Ship Angel vs Upply Contract Management

Ship Angel OS is a paid, browser-based and API-accessible platform for beneficial cargo owners and shippers managing global supply chains. It combines rate management, spot procurement, carrier booking, freight audit, purchase order orchestration, and MADDY, an embedded agentic AI layer for freight insights, risks, and recommendations. The Rate System compares spot and contract rates and supplies routing guides, benchmarks, and CO2 data. Teams can run structured spot bids, compare and award carrier quotes, book directly through carrier APIs, automate documents, track shipments, and receive alerts. Invoice Audit checks charges and line items against contracts and shipment data, flagging overcharges, duplicates, missing discounts, hidden fees, and other discrepancies. PO Management connects procurement, logistics, and suppliers from tender through delivery. API connections cover ERP, TMS, WMS, BI tools, carrier portals, SAP, and Oracle. Ocean, air, and trucking are supported. Pricing is on request.

Upply Contract Management centralizes transport rate cards and applies negotiated carrier terms when shipments are assigned. Users can import cards with origins, destinations, validity periods, freight types and pricing conditions into one repository. Supported pricing includes per-kilometre, zone-based, pallet and shipment rates, along with other structures negotiated with carriers. Teams can configure included, fixed or indexed fuel surcharges and custom surcharges; these are applied during shipment assignment and remain editable. When cards match a shipment, the associated carriers are prioritized, and selecting one applies its negotiated rates and relevant surcharges. Contract management and accessorial rules are supported, while rate comparison and carrier bid management are not. The web platform is API-first, with integrations for TMS, WMS, ERP and CRM systems. Upply says its APIs support automation, plug-and-play integration, real-time market and pricing data, and large data volumes. Upply describes the service as SOC 2 certified and GDPR compliant, with Contract Management data hosted in France. Carriers and freight forwarders can register free with no commitment. Shippers pay an annual subscription based on shipment volume; no price is listed.