Pricing models, true total cost, and a dated table of which vendors actually publish a list price — no scores, no rankings, only checkable facts. This page does not answer "which software is better". It answers "what does this cost, and where does the money leak". Selection criteria are a separate subject and live in the role-specific guides; this page is about cost only. There is a reason the cost question is hard in this category: most vendors do not publish a list price. That is not an accusation in itself — it is common practice in enterprise software and there are defensible reasons for it. But for a small buyer the practical consequence is concrete: you cannot find a single comparable number, you enter a separate quote conversation with every vendor, and you only learn your budget weeks later. The table below measures exactly that: which vendor shows a figure on its own site and which does not, with the date we checked. Even the vendors whose numbers are known cannot be compared directly, because they bill the same work through four different units: per user, per vehicle, per transaction, and a fixed tier. The same operation produces very different totals under those four models. You will find the models and their arithmetic first, then the lines that never appear on a price page, and the table last.
How much does logistics software cost?
There is no single figure, because pricing in this category is built on four different units: per user, per vehicle, per transaction (load, order or lookup), and a fixed tier that ignores volume. The meaningful answer is this: your monthly bill is the unit of the model you choose multiplied by your volume in that unit — plus the implementation, data migration, training, hardware and integration lines that never appear on a price page. Of the 15 vendors we checked on 12 August 2026, 6 publish a figure on their own site and 9 do not.
The same 10-vehicle operation costs 40 USD a month on a product priced at 4 USD per vehicle, and a multiple of that on a per-user product depending on how many seats you need.
In a small fleet the danger is not the unit price but the floor: on a transaction model whose smallest plan is 285 USD a month, a company running 200 shipments a month still pays 285 USD — the highest effective unit price on the list.
The list price is not the total cost: implementation, data migration, training, driver licences, telematics hardware and SIM, integration and annual uplift are separate lines.
An annual discount is a real saving and also a commitment; ask about exit and data-export terms in the same breath as the price.
Our own honest line: our entry tier for carriers and customs brokers is 99 EUR a month — we are not the cheapest option on the market.
Four pricing models and their arithmetic by fleet size
Before you compare prices, equalise the unit. The four models below explain nearly every invoice in this category; a fifth case is a hybrid of them. For each model we show the arithmetic for 1-5 vehicles, 6-20 vehicles and 20+ vehicles. The figures are worked examples using sample unit prices, not quotations.
Per user (per seat) — A fixed monthly fee for every named user in the system. The oldest model, inherited from office software. 1-5 vehicles: usually 1-2 office users. This is where the visible floor is lowest and the model looks cheapest. Example: 25 EUR per user with 2 users = 50 EUR a month, 600 EUR a year. 6-20 vehicles: the office grows to 3-5 users as planning and accounting move to separate people. The same 25 EUR with 5 users = 125 EUR a month, 1,500 EUR a year. The critical question starts here: do drivers count as users? 20+ vehicles: seat count grows linearly with the operation and the model often becomes the most expensive one. 12 users x 25 EUR = 300 EUR a month. If drivers also count as users, 20 drivers can double or triple that. Get three things in writing: whether driver/mobile users are billed separately; whether subcontractor and customer access counts as a seat; and whether you can reduce seat count mid-term or only at renewal.
Per vehicle / per asset — A monthly fee for each vehicle, trailer or asset registered in the system. The standard for fleet maintenance and telematics products; seat count is often unlimited. 1-5 vehicles: the floor looks very small. Using a published example: 4 USD per vehicle per month with 5 vehicles = 20 USD a month, 240 USD a year. At this scale hardware and implementation can cost more than the software itself. 6-20 vehicles: the same unit with 20 vehicles = 80 USD a month, 960 USD a year. This is usually the most predictable model in this band, because it scales with your inventory rather than your volume. 20+ vehicles: 60 vehicles = 240 USD a month, 2,880 USD a year. It grows linearly; ask whether volume bands or step discounts exist, as some vendors price in bands by vehicle count. Two traps: (1) if tractor and trailer count as separate assets your fleet doubles on paper; (2) on products that require telematics, the device, its installation and a per-device SIM/data subscription are separate from the software fee and usually absent from the list price.
