Clue vs Tenna
Compare Clue and Tenna on construction fleet and asset tracking, maintenance, and integrations to see which platform gives your equipment teams more control.
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Platform Capabilities Overview
| Feature / Capability | How it works (The Workflow) | Clue | Tenna |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Construction Focus | Purpose-built for mixed heavy iron -- excavators, dozers, pavers, and specialized jobsite equipment. | ✔ Purpose-built | ✔ Purpose-built for construction |
| OEM Telematics Coverage | Direct ingestion of engine hours, fault codes, fuel, and location from OEM systems via AEMP 2.0 and native API feeds. | ✔ Deep -- all major brands | ✔ AEMP 1.2/2.0 -- Cat, Deere, Komatsu, Volvo |
| Hardware Agnostic (No Rip & Replace) | Works with your existing GPS hardware and third-party providers -- no forced hardware swap to get started. | ✔ 50+ GPS providers -- keep your existing hardware | ✖ Requires Tenna trackers for non-OEM assets -- existing GPS investments may need to be replaced |
| Jobsite / Project Rollup | Roll-up costs, utilization, and hours by Job Number and Cost Code for accurate project-level reporting. | ✔ Native | ✔ Construction cost codes with geofence-based site assignment |
| Construction ERP Sync | Native bi-directional sync with Vista, Spectrum, and Foundation -- pushing costs and hours directly into your accounting system. | ✔ Native direct | ⚠ Via Ryvit integration partner -- not a direct native connection |
| Fault Code Workflows | Turning engine fault codes into automated, prioritized shop work orders without manual intervention. | ✔ Automated | ⚠ One-click conversion to maintenance request -- not fully automated |
| Fleet Health Scoring | AI-powered scoring ranks each asset by urgency -- combining fault severity, utilization, and maintenance backlog to surface what needs attention first. | ✔ AI-powered | ✖ No fleet health scoring |
| AI Features | AI-assisted fault triage, automated report generation, and intelligent maintenance prioritization based on live equipment data. | ✔ Native AI tools | ⚠ AI safety cameras (360 HE cam, dash cam) and predictive maintenance alerts -- no AI fleet health scoring or report generation |
| Dispatch Included | Coordinating equipment moves between jobsites based on project demand -- with a dedicated dispatch board. | ✔ Built-in | ✔ Scheduling and dispatch module |
| Work Orders | Complete shop management for parts, labor, technician assignments, and full repair history per asset. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Preventive Maintenance | Scheduling and triggering service intervals based on live engine hours, odometer, or calendar -- whichever comes first. | ✔ Live engine hours | ✔ Hours, miles, days, or specific dates |
| Digital Inspections | Mobile walk-arounds with rich media capture, technician sign-off, and automatic defect alerts that trigger work orders. | ✔ Videos + photos, defect-to-work-order automation | ⚠ Photos only -- no video capture confirmed |
| WhatsApp Inspections | Submitting inspection reports and defect alerts via WhatsApp for crews without a smartphone app installed. | ✔ | ✖ |
| Fuel Management | Tracking burn rates and fuel consumption by asset and jobsite -- with idle fuel cost visibility. | ✔ Advanced | ✔ Fuel tracking with overage alerts |
| Fuel Entries | Field operators logging manual fuel fill-ups from the yard, jobsite, or on the road. | ✔ | ✔ |
| Idle Cost Modeling | Quantifying idle time as a real dollar cost per asset and jobsite -- not just hours, but fuel burned and engine wear. | ✔ Advanced | ⚠ Idle reports with cost estimates -- no full cost modeling |
| CO2 Emissions Tracking | Tracking carbon output per asset, jobsite, and fleet -- for sustainability reporting and regulatory requirements. | ✔ | ✖ |
| Parts & Inventory | Managing shop stock levels, parts usage per work order, and reorder triggers to prevent stockouts. | ✔ | ✔ Multi-location with barcode/QR support |
| Rental Management | Tracking third-party rental assets alongside owned equipment -- including cost accrual, return dates, and utilization against rental cost. | ✔ Native | ⚠ Via Sunbelt Rentals partnership only -- not full native rental cost accrual |
| Reporting & Analytics | Custom reports on utilization, costs, uptime, and maintenance -- tied to projects and cost codes for construction-specific insight. | ✔ Construction KPIs | ✔ Construction analytics dashboard |
| Mobile App | iOS and Android app for field crews, technicians, and managers to access equipment data, work orders, and inspections on-site. | ✔ iOS & Android -- offline mode | ✔ iOS & Android with offline mode |
| Multi-site Management | Managing assets, teams, and costs across multiple active jobsites with project-level hierarchy and rollup. | ✔ Native jobsite hierarchy | ✔ Geofence-based multi-site visibility |
| API Access | Open API for connecting to business intelligence tools, custom dashboards, and third-party systems. | ✔ | ✔ Open API (ISO/TS 15143-3) |
| Implementation Time | Time from contract signing to live production use across your fleet. | ✔ Hours | ✖ 4-16 weeks |
| Cloud-based | No on-premise servers or local installs -- fully hosted, accessible from any device with a browser. | ✔ | ✔ |
*Tenna entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by John Deere (Deere & Company, NYSE: DE) in December 2025. While Tenna continues to operate independently under its own brand, this acquisition may influence its long-term roadmap, OEM data priorities, and pricing strategy -- particularly for contractors whose fleets are not predominantly Deere iron. Clue is independently owned and purpose-built to treat every OEM and GPS provider as an equal data source.
Clue
Privately held and management-owned, with investment support from Hyundai Infracore.
Tenna
Tenna is owned by John Deere (Deere & Company) as of February 2026.
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Tenna Overview
Tenna is a construction fleet and asset management platform that provides visibility into equipment location, utilization, and activity.
It also supports fleet safety and compliance needs, including ELD requirements for on-road vehicles.
How It Compares to Clue
- Tenna is commonly used as a standalone fleet and asset tracking platform. It works well when teams want built-in tracking, safety, and compliance managed within a single tool.
- Clue is built for teams that already use multiple systems. Instead of replacing them, Clue connects telematics, GPS, ERP, and maintenance tools into one shared view. As a construction equipment management software, Clue brings equipment activity, maintenance work, job details, and costs together, so teams can make decisions with less manual work and fewer handoffs between systems.
Where Clue May Be a Better Fit
Clue is a better fit if you don’t want to replace hardware and you need tracking data tied to maintenance and job-level decisions.
