In today’s car-sharing landscape, using a reliable keyless or remote-access service is vital to growing your business and saving time. More and more customers expect to use remote-access during their bookings as it’s quicker, easier and allows them to operate on their own schedule.
In order for you to stay competitive and grow your car-sharing business, you need a remote-access service that is reliable, user friendly and easy to integrate into your current workflow.
WeCar vs Linkey for small fleets
If you run a small fleet, you need to be able to integrate a keyless solution quickly and with as little downtime as possible to ensure that your vehicles stay on the road and continue bringing in revenue.
At WeCar, we’ve been focused on the needs of small businesses from the very beginning because that’s how we initially started. In the early days, we used the WeCar platform to run our fleet of 2 vehicles. It began with just remote access, but since then we’ve grown to be a comprehensive tracking tool that offers everything from live GPS tracking to Ghost Immobiliser security, geofencing and a lot more.
Linkey’s platform offers a device for small businesses that you can use for remote-access.
Turo Integration
The WeCar platform integrates directly with your Turo account, meaning that all of your bookings, customers and vehicles are automatically imported. You can sit back, relax and watch as all of your customers’ bookings are set up by our platform. All you have to do is share your WeCar link with your customers, so that they can access your vehicles when their booking starts.
WeCar aims to fully integrate with any existing tools you use, so that your business work-flow will only improve when integrating the WeCar platform.
Linkey does not integrate with your Turo account directly.
Comparing tracking tools
WeCar has the most comprehensive tracking tools for Turo business. The WeCar platform allows you to view live GPS Tracking off all of your vehicles through 4G and 5G technology. Along with this, you receive telematic information of all your vehicles including mileage, fuel, current speed, battery level. You can also watch back every journey your vehicles take, through the WeCar trip playback tool.
Keep your fleet safe with WeCar’s live notification features that will send you live updates if any of your vehicles are in an accident, over-speeding, being towed away or running low on fuel.
The WeCar platform also provides a dynamic score for all of your drivers, so you can see how economically all of your vehicles are being driven. If drivers are over-speeding, breaking harshly, or taking sharp corners our system will relate this information back to your dashboard.
Linkey also offers tracking to their clients through GPS which is integrated into their devices. This tracking includes GPS position, Odometer and Fuel/Battery level.
Comparing security features
WeCar devices come with a ghost immobiliser to offer even more security to your vehicles. The WeCar Ghost Immobiliser is essential to securing your vehicle. The system protects your vehicle from key-cloning, key theft and hacking through disabling your engine to protect the vehicle. Only you have access to enable or disable the immobiliser through the WeCar platform.
The WeCar platform also allows you to set up geofences to protect your vehicle and be notified of suspicious activity. Geofences are virtual borders and when crossed will trigger an action – such as immobilising the vehicle.
The Linkey device does provides Engine immobiliser on request.
WeCar device vs Linkey OBD-II
The WeCar device is installed by a professional installer into the wiring of your vehicle. This means that it is hidden and concealed from all of your customers. The immobiliser in the WeCar device does not emit any radio signals, so any tech-savvy thieves using scanning devices would not be able to detect it.
The 2Hire-linkey device is an OBD device. OBD tracking devices are susceptible to damage and theft, as the device is easy to spot and can simply be unplugged. OBD trackers draw power from the vehicle or may switch off when the vehicle has been turned off.
The WeCar device runs 24/7 and uses its own battery during downtime.
Comparing Installation processes
WeCar will integrate seamlessly into your current business as our devices work with 99% of vehicles currently on the road. Our engineers will install the device into your vehicles within 2 hours and your WeCar account will be active shortly after that. With WeCar you will have no down-time, but will be able to keep making money through bookings.
WeCar has no installation fees and no device fees, so you only have to pay your monthly or annual subscription, to use the platform.
Linkey also aims to get you on their platform as soon as possible, through a self installation model, which is possible as they use an OBD device. OBD devices can be connected within 10 minutes.
Linkey charge £130 for the device and a £9/m subscription.
Is WeCar a good alternative to Linkey?
Whether you’re a brand new car-sharing business or an established Turo host looking ahead to your next expansion, you need a remote-access and tracking platform that can grow with you. WeCar supports a wide variety of customers across every stage of their own business journeys, and our all-in-one remote-access and tracking platform has the tools you need to run your business effectively.
Ready to learn what WeCar can do for you? Get started today and automate your fleet.