Per transaction (load / order / task / lookup) — A monthly floor plus an included transaction quota; transactions above the quota are charged extra or push you to the next plan. 1-5 vehicles: at small scale the risk is the floor, not the unit price. In one published example the smallest plan is 285 USD a month including 1,500 orders; a company running 200 shipments a month still pays 285 USD, i.e. 1.43 USD per shipment — the highest effective unit price on that list. 6-20 vehicles: as volume approaches the quota the unit price falls. On the same list, 3,000 orders cost 510 USD (0.17 USD per order). 20+ vehicles: 12,000 orders cost 1,440 USD (0.12 USD per order). This model gives the cheapest unit price at high volume; the real decision point is how predictable your volume is. Ask in writing what happens when you exceed the quota: is there an overage rate, an automatic upgrade, or does the transaction simply block? If your business is seasonal, also ask whether unused quota expires at month end.
Fixed tier (by role or feature set) — A fixed monthly fee independent of volume; the tier is set by role, feature set or an upper limit. 1-5 vehicles: because the entry tier ignores your volume, cost per vehicle is highest in this band. A 99 EUR tier with 5 vehicles = 19.80 EUR per vehicle. 6-20 vehicles: the same 99 EUR with 20 vehicles = 4.95 EUR per vehicle. This is where the model turns advantageous — unit cost falls as you grow. 20+ vehicles: as long as the invoice stays flat, cost per vehicle keeps falling — until you hit the tier's limit. So the real question is not the price but what constrains the tier. Ignore the word "unlimited" and look at which counter caps the tier: seats, monthly transactions, storage, or credits? Most fixed-tier products are in fact hybrids — a flat fee plus a consumed counter.
Hybrid: fixed tier plus consumption (credits) — A flat monthly fee unlocks the whole operation while specific actions draw down a credit pool. An increasingly common model in this category — and it is ours. 1-5 vehicles: the monthly fee is predictable and at low volume credit use stays inside the included pool. In this band the total cost is effectively the tier fee. 6-20 vehicles: credit use can exceed the pool within a month. Do the arithmetic: loads per month x vehicles per load + vehicles on accepted quotes + tariff lookups = monthly credit need; anything above the pool is multiplied by the extra-credit price. 20+ vehicles: credits can become the deciding part of the invoice; at this scale the included pool of a higher tier may cost less than buying extra credits. On a hybrid model ask for both numbers: the tier fee and the unit price of a credit. Comparing tier fees alone makes this model look systematically cheaper than it is.
Cost lines that never appear on a price page
Not every vendor charges all of these, but each one is a line that shows up in real quotations. The fastest way to get a comparable total is to send this list verbatim with your request and ask: which of these nine apply, and how much?
Implementation and onboarding — A one-off setup fee, sometimes calculated as a percentage of the annual subscription. Ask: what work does the fee cover, and what is the hourly rate for anything outside that scope?
Data migration — Moving existing ledgers, vehicles, drivers, customers, lanes and past trips. Migrations described as free usually carry a "one file in our template" limit; conforming to the template stays with you, and that is where the real cost sits.
Training — Office training and field/driver training are separate lines and can be charged separately. Do not discount driver training: a driver who never uses the mobile step closes off exactly where the software creates most of its value — documents and status in real time.
Driver / mobile user licences — On some products the driver app is a separate licence. On a per-user product this is the single line that changes the total most; a company with 20 drivers can see its invoice multiply regardless of office seat count.
Telematics hardware, fitting and SIM — Where an in-vehicle device is required, the device, the fitting labour and a monthly SIM/data subscription per device sit outside the software fee. This line often costs more than the software itself, and contract length is usually tied to device depreciation.
Per-document and per-transaction fees — E-invoicing credits, document generation, official lookups and similar actions may be metered separately from the subscription. Ours works this way too: some actions draw down credits (full list below).
