Degama DTMS vs Diesel TMS

Degama DTMS is a cloud-based transportation management system for trucking and brokerage businesses, accessible over the internet on Android, iOS, and the web. Orders can be entered manually, through EDI, from a customer system, or through the DTMS track-and-trace portal. Dispatch supports fleet planning, freight allocation, activity monitoring, driver communication, and mobile use on phones and tablets. Billing can generate, combine, batch, and email invoices, and can integrate with accounting software. The document module attaches scans to invoices and can email BOLs, PODs, images, waybills, and PDFs. Mobile Dispatch supports messages, digital signatures, pictures, and timestamped pickup, drop-off, and cross-docking audits. Customers can configure terminology and layout using more than 300 parameters. EDI transactions include invoicing, load tendering, tender responses, and shipment status updates using X.12 standards 3040 and 4010. The product starts at $550/mo; there is no free plan, but a trial is available. A representative contacts trial applicants to discuss access and evaluation criteria.

Diesel TMS brings trucking and freight brokerage operations into one transportation management system for owner-operators, small fleets, and growing brokerages. Its tools cover load management, dispatching, quoting, and rate confirmation creation. The iOS driver app provides load assignment notifications, tracking, status updates, geofenced automatic updates, document access and scanning, and log book entries. Accounting functions include double-entry accounting with a general ledger, invoicing, payment receipt, carrier and vendor payments, and ACH file downloads. Listed connections include two-way QuickBooks Online, 123Loadboard, MyCarrierPortal, email, and factoring integrations. Zapier is available on every plan, including free, and is described as linking to over 6,000 apps. The company says its API provides no-cost create, read, update, and delete access to core data. TMS Unlimited costs nothing and includes unlimited users, loads, customers, carriers, trucks, drivers, and quotes. TMS Flex costs what you agree with the maker, billed per user per hour while logged in; TMS Pro costs $40 a month per user.