Mati Logistics vs Terminal49

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.

Terminal49 combines container tracking, shipment documents and workflow automation for logistics operations, with web and API access. It tracks across carriers, terminals, vessel and AIS activity, and intermodal rail; its data is described as updated hourly. The API provides shipment milestones such as vessel events, container moves, holds, fees and Last Free Day information. The platform can classify documents automatically and associate them with the relevant container. Milestone and exception alerts are available, while the Complete plan adds automated workflows and custom reports. The API uses webhooks for status changes and supplies standardized JSON, developer documentation and code samples. Listed integrations include Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Microsoft SQL Server, Google Sheets, Excel, NetSuite, SAP, Descartes, CargoWise, Power BI and Azure. Terminal49 says data transfers are encrypted and that it is SOC 2 compliant. The free plan supports up to ten active containers and three users. Lite, Complete and Essential have annual contract or pay-as-you-go terms, with prices available by request or demo; the API page offers a seven-day trial with full API access. Its stated audience includes cargo owners, importers, exporters, freight forwarders, customs brokers, 3PLs and logistics technology companies.