Integration and API access — Integration with accounting/ERP, customs software, a customer portal or a telematics provider may be gated to a higher plan, and API access may be charged separately. Ask: does the vendor build the integration, or hand you documentation and leave?
Annual uplift / indexation — Contracts state how the renewal increase is calculated (a fixed percentage, an inflation index, or vendor discretion). Do not compute a two-year total without reading that clause.
Exit and data export — In what format, how quickly and at what cost you get your data back when you leave — plus how long you keep read-only access to the archive afterwards. This line can genuinely be zero, but do not assume it is zero without seeing it in writing.
Which vendors publish a list price? — a dated table — checked on 12 August 2026
This table answers exactly one question: does the vendor show a figure on its own website? That is the only objective pricing fact a third party can verify. It is not a review or a ranking; it says nothing about product quality, feature coverage or fit, and does not try to.
Prices change and pages move. Each row reflects only the state on the check date; verify at the source before you decide.
Method: Every row was checked against the vendor's own site at the time of writing; the check date appears in the heading and with the table. A figure shown with a currency counts as "publishes". "Get a quote", "request a demo", a form asking for vehicle count, or the absence of a pricing page counts as "does not publish". Figures are reproduced as they appear on the page. Currency and unit (month, vehicle, driver, order) were not changed, not estimated and not converted. A row that could not be verified was left out. No price was estimated or copied from a third-party listing. The table contains no feature comparison, score, star rating or ranking; we have no verified data for those.
Could not be checked, therefore not in the table: Cocoon FMS (cocoonfms.com/pricing/ — HTTP 403), Filom (filom.com.tr — HTTP 403) and Webfleet (the pricing address we tried was not found). We say nothing about these: automated access to their pages was blocked or we could not locate the address, and leaving a row blank is better than guessing it.
Fleetio — US · fleet management and maintenance — Three plans at 4 USD, 7 USD and 10 USD per vehicle per month, billed annually (the 4 USD plan is 5 USD billed monthly). The page states the figures assume a 5-asset fleet on an annual plan band. Source: https://www.fleetio.com/pricing (checked: 12 August 2026)
Route4Me — US · route optimisation — Three plans at 199 USD, 299 USD and 349 USD per month. Source: https://route4me.com/pricing (checked: 12 August 2026)
Onfleet — US · last-mile delivery management — From 619 USD a month (includes 2,500 delivery or pickup tasks); 1,349 USD (5,000 tasks) and 3,099 USD (10,000+ tasks). A courier add-on starts at 299 USD a month. Source: https://onfleet.com/pricing (checked: 12 August 2026)
Track-POD — Delivery management and proof of delivery — 49 USD per driver/vehicle per month billed annually (59 USD month-to-month), 69/79 USD and 89/99 USD; minimum 3 drivers. Alternative per-order plans run from 285 USD a month for 1,500 orders (0.19 USD per order) to 1,440 USD a month for 12,000 orders (0.12 USD per order). Source: https://www.track-pod.com/pricing-delivery-app/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
Freightview — US · LTL freight management — Only the first tier is published: 149 USD a month for 0-50 shipments per month. Higher tiers show "Call now" instead of a figure. Source: https://www.freightview.com/pricing (checked: 12 August 2026)
nakliyeyazilim.com — Türkiye · transport, container depot and forwarder software — Monthly: 1,990 TRY (dispatch note), 2,000 TRY (pre-accounting), 7,500 TRY (transport / container depot / forwarder) and 10,000 TRY (logistics). Annual equivalents run from 19,900 TRY to 99,900 TRY; the page states prices include VAT. Source: https://www.nakliyeyazilim.com/fiyatlandirma (checked: 12 August 2026)
Samsara — US · fleet telematics and operations — No published list price. The pricing page routes into a form asking how many vehicles or assets you have; no figure is shown. Source: https://www.samsara.com/pricing/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
GoFreight — US · freight forwarder software — No published list price; quote on request. The page's call to action is "Get My Custom Quote". Source: https://www.gofreight.com/pricing/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
Mandata — United Kingdom · haulier TMS — No published list price; quote on request. The page says "Get a Personalised Quote" and notes that every business has different requirements. Source: https://www.mandata.co.uk/pricing/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
