What each platform is
Freightools
Freightools is a modular commercial layer for freight forwarders: tariff extraction, rate management, spot benchmarks, margin-governed quoting, customer self-service, and a white-label portal, all sharing one rate library. It is designed to run above the forwarder's existing TMS rather than replace it. Human review, source-linked data, and versioned pricing rules sit at the center of the design: every extracted field links back to its source clause, every quote stores the inputs used to build it, and below-floor pricing requires a logged manager override.
Freightify
Freightify is an established rate-management and procurement suite for freight forwarders. It centralizes spot, contract, agent, FCL, LCL, air, and inland rates, and offers rate procurement, quotations, customer portals, tracking, analytics, contract reading, and APIs. It markets to traditional forwarders, digital forwarders, NVOCCs, single-office companies, and global enterprises. Freightify publishes its coverage and footprint: access to more than 30 FCL/LCL carriers and NVOCCs, more than 90 airlines, and support for more than 200 freight forwarders in over 45 countries.
Capability comparison
Statuses reflect each vendor's current public documentation, not a feature verdict: Publicly documented means the vendor describes the capability on its official site, Partially documented means the exact scope is unclear, and Confirm during evaluation means no reliable public documentation was found or implementation varies.
| Category | Freightools | Freightify |
|---|---|---|
| Tariff ingestion | Publicly documented Tari extracts native PDFs, scanned PDFs, Excel/CSV rate sheets, and emailed attachments into structured records. Every field links back to its source clause and is approved by a human reviewer before it goes live. | Publicly documented Freightify documents contract reading and a rate-processing approach that combines AI extraction, traditional automation, and human processing depending on rate-sheet complexity. |
| Rate management | Publicly documented Contracts, surcharges, markups, validity periods, customer-specific rules, and versions in one library. Changes are logged and reversible, and rules carry an owner and an expiry date. | Publicly documented Centralizes spot, contract, agent, FCL, LCL, air, and inland rates in one rate-management suite. |
| Rate procurement | Publicly documented Spot benchmarks from public ocean and air indices, carrier-fed spot APIs where available, and manual entry for niche lanes. Freightools does not publish a named direct-carrier procurement network. | Publicly documented Publicly advertises access to more than 30 FCL/LCL carriers and NVOCCs and more than 90 airlines. |
| Modes | Publicly documented Ocean FCL and LCL, air, road, and rail quoting from one tariff library and one set of margin rules. | Publicly documented FCL, LCL, air, and inland rates are covered in its public rate-management positioning. |
| Quotation workflow | Publicly documented Miles builds itemized, on-margin quotes in seconds from inbox, portal, or sales-floor inquiries. Below-floor quotes route to manager approval, and every quote stores the inputs and rate records used to assemble it. | Partially documented Quotation functionality is publicly documented. The depth of AI drafting, email-to-quote handling, and approval routing should be confirmed during evaluation. |
| Commercial governance | Publicly documented Margin floors by lane, customer, and trade. Rule conflicts are surfaced for a manager to resolve rather than silently decided, and overrides are logged with a reason. | Partially documented Margin management is part of Freightify's documented suite. Public detail on floor enforcement, override logging, and rule-conflict handling is limited. |
| Customer experience | Publicly documented White-label portal on the forwarder's own domain with self-service quoting, booking status, and document access. Customers see the forwarder's brand, not Freightools. | Publicly documented Customer portals and shipment tracking are part of the documented product suite. |
| Execution | Publicly documented Accepted quotes create pre-filled booking requests in the forwarder's operations queue and can be exported or pushed to the existing TMS. Freightools does not position direct carrier eBooking as its model. | Confirm during evaluation The public documentation reviewed for this page covers procurement and tracking. The scope of direct carrier eBooking should be confirmed during evaluation. |
| Integration | Publicly documented Quotes export or push into the forwarder's existing TMS and booking flow. The platform is built to feed the systems a forwarder already runs, not to replace them. | Publicly documented APIs and TMS integration are part of the documented offering. |
| Security | Publicly documented Each workspace is private to its organization and carrier data is never shared across customers. Freightools does not currently claim third-party security certifications, and says so openly on its security page. | Confirm during evaluation Third-party certifications and security assurance were not covered by the public research behind this page. Request current security documentation during evaluation. |
| Deployment | Publicly documented Independent but connected products that can be adopted one at a time as an overlay above the existing TMS. No operational-system replacement is required. | Publicly documented An established rate-management and procurement suite marketed from single-office companies through global enterprises, with a visible multi-office proposition. |
| Best-fit customer | Publicly documented Forwarders that want to keep their TMS and modernize pricing, tariff handling, quoting, and the customer experience as one governed layer. | Publicly documented Traditional forwarders, digital forwarders, NVOCCs, single-office companies, and global enterprises, per Freightify's public positioning. |
Where each is strong
Where Freightools is strong
- Source-clause traceability: every extracted tariff field links back to the clause it came from, so operations review is a side-by-side check, not a re-key.
