Doft Load Board vs LoadMatch

Doft Load Board connects shippers and carriers through a freight-matching platform. Its homepage advertises more than 200,000 loads daily. Carriers can filter loads by lane, deadhead radius, equipment and minimum rate per mile, then use load alerts and booking tools. The Premium carrier plan includes up to 20 parallel AI calls for negotiating, booking and check calls, but rate information is available for only 10–30% of loads. Shippers can post manually, in bulk, by CSV or through website imports; they can collect bids, message drivers, create a private board, book shipments and follow delivery on a live map. The driver app shares GPS location, posts delivery statuses and uploads proof of delivery. Doft says it checks carriers against FMCSA records before booking. The service is available on Android, iOS and web. Carrier Basic access is free, while Premium costs $19.99 a month and has a 0.99 USD booking fee. Shippers can use a free plan, with a 99 USD driver acceptance fee when accepting a driver.

LoadMatch connects buyers and sellers of intermodal and import/export transportation services across North America, matching loads with truck capacity, intermodal equipment, and terminal locations. Its customers include freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal marketing companies, beneficial owners, motor carriers, and equipment suppliers. Members can post availability through a web form, batch file, FTP, or a direct connection; both free and paid members can also post from dispatch software. Batch uploads support text, Excel, and Access files, with XML accepted and tab-delimited text preferred. The free plan allows posting loads, equipment or power, and jobs, but excludes viewing loads and equipment and receiving email alerts. Paid membership costs $600 a year and adds full access and visibility, alerts, load and equipment viewing, and a company logo and directory link. New paid-account customers receive a 30 day free trial. LoadMatch says there is no contract and members can cancel at any time, but payments are non-refundable after payment. It is a web service, and the company was incorporated in 1999.