**CargoWise**, the platform of WiseTech Global (founded in Sydney in 1994), covers freight forwarding, customs, warehousing and landside road transport in one suite, and WiseTech reports more than 20,000 customers licensed in 193 countries. It is a common choice for international forwarders and customs brokers. Since its Value Pack model, CargoWise publishes a price per logistics transaction (for land transport, US$1.45 per LTL consignment and US$1.95 per container) and has dropped user seat fees for many customers. Operators usually look at alternatives for one of three reasons: their daily work is planning their own trucks and drivers rather than international forwarding files, they need European road-transport specifics such as EU driving-time rules, eCMR or OTM5 data exchange, or they want a system scoped to a smaller operation. None of those make CargoWise the wrong choice for every operator, but they make it worth surveying the market before committing. Below are five alternatives worth evaluating in 2026, with the operator profile each fits best. They are listed in no particular order; the right pick depends on whether your bottleneck is forwarding and customs, road-fleet operations, shipper-side visibility, or an SAP-centred IT landscape. The Descartes Systems Group sells modular solution lines: route planning and dispatch with a driver ePOD app, a shipper TMS for North America and Europe, forwarder and customs systems, e-commerce warehouse management and a global EDI network. It acquired Aljex in 2018 and 3GTMS in 2025. Pochodzenie Founded 1981, HQ in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Najlepszy dla Shippers, forwarders and customs brokers that want routing, customs and network connectivity from one vendor Cennik Not published on the TMS and routing pages; quoted per solution ### Mocne strony * Route and stop-sequence optimisation with vehicle constraints and delivery windows * Customs, trade-compliance and EDI network content * Driver app with signature and photo ePOD and barcode scanning ### Ograniczenia * Prices are not published * Routing, TMS and forwarder systems are separate solution lines * OTM5 and multi-tenancy are not advertised [Visit Descartes →](https://www.descartes.com/) An operational TMS for carriers, forwarders and 3PLs covering orders, planning, execution and invoicing for road, sea, air and rail. Built on the OTM5 data model, with the OpenMove driver app, a published REST API with webhooks and 75+ connectors. Pochodzenie Founded 2021, HQ in Ulft, Netherlands Najlepszy dla Small-to-mid-size hauliers, forwarders and 3PLs that plan their own fleet and subcontractors and want to start without a long project Cennik Per transaction, from €0.50 down to €0.01 with volume, plus fees for users and vehicles beyond the free allowance; free Starter tier up to 20 consignments/month ### Mocne strony * Drag-and-drop plan board with a VRP solver that respects EU driving-time rules * OpenMove driver app with ePOD photos, signatures and eCMR included * OTM5 data model, REST API with webhooks, EDIFACT mapping per partner * Prices published on the website ### Ograniczenia * Younger vendor than the incumbents, with a smaller industry footprint * Customs and trade-compliance depth is narrower than Descartes or CargoWise * No warehouse management system (cross-dock hubs only) [Visit Transportial →](https://transportial.com/) A decision-intelligence platform with real-time visibility across road, ocean, air, rail and ports, and since August 2025 an Intelligent TMS for enterprise shippers (rating, booking, tendering, load building, freight audit). Its logistics-provider business moved to sister company LSP44 in 2026. Pochodzenie Founded 2014, HQ in Chicago, Illinois, USA Najlepszy dla Enterprise shippers that want multimodal visibility and carrier procurement, often next to an existing TMS Cennik Not published (demo and quote) ### Mocne strony * Multimodal visibility with predictive ETAs * Documented REST APIs with webhooks * AI agents that automate carrier communication ### Ograniczenia * Built for shippers; own-fleet management and a dispatch plan board are not advertised * Prices are not published * Overlaps with the tracking a carrier TMS already provides [Visit project44 →](https://www.project44.com/) A cloud TMS for carriers, forwarders and 3PLs, from order to cash: planning views with route optimisation, a driver app, invoicing and self-billing, 100+ integrations and an optional AI add-on (Qargo Intelligence) that reads email and PDF orders and checks invoices. Pochodzenie Founded 2020, offices