broker needs, not just a carrier's paperwork |
✕A carrier-identity and compliance-document platform — doesn't run a driver-level MVR or background check |
✕A carrier-identity and fraud-prevention platform — doesn't run a driver-level MVR or background check |
✕Carrier-level insurance and authority monitoring — doesn't run a driver-level MVR or background check |
| Double brokering |
✓Uses a live selfie to verify the real carrier and driver — a scammer can't fake this to rebroker a load |
~Verifies the carrier's account identity at onboarding through its Intellivite service — doesn't confirm the specific driver executing this particular load |
~Verifies carrier identity at account setup and has introduced a pickup-time driver check; doesn't attribute the load to a specific person from a pre-verified, broker-selectable roster |
~Uses selfie verification, but only once a year for one designated account contact — not the driver of this load |
| Who's actually on the phone for this load |
✓Every load is attributed to one specific, identity-verified person from the carrier's own roster — selected from a dropdown, never a name the broker typed in or a shared login nobody can trace |
~Verifies the company/account once through Intellivite — no concept of attributing an individual load to a specific verified person |
~Verifies the account holder at signup — no concept of attributing an individual load to a specific verified person |
~Re-verifies one designated "Main Carrier Corporate Contact" annually — not a roster of verified people, and not tied to any specific load |
| Freight/cargo theft |
✓Cross-checks the vehicle's VIN against the carrier's COI and a submitted plate photo before you ever dispatch, paired with a live driver selfie and a full MVR/background check on that same driver — confirmed at the point you're deciding whether to trust this carrier, which is what a broker's duty of care is actually measured against |
~VIN Validation has drivers submit a geotagged photo of the truck at pickup — a real check, but it happens after the carrier's already been selected and isn't tied to any MVR or background check on that driver. A carrier swapping trucks or drivers after vetting is fraud on their part, not a gap in the broker's selection diligence |
~Has introduced a pickup-time driver check, but the verification method isn't publicly disclosed, doesn't cross-check the VIN against the carrier's COI, and isn't tied to any MVR or background check on that driver |
✕Verifies the account holder via live selfie, but not the driver who shows up at pickup |
| Driver credential fraud |
✓Uses a live selfie matching a government issued ID — can't be faked by a scammer |
✕No driver-level identity verification — account/company information only |
~Has introduced a pickup-time driver check, but the verification method isn't publicly disclosed and there's no CDL cross-check against a government ID the way a live selfie plus license scan provides |
✕No driver-level identity verification — account/company information only |
| COI fraud |
✓Every submitted COI is run through AI tampering detection — inconsistent fonts, altered dates, pixelation — before a human ever sees it. Works for any carrier, regardless of which insurance agency they use |
~Sources certificates directly from the carrier's insurance agent instead of trusting a self-submitted document — a real anti-forgery approach, but only covers the ~90% of carriers whose agent participates in their network |
~No longer accepts COIs directly from carriers — certificates come only from their network of Certified Insurance Agencies, verified with human review. Real strength, but doesn't help if that carrier's agent isn't in the network |
~Purchases certificates directly from the carrier's insurance agent, sidestepping a forged upload entirely — but depends on that carrier's agent participating in RMIS's network |
| Regulatory/compliance risk |
✓Authority, safety rating, and hazmat status are pulled fresh from FMCSA at the exact moment your compliance report is generated — not stale onboarding or last-week data. If something changed, it's flagged in the report and the $1M guarantee is off for that load immediately, not discovered later |
~Runs automated weekly authority/safety checks — real monitoring, but a change on day two can go uncaught for up to five more days |
~Markets real-time monitoring with automatic carrier flagging — a real capability, but it doesn't produce a driver-level MVR record or back the result with a guarantee |
✕By their own claim, insurance data lags 1-2 days — a carrier that lost coverage in that window can still be dispatched before it's caught |