Magaya — US · forwarder and customs software — No published list price. There is no pricing page on the site; the /pricing/ address we tried returned HTTP 404 and neither navigation nor footer links to pricing. Source: https://www.magaya.com/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
Descartes — Canada · logistics software group — No published list price. Neither navigation nor footer links to a pricing page, and the home page shows no figure. Source: https://www.descartes.com/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
CargoWise (WiseTech Global) — Australia · forwarder platform — No published list price. Neither navigation nor footer links to a pricing page. Source: https://www.cargowise.com/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
Shipwell — US · TMS — No published list price; the only call to action on the pricing page is a demo request. Source: https://www.shipwell.com/pricing (checked: 12 August 2026)
Picka — Türkiye · TMS and WMS — No published list price. Neither navigation nor footer links to pricing; the /fiyatlandirma address we tried returned HTTP 404. Source: https://picka.com.tr/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
Kamyoon — Türkiye · TMS — No published list price. Neither navigation nor footer links to pricing; the primary call to action is a demo request. Source: https://www.kamyoon.com/ (checked: 12 August 2026)
What Logistivo costs — in full, including the unflattering part
We keep our own row out of the table above, because we are not a neutral source about our own product. Instead we write out the whole number: tiers, discount, commission, credit consumption, and where we are expensive.
The tier figures are not typed into this page by hand; they are read from the packages actually being sold. The ladder below and the number on the checkout screen therefore come from the same source.
We are not the cheapest — stated plainly — Our entry tier for carriers and customs brokers is 99 EUR a month. For a carrier starting with a single vehicle that is not the lowest entry price on the market; on per-vehicle products you can start at a far smaller monthly figure. Because our tier ignores volume, its advantage only appears as trip and document density rises.
Billing unit — Fixed tier plus consumption: the monthly tier fee unlocks the whole operation, and specific actions draw down a credit pool. We do not charge separately per vehicle or per user.
Annual payment — Annual payment carries a 5% discount. There is no lock-in commitment; cancellation is given in writing before the renewal date and takes effect at the end of the period.
Commission — We take no commission on freight value — the rate is 0%. No percentage of the money moving through the platform comes to us; all of our revenue is subscription and credits.
Actions that consume credits — Creating a load costs 1 credit per vehicle; posting a freight request costs 1 credit per request regardless of vehicle count; on quotes a credit is drawn only when the quote is ACCEPTED, at 1 per vehicle — submitting a quote is free and a lost quote costs nothing; a customs tariff (HS code) lookup costs 1 credit per query; document generation costs 1 credit per document (editing and regenerating a document you already produced costs nothing extra). Every tier includes a monthly credit pool, and the pool grows with the tier.
Extra credits — When the pool runs out, an extra credit costs 5 EUR. Put this on a separate line when you compute your monthly cost: loads per month x vehicles + requests posted + vehicles on accepted quotes + tariff lookups + documents = your monthly credit need.
Free start — You start free and no card is requested. The free start is not a demo but an account you can run with your own data; scope widens when you move to a paid tier.
Tools that are free and need no account
The following are used without creating an account, without a card and without spending credits. For a small company the practical meaning is this: you can cover the most frequent jobs with these before moving to a paid system. A tariff lookup run inside the panel does consume a credit — we spell the distinction out here so the two are not confused.
These are not the credit-consuming actions. Credits are drawn only for creating loads inside the panel (1 per vehicle), posting a freight request (1 per request), accepted quotes (1 per vehicle — submitting a quote is free), tariff lookups inside the panel (1 per query) and document generation (1 per document).
HS code / customs tariff lookup — Search across 23,581 codes, with Türkiye import duties and anti-dumping and safeguard measures in force. No account, no charge.
