CargoWise vs CocoonFMS

CargoWise is a logistics operations platform for organizations such as global freight forwarders and third-party logistics providers. It brings freight forwarding, customs, warehousing, and transport planning together, covering multiple freight modes and work across borders. Forwarding tools include capacity planning, rate management, vessel booking, and last-mile trucking; customs workflows manage import and export declarations and connect with authorities and regulatory systems. Warehouse and transport functions cover inventory, loads, routes, alerts, and ETA updates. Built-in connections link customers, partners, carriers, and government systems, while AirlineConnect connects to airline systems for shipment details, pricing, capacity, flight information, eBookings, and status updates. Denied Party Screening checks more than 1,300 blacklist databases and logs results for audit and reporting. Customers can report incidents through a 24/7 eRequest system, and CargoWise Learning offers free online training. Listed transaction charges vary by service: the eCommerce Value Pack is $0.20, paid once, while several listed packs are $9.95, paid once. User access and standard cloud hosting are included in the Value Pack; optional services have separate monthly charges.

CocoonFMS provides cloud-based logistics software, with CocoonOPS as its flagship transport management system. It handles shipment quotations, consignments, documents, invoicing, automated tasks and tracking across air, sea, road, rail and courier movements. AI agents can read purchase or supplier invoices, commercial invoices and booking documents, then use their contents to populate shipment records. CocoonTMP gives clients shipment information and can support customer bookings while limiting access to relevant shipments. Accounting integrations include Xero, QuickBooks and Sage; API marketplace and EDI connections extend to other platforms. CocoonCarbon calculates shipment-level CO₂ emissions using a methodology designed to align with GLEC, ISO 14083 and GHG Protocol frameworks. The maker says it supports and recommends multi-factor authentication, encrypts data, and backs products up every four hours. CocoonOPS has a four-week trial with no credit card required. Its listed monthly user prices are £85.00 per user for 1–10 users, £80.00 for 11–20, £75.00 for 21–50 and £70.00 for 51–100. Customs declarations are supported, with additional charges.