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Optivo for Verizon Connect and Visirun customers now moving to Geotab

Optivo builds routes from the day's orders, tracks the vehicles and closes deliveries in the driver app, all in the same tool. Since 1 October 2025 Verizon Connect's business in Europe and Visirun have belonged to Geotab, and the destination platform is MyGeotab. This comparison is for customers changing vendor without having chosen to.

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Why people look for a Verizon Connect alternative now

European customers of Verizon Connect Reveal or Visirun now have a contract moving to a vendor they did not pick: since 1 October 2025 Verizon Connect's commercial business in the UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Portugal, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia has belonged to Geotab, the Italian site and visirun.com redirect to geotab.com, and support answers as a Geotab team. The destination platform is MyGeotab, which has to be learned. That makes it the natural moment to compare: if your day is made of delivery routes, the choice is between telematics that shows where the vehicles are and a platform that builds the routes, with tracking and driver app inside. The platform-by-platform comparison with Geotab is in its own page.

  • Since 1 October 2025 Verizon Connect's commercial business in eight European countries and Australia has belonged to Geotab; product, engineering and North America stay with Verizon
  • verizonconnect.com/it and visirun.com redirect to geotab.com/it; the Visirun app and Reveal logins stay active for existing customers
  • Public reviews keep returning to two themes: support and the length of 36-month contracts
  • The month-to-month contracts Verizon announced in February 2024 apply to the US, UK and Ireland only
  • Pricing is on quote, in Europe now through Geotab

Key differences

How Optivo is different

1

Build the routes or continue the telematics

With Optivo, tomorrow's route comes out already built. OptivoRoute, Optivo's route optimization software, starts from the day's orders and decides which deliveries go on which vehicle, in what order and from which depot, respecting time windows (including multiple windows per customer), vehicle capacity, priorities and sector rules configured during onboarding. Optivo customers run it with three-compartment vans with adjustable partitions (dry, chilled, frozen) and with pickups and deliveries paired in the same route, with a return to the depot and a second departure. The move to Geotab keeps what Reveal and Visirun did: vehicle positions, history, reports, maintenance.

2

Delivery at the center or vehicle at the center

Optivo is built around the delivery: the driver closes each stop in the app with signature, photo and notes, the recipient gets notifications by WhatsApp, SMS or email, and the Control Tower flags delays and missed deliveries and inserts new stops mid-route with replanning. OptivoTrack, Optivo's tracking system, brings position, fuel consumption and fuel anomalies, driving style, CO2 per vehicle and per route, geofences and document expiry dates into the same tool. Reveal and MyGeotab are built around the vehicle: where it is, how it is driven, when it needs the workshop.

3

Devices in the quote or devices that stay with Geotab

With Optivo, Optivo-branded OBD or CAN devices are normally provided on loan for use, or purchased if you prefer to capitalise them; for factory-connected vehicles there is Cloud OEM with no hardware, using data from the manufacturer's cloud and activation by VIN (30+ brands from 12 automotive groups, compliant with the EU Data Act). The quote is sized on the volumes you plan, agreed upfront, not on the individual deliveries performed. Installed Visirun devices keep working with Geotab and run on its platform.

4

Who follows the customer

Optivo is an Italian team that configures your sector's constraints during onboarding and follows the customer directly: pharmaceutical distribution, food and beverage, and agri-food deliveries to large retail are the cases it knows from the inside. Visirun support is now Geotab's team in Ferrara, with an Italian number.

At a glance

Who it is for Teams planning deliveries with vans and light vehicles Reveal and Visirun customers who want telematics continuity
Who sells and supports in Europe Italian team, onboarding in Italian Geotab since 1 October 2025; Italian support from Ferrara
Route optimization Builds routes: vehicle assignment, time windows, capacity, multiple depots Geotab Routing & Optimization: routes, territories, appointments
Vehicle tracking Plug & play OBD, CAN bus, hardware-free Cloud OEM (30+ brands) Visirun devices in use; Geotab GO devices and OEM data
Driver app Driver app in the browser, nothing to install: three taps to close a delivery Visirun app and Reveal logins kept for existing customers
Contract Normally a subscription; installed licence available on request On quote; month-to-month only in the US, UK and Ireland
Pricing Quote on planned volumes On quote, now through Geotab

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Commercial models compared

Optivo sizes the quote on the volumes you plan and includes devices, driver app and onboarding. Verizon Connect sold per-vehicle fees on quote, now handled by Geotab in Europe.

Optivo

The quote is sized on the volumes you plan, agreed upfront, not on the individual deliveries performed. Optivo-branded OBD or CAN devices are normally provided on loan for use, or purchased if you prefer to capitalise them; Cloud OEM with no hardware where the vehicle allows it. Normally a subscription; on request also a licence installed on the company's own systems, with a separate fee for services. Book a demo for a quote on your routes.

Verizon Connect (now Geotab)

Pricing on quote, in Europe now through Geotab: device plus a monthly fee. In February 2024 Verizon announced flexible month-to-month contracts, limited to the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland; public reviews keep returning to the theme of 36-month contracts. There is no public price list.

