Global logistics, on autopilot · Since 1994
Solution · Quote Automation

From enquiry to on-contract quote in seconds.

Freightgate turns your applied contract rates into instant, accurate quotes — across ocean, air, land, and rail. Every price is drawn from the contract you actually agreed to, with surcharges and margin applied automatically, so what you quote is what you can deliver.

Ocean · Air · Land · Rail — one quote engine On contract by default, every quote
The problem

Quoting is slow, manual, and never quite consistent.

When every price is rebuilt by hand from scattered rate sheets, enquiries wait hours and the same lane comes back quoted three ways. Off-contract numbers creep in, margin gets guessed, and the answer depends on who happened to pick up the request.

The approach

Auto-quote from the rates you already apply automatically.

Freightgate builds every quote from your applied contract rates, adds surcharges and your margin rules, and returns a customer-ready price in seconds — on contract by default, the same way, every time.

How it works

From enquiry to priced offer, in four steps.

The same logic runs on every enquiry, automatically, so the quote you send is on contract and ready to win the booking.

1

Receive enquiry

Take in the lane, mode, and details by web form, email, EDI, or API, into one place to be priced.

2

Apply contract rates

The right contract rate, surcharges, and your margin rule are selected automatically against your policy.

3

Generate quote

An all-in, customer-ready price is built in seconds — on contract by default, the same way every time.

4

Send & track

Deliver the quote as a branded PDF, email, or portal offer, and follow it through to won or lost.

Capabilities

What quote automation does.

Instant multi-mode quotes

Price ocean, air, land, and rail from one engine. An enquiry becomes a complete, comparable quote in seconds, not a half-day of lookups.

Contract rates applied automatically

Every quote pulls from your applied contract rates, so the number you send is one you can honour — no off-contract pricing slipping out the door.

Margin & markup rules

Apply your markup logic by lane, mode, customer, or service level — so margin is built into every quote consistently, not added by guesswork.

Customer-ready output

Send the quote as a branded PDF, by email, or straight to a customer portal — the same priced offer, however your customer wants to receive it.

Quote templates & branding

Reusable templates carry your logo, terms, and layout, so every offer goes out looking like you, with nothing rebuilt by hand each time.

Win/loss tracking

See which quotes convert and which don't, by lane, customer, and margin, so pricing decisions are grounded in what actually wins.

In the workflow

Watch a quote build itself, line by line.

Freightgate starts from the applied contract base rate, layers in fuel and accessorials, applies your margin rule, and returns the all-in price — so the quote you send is already on contract and ready to win the booking.

How automated rate decisions feed the quote
What changes

The same enquiry, answered two ways.

Without quote automation
  • Enquiries wait hours while a price is rebuilt by hand.
  • The same lane comes back quoted three different ways.
  • Off-contract numbers slip out the door unnoticed.
  • Margin is guessed, and quotes look different every time.
With Freightgate quote automation
  • A priced, customer-ready offer comes back in seconds.
  • Every lane is quoted the same way, every time.
  • Every price is on contract and one you can honour.
  • Margin is built in by rule, on branded output.
Why it holds up

Built for the scale global supply chains run at.

Seconds Enquiry to quote

A complete, priced offer is built and ready to send in seconds, not a half-day of lookups.

On contract By default

Every quote is drawn from your applied contract rates, so the price you send is one you can honour.

All modes One quote engine

Ocean, air, land, and rail priced from a single engine, so every enquiry is answered the same way.

Fits your stack

Integrates, it doesn't replace.

Freightgate sits above the ERP, TMS, and systems you already run, and feeds quotes out to them through the channels your team already uses. Two decades of integrations mean most of your stack is already live on day one.

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Onboarding

Live in weeks, not quarters.

Connect your enquiry channels and rate sources by EDI and API, or upload the Excel formats you already keep rates in. Delivery is collaborative from kickoff to go-live, so quoting is automated in weeks.

“We view Freightgate as a strategic technology partner. The net result of the relationship is a competitive advantage in the marketplace.” Nestlé Waters North America
SecondsEnquiry to customer-ready quote
On contractEvery quote checked to your rates
Questions

What buyers ask first.

How does Freightgate know which rate to quote?

Every quote is built from your applied contract rates, with surcharges and your margin rule applied automatically. The right rate for the lane and mode is selected against your policy, so the price is on contract by default.

How does an enquiry reach the quote engine?

Take in enquiries by web form, email, EDI, or API, into one place to be priced. Because Freightgate has two decades of integrations in the library, most of your channels and systems are already live, so connecting is a matter of weeks, not quarters.

Can we control margin and branding on quotes?

Yes. Apply your markup logic by lane, mode, customer, or service level, and send the result on reusable templates that carry your logo, terms, and layout, so margin is consistent and every offer looks like you.

Which modes can it quote?

Ocean, air, land, and rail, including multi-mode comparisons, all from one quote engine, so every enquiry is answered the same way no matter how the freight moves.

Where do the rates behind the quotes come from?

From Rate Management, where your contracts are applied automatically on every shipment. Quote Automation draws on those same applied rates, so the number you send and the rate you booked match.

See quoting go from hours to seconds — on your own lanes.

Bring one lane and one rate sheet. We'll show you an on-contract quote build itself, ready to send.

Faster response to enquiries On-contract pricing by default Consistent margin every quote Customer-ready output