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Ultimate DSP vs Hera.
Hera coaches by SMS and lists no invoice check and no daily profit. Ultimate DSP coaches with video, quiz and acknowledgment, caps overtime in the schedule, checks every invoice line and shows profit daily. Every row on one page.
The feature
HHera
Ultimate DSP
Financial Management
The invoice checked line by line. Profit known daily, not weeks after payroll.
4 features
Daily profit projection
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Daily P&L: projected, then actual, then locked
Pay-period profit
Hera–Dashboards and reports
Ultimate DSP✓Two-week gross profit, margin and profit per route
Invoice validation
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Billed routes, rescues, training and packages checked against the week you ran
Dispute document
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Drafted from the mismatches, with the dollars owed
Scorecard & Coaching
Fantastic+ guarantee with videos and quizzes. One module per event, assigned automatically, closed by the driver’s acknowledgment.
7 features
Scorecard import
Hera–AI-parsed Scorecard, Netradyne, CDF, PPS and EOC files
Ultimate DSP✓One wizard, a preset per source, issues resolved before the run
Custom standards
Hera–Amazon metrics plus custom metrics over time
Ultimate DSP✓Amazon plus your own standards, every point value editable
Performance tiers
Hera–Amazon’s tiers
Ultimate DSP✓Your own named tiers, or Amazon’s. You choose
Video coaching with a quiz
Hera✕Automated SMS and email messages only
Ultimate DSP✓One module per event: video, quiz, acknowledgment. Assigned automatically
Proof coaching finished
Hera✕Message sent
Ultimate DSP✓Video watched, quiz passed, driver acknowledged. The acknowledgment is the disciplinary record
Shift gate
Hera✕None enforced
Ultimate DSP✓Overdue coaching blocks the next shift until it is done
Owner view
Hera–Line charts and tables over time
Ultimate DSP✓Net score, tiers, at-risk and shift-blocked live, repeat rate, leaderboard
Dispatch
One day sheet at four hours: Load Out, On Road, Return to Station, Setup.
9 features
Building the day sheet
Hera–Daily roster: shifts, routes, staging, vehicles, devices
Ultimate DSP✓Import the Amazon file once; wave and sched derive from route time
Van assignment
Hera–Semi-automatic
Ultimate DSP✓Auto-assign walks each van’s ranked driver list
Call-out management
Hera–Standby management
Ultimate DSP✓Standby, On Call and Called Out benches, with Swap In and Swap Out
On-call drivers
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓An On Call bench with Contacted, Coming at, and an arrived-unplaced strip
Send Info to drivers
Hera–Text messages
Ultimate DSP✓Templates with merge fields; anyone already sent is skipped
Punch and lunch compliance
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Auto reminders to whoever is late, and the miss is kept for coaching
Rescue management
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Rescue table, mid-route rescues, meet-up SMS pair, rescuer state
Who is behind
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Plan vs projected return from Amazon itineraries, with two red triggers
On Road board
Hera✕No portal for the mid-shift
Ultimate DSP✓Notes, pace messages and rescues from one mid-shift board
Scheduling
Performance-based auto scheduling. Overtime is stopped here, not found at payroll.
4 features
Auto schedule
Hera–Schedule Builder in beta, July 2026
Ultimate DSP✓Put the requirement in and the week drafts itself, then edit on a drag-and-drop grid
Performance-based scheduling
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Ranked over a score window you set, so the best drivers get the routes
Overtime management
Hera–Min and max work-hour rules
Ultimate DSP✓A soft cap you can override and a hard rolling-window cap you cannot
Compliance management
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓A dashboard that warns before you go out of compliance: soft rules and hard rules
Close-out & Work Summary
Reduce lost packages. Catch concessions the same evening, not on the invoice.
5 features
Closing the day
Hera–Daily notes and updates
Ultimate DSP✓Route-based close-out from the Amazon Routes and Packages exports
DSB management
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Full package reconciliation: out, delivered, counted, returned
End of shift
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓EOS report, close the day and lock, export CSV, XLSX or PDF
The daily worked record
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Work Summary: your service types against the Amazon weekly file, unpaid rescues tallied
Work Summary management
Hera✕No portal for it
Ultimate DSP✓Built automatically from the day you closed
Surveys
Hear it from the driver before they quit.
3 features
Driver surveys
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Fire when a route closes, on a schedule, or on demand
Anonymous answers
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Named or anonymous, fixed on the survey; results hidden below five answers
What comes back
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Aggregates per question, the driver’s own words, and an event only a human logs
Inbox & Dialer
One DSP number. A dialer on every page. Drivers stop texting your personal phone.
2 features
One DSP number
Hera–One company number
Ultimate DSP✓One DSP line; every message and call in the product leaves through it
Floating dialer
Hera–Open the inbox to check
Ultimate DSP✓On every page of every portal, and every call logs itself
Fleet
Every van, its record and its money. Net per van, per month.
4 features
Amazon vehicle payment
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Weekly peak-route payments assembled into the monthly settlement, per van
Amazon fleet invoice validation
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Checked automatically against your own fleet record
Profitability per van
Hera✕Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Net per van per month, six-month trend, losing-vans list, lemon watch
Other vehicle management
Hera–Photos, rentals, mileage, maintenance, damage, inspections
Ultimate DSP✓Status history, service ledger, incidents, photo sets, odometer, renewals
Price & trial
All nine portals, the driver app and every office user for one price.
4 features
Per driver, per month
Hera·$9, all features
Ultimate DSP✓$1, or $0.75 billed annually. Everything included
Add-ons
Hera·None listed
Ultimate DSP✓None. Everything is in the $1
Office users
Hera·Not stated on public site
Ultimate DSP✓Free and unlimited
Free trial
Hera·45 days
Ultimate DSP✓45 days, no card
Competitor cells quote hera.app and dspworkplace.com public pages, reviewed 11 September 2026. Prices are list prices per active driver or user per month.
On Road
Alert drivers running behind.Before you have to rescue them.
One click texts every driver who is running behind, mid-route.
✓45-day free trial✓No card required✓No contract