- Governed pricing: margin floors by lane, customer, and trade; rules with owners and expiry dates; logged overrides; explicit conflict resolution.
- Quote reconstruction: every quote stores the rate records and inputs used to assemble it, so any price can be defended months later.
- White-label ownership: customers interact with the forwarder's brand, not a marketplace sitting between forwarder and shipper.
- Modular adoption: implement one product at a time above the existing TMS, without replacing operational software.
- Spot context inside the quoting flow: contract prices render next to dated, sourced spot benchmarks, normalized for surcharge scope.
Where Freightify is strong
- Published procurement coverage: access to more than 30 FCL/LCL carriers and NVOCCs and more than 90 airlines is advertised publicly.
- Published footprint: Freightify says it supports more than 200 freight forwarders in over 45 countries.
- A broad established suite: rate procurement, rate management, quotations, customer portals, tracking, analytics, contract reading, and APIs.
- Mobile rate-management functionality is part of the documented offering.
- A visibly developed enterprise and multi-office proposition.
- Tiered rate processing that matches AI extraction, traditional automation, or human processing to the complexity of each rate sheet.
Which platform fits your operation?
Choose Freightools when
- Your private tariffs and commercial rules are the asset, and you want them turned into a governed AI quotation layer.
- You want to keep your existing TMS and modernize only the pricing, quoting, and customer-experience layer.
- Your customers should see your brand: self-service quoting and a portal under your own domain.
- Finance and operations need to trace any quoted number back to a source clause and a logged pricing rule.
Freightify may be stronger when
- Your primary requirement is broad published carrier rate procurement across ocean and air.
- You want one established suite that bundles procurement, rate management, quoting, portals, tracking, and analytics.
- A large published customer footprint and a developed multi-office, enterprise proposition matter to your procurement process.
- Mobile rate management is a requirement for your team.
Frequently asked questions
- Do Freightools and Freightify solve the same problem?
- Largely, yes. Both centralize freight rates and automate quoting for forwarders, and both offer customer portals and TMS integration. The emphasis differs. Freightify is an established procurement and rate-management suite with published carrier coverage and a published customer footprint. Freightools is a modular AI commercial layer built around governance: source-linked tariff extraction, versioned pricing rules, margin floors, and human approval, running above the TMS you already have.
- Does either platform replace my TMS?
- No. Freightools explicitly positions itself as a pricing and quotation layer that exports or pushes into your existing TMS. Freightify documents TMS integration as part of its suite and is not positioned as a TMS either. In both cases your operational system stays in place; confirm the integration specifics for your particular TMS during evaluation.
- How does tariff ingestion differ between the two?
- Freightools ingests tariffs through Tari: AI extraction of PDFs, scanned PDFs, Excel sheets, and email attachments, with every field linked back to its source clause and approved by a human reviewer before it goes live. Freightify documents rate processing that combines AI extraction, traditional automation, and human processing depending on rate-sheet complexity. Both keep humans in the loop. The difference to test on your own rate sheets is the review workflow and how far each value can be traced back to its source.
- What about security certifications?
- Freightools does not currently claim third-party security certifications and states this openly on its security page. Its documented posture covers per-organization data separation, with carrier data never shared across customers. Freightify's certification posture was not covered by the public research behind this page. Enterprise buyers should request current security documentation from both vendors during evaluation.
Research date: August 4, 2026. This comparison is based on public product documentation and announced integrations from both vendors, reviewed on August 4, 2026. Statuses reflect what each vendor documents publicly: "documented" means the vendor describes the capability on its current official site, "partial" means some relevant functionality is described but the exact scope is unclear, and "confirm" means no reliable public documentation was found. Absence of documentation is never presented as absence of a capability.
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