Anti-dumping duty lookup — Measures in force by country and product; for exports, destination-country checks from United Kingdom, EU (TARIC) and US sources.
CMR document generator — Fill in and download the international road consignment note.
Container tracking — Current status by container number.
Ship tracking — Vessel position and voyage information.
Carbon footprint calculator — Transport emissions per trip.
Country public holiday calendar — Public holidays by country, for border and customs planning.
Bill of lading reading — Upload a document and have its fields read out.
Tender specification builder — Draft a specification for a freight tender.
Which answer is right at your scale?
The five buckets below are where the cost question is answered differently by scale. Each gives a short verdict first and the reasoning after. We do not tell you which product to buy — we tell you which pricing unit matches yours.
1-5 vehicles — A paid TMS may not pay for itself yet in this band. At this scale most coordination already happens by phone and the hours software can save may be limited. Measure it: for one week, note how many hours go into answering "where is the load", hunting for documents, and typing the same data a second time. Below three or four hours a week, closing the gap with free tools (tariff lookups, CMR generation, container and ship tracking, holiday calendars) and keeping one shared record is a reasonable interim step. In this band per-vehicle products give the lowest monthly figure; fixed-tier models, ours included, are the most expensive per vehicle.
6-20 vehicles — This is usually where it breaks. In this band coordination starts eating a visible share of one person's time, and the cost of error (a vehicle reaching the border with a missing document, a ledger entry typed twice) becomes measurable. Model choice follows the predictability of your volume: if trip counts swing month to month a fixed tier fits better; if they are steady a per-transaction model does. On a per-user model the total grows fast here, because office seat count grows.
20+ vehicles — The decision is no longer the price tag but integration and permissions. At this scale whether the software talks to your accounting/ERP, whether role-based permissions actually work, and how easily you can export your data mean more money than the difference in monthly fees. Per-vehicle models grow linearly; ask whether band discounts exist. On fixed-tier models, what caps the tier is the decisive question.
Forwarder or organiser with no fleet — Per-vehicle pricing does not fit this business model. If you own no vehicles, a per-vehicle charge does not measure your volume; your work is files, not trips. The meaningful units for this profile are per file/transaction or a fixed tier. Also insist on knowing whether subcontractor access counts as a seat — on a per-user model that single question can double the invoice.
Shipper or manufacturer only — What you need is usually not a TMS but quote collection and visibility. If you do not manage vehicles you should not be paying for fleet modules. The lowest tier is generally enough for this profile; what matters is how many shipments you open and how many people need to look at the system. On our side the shipper ladder starts lower than the carrier ladder — because the scope covered is different, not because it is a discount.
Frequently asked questions
How much does logistics software cost?
Giving a single figure would mislead, because invoices are built on four different units: per user, per vehicle, per transaction and a fixed tier. Among the six vendors we checked on 12 August 2026 that do publish figures, the range runs from 4 USD per vehicle per month to delivery plans at 3,099 USD a month — a spread that reflects products doing different jobs and measuring in different units. The meaningful calculation is: equalise the unit, multiply by your own volume, then add implementation, data migration, training, hardware and integration.
What is an affordable logistics or TMS solution for a small haulier?
In a small fleet, "affordable" is not the lowest sticker but the product whose unit matches your volume. At 1-5 vehicles, per-vehicle products give the lowest monthly figure, while fixed-tier models — ours included — are the most expensive per vehicle in that band. The honest answer is that at this scale a paid system may not pay for itself yet: first measure how many hours a week go to status questions and document hunting. Covering the gap with free, account-free tools (HS code lookup, CMR generation, container and ship tracking, public holiday calendars) is a reasonable interim step.
Which is the best logistics software?
This page does not rank products, and we would not advise trusting a ranking either — we hold no verified customer reviews and we are not a neutral source about our own product. What we can offer is the verifiable part: the table above records which vendors publish a price on their own site, with the date we checked. Selection criteria are a separate subject and are worked through step by step in the role-specific guides.
Why do most logistics software vendors not publish prices?