What changes with Optivo

With Optivo, kilometres drop by 10-20% and fuel by 10-15%, with 5-10% fewer vehicles needed; route planning takes 5-30 minutes. Payback comes in 3-9 months.
Results from Optivo projects

10-20%

fewer kilometres from the first months

When Optivo is the right choice

Optivo is for you if…

The vendor change reached you without your choosing, and you want to use it to rethink how routes are planned. Tomorrow's route is still built by hand, and you have time windows, vehicle capacity and several loading points to respect. You want proof of delivery, recipient notifications and vehicle positions in the same tool, under one contract. You prefer an Italian team that configures your sector's constraints and follows you directly.

What Geotab offers former Verizon Connect customers

For customers coming from Reveal or Visirun, Geotab offers telematics continuity: installed devices keep working, the Visirun app and Reveal login stay in use, and support comes from the same team, now part of Geotab, in Ferrara. The destination platform is MyGeotab, with Routing & Optimization, the Geotab Ace assistant and the partner Marketplace. In the United States Verizon Connect Reveal continues as a Verizon product.

Who Geotab (formerly Verizon Connect) is for

Geotab is aimed at Reveal and Visirun customers who want the telematics they had without changing devices: vehicle positions, history, maintenance and driving style, on the MyGeotab platform.

How to move from Reveal or Visirun to Optivo

The switch is timed on the expiry of the contract, now held by Geotab, so you never pay two fees at once.

  1. 1

    Check the contract's expiry and terms

    Ask Geotab for the expiry date and exit terms of the Reveal or Visirun contract it inherited. The Optivo team works with you to activate the platform when it ends, without months of overlap.

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    Bring orders and master data as they are

    Customers, addresses and orders come in through Magic Order, the OptivoRoute chat: upload Excel, CSV, PDF or photos, or paste text; the AI extracts the orders, looks up what is missing in your history and asks for confirmation when something does not add up.

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    Choose how to track the vehicles

    Optivo-branded plug & play OBD or CAN bus devices, normally on loan for use or purchased, on the vehicles that need them; Cloud OEM with no hardware for factory-connected vehicles. Visirun devices stay on the Geotab platform.

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    Configure the constraints with the team

    During onboarding you set time windows, capacities, depots and sector rules. Drivers sign in to the app with email and password and close a delivery in three taps.

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FAQ

Does Verizon Connect still exist in Europe?

Not as a vendor. On 1 October 2025 Geotab acquired Verizon Connect's commercial telematics business in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, France, Portugal, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia, with around 400 people moving to Geotab. The site verizonconnect.com/it redirects to geotab.com/it. Product, engineering and the North American market stay with Verizon, where Verizon Connect Reveal continues.

What happens to Visirun customers?

On 28 November 2025 Geotab announced that installed Visirun devices keep working, that the Visirun app and Reveal login stay in use, and that the support team has moved to Geotab, with an Italian number, +39 0532 52570. The reference platform becomes MyGeotab. The feature-by-feature comparison between Optivo and Geotab is in the Geotab page.

How is Optivo different from Verizon Connect and Geotab route optimization?

OptivoRoute starts from the day's orders and distributes them across vehicles, decides the sequence and the departure depot, and respects time windows (including multiple ones), capacity and sector rules. With Optivo, kilometres drop by 10-20% and fuel by 10-15%, and planning takes 5-30 minutes. In the United States Reveal connects to third-party route optimization platforms; in Europe the destination platform is MyGeotab, with Geotab's Routing & Optimization, which plans routes, territories and appointments.

How do vehicles connect to Optivo if I have Visirun devices today?

With Optivo each vehicle connects in one of two ways: with an Optivo-branded OBD or CAN device, normally on loan for use or purchased if you prefer to capitalise it, or with Cloud OEM and no hardware for factory-connected vehicles. The choice is made vehicle by vehicle during onboarding. Visirun devices are managed by Geotab and stay on its platform.

How much does Optivo cost compared with Verizon Connect?

With Optivo the quote is built on the number of vehicles, the modules you choose and the volumes you plan, agreed upfront, not on the individual deliveries performed, and includes devices, driver app and onboarding. The contract is normally a subscription; on request also a licence installed on the company's own systems, with a separate fee for services. Thirty minutes of demo on your own data gets you to a concrete number. Verizon Connect has no public price list, and in Europe the contract is now with Geotab, on quote.

How long does it take to move to Optivo?

For standard configurations, onboarding can be immediate: the platform runs in the cloud and devices take a few minutes per vehicle to install. With customizations or team training it can take up to a few weeks, with constraints configured during onboarding together with the Optivo team. Timing the switch on the expiry of the contract Geotab inherited avoids paying twice.

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How this comparison was made

Comparison written by Optivo from the competitor's public sources, checked on the date shown.

Information about Verizon Connect and its transition to Geotab was checked against the sources listed as of the update date. Prices, products and terms can change: check the official channels before deciding.

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