CargoWise vs Freightos

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.

Freightos connects carriers, freight forwarders, and importers and exporters for freight pricing, quoting, booking, payment, and market intelligence. Freightos for Forwarders supports rate management, quotes, bookings, online sales, procurement, and payments for air, ocean, and ground shipments. Forwarders can use Book Air at no charge to search, compare, and book air cargo across more than 75 carriers. Freightos Terminal provides global freight prices, benchmarking, reliability metrics, and notifications on key lanes. Freightos for Forwarders connects directly with hundreds of carriers, including dynamic integrations with more than 75. API integrations can connect it to a TMS, a sales portal, or agent networks. The product is intended for freight forwarders and carriers; importers are directed to Freightos Enterprise instead. The service is cloud-deployed, with web, Android, iOS, and API availability. Individual Starter Ocean costs $119 a month, billed annually, and includes six months of historical data, weekly and daily pricing data for 12 lanes, one user, and one custom shipping route. Individual Starter Air costs $239 a month, billed annually.