Tensor Planet and Intangles take different routes to the same data.
Both read what a truck is doing and try to flag the failure before it strands a route. The difference is where the data comes from. Intangles puts its own device in the vehicle. Tensor Planet reads the telematics feed and the work orders you already generate.
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The difference is a device in the OBD-II port.
Intangles
Intangles runs on InGenious, its own hardware, which plugs into the OBD-II port of each vehicle and reads ECU data directly. Intangles states it installs alongside an existing telematics device without rewiring and without affecting the vehicle warranty. It is still a unit per truck that someone has to fit, inventory, and replace when it fails.
Tensor Planet
Tensor Planet installs nothing. We take a read-only key to the telematics system already on the truck and six months of work order history, and run the models on that. There is no install window, no per-vehicle hardware to source, and nothing to pull back out if you change your mind.
Four things worth checking before you sign either one.
Where the data comes from
Intangles: Its own InGenious device in each vehicle OBD-II port, reading ECU data directly.
Tensor Planet: The telematics feed you already pay for, plus your work order history. Read-only API key.
What goes on the truck
Intangles: A unit per vehicle, fitted per vehicle.
Tensor Planet: Nothing.
What arrives when something is wrong
Intangles: Early warnings and alerts through the Intangles platform.
Tensor Planet: A work order in the maintenance system your shop already opens, with the action to take on it.
How you find out whether it works on your fleet
Intangles: Contact their sales team.
Tensor Planet: A free one-week diagnostic on your own data, with the at-risk vehicles and the dollars attached.
Everything in the Intangles column comes from its own published material or from trade press, linked above. Where we have no sourced answer, the row is not on this page.
When Intangles is the better call.
Pick Intangles
A fleet whose telematics coverage is thin, inconsistent across the yard, or absent on older units has a real problem that a device in the OBD-II port solves directly. If that is your situation, hardware is the right answer and we would tell you so.
Pick Tensor Planet
A fleet already running Geotab, Samsara, Motive, Verizon Connect or similar across the yard is already generating everything the prediction needs. Adding a second device to those trucks buys a data feed you are paying for twice.
Troiano Waste Services, Maine.
In the first 10 weeks: 41 percent fewer exhaust-related repairs, and $18,184 saved. At the one-year engagement review: $87,642 in realized savings, and 4 or more service disruptions avoided each week. Two different measurement windows on the same fleet, reported separately because that is what they are.
Straight answers.
Which fleets can benefit from Tensor Planet?
Tensor Planet works across light, medium, and heavy duty commercial vehicles, including mixed fleets with different makes, models, and duty cycles.
What types of vehicle failures does your product detect currently?
We detect early failures in core vehicle systems such as the engine, aftertreatment, and many other systems.
Our telematics already gives us fault codes. Why do we need Tensor Planet?
Fault codes usually show up after a problem has already escalated. Tensor Planet detects degradation earlier, before failures turn into breakdowns.
How are you different from other predictive maintenance companies?
Tensor Planet predicts failures 2 to 3 weeks early, creates work orders in existing systems, and helps technicians fix the issue with specific recommendations.
Which telematics and maintenance systems do you support?
We work with major telematics providers such as Samsara, Geotab, Motive, Verizon Connect, RTA Fleet, Whip Around, Fleetio, and others through API-based integrations.
Run both against your own trucks.
Our diagnostic is free, takes a week, and runs on data you already have. You end it with the list of vehicles likely to fail in the next two to three weeks, whatever you decide to buy.