About Akru
Akru recovers the detention pay small carriers are owed but rarely collect — by reading the ELD, invoicing the shipper, and chasing it down for them, on contingency.
The problem we exist for
Detention is real money that mostly evaporates. Industry research (ATRI) puts uncollected and lost-productivity costs in the billions a year, and while the vast majority of carriers charge detention, fewer than half of those invoices ever get paid. The reason isn’t that the money isn’t owed — it’s that auditing logs, building evidence, invoicing, and chasing accounts-payable is nobody’s job at a one-to-fifty-truck operation.
What we do
Akru connects to a carrier’s ELD (Samsara or Motive), auto-detects detention at each stop via geofence, generates an evidence-backed invoice with GPS-verified timestamps attached, and alerts the carrier the moment detention starts accruing. The carrier stays the creditor — they send the invoice and keep 100% of what they recover. Akru is a flat $39/month (or $390/year) after a 14-day free trial, with no percentage taken on recoveries.
Who it’s for
Small carriers and owner-operators — the people running too lean to chase detention themselves. If you’d rather keep 100% and do it by hand, that’s a legitimate choice; we lay out that trade-off honestly in Akru vs. chasing detention yourself and survey every option in the full roundup.
How we think about it
We only make money when you do. That alignment shapes everything: evidence-backed invoices so disputes stay low, automated follow-up so claims don’t fall through the cracks, and carrier-first branding so the shipper sees your name, not ours. New to detention? Start with our guide on how to get paid for detention.