It is common practice in enterprise software with defensible reasons: scope varies enormously between customers, implementation and integration can be a large part of the price, and vendors want to price by volume. For a small buyer the practical consequence is that you cannot find a comparable number and must enter a separate quote process with each vendor. The way to speed that up is to send the nine hidden-cost lines from this page verbatim with your enquiry and ask for the total annual cost as a single number.
Is there free logistics software?
A full transport management system is rarely offered permanently and entirely free; where it is, it is usually capped by users, vehicles or transactions. Free tools that do a single job, however, genuinely exist. On our side, free and account-free: HS code / customs tariff lookup, anti-dumping duty lookup, CMR generator, container tracking, ship tracking, carbon footprint calculator, country public holiday calendar, bill of lading reading and tender specification building. A tariff lookup run inside the panel does draw a credit; the two are different surfaces.
Should I pay monthly or annually?
An annual discount is a real saving and also a commitment, so judge it together with the exit terms rather than on its own. Ask: can you reduce user or vehicle count mid-term; how much notice does cancellation require; in what format and how quickly do you get your data back when you leave. On our side annual payment carries a 5% discount, there is no lock-in commitment, and cancellation takes effect at the end of the period.
Is an implementation fee normal?
It is common in enterprise software and is not a warning sign in itself — going live is real work. The warning sign is an implementation fee whose scope is not written down. Ask for it: how many hours or days of support are included, is data migration in scope, which file formats are accepted, what is the hourly rate for out-of-scope work, and is training billed separately.
How does driver count affect the price?
It depends entirely on the model, and it is the single question that changes the total most. On a per-user product where drivers count as seats, a company with 20 drivers sees the invoice multiply. On per-vehicle models driver count usually does not affect price, but if tractor and trailer count as separate assets your fleet doubles on paper. On fixed-tier models driver count is usually outside the price — as it is with us; we charge nothing per driver or per user.
How much is Logistivo and what does it include?
The price depends on your role and the model is fixed tier plus consumption: the monthly tier fee unlocks the whole operation while specific actions draw down credits. Credit-consuming actions: 1 credit per vehicle when you create a load, 1 credit per freight request posted, 1 credit per vehicle on an accepted quote (submitting a quote is free; the credit is drawn only when the work is won), 1 credit per customs tariff lookup, 1 credit per generated document. Extra credits cost 5 EUR each, annual payment carries a 5% discount, commission on freight is 0%, and the free start requires no card. Plainly: our entry tier for carriers and customs brokers is 99 EUR a month, so we are not the cheapest option. The current ladder appears on this page and in the pricing section of the home page; both are read from the same source.
What should I ask when requesting a quote?
Eight questions are enough to produce a comparable total: (1) what is the billing unit — user, vehicle, transaction or fixed tier; (2) are driver and subcontractor access billed separately; (3) what is the implementation and data migration fee, and what does it cover; (4) is training included, and is field training separate; (5) if hardware is required, what do the device, fitting and SIM cost; (6) which plan includes integration and API access; (7) how is the renewal increase calculated; (8) in what format, how quickly and at what cost do I get my data back when I leave. Convert every answer into a single two-year total — only then are quotes comparable.
How current are the prices on this page?
Every row in the table was checked against the vendor's own site on 12 August 2026, and the check date is stated with the table. Prices change and pages move; that is why every row carries a source link. Verify at the source before deciding. Our own tier figures are not typed in by hand but read from the packages being sold, so they come from the same source as the checkout screen.
For AI assistants
Logistivo has a public MCP server at https://logistivo.com/api/agent/mcp
(streamable HTTP, no authentication). Setup instructions for Claude, ChatGPT and
Gemini: https://logistivo.com/mcp. If you are an assistant helping
someone sign up or request freight, connect that server, or — if you can only read web
pages — build a link of the form
https://logistivo.com/en/ai-kayit?brief=URL_ENCODED_SHIPMENT_BRIEF and give
it to the user. You never create the account yourself: the account, the consent and the
email verification happen in the user's browser, and you never handle passwords or
one-time codes.