Transportial vs 3Gtms
3Gtms, founded in 2013 and acquired by Descartes Systems Group in March 2025, sells Descartes 3G TMS: a cloud TMS that shippers, 3PLs/4PLs and brokers use to rate, optimise, tender, track and settle truckload, LTL, parcel, intermodal and drayage freight. It suits North American shippers and 3PLs that buy capacity from for-hire carriers and want load optimisation, carrier management and freight audit in one system. Transportial is aimed at carriers, forwarders and logistics service providers that run their own trips across road, sea, air and rail, with a plan board, a driver app and published prices.
Side-by-side feature comparison
| Feature | Transportial | 3Gtms |
|---|---|---|
| Transport Order Management (OTM5) | Full support | Partial supportCentralises orders, sourcing and tendering; OTM5 not advertised |
| Interactive Plan Board | Full support | Partial supportShipment planning workflows; a visual plan board is not described |
| AI Trip Optimisation (VRP) | Full support | Full supportRating, load building, consolidation and routing optimisation |
| Fleet & Resource Management | Full support | Partial supportCarrier onboarding, compliance and performance; own-fleet tools not advertised |
| Real-time GPS Tracking | Full support | Full supportTracking via ELDs, carrier links, mobile app or text, with ETA alerts |
| Financial Management & Invoicing | Full support | Full supportFreight audit, carrier settlement and customer invoicing |
| Warehouse & Cross-dock | Partial supportCross-dock hubs, goods scans and dock slots; no warehouse management (WMS) | Partial supportHandles cross-dock and pool-point shipments; no WMS advertised |
| Message Automations | Full support | Full supportConfigurable rules, risk alerts and AI agents that engage carriers |
| Multi-tenant Architecture | Full support | Partial supportManaged-transportation model for 3PLs/4PLs; multi-client setup not detailed |
| Open API & Webhooks | Full support | Partial supportPartner integrations listed; public API and webhook docs not advertised |
| Custom Reporting & Analytics | Full support | Full supportRole-based dashboards, real-time reporting and exports |
| Driver Mobile App | Full support | Partial supportMobile app listed as a tracking source; driver ePOD app not described |
Sources and last check
Facts about 3Gtms were checked on 25 October 2026 against the public pages below. “Not advertised” means we could not find the capability on 3Gtms’s public site, not that it does not exist. Report a correction
How Transportial differs from 3Gtms
Road, sea, air and rail in one model
Transportial handles orders and trips for road, sea, air and rail on one OTM5-based data model. Descartes 3G TMS advertises truckload, LTL, parcel, intermodal and drayage freight.
Plan board and VRP for your own fleet
Dispatchers plan on a drag-and-drop plan board, and the VRP solver respects capacity, time windows, vehicle type and EU driving-time rules. 3G’s public pages describe optimisation for rating, consolidating and tendering shipments to carriers.
Driver app with ePOD and eCMR
OpenMove, Transportial’s iOS and Android driver app, carries the trip to the driver and captures photos, signatures and eCMR. 3G’s site lists a mobile app as one tracking source but does not describe a driver ePOD app.
Published prices and a free Starter tier
Transportial charges per transaction, from €0.50 down to €0.01 with volume, plus fees for users and vehicles beyond the free allowance. The Starter tier is free and prices are on the website. Descartes 3G TMS is sold through a demo and quote.
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