DAT CarrierWatch qualifies and monitors carriers for DAT's broker customers and is sold through a quote, starting at $149/month. VerifyCarrier is self-serve: free FMCSA lookups and a $49/month carrier watch that includes the API.
Prices checked against DAT CarrierWatch's own site. Check their site for current terms.
| Feature | VerifyCarrier | DAT CarrierWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free lookups; Carrier watch $49/month | From $149/month; custom quote from DAT sales |
| How to buy | Sign up online | Request info from DAT sales |
| Monitoring | Daily email when FMCSA posts an insurance cancellation or involuntary suspension (with the effective date), or the census shows an out-of-service or safety-rating change | Daily checks; email on authority, DOT profile, safety rating, inspections, crash data, insurance renewals and cancellations |
| Carriers watched | 50 carriers on the $49 plan | Not stated on the CarrierWatch page |
| API / integration | Included: 100 calls/month free, 1,000 on the paid plan | Integrates with your TMS |
| Insurance certificate | Filing status from FMCSA | Save or print the carrier's insurance certificate |
| Qualification rules | Use the API for your own rules | Customizable qualification rules |
Either service tells you something changed; deciding what it means is the same work. See how to triage a carrier change alert and reading an insurance cancellation filing against its replacement.
VerifyCarrier: web lookups are free; the Carrier watch plan is $49/month for 50 carriers with the API included.
DAT's CarrierWatch page says it starts at $149/month and that purchases go through a custom quote from DAT's sales team.
DAT says CarrierWatch checks your carriers daily and emails you when a carrier's authority, DOT profile, safety rating, inspections, crash data, or insurance renewals and cancellations change. It also integrates with your TMS.
VerifyCarrier is self-serve: free lookups, a 7-day trial of the paid plan, no credit card, and a $49/month plan that watches 50 carriers with the API included. It does not offer DAT's load board, TMS integration or insurance-certificate copies.
The public FMCSA checks to run before booking a load, whichever tool you use. Read the carrier vetting guide.