DOTScreener is completely free.
Unlimited carrier reviews, policy workflows, carrier attestations, and timestamped Carrier Selection Records — for your whole team. No credit card, no trial clock, no per-review limits. Free for brokers, shippers, and carriers alike.
DOTScreener
Everything DOTScreener does, for your whole team.
Free for every team member · unlimited carrier reviews
No credit card required · Start in under 60 seconds
Everything included
- Unlimited carrier reviews — no cap, no overage
- Continuous carrier monitoring with change alerts
- Policy workflows & carrier attestations
- FMCSA Census Intelligence on every screen
- Review continuity & cadence workflows
- PDF Carrier Selection Records
- Hash-chained audit trail & audit exports
- Email support
Are you a motor carrier?
Your DOTScreener profile is free too. No subscription, no card — just claim your profile and keep it broker-ready. Claim your carrier profile →
Need SSO, API access, custom retention, or insurer integrations? Talk to us →
Why DOTScreener is different
Most tools help you look up a carrier. DOTScreener helps you document your carrier-selection process and keep an organized, timestamped record of it.
DOTScreener creates a timestamped carrier-selection record using FMCSA safety data, census intelligence, operational risk indicators, carrier attestations, and report snapshots. That gives brokers and shippers an organized, contemporaneous record of the review their team performed at the time of selection.
Live FMCSA snapshot
Authority · insurance · BASICs · OOS history
Policy result
Clear / Review / Block, evaluated against your thresholds
Carrier attestation
Signed, with a shareable verification link
Decision rationale
Reviewer, decision, and notes
Contemporaneous timestamp
The time of selection, fixed on the record
Clear about what you're getting
DOTScreener is an operational documentation tool. Here's exactly what it does — and what it doesn't.
What DOTScreener does
- Documents your carrier screening workflow
- Centralizes live FMCSA review in one place
- Creates timestamped, contemporaneous records
- Collects carrier attestations and responses
- Standardizes selection policy across your team
What DOTScreener does not do
- Guarantee legal protection or any outcome
- Replace your attorney or legal counsel
- Prevent claims, lawsuits, or accidents
- Replace your TMS or load board
- Verify every operational risk a carrier may carry
- Replace insurance or professional risk review
Frequently asked questions
Is DOTScreener really free?
Yes. DOTScreener is completely free for everyone right now — every feature, unlimited carrier reviews, for your whole team. No credit card, no trial clock, no per-review limits. Sign up and start documenting your carrier-selection diligence immediately.
What's the catch?
No catch. We're early and focused on getting DOTScreener into the hands of the brokers, shippers, and carriers who need it. We may introduce paid plans for larger organizations down the road, but the core product is free to use today and existing users will always get plenty of notice before anything changes.
What is a carrier review?
A carrier review is a point-in-time documented evaluation of a motor carrier's FMCSA safety data, insurance filings, authority status, and operational indicators. DOTScreener pulls this data live, applies your review workflow, and generates a timestamped record of the screening result.
Is there a cap on carrier reviews?
No. Run as many carrier reviews as you need — there's no per-review billing, no monthly cap, and no overage. Invite your whole team at no cost.
What is FMCSA Census Intelligence?
Census Intelligence enriches every review with data from the FMCSA Census file — prior-revoked authorities, shared phone/email/address/officer indicators, fleet-vs-driver mismatches, stale MCS-150 filings, and relationship cluster signals. It surfaces operational risk indicators that standard SAFER lookups miss.
Does DOTScreener monitor carriers after I screen them?
Yes — continuous monitoring is included at no cost. Carriers you approve or dispatch are watched automatically (you can also pin or pause any carrier). Every day we re-check them against live FMCSA data and alert you — in the app and by email — when something material changes: authority status, safety rating, insurance filings, or a new out-of-service order. When a change is serious enough to worsen a carrier's result, DOTScreener re-runs the screening under your policy and files a fresh, dated Carrier Selection Record so your diligence file shows you caught it.
Can shippers use DOTScreener?
Absolutely. Shippers who select or approve carriers bear the same duty of reasonable care as brokers. DOTScreener documents the shipper's carrier-selection process with the same timestamped, tamper-evident records — free.
I'm a motor carrier. What does it cost me?
Nothing. Carrier profiles on DOTScreener are always free — no card, no subscription. You claim your profile, keep your COI / equipment / contact info current, and brokers can pull it without back-and-forth.
Is setup required?
No. Sign up, enter an MC or DOT number, and run your first carrier review in under 60 seconds. There's no onboarding process, no data imports, and no IT involvement required.
Need SSO, API access, or a custom data integration?
The product is free; for larger organizations we layer SSO, custom retention windows, and the carrier-screening API on through the enterprise contact form below. We work with insurer compliance teams, large brokers, and shipper-side procurement.
Enterprise inquiries
For organizations that need SSO, API access, dedicated onboarding, custom retention, or insurer integrations. The product is free — the contract terms get layered on top.
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