Heritage
- Schedule building and publishing
- GTFS export with plain-English validation
- Crew and volunteer roster
- Inspection and maintenance calendar
- Service alerts
- Standard reports
Pricing
The price is the price.
No quote gate, no discovery call, no fee that appears later. Everything we would charge you is on this page.
| Plan | Honestly, who it is for | Monthly | Yearly | Included | Extra vehicle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage | Tourist and heritage railroads, volunteer operations, 1–5 pieces of equipment | $149 | $1,490 | 5 | $25 |
| Local Operator | Rural transit, dial-a-ride, small fixed-route, 6–15 vehicles | $399 | $3,990 | 15 | $22 |
| Regional Operator | Multi-zone agencies and commuter operations, 16–50 vehicles | $899 | $8,990 | 50 | $18 |
| Network | Regional authorities, multi-county coalitions, state consortia | Let's talk | — | — | — |
Yearly is ten months for twelve — $798 saved on Local Operator. Prices in US dollars. Invoicing and purchase orders are fine on any plan.
$149/mo
$399/mo
Local Operator
- Everything in Heritage
- Reservations and the dispatch board
- Driver view that works on a phone
- Rider notices by email and SMS payload
- Operating and NTD-shaped reporting
$899/mo
Regional Operator
- Everything in Local Operator
- Multi-zone and multi-division dispatch
- Staff roles and approval steps
- Integrations and custom reports
- Priority support with a named human
The cap
What it actually costs at your size
The per-vehicle charge above the included count, shown exactly — including where it stops.
12
| Plan | Your monthly total | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage | $324 | 5 included + 7 × $25 |
| Local Operator | $399 | 15 included, nothing extra |
| Regional Operator | $899 | 50 included, nothing extra |
The Heritage plan's bill stops rising at 15 vehicles and Local Operator's at 38, because each is capped at the next plan's flat price. Growing your service should never cost more than moving up would have.
First 20 agencies. Price locked 24 months.
Founding Agency — $99/month
Everything in Local Operator, below the Heritage price, locked for twenty-four months. In exchange: a half-hour call each month, and your approval on anything we publish about it.
A real discount for real work: telling us where the product is wrong while it is still cheap to fix.
Modules
Optional, and priced separately for a reason
Priced apart so a four-vehicle heritage line is not subsidising realtime feeds it does not run.
| Module | Why it costs extra | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| GTFS-Realtime feed | Live trip updates and vehicle positions, with an uptime commitment behind them. | $99 |
| Crew certification ledger | Expiry tracking for engineers, conductors and CDL holders, with early warnings. | $99 |
| Rolling-stock inspection planner | Inspection templates, defect history, and out-of-service windows that reach the schedule. | $149 |
| Public rider portal | Timetables, alerts and booking on your own domain. | $99 |
| Tickets, memberships, donations | Plus 1% on what you collect. You are the merchant of record; receipts carry your name. | $49 |
| Advanced reporting and NTD export | Board packets and the report shapes your funders ask for. | $149 |
| API, SSO and custom exports | Your data, on your terms, into whatever else you run. | $249 |
Onboarding
Only if you want it
$0 self-guided — most agencies do this and it takes an afternoon. $500 if we do the import and train your staff. $1,500–$3,500 for a complex regional configuration. Published enterprise setup fees in this category commonly run $5,000–$10,000.
Payments
1% when you collect money
Only on what you actually collect, on top of your processor's own fee. Never sell a ticket, never pay it.
Questions
The ones people actually ask
Is there really no setup fee?
Not if you set it up yourself, and most small operators do — it is an afternoon. If you would rather we did the import and trained your staff, that is $500 for a straightforward agency and $1,500 to $3,500 for a complex regional configuration. Published enterprise setup fees in this category commonly run $5,000 to $10,000.
What counts as an active vehicle?
A vehicle or piece of rolling stock you have assigned to service in the billing month. Something retired, stored, or out of service for the whole month does not count. We would rather explain a small invoice than argue about a large one.
Why not charge per trip?
Because it taxes exactly the ridership growth your funders are asking you to produce, and it turns a budget line into guesswork. A flat platform fee plus active vehicles is predictable enough to put in a grant application.
What happens if we go over the included vehicles?
You pay the per-vehicle rate for each one above the included count — and that total is capped at the flat price of the next plan up. So you can never pay more on a smaller plan than the next plan would have cost. The calculator on this page shows exactly where that cap starts.
Do you charge per user?
No. Dispatchers, drivers, mechanics, volunteers and contractors all get their own login at no additional cost. Charging per person is how agencies end up sharing one account, and that is worse for everyone including us.
What is the fee on ticket sales?
1% of what you collect, plus your payment processor's own fee, and only if you turn commerce on. You are the merchant of record — the money goes to your account and receipts carry your name, not ours.
Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes. Public agencies frequently cannot pay by card and we are not going to pretend that is unusual. Annual invoicing and purchase orders are fine on any plan.
What if our budget genuinely cannot reach $149?
Tell us. If you are a volunteer-run operation the honest options are the Founding Agency price, a shared instance through your state or a regional consortium, or a good free tool — and we will point you at whichever actually fits. We would rather you were running something decent than nothing.
Still not sure it fits?
Tell us your fleet size and what you run. If you should buy something else, we will say so.