Descartes Visual Compliance vs Navigate Customs & Trade

Descartes Visual Compliance provides cloud software for regulatory and trade compliance, including denied-party screening, audit and resolution, OFAC compliance, export classification and automation, and risk management. Its denied and restricted party screening covers lists from 180+ countries. Compliance Manager Workflow centralizes alerts, screening history, rescreening management, and match resolution; recorded actions include the date and user. Integrated screening supports Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Infor, Shopify, NetSuite, HubSpot, and custom-built or legacy systems. A mobile screening solution is designed for mobile devices and works with major mobile platforms. The vendor describes encryption, authentication and authorization controls, secure servers, monitoring, and intrusion detection, and says it provides training, technical support, regulatory product updates, and dedicated customer success support. Pricing is on request. The pricing page says basic implementations for small screening volumes and one user start at a few thousand dollars a year; a typical customer screening 50,000 entities should budget around $20,000 a year. Listed plans include Standard, Mid-Market, and Enterprise, with additional capabilities at each tier.

Navigate Customs & Trade is PwC software for managing customs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade compliance using import and export data. It validates records, identifies gaps or errors, raises alerts, and produces reports. The product captures information from PDF checklists, Bills of Entry, shipping bills, and licences, then stores documents and supporting files in a central repository. Its compliance features include provisional duty bond and e-script monitoring, free trade agreement management, and coverage for EPCG, advance authorizations, duty drawback, RoDTEP, MOOWR, and IGCR. It can reconcile Bill of Entry details with GSTR-2A and the purchase register. Import dashboards and customs management reports help teams filter and track records and spot anomalies. PwC describes support for multiple ERPs, including adding import and export registers within ERP systems; documents can be uploaded automatically by email or API integration. The product runs on a cloud platform. Implementation includes onboarding, a one-time master setup, agreement on data types and historical upload timing, and data migration for confirmation. Application support and updates are available on a need basis. The product is web-based, and pricing is on request.