CargoWise is the WiseTech Global forwarding platform, and buyers look past it when they want a price they can read, a shorter route to a first shipment, or a system sized for a few users. Most weigh Descartes, Magaya or Riege Scope first, then Shipthis for small teams. Rate and inbox tools sit beside a core system.
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What each alternative does differently
1. Descartes Forwarder TMS
Canada
A SaaS forwarding ERP from Descartes Systems Group in Waterloo, Ontario. It covers multimodal shipments, accounting, tracking, rate management and reporting, and the Forwarder Enterprise QW page lists multi-office and multi-currency use. No price is printed, and the pages we read give no implementation timeline.
Switch from CargoWise if you want a cloud forwarding system with multi-office accounting and a quote-based contract.
Descartes Forwarder TMS: complete review · Visit the product page →
Sold on a discovery call and a demo, with no prices printed. Its supply chain page runs quotes, bookings, pickup orders, warehouse receipts, shipments and invoices, with a warehouse system alongside. An Open API offers web services, and the cloud sits in Tier III data centers with SSAE 16 Type II compliance.
Switch from CargoWise if you are a US forwarder that also runs warehouses and wants open web services.
Magaya: complete review · Visit the product page →
Scope TMS from Riege Software in Meerbusch, Germany, combines forwarding with customs for Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States. Airline messaging covers over 200 airlines, and users join the Scope Community. The site routes buyers to a demo request, and a linked ISO certificate is published.
Switch from CargoWise if you clear goods in Germany, Switzerland or the Netherlands and want customs inside the forwarding system.
Riege Scope: complete review · Visit the product page →
A modular German system from Bremen: TMS for general, billing, air and sea work, plus rate management, an eForwarding portal, ATLAS customs, ICS2, CRM and warehouse modules. A REST web service and a BI connector handle outbound data. No prices appear on the product or home pages.
Switch from CargoWise if you work under German customs rules and want to buy only the modules you use.
CargoSoft: complete review · Visit the product page →
5. Shipthis
United States
The only operations system here with a price on its page: $89 per user per month, with shipment, CRM, tariff, quotation, freight accounting and warehouse modules included. The site says most customers go live in nine weeks. QuickBooks, Xero and Sage integrations are listed. An enterprise plan is custom.
Switch from CargoWise if you are a small forwarder who wants a printed per-user price instead of a transaction fee.
Shipthis: complete review · Visit the product page →
6. CDM Web Freight
United States
Houston-based CDM Software Solutions, founded in 1988, lists AES, Sea AMS, ISF, Air AMS and ACAS plus filings for Canada, Japan, the UK, the EU, South Africa and Israel. It adds denied party screening, a mobile app, integrated accounting and separately listed add-on modules. No prices are published.
Switch from CargoWise if you file US security and export declarations and want each filing sold as a named module.
CDM Web Freight: complete review · Visit the product page →
7. Cargo Manager
United States
A New Jersey vendor established in 1987 that bills by the number of user accounts ordered, with no figures shown. Its NVOCC page lists quotes, bookings, export, imports, receivables, a portal, ISF, AES, AMS and EDI, and each install includes two days of online training.
Switch from CargoWise if you run an NVOCC or small US operation that wants seat-based billing and included training.
Cargo Manager: complete review · Visit the product page →
A rate management platform, not a core system: it keeps carrier rates for 30+ LCL and FCL carriers and 90+ airlines and lists CargoWise and TMS or ERP integration. Plans named Automation Lite and Pro differ by service time, with transaction fees and a charge per rate sheet.
Switch from CargoWise if your pain is rate sheets and quoting, and you want a layer in front of an operations system.
Freightify: complete review · Visit the product page →
9. Freightos for Forwarders
Israel
Formerly WebCargo, and a quoting and booking layer rather than a replacement for operations. The forwarder pages describe rate management, quoting and ocean and air booking, 75+ airlines and a free account. Freightos Limited is listed on Nasdaq, and the footer notes SOC 2 Type II.
Switch from CargoWise if you want free-to-start rate and booking tools beside your existing system.
Freightos for Forwarders: complete review · Visit the product page →
10. Logixboard
United States
Helm reads connected mailboxes and matches emails to files in the TMS, then writes updates back. It is priced by mailbox count: $1,000 a month for 1 to 10 mailboxes, $2,250 for 11 to 25 and $4,000 for 26 to 50, with unlimited users. Portal shows shippers milestones and documents.
Switch from CargoWise if inbox load and shipper visibility, not the core system, is what you want to fix.
Logixboard: complete review · Visit the product page →
A London company that sells AI agents for document work: extraction for customs, invoice matching and exception flagging. It writes into a system the forwarder already owns and does not hold the shipment record or accounting. The site offers a demo booking and a Vanta trust center, and no prices.
Switch from CargoWise if you want to cut manual document entry and keep running your current operations system.
Raft: complete review · Visit the product page →
Questions and answers
Can I export my data from CargoWise?
The pages we read do not state an export format, so ask WiseTech for a written sample export. Request completed jobs with charges, customer history and your rate library, and ask who owns each if the contract ends.
Do I pay per user in CargoWise?
Not for many customers on Value Packs. The page says user seat fees and standard cloud hosting fees are not charged for many of them, and cost follows a per-transaction Automation Fee. Check whether your account qualifies before comparing seat-based quotes.
How do I switch an existing CargoWise account to a Value Pack?
Raise an eRequest through the myaccount portal and the team follows up. The Value Pack page does not describe contract terms, notice periods or renewal, so ask for those in writing.
Can the Automation Fee be passed on to customers?
Yes, it can be treated as a disbursement. By default the Forwarding and Customs Broker packs do this, and the other two packs do not. At your discretion you may book it as an overhead instead.
Which CargoWise modules would I need to replace?
Forwarding, customs, warehouse, landside, transport and carrier connectivity are listed on the homepage. Map which of these your team uses, since an alternative may cover only part. Rate and inbox tools replace none of them.
Does CargoWise publish security certifications?
The pages we read show none. Ask WiseTech for its current certificates and hosting terms, and compare them with Magaya's SSAE 16 Type II statement, Freightos's SOC 2 Type II note and Riege's ISO certificate.
