Transportial is the TMS for trucking companies: from load entry and the dispatch board to the trip, proof of delivery and invoice, in one workspace for dispatch, tracking, compliance and billing.
Spreadsheets and phone calls to assign shipments to the right driver and vehicle, repeated every single day.
Driver hours compliance risk
Driving-time rules applied by hand. One violation costs more than a month of software.
Invoices going out weeks late
Paper CMRs come back late, if they come back at all. Invoices leave your desk well after delivery, hurting cash flow.
Customers calling for updates
Your dispatcher answers "where is my shipment?" twenty times a day. Every single day.
How Transportial Helps
Everything a carrier needs, in one place
AI Trip Optimization
VRP algorithm assigns shipments to vehicles, respects driving-time rules, and suggests optimal routes automatically.
Digital CMR & Documents
Generate compliant CMR waybills, delivery notes, and customs docs from every transport order. Zero manual entry.
Live Vehicle Tracking
Real-time GPS via OpenMove driver app or Transics telematics. Know exactly where every truck is, always.
Driver App
OpenMove app guides drivers through stops, captures digital signatures, and reports deviations in real time.
Automated Invoicing
Pricing rules fire on trip completion. Invoices are generated, sent, and collected via Stripe or Adyen, no manual chasing.
Automated Customer Updates
Trigger-based WhatsApp, SMS, and email notifications on 75+ status events. Live tracking links shared with recipients automatically.
Free
Starter plan, no end date
75+
automation trigger events
4
transport modes in one system
ePOD
signed in the driver app
What does a TMS do for a trucking company?
A TMS gives a trucking company one system for the work between a customer's load and the paid invoice: entering loads, dispatching trucks and drivers, following trucks live, capturing proof of delivery and invoicing. It replaces the whiteboard, spreadsheets, phone calls and manual exports to accounting that most small fleets start with.
For a trucking company, a transportation management system is the operational system of record. In Transportial every customer load becomes a transport order with shipments, stops and time windows; the dispatcher drags it onto a truck on the dispatch board or lets the routing solver build trips around capacity, time windows and driving-time limits. The trip goes to the driver's OpenMove app, which guides each stop, captures signatures and photos and sends positions back, so ETAs and customer tracking links update without check calls. When the delivery is signed, pricing rules calculate the freight charge and the invoice is created from the same record. Trucks carry most of the country's freight, roughly 72.7% of US freight by weight in 2024 (American Trucking Associations), so even small gains in dispatch efficiency add up across a fleet.
Which TMS suits a small trucking company?
A small trucking company needs a TMS with no license fee to recover, nothing to install and the core work covered: loads, dispatch, a driver app, proof of delivery and invoicing. Transportial fits that profile: its Starter plan is free with no end date, it runs in the browser and the driver app runs on iOS and Android.
Small fleets and owner-operators rarely struggle with a lack of features; they struggle with license costs, long implementations and one tool per task. Transportial is built so that a carrier with a handful of trucks can start without any of that. The free Starter plan includes 20 shipments, 10 trips, 10 invoices, 3 internal users and one vehicle per type every month, with no credit card and no end date, and the same account keeps working as volume grows. Dispatchers work in the browser, drivers use the OpenMove app on their own phone, and proof of delivery, shipping documents and the invoice all come from the same transport order. Margins leave little room for office overhead: ATRI puts the average cost of operating a truck in 2025 at $2.336 per mile, 3.4% more than a year earlier (ATRI, 2026), so every hour of paperwork removed counts.
What does a TMS cost for a trucking company?
Transportial charges a trucking company per transaction instead of per user. Each shipment, trip or invoice costs from $0.50 and gets cheaper through volume tiers down to $0.01, while the first 20 shipments, 10 trips and 10 invoices every month are free. There is no monthly minimum and no lock-in.
TMS pricing for trucking companies follows three models: on-premise licenses with long implementation projects, seat-based SaaS billed per user per month, and transactional pricing that charges for the work actually done. Transportial uses the transactional model. Every shipment, trip and invoice counts as one transaction, and all three are pooled into one combined monthly total, so mixing activities still unlocks the cheaper tiers. The rate starts at $0.50 per transaction for the first 500 a month and steps down through $0.40, $0.30, $0.20, $0.10 and $0.05 to $0.01 above 200,000 transactions. Because users are not the cost driver, dispatchers, billing staff and drivers can all work in the same system without a license count to manage. The Starter allowance stays free every month, extra vehicles above the free one per type are priced separately, and enterprise or white-label requirements are quoted on request.
How does a TMS help with driver hours and the driver shortage?
A TMS helps a trucking company get more from every driver hour: dispatch that respects driving-time limits, a driver app that replaces check calls and paperwork, and proof of delivery that turns into an invoice the same day. Transportial covers all three in one platform, from the dispatch board to the signed delivery.
Driver time is the resource every trucking company runs short of, and the industry depends on it at scale: the American Trucking Associations counts 3.58 million truck drivers employed in 2024 (American Trucking Associations). Every hour a driver spends waiting for instructions, calling dispatch or filling in paperwork is an hour not spent moving freight. In Transportial the routing solver plans trips within driving and rest-time constraints, the dispatch board shows driver availability before a load is assigned, and drivers receive each stop in the OpenMove app, chat with dispatch in context and capture signatures and photos at delivery. Remaining driving time is visible per driver as the trip progresses. To check one driver's remaining hours under the FMCSA rules, use the free hours of service calculator. Because proof of delivery lands on the order immediately, billing no longer waits for paperwork.
Trucking software: frequently asked questions
What is trucking software?
Trucking software, or a transportation management system (TMS), is where a trucking company records loads, dispatches trucks and drivers, tracks shipments and invoices customers. It replaces the mix of spreadsheets, a whiteboard, phone calls and manual exports to accounting. Our guide to transportation management systems explains it in depth.
How much does trucking software cost?
Transportial's Starter plan is free with no end date: every month 20 shipments, 10 trips, 10 invoices, 3 internal users and 1 vehicle per type. Above that you pay per transaction from $0.50, and every unit gets cheaper as your volume grows. See pricing.
Is it a good fit for small trucking companies?
Yes. There is no minimum spend and nothing to install: Transportial runs in the browser and the driver app runs on iOS and Android. A small fleet or owner-operator starts free and only pays as volume grows, without switching plans.
Does dispatch account for hours of service?
Yes. Trip optimization assigns shipments to trucks while respecting driving-time limits. To check a single driver's remaining hours under the FMCSA rules, use the free hours of service calculator.
Does it integrate with telematics and accounting software?
Yes. Transportial pulls live truck positions from telematics providers and pushes invoices to accounting software, and anything else connects through the REST API. See all integrations.
Can drivers capture proof of delivery on their phone?
Yes. Drivers capture signatures and photos as proof of delivery in the OpenMove app, and Transportial generates the shipping documents from every load. For a one-off document, use the free bill of lading generator.
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