FreightLink vs RXO Connect

FreightLink is a loadboard connecting freight industry participants through a vetted, U.S.-only network. Its marketplace focuses on last-mile and hotshot freight, including sprinter vans, box trucks, and hotshot flatbeds. Brokers, carriers, dispatchers, and shippers are vetted before joining; the company says its compliance team manually checks carrier identity and documents such as licenses, operating authority, insurance, vehicle photos, and inspections. Users can search and book loads, receive load alerts, and generate bills of lading, rate confirmations, and invoices. FreightLink says it monitors its Fair Play Standards and offers dispute resolution. Integration models include live TMS load-push, approved broker TMS, and load search and booking. API access requires an approved Integration Partner application. Partners cannot permanently delete loads, and outbound event delivery is not deployed, so the documentation directs them to poll load endpoints for status. Membership is listed at free for approved members. A future subscription is listed at $49.99 a month but is not yet in effect.

RXO Connect is a digital freight platform for carriers and carrier representatives to find loads, make offers, manage active loads, and view payments. Its load board covers full truckload, LTL, refrigerated, expedited, power-only, and last-mile freight, with thousands of daily loads available to choose from. Carriers can find dedicated lanes, bid, negotiate rates, and make counter-bids. Load tools include Hot Deals filters, GPS tracking updates, and driver dispatch with fleet oversight. When available, users can book two loads at once or post a truck to receive load notifications. RXO Drive provides Connect functionality on smartphones through iOS and Android apps. RXO's proprietary API can bring available loads into a carrier's preferred platform and allow loads to be bought directly. Users can submit payment paperwork through Connect, and RXO Extra adds a marketplace with fuel-card programs, factoring services, vendor discounts, and brokered freight. The platform is free for carriers and carrier representatives, for commercial or business use by people aged 18 or older in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Multi-factor authentication is required; some functions need an active internet connection.