Bluerock TMS vs Shipwell TMS

Bluerock TMS is a cloud-native transportation management system connecting logistics planning, execution, visibility, and settlement. Planning uses AI-driven routing, flexible scheduling, and real-time data to optimize routes and balance capacity. Execution automates order intake, carrier selection, labeling, booking, and dispatch across transport modes. Visibility combines carrier, telematics, and IoT data with predictive ETAs, alerts, and exception management. Settlement covers freight rating, auditing, billing, self-billing, and cost allocation. Yard Management handles gate, dock, and parking operations with automated check-ins, task assignments, and mobile execution. A Logistics Digital Twin models a network to simulate scenarios and predict outcomes. Its API-first architecture integrates with ERP, WMS, OMS, and carrier systems, with real-time event streaming and batch exchange. Bluerock describes multi-country and multi-carrier operations and lists industries including manufacturing, retail, life sciences, logistics, energy, public sector, and environmental services. The company says implementation typically takes 8–12 weeks and includes migration, carrier onboarding, integration, and training. Pricing is on request.

Shipwell TMS connects transportation operations from sales order through freight audit, with real-time visibility, AI-powered decision support, and carrier connectivity. It brings freight procurement, exception management, invoice settlement, and spend analysis into one environment. Users can plan, price, book, and track road, rail, ocean, and parcel shipments across carriers, brokers, and fleets. Its supplier portal supports onboarding, purchase order creation and release, order visibility, notifications, and shipment creation. Shipwell describes the platform as API-first, with REST, SOAP, and webhook connectivity; ERP integrations can use API data exchange or flat-file transfers over SFTP. AI Workers and RFP Automation are standalone modules within the same environment. The TMS is available on web, Android, and iOS, and Shipwell describes native shipper and driver apps. The driver app lets carriers view and bid on freight, see upcoming shipments, and communicate with shippers and 3PLs. Shipwell states that the platform is SOC 2 compliant and has an uptime target of 99.9999%. Pricing is by customized quote; prospective customers are directed to sales. Shipwell says it began in 2016 as OtterLogic and is based in Austin, Texas.