Mati Logistics vs SeaRates Container Tracking

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.

SeaRates Container Tracking tracks sea shipments by container number, Bill of Lading or booking reference, showing shipment location and status. Users can view container positions on a world map, see route visibility and port activity, and get estimated arrival insights. The system calculates storage time at transshipment ports and offers alerts for status events, departures, arrivals, delays and early delivery. SeaRates says its visibility and arrival estimates draw on Automatic Identification System data from ships, satellites and port stations. The mobile app offers laptop synchronization, live updates and instant notifications. For businesses, the API can pass status events to a website or connect tracking data to a TMS, ERP or other software; a website widget can also be embedded. API requests use HTTPS and an API key, with a documented general quota of 100 requests per 20 seconds per organization. Online tracking is described as free to try, while API pricing is usage-based and no price is listed. Updates are daily; more frequent updates require contacting an account manager.