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Alternatives to Shipwell
22 logistics tools sit alongside Shipwell in this directory. Below is what separates each from Shipwell on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Shipwell starts at
- On request
Why people look past Shipwell
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Shipwell entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Shipwell carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 2 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Shipwell publishes a single plan, Shipwell TMS at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Leading supply chain visibility platform
- Publishes an entry price of $2500/month, where Shipwell does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Global freight forwarding and supply chain platform
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Shipwell's 1.
Freight shipping management to compare and book LTL and truckload rates
- Can be used without paying; Shipwell cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $149/month, where Shipwell does not.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Shipwell's 1.
Driver app for truck parking, weigh stations and fuel prices, with a load board and small carrier TMS attached
- Can be used without paying; Shipwell cannot.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Shipwell's 1.
Freight visibility network that tracks loads across carriers using ELD, telematics and driver mobile data
Priced and rated the same as Shipwell on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Transport management system for small and mid-size North American truckload carriers with a published price floor
- Publishes an entry price of $290/month, where Shipwell does not.
- Sold on a Per truck per month model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Shipwell's 1.
Every Shipwell alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipwell (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| project44If you want carrier-neutral visibility separate from the party sourcing your capacity | $2500/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| FlexportFor international ocean and air freight with customs brokerage included | On request | Usage-based | 3 | vs Shipwell |
| FreightviewA much lighter and cheaper option if you only need LTL rate shopping and booking | Free, then $149/month | Usage-based | 4 | vs Shipwell |
| Trucker Path | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Shipwell |
| Descartes MacroPoint | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Truckbase | $290/month | Per truck per month | 3 | vs Shipwell |
| Trimble TMW.Suite | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| CargoWise | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Transfix | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Loadsmart | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Shipwell |
| Transporeon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Shippabo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| McLeod Software | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Shipwell |
| Manhattan Associates | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Shipwell |
| Uber Freight | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Shipwell |
| Turvo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Alvys | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Blue Yonder | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Alpega | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Shipwell |
| Softeon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
| Descartes Aljex | $699/month | Per month by plan | 3 | vs Shipwell |
| Descartes Systems | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Shipwell |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Shipwell badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (2)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Freightview , Free, then $149/month
- Trucker Path , Free
What you would be giving up
Shipwell is most often brought in for a mid-market shipper running truckload tenders on spreadsheets and email, a broker replacing a legacy operating system without building one in-house, a manufacturer that needs proof of delivery and exception alerts pushed into its erp, a logistics team that wants freight audit to catch accessorial overbilling automatically. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Shipwell is broadly right and the question is cost, the Shipwell pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Logistics category lists everything the directory holds, and best logistics tools ranks them.
Shipwell runs on web, ios, android, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Shipwell alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Shipwell?
- 22 other logistics tools are listed in this directory, led by project44, Flexport, Freightview, Trucker Path. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Shipwell?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Freightview, Trucker Path.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Shipwell?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Shipwell?
- Shipwell is most often brought in for a mid-market shipper running truckload tenders on spreadsheets and email, a broker replacing a legacy operating system without building one in-house, a manufacturer that needs proof of delivery and exception alerts pushed into its erp, a logistics team that wants freight audit to catch accessorial overbilling automatically. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Shipwell?
- None of the logistics tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Shipwell alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Logistics, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Shipwell against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Shipwell covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every logistics tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Logistics category, 22 tools beside Shipwell. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.