Compare / Head to head
Onfleet vs AfterShip
Both end with the customer watching a page. One of them also decides which van the parcel goes in.
Checked 6 September 2026
We are not a neutral party, and you should read this knowing that. Rutba makes software that competes with both products on this page, and there is a section about us at the bottom. Everything above it is written from what each vendor publishes about their own product, dated, with no prices reproduced and nothing said about anyone’s roadmap, finances or customers. If we have described either product incorrectly, tell us and we will correct it and say that we did.
The actual decision
What you are really choosing between.
Whether you deliver the goods yourself or hand them to carriers. That single fact decides this, and almost nothing else does.
Onfleet
Onfleet, Inc.
A delivery management platform for the final leg. Tasks are imported or created by API, auto-assigned and sequenced into routes, pushed to a driver app with turn-by-turn navigation and proof of delivery, and surfaced to the recipient as a live map with an ETA and a text message. Sold per driver per month with an API included above the entry tier.
AfterShip
AfterShip Limited
A tracking and post-purchase platform that normalises status from many hundreds of carriers onto one branded page, sends the notifications, handles returns, and reports on carrier performance. Sold per shipment tracked, with tiers for the branded page, the notification channels and the returns portal.
Head to head
Where they actually differ.
Only the rows that differ. A comparison table padded with things both products do equally well is a table designed to be long rather than useful.
| Onfleet | AfterShip | |
|---|---|---|
| What it manages | Your drivers: routes, sequencing, the driver app, proof of delivery. | Other people's carriers: their statuses, normalised onto one page. |
| Where the status comes from | Your driver's own app, as it happens. | A poll of the carrier's API — always slightly behind, and only as good as what the carrier published. |
| How it is metered | Per driver per month. | Per shipment tracked, which scales with volume rather than with fleet size. |
| Returns | Not the product. | A mature self-serve returns portal, which for a merchant is often the reason to buy. |
| Who the page belongs to | Branded, and theirs. | Branded, and theirs. |
Which to pick
Real reasons on both sides.
A matchup where one option never wins is not a comparison, and every reader can tell.
Choose Onfleet if…
- You employ or contract the drivers
- Routing and re-routing through the day is a real operational job
- The recipient watching the driver approach is what your customers expect
- Proof of delivery matters and must come from your own people
Choose AfterShip if…
- You ship through several carriers and want one page for all of them
- Most of your support load is "where is my order"
- Returns should be self-served rather than emailed
- You need to compare carriers on delivered-on-time performance
And now the part where we talk about ourselves
Where Rutba fits, on the same axes.
Constrained to what the comparison above actually examined. If neither product was measured on something, we do not get to win it here.
Neither, if you deliver what you sold here
The consignment comes out of the order, the assignment reads what the load needs, delivery walks the stock out and posts the cash the driver collected. Both products above start where your order system ends, which is the integration you would otherwise maintain.
The tracking page is yours, on your domain
It reads your own consignment rather than a third party's poll, and your customer's address does not pass through anybody else's processing agreement.
What we do not do — and it is the headline of both
There is no live dot. Position is a decision the estate has not taken, and the tracking app returns a null position on purpose. If watching the van approach is the promise you make to customers, buy Onfleet.
If you looked at us
The products this comparison touches.
With their real availability labels, which apply inside a comparison exactly as they do everywhere else.
Before you compare: Rutba Fleet is not generally available yet. Anything we claim above that rests on it is a statement about what ships, not about what you can buy today.
Rutba Orders
Available nowOrder management (OMS) & delivery software
The order hub where web, counter, and phone orders all land — picked, packed, dispatched, delivered, and returned, with a rider app for the last mile.
- One queue for web, counter, and phone orders
- Pick and pack workflows with stock reserved automatically
- Delivery runs assigned to drivers, tracked live
Includes: Orders · Rider · Dispatch · Track
From $19 per user / month
Rutba Fleet
Coming soonFleet management software
Vehicles and their operating profile on the asset register, drivers and licences, walkaround checks and defects, duty and hours, fuel and energy, incidents, and cost per kilometre.
- The vehicle profile on the asset register - no second vehicle table
- Drivers, licences and the checks they are due
- Walkaround checks and defects from the cab
Custom pricing
Rutba Inventory
Available nowInventory management & warehouse (WMS) software
Stock levels, multi-location transfers, stocktakes, and valuation — the single source of truth every other part of the business reserves and deducts against.
- Live stock across unlimited locations and bins
- Transfers with in-transit visibility
- Scheduled and rolling stocktakes with variance reporting
Includes: Stock · Warehouse Control · Procurement
From $22 per user / month
Keep comparing
Both of these against us, and against the rest.
Written to the same standard: sourced to what each vendor publishes, dated, and naming where each one wins.
The pillar
Rutba vs Onfleet
Last-mile dispatch as a finished product: routes, a driver app, and the live tracking page a recipient watches.
The pillar
Rutba vs AfterShip
The post-purchase layer: multi-carrier tracking, branded tracking pages and delivery notifications, for merchants who ship with everybody.
Weighing these two?
Tell us which way you are leaning and why. We will tell you honestly whether we belong on the shortlist at all — there are comparisons on this site where the answer is no.