"Why not just use FMCSA's free site?"
Fair question — you should use it. FMCSA's SMS site is the official source, it's free, and we build on the same public data. But it's built to publish measures, not to tell you where you stand. It shows your raw numbers and an alert flag. It does not show your percentile rank — the single number brokers and insurers actually use to decide whether to work with you.
We compute that percentile from the same public data, using FMCSA's published SMS Methodology, and re-check it against FMCSA's published alert flags every month. Then we make it useful: history, forecasts, alerts, and the lenses that decide whether you clear a broker's bar.
Raw measures stay public — anyone can look them up, same as FMCSA. We give you one BASIC's percentile free as a preview; the full rank (all five) and everything we build on it live in your account.
| What you get | FMCSA SMS site | Carrier-Aware no account | Carrier-Aware signed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your raw measures & alert flags | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Your actual percentile rank (per BASIC) | — | partial | ✓ |
| All 5 BASICs in one view | partial | — | ✓ |
| 12-month history & trend | — | — | ✓ |
| Score-change alerts | — | — | Pro |
| 30-day forecast (clean / expected / worst-case) | — | — | Pro |
| Broker & insurance threshold lenses | — | — | Pro |
| Violation drill-down by severity weight | partial | — | partial |
| Export your safety snapshot (CSV / JSON) | — | — | Pro |
"Partial" with no account: the free check returns one BASIC's percentile (Vehicle Maintenance) with the FMCSA threshold line — nothing else. "Partial" signed in: the free account shows the top 3 violation codes per BASIC; Pro shows the top 10. "Pro" = included with the Pro plan ($1.99/mo), not the free account.
The honest version
If you only need to confirm a flag once a year, FMCSA's site is enough. Want to know where you actually rank — before a broker tells you? Check your score free, no account (one BASIC). The full rank and everything that keeps you ahead of it is yours when you sign up.
Carrier-Aware computes percentiles from publicly available FMCSA data and is not affiliated with or endorsed by FMCSA. Our computed percentiles may differ from FMCSA's official SMS website.