in Ghent, London and Chicago Najlepszy dla Road carriers, forwarders and 3PLs, including groupage and pallet networks Cennik Annual licence based on transport turnover; no per-user fees; prices not published ### Mocne strony * Route optimisation for groupage and LTL with several engines (PTV, HERE and others) * 100+ integrations, including telematics, accounting and visibility platforms * AI order intake and invoice checking (optional add-on) ### Ograniczenia * Prices are not published * OTM5 and webhooks are not advertised * Road-focused; air freight is not advertised [Visit Qargo →](https://www.qargo.com/) SAP Transportation Management runs embedded in SAP S/4HANA or side by side. It covers multimodal planning with a cockpit, Gantt and map views, optimisation, tendering, freight settlement and charge management, with the SAP Business Network for carrier collaboration and tracking. Pochodzenie SAP SE, founded 1972, HQ in Walldorf, Germany Najlepszy dla Shippers and logistics providers already running SAP S/4HANA that want transport in the same system as finance and inventory Cennik Not published; part of SAP licensing (contact sales) ### Mocne strony * Integration with SAP finance, procurement and warehouse (EWM) * Planning cockpit with optimisation for multimodal transport * Freight settlement and charge management ### Ograniczenia * Requires SAP S/4HANA * No first-party driver app; SAP lists partner apps * Prices are not published [Visit SAP TM →](https://www.sap.com/products/scm/transportation-management.html) ## How to choose between these Three questions usually settle the shortlist: 1. **What is your primary bottleneck — forwarding and customs, or fleet operations?** If you need deep customs and trade-compliance content, Descartes or CargoWise itself remain the strongest fit. If your day-to-day work is planning trucks, allocating drivers and getting invoices out, an operational TMS such as Transportial or Qargo is built for that. 2. **Who are you: a shipper or a transport provider?** project44 and SAP TM are built around shippers and their carriers. Transportial, Qargo and the landside parts of CargoWise and Descartes are built for the companies that run the trucks. 3. **How do you want to pay?** CargoWise and Transportial publish per-transaction prices; Qargo licenses by transport turnover; Descartes, project44 and SAP quote per customer. Ask each vendor what a typical month of your volume costs, including users, vehicles and integrations. If you want to compare Transportial directly against CargoWise, the [side-by-side comparison page](/en/compare/cargowise) covers feature parity at a row level. For a guided walkthrough against your own operation, [book a 30-minute demo](/en/contact). ## Najczęściej zadawane pytania What is the best alternative to CargoWise? There is no single best alternative; the right pick depends on your operator profile. For road carriers, forwarders and 3PLs that plan their own fleet, operational TMS platforms such as Transportial or Qargo fit best. For customs and trade-compliance breadth, Descartes is the closest alternative. For shipper-side multimodal visibility, project44 is the specialist. For companies running SAP S/4HANA, SAP TM keeps transport inside SAP. How long does it take to switch from CargoWise to an alternative? It depends on the destination platform and on how many integrations move with you. Telematics, accounting and customer or carrier EDI connections usually take more time than moving the data itself, so list them first and ask each vendor which of them are standard connectors and which need a project. How does CargoWise pricing compare to alternatives? CargoWise publishes Value Pack prices per logistics transaction, for land transport US$1.45 per LTL consignment and US$1.95 per container, and has dropped user seat fees for many customers. Transportial publishes per-transaction prices from €0.50 down to €0.01 with volume, plus fees for users and vehicles beyond the free allowance. Qargo licenses by transport turnover, and Descartes, project44 and SAP TM quote per customer. Is CargoWise an operational TMS or a forwarding platform? Both, with forwarding at its core. CargoWise's strongest functionality covers forwarding, customs and warehousing, and its Transport and Landside products add domestic road and container transport with a dispatch grid and a driver app. Operators whose main need is planning their own trucks and drivers under EU rules often compare it with a dedicated operational TMS. --- Canonical page: https://transportial.com/pl/alternatives/cargowise