Driver inspection (DVIR) and maintenance app (US-built)
Looking for a Whip Around alternative in the UK?
Whip Around is a US company whose product is genuinely good at one thing: daily driver vehicle inspections (DVIR), defect capture and the maintenance workflow that follows. It publishes per-vehicle pricing in US dollars and is built first around US FMCSA inspection rules.
For a UK operator, the frame is different. UK compliance risk lives in DVSA and HSE obligations: MOT, PMI intervals, LOLER examinations on lifting equipment, tachograph calibration, driver CPC hours, Group 2 medicals, documented DVLA licence checks. FleetCompliance is built around exactly those, with DVLA reg lookup, UK pricing in pounds, and reminders before every deadline.
An honest note the other way: driver walkaround checks are on FleetCompliance's roadmap but are not in the product today. If a digital daily-inspection workflow is your primary need right now, Whip Around genuinely serves it and we currently don't.
FleetCompliance vs Whip Around at a glance
| FleetCompliance | Whip Around | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Published: Free (1 vehicle) · £19/mo (up to 9) · £49/mo (up to 30) | Published per-vehicle pricing, in US dollars |
| Setup | Self-serve, no hardware. Add a vehicle by reg — DVLA lookup fills MOT and tax status | Self-serve app setup |
| Contract | Rolling monthly. No joining fee, no exit fee, cancel from your own settings. Price locked at signup | Subscription — check current terms on their site |
| Small-fleet fit | Built specifically for UK fleets of 1–50 vehicles and machines | Good SME inspection tool — built around US DVIR rules, not UK DVSA/LOLER obligations |
Competitor details are descriptive and can change — always confirm current pricing and contract terms with Whip Around directly. FleetCompliance details reflect our live published pricing.
When Whip Around is the better choice
Whip Around is genuinely the better choice if:
- Daily driver inspections with photo evidence are your primary requirement — FleetCompliance doesn't offer walkaround checks yet.
- You want defect-to-workorder maintenance workflow in the same app.
- Your operation follows US-style DVIR processes.
When FleetCompliance is the better choice
- Your obligations are UK ones: MOT, LOLER, PMI, tacho calibration, CPC, Group 2 medicals — modelled natively, not approximated.
- You want DVLA integration: type a reg, get MOT and tax status filled in.
- You want UK pricing in pounds, published, with a free tier — and UK-relevant support.
- Your risk is expiry dates being missed, not inspection forms being paper.
How switching actually works
Both products are software-only, so switching has no hardware step. The real question is scope: inspections (theirs, today) versus UK deadline compliance (ours).
- 01
Check your notice period first
Before anything else, read your current agreement for the notice period and any auto-renewal date. That date — not ours — sets your switching timeline.
- 02
Sign up free and add your vehicles
No card needed. Type each registration and the DVLA lookup pulls MOT expiry and tax status automatically. Non-road plant (forklifts, cranes, MEWPs) is added by serial number with its LOLER dates.
- 03
Add drivers and upload documents
Licence, CPC, DQC and medical dates per driver. Photograph certificates as you go — the scanner reads expiry dates on your own device, so documents never leave your browser.
- 04
Set who gets reminded
Email reminders go out at 30, 14, 7 and 1 days before each expiry (WhatsApp and SMS on Fleet Pro). Point them at whoever actually books the work.
- 05
Run both systems in parallel until you trust it
There is no downtime and nothing to install, so nothing forces a hard cut-over. Most operators in our 1–50 vehicle range should budget an afternoon to enter a full fleet, then let the old contract lapse at its renewal date.
Frequently asked questions
Is Whip Around good for small fleets?
For daily inspections and defect workflow, yes — it's a capable, self-serve product that small fleets can adopt easily. The UK-specific caution is that it's built around US inspection rules; it won't track LOLER examination dates, CPC hours or MOT expiry the way a UK-native product does. Decide which of those two jobs you're actually hiring software for.
How much does Whip Around cost?
Whip Around publishes its pricing on its own website, charged per vehicle per month in US dollars — check there for current rates and what each plan includes. FleetCompliance is priced in pounds and published: free for 1 vehicle, £19/month up to 9, £49/month up to 30.
How do I switch from Whip Around to FleetCompliance?
Be sure the switch matches the job: if you rely on Whip Around's daily inspection workflow, note that FleetCompliance doesn't include walkaround checks yet. For compliance-deadline tracking, setup is self-serve: add vehicles by reg with DVLA auto-fill, add machinery with LOLER dates, drivers with licence/CPC/medical dates, upload certificates, set reminders. No hardware either side, so there's no downtime.
See your whole fleet's compliance in one afternoon
Free for 1 vehicle, no card, no time limit — and every new account gets 14 days of Growing Fleet's reminders and document scanning on top. If it doesn't beat what you have with Whip Around, walking away costs nothing — there's no card on file and nothing to cancel.