Mati Logistics vs Portcast

Mati Logistics connects buyers with global suppliers and forwarders to coordinate sourcing, quotes, purchasing, fulfillment, and landed delivery. Its Track and Trace service puts container, bill of lading, and booking references on a shared board with automatic carrier updates. It calculates transit times, transshipment dwell, delays against plan, and weekly arrivals by route. Coverage includes major ocean carriers, NVOCCs, and forwarders such as Expeditors, Hecny, and OEC.

Shipment views can be shared live and read-only with suppliers, customers, drayage providers, and brokers without requiring them to create accounts. The supplier directory and AI sourcing agent are free, though the directory has no export or API and limits contact reveals to signed-in users one company at a time. Track and Trace offers a free plan, prepaid usage, and monthly subscription. Pay as you go costs $1, paid once; the subscription is $1 a month after a 7-day free trial and includes API access for 10 to 1,000 shipments. Mati says its products run on Microsoft Azure in the Central US region, with database encryption at rest and TLS for traffic.

Portcast connects shipment data with orders, contracts and invoices for global transportation teams, using AI to surface risks and recommend actions. Its container tracking combines carrier milestones, AIS, schedules, port and terminal data, and market insights into shipment views with predicted ETAs and risk alerts. Users can search by container, booking or bill of lading number; Portcast says its network covers 220+ carriers and NVOCCs. ETA predictions use machine learning across 70+ data sources and update as voyage conditions change. Freight audit checks ocean invoices against contract terms and shipment milestones, flagging billing discrepancies. Invoice extraction is described as 99%+ accurate and enabling 95%+ touchless processing, including scanned, multilingual and non-standard formats. The service is available through web and API, with data for ocean, air, rail and road, and supports custom integrations. A trial account can track up to 10 containers, with no feature limitations stated; setup follows a scheduled meeting. Pricing is on request. The listed Enterprise Predictive Visibility Platform costs $45,000 a year on a 12-month contract, with additional AWS infrastructure costs potentially applying. Portcast says its forwarder-specific freight audit product is still being developed.