Logistics · pricing
Descartes MacroPoint pricing
Descartes MacroPoint publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the logistics tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Descartes MacroPoint pricing is on request. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Quote
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
Descartes MacroPoint plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Descartes MacroPoint | On request | 4 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full Descartes MacroPoint feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Carrier network
- Multi-source tracking
- Predictive ETA
- Exception alerts
- Multimodal
- Capacity matching
- API and TMS integration
- Customer portals
People bring Descartes MacroPoint in for a freight broker whose largest customer has made tracking compliance a contract condition, a shipper wanting one tracking view across dozens of carriers rather than a portal per carrier, a 3pl measuring carrier performance on dwell and on-time arrival with data the carrier cannot dispute, an operation replacing check calls, where the labour saving alone justifies the per-load fee. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Descartes MacroPoint are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Logistics
Too few logistics tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descartes MacroPoint (this page) | On request | quote | - | |
| Trimble TMW.Suite | On request | quote | - | vs Descartes MacroPoint |
| CargoWise | On request | quote | - | vs Descartes MacroPoint |
| Truckbase | $290/month | Per truck per month | - | vs Descartes MacroPoint |
| McLeod Software | On request | quote | - | vs Descartes MacroPoint |
| Alvys | On request | quote | - | vs Descartes MacroPoint |
| Uber Freight | On request | quote | - | vs Descartes MacroPoint |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Descartes MacroPoint badges page.
Before you pay for Descartes MacroPoint
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at On request. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Descartes MacroPoint against the tools that do have one before committing.
Descartes MacroPoint runs on web, ios, android, and is published by The Descartes Systems Group Inc. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The full record is on the Descartes MacroPoint review, and the rest of the category is under best logistics tools.
Descartes MacroPoint pricing questions
- How much does Descartes MacroPoint cost?
- Descartes MacroPoint publishes a single tier, Descartes MacroPoint, at On request.
- Does Descartes MacroPoint have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Descartes MacroPoint is listed as quote. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What am I actually paying for with Descartes MacroPoint?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a freight broker whose largest customer has made tracking compliance a contract condition, a shipper wanting one tracking view across dozens of carriers rather than a portal per carrier, a 3pl measuring carrier performance on dwell and on-time arrival with data the carrier cannot dispute.
- Does Descartes MacroPoint charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Descartes MacroPoint prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Descartes MacroPoint against before paying?
- The closest logistics tools in this directory are Trimble TMW.Suite, CargoWise, Truckbase, McLeod Software. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Descartes MacroPoint covering price, platforms and features.