Diesel TMS vs MendriX

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.

MendriX is a cloud-based transport management system for European road hauliers, including 1PL, 2PL, and 3PL operators. Its planning tools cover routes and trips, showing how changes affect distance, driving time, costs, and CO2 emissions. The MendriX Mobile app provides trip and task overviews, barcode scanning, configurable workflows, and real-time trip updates to the TMS. A Cross Dock app supports progress scans, entry and departure registration, cross-dock movements, and damage assessment. Customers can use the portal to place orders around the clock, track shipments live, and access documents. Standard connections to DHL, UPS, GLS, and DPD support automated shipment assignment and tracking updates. Other listed integrations include onboard systems from Trimble, Transics, FleetGO, Webfleet, and Volvo Dynafleet, PTV route planning, accounting packages, and PayHours; functionality may vary by onboard computer connection. MendriX operates the SaaS platform, including availability, data security, and updates. A 30-day demo is available after submitting a form. The maker sets monthly usage costs with each customer based on required modules; the Economy plan is listed at $129 a month.