BEST FREIGHT BROKER SOFTWARE

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Hi All,
I am using Xpert dispatch software and I do not like it as its not very user-friendly. Please suggest which is the best freight broker software which can integrate with our external customers, my customers can log on and add their orders directly, easy to use, user-friendly, good for QuickBooks integration, good to track sales, invoices, attach POD's, must have USD & CAD currency. Easy to update and is made for North American landscape.
 
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shipgr2 said:
Hi All,
I am using Xpert dispatch software and I do not like it as its not very user-friendly. Please suggest which is the best freight broker software which can integrate with our external customers, my customers can log on and add their orders directly, easy to use, user-friendly, good for QuickBooks integration, good to track sales, invoices, attach POD's, must have USD & CAD currency. Easy to update and is made for North American landscape.
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RoseRocket, AVAAL, Transplus, Turvo, TransportPro, Ascend ETC just to name a few. Book some demos and see what works best for you. What works for someone might not work for you, but you definitely need to demo.
 
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shipgr2 said:
Hi All,
I am using Xpert dispatch software and I do not like it as its not very user-friendly. Please suggest which is the best freight broker software which can integrate with our external customers, my customers can log on and add their orders directly, easy to use, user-friendly, good for QuickBooks integration, good to track sales, invoices, attach POD's, must have USD & CAD currency. Easy to update and is made for North American landscape.
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Rose Rocket checks all the boxes. Best in class for ease of use and all the features you are looking for.
 
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Rose Rocket checks all the boxes. Best in class for ease of use and all the features you are looking for.
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Rose Rocket is good, EXCEPT, the reporting functionality are lacking, the order/load tender number sequencing makes no sense, and, the invoice numbers are somewhat over thought.
 
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Hi everyone,

We are currently using a DOS-based software (TEDs) that is being phased out at the end of 2027 as the owners are retiring. We're in the process of trying to find a new software provider, but are having a hard time finding a robust platform that combines both dispatching and accounting (and is Canadian). We're a broker so we have different requirements than a carrier and the accounting portion is very important to us. We've noticed that the new software programs rely on 3rd party accounting software suites like Quickbooks and Sage. We've tried QB in the past with another platform and found it seriously lacking accounting functionality, cross referencing/linking, currency conversions and accruing payables.

Any recommendations on what to try? We're in the process of looking at Roserocket but even though they have a Canadian division they bill in USD and I find they're lacking accounting functionality as they rely on you running your own accounting software.

We'd like an interface that does it all, but not sure where to look.
 
Programs are designed to be specific to the industry. Most TMS software suites manage the cross referencing of loads, PO, BOL, carrier confirmation numbers, compliancy etc very well. After you have invoiced the freight side usually this data is exported to an accounting package for the rest of its life: AR, AP, payroll, exchange, financial statements etc.
The TMS software creators are not knowledgeable with the finance side, and the accounting software is horrible knowing the freight side.
My recommendation is to identify what you spend the most of your time doing. If brokerage is your core competency, get software that does an exceptional job at that because likely 90% of your time you will be working in it. The other 10% you will have to suck it up and manage the accounting package side. We use SAGE and although I say 'stupid program' each and every time I use it, the software gets the job done.
 
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Jim L said:
Programs are designed to be specific to the industry. Most TMS software suites manage the cross referencing of loads, PO, BOL, carrier confirmation numbers, compliancy etc very well. After you have invoiced the freight side usually this data is exported to an accounting package for the rest of its life: AR, AP, payroll, exchange, financial statements etc.
The TMS software creators are not knowledgeable with the finance side, and the accounting software is horrible knowing the freight side.
My recommendation is to identify what you spend the most of your time doing. If brokerage is your core competency, get software that does an exceptional job at that because likely 90% of your time you will be working in it. The other 10% you will have to suck it up and manage the accounting package side. We use SAGE and although I say 'stupid program' each and every time I use it, the software gets the job done.
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We do exactly that. We have a broker specific program for all of our day to day functions that fortunately, does interface with SAGE. Interesting that our people refer to it in exactly the same manner!
 
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