Freightify

Freightify is a freight-rate platform for searching rates, preparing customer quotes and managing rate data. It is best suited to freight forwarders and logistics businesses that need those workflows alongside links to their existing systems. The trade-off is custom pricing for ongoing plans.

Overview

Freightify brings rate search, quotation and rate-management tasks into one platform, with options ranging from a limited search trial to enterprise integrations and mobile access. Its strongest fit is a forwarder that wants to compare ocean rates and turn them into customer quotes; businesses seeking a free ongoing plan or transparent subscription costs should look elsewhere.

Key features

Search, compare and quote

The Essentials plan searches ocean FCL and LCL spot and FAK rates through carrier APIs and websites. Freightify says its rate visibility spans 30+ LCL and FCL carriers and NVOCCs, as well as 90+ airlines, giving teams multiple provider options to consider. The plan also supports rate comparison, configurable sell-rate rules and customer quotes, capped at 500 per month. That combination suits teams that regularly turn freight options into customer offers, but the stated search feature is specifically for ocean freight.

Manage rates and connect systems

Essentials+ adds rate upload as a service, on-screen updates, storage for uploaded rates, an audit trail and analytics. Mixed rate-input methods, contract management and accessorial rules round out the rate-management capabilities. These tools are more relevant to teams maintaining their own rate data than to buyers who only need occasional searches.

The API can provide live ocean rates and schedules and track shipments, and can be consumed in an ERP, TMS or RMS. Enterprise adds integration with TMS, MDM and CRM systems, plus a mobile app for searching rates and quotes and tracking shipments. The latter options matter most to organizations that need Freightify connected to broader systems or used on mobile; they come with Enterprise rather than the entry plan.

Pricing

Freightify has no free plan, but its seven-day trial costs nothing and provides Rate Search access without requiring a credit or debit card. It is a short way to assess search needs, not a continuing free tier.

Essentials has custom pricing and covers one country, up to five users, up to 500 rate searches per month and up to 500 quotes per month. Additional users, multiple offices and add-ons require contacting Sales for pricing, so teams likely to exceed those boundaries should clarify the resulting cost before choosing it.

Essentials+ also has custom pricing, with 500 searches and quotes per user per month plus rate-management and analytics features. It is the more appropriate tier for teams that need rate upkeep and auditability, while its per-user quotas make team size relevant to the allowance.

Enterprise has custom pricing and includes custom products and services, TMS, MDM and CRM integration, and a dedicated customer success and support manager. Freightify also says support is available 24 hours a day, five days a week, with immediate responses to questions. Buyers should weigh those enterprise provisions against the simpler, capped Essentials workflow. Renewal and contract terms are not described in the plan information, so prospective buyers should confirm them with Sales.

Platforms

Freightify supports web, Android, iOS and API access. The mobile app for rate and quote searches and shipment tracking is an Enterprise feature, so platform support does not mean every plan includes the same mobile workflow.

Who it's for

Freight forwarders are the clearest target, including traditional and digital forwarders. Shippers, logistics technology providers and NVOCCs are also identified as customer categories. Essentials suits smaller or single-country teams within its user and monthly caps; organizations needing rate-management controls, broader integrations or mobile access should consider the higher tiers.

Pros and cons

Pros: Ocean FCL and LCL search, configurable quotations and rate management address connected stages of a forwarder's workflow.

Pros: The API supports live ocean rates, schedules and shipment tracking, with ERP, TMS or RMS consumption.

Pros: A seven-day Rate Search trial requires no payment card, making it possible to assess the search workflow before committing.

Cons: Ongoing plan prices are custom, so buyers cannot compare subscription costs without contacting Sales.

Cons: Essentials is limited to one country, five users and 500 searches and quotes monthly; additions such as users and offices also require a sales conversation.

Cons: Mobile app access and named TMS, MDM and CRM integrations sit in Enterprise, not the entry tier.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Freight Rate Management Software.

Choose Freightek Rate Management if a freemium option is important: it has a free plan for five users with 100 GB/year storage, alongside a paid Standard plan at $145 a month.

Loadar is another freemium option, with a free plan for shippers that includes tenders, ERP integration, load visibility and an audit trail.

cargo.one offers a free Starter plan with basic platform features limited to certain Export Agent functions; consider it if that narrower free option fits your needs.

Infor Public Sector is a paid alternative with pricing available by contacting Infor.

Freightos has a free plan and a $119 a month Individual Starter Ocean tier, billed annually, with one user, one custom shipping route and 12 lanes of weekly and daily pricing data.

Magaya Rate Management is a paid, subscription-based alternative; pricing is available by request.

Shipthis starts at $89 a month per user, with all modules included and certain add-ons billed per transaction.

Upply Contract Management has free registration for carriers and freight forwarders, while its shipper plan uses an annual subscription based on the number of users.

Verdict

Freightify is a good fit for freight forwarders that want ocean-rate search and customer quoting, with a path to rate management and system integration as needs grow. Its API and tiered workflow are the main reasons to choose it; custom ongoing prices and Essentials' caps are the main reasons to compare alternatives before committing.