Truckfile alternative
A Truckfile alternative for last-mile driver compliance
A Truckfile alternative makes sense when the fleet is vans and a self-employed workforce, not a truck workshop. Zerity holds the driver file and runs self-billed pay. Truckfile is built for DVSA workshop compliance. Details below are from Truckfile's public pages on 25 September 2026.
Zerity in one paragraph
One operating system for compliance and operations across your self-employed workforce.
UK operators running a self-employed or subcontracted workforce across one or more sites.
Zerity runs the rota and self-billed pay as well as the compliance records.
Workshop software
What Truckfile is good at
Truckfile is DVSA-accredited fleet and workshop software. Operators who need maintenance records, inspection history and HGV compliance, including content on DVS, will find that focus useful. It is the wrong centre of gravity for an operator that onboards self-employed drivers every week and pays them by self-billing.
DVS compliance guideComparison
At a glance
The same questions, answered for Truckfile and for Zerity.
| Question | Truckfile | Zerity |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | UK truck and workshop compliance | UK operators with a self-employed workforce |
| Accreditation story | DVSA-accredited fleet and workshop system | Audit trail for driver documents, not a DVSA Earned Recognition badge we do not hold |
| Driver pay | Not the core product | Self-billing and payments included |
| Onboarding | Driver compliance inside a fleet system | Contractor onboarding measured in the same file as pay |
| Who should stay | HGV workshops and operators whose auditor asks for maintenance systems | Depots whose auditor asks who drove, on what documents, and how they were paid |
Fit
Who should switch
Zerity will not replace a workshop system, and we will not claim DVSA accreditation we do not have.
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Move if driver turnover and Friday pay are the operational risk
Depots whose auditor asks who drove, on what documents, and how they were paid.
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Stay if the workshop and the O-licence maintenance file are the risk, and Truckfile already satisfies your DVSA process
HGV workshops and operators whose auditor asks for maintenance systems.
Related reading
Pages that sit next to this comparison
Driver compliance, a neighbouring alternative, the DVS guide and self-billing.
Questions about Truckfile and Zerity
Whether Zerity replaces Truckfile, and what a DVS permit still requires from you.
For UK operators with a self-employed workforce on last-mile work, yes. Truckfile is the closer tool when the operation is an HGV workshop that needs DVSA-accredited fleet and maintenance records.
Zerity stores the driver and vehicle documents you rely on for an audit. The Direct Vision Standard permit itself is a TfL requirement. Read the DVS guide before you assume any software files the permit for you.
See Zerity if Friday pay is the risk.
Book a demo for driver onboarding, document checks and self-billing. If the workshop and the O-licence maintenance file are the risk, Truckfile may still be the closer fit.