Rate Shopping

Every carrier, every quote, in seconds

Stop logging into carrier portals. FreightCake's rate engine shops every carrier you have access to in parallel — and normalizes the accessorials so the cheapest number is actually the cheapest.

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Avg quote response

30+

Carriers compared in parallel

Apples-to-apples

Accessorials normalized

18%

Avg first-month savings

Side-by-side

See every carrier on one screen

Quote, sort, and book from a single rate board. National, regional, contracted — all weighted, all normalized, all in one place.

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Saia

Standard · 3 business days

$284.10

Best value

XPO

Standard · 3 business days

$312.50

Estes

Express · 2 business days

$348.75

Speed

Quote, then book — in under a minute

The fastest path from a customer ask to freight on the road. No portal hopping, no rep callbacks, no 'we'll have to get back to you tomorrow.'

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avg quote

UPS
FedEx
USPS
All shopped in parallel

Live pricing

A pricing engine that thinks like a desk manager

Lane volatility, fuel index, carrier capacity, and your historical performance — all factored into every quote. The cheapest service that wins the load floats to the top.

Live LTL — DAL → CHILIVE

SAIA

3 days

$842

Best value

Old Dominion

2 days

$967

XPO

4 days

$791

Cheapest
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Spend impact

See the savings on every shop

Every quote shows you what you would have paid the incumbent — so the savings are obvious, defendable, and your CFO has the receipts.

Lane spend · 30 days
Legacy TMS$58,420
FreightCake$47,850

You saved

$10,570

18%

Coverage

National + regional, in one search

The big LTL names plus the regional specialists who actually price your weird lanes correctly. No more switching tools to compare.

Wire it in

Pull rates straight into your stack

Webhooks, REST API, and ERP connectors — pipe live rates into your OMS, ecommerce checkout, or quote tool. Show real prices to real customers in real time.

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Why rate shopping on FreightCake actually works

Real normalization, real coverage, and a smart-sort that ranks the carrier most likely to actually win the load.

Every carrier, every quote

One request, every rate — national, regional, and your contracted accounts together. The platform doesn't quietly skip the carrier that has the best price on this lane.

Accessorials, normalized

Liftgate, residential, inside delivery, hazmat — every carrier prices them differently. FreightCake normalizes them into one apples-to-apples number so the cheapest line is actually the cheapest.

Your contract rates plus ours

Plug in your existing carrier accounts and we'll quote them alongside FreightCake's pre-negotiated rates. Pick the winner — every time.

Smart sort, not raw sort

Sort by all-in price, transit time, on-time score, or service guarantee. The platform recommends the cheapest carrier that actually delivers on the promise — not just the lowest sticker.

Every mode in one search

LTL, parcel, and truckload — same quote form, same rate board. Stop pivoting between three different tools just because the box got bigger.

Re-quote on the fly

Order details change? Rerun the rate shop instantly. The agent re-quotes, swaps the carrier if the math changed, and notifies you only if it can't do it cleanly.

Save your favorite quotes

Pin a quote, share a link, send it to a customer for approval. The rate is held; book it later without re-running the shop.

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