CargoWise vs Körber Transportation Management

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.

Körber Transportation Management is a web-based system for shippers and logistics service providers. It supports transport networks from first mile to last mile, including single-stage and multi-stage, multimodal operations. Workflows cover order management, planning and scheduling, operational monitoring, invoicing, and financial and performance indicators. Teams can manage owned and third-party vehicles, personnel, and equipment, consolidate incoming transport orders, and maintain master routes with access restrictions at stops. Shipment tracking and automated disruption handling support transport monitoring. Billing can be configured for different logistics services, with invoices handled automatically or manually. A web portal shares information with customers, logistics providers, and partners. Körber lists integrations with ERP, distributed order management, warehouse and yard management systems; fleet operators also have listed connections to accounting, telematics, and fuel management systems. The TMS is described as a cross-industry option for truckload and less-than-truckload carriers, brokers, and 3PLs. It uses hybrid deployment and runs on the web. Pricing is on request.