Most TMS vendors will not tell you a price until you sit through a demo. We collected every published figure we could find for 18 systems, plus the third-party estimates for the ones that publish nothing, so you can budget before the sales call.
Published prices, read October 2026 · Sources noted on every row
Shopping for a transportation management system is unlike shopping for almost any other software. Type a vendor name and “pricing” into Google and most of the time you land on a form. The industry standard is to qualify you first, scope your modules, count your seats, and only then produce a number — usually with an implementation fee attached that nobody mentioned up front.
There are reasons for it. Enterprise TMS deployments really do vary by an order of magnitude depending on modules, integrations and data migration. But the effect on a small carrier is that you cannot build a budget without booking four demos, and you cannot tell whether a quote is fair because you have nothing to compare it to.
So here is the whole picture in one place: what each vendor publishes, what model they bill on, and where a third-party directory is the only number available. Every row says which it is. Where a vendor publishes nothing, we have not invented a figure.
Sorted by entry price, cheapest first, with quote-only products at the bottom. Click any system for a full side-by-side.
| System | Bills on | Published entry price | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProTransport | Flat rate | $0 Basic, $125/mo Premium, Enterprise custom | — |
| TruckingOffice | Per truck band | $25/mo Basic or $35/mo PRO, 1–2 trucks | 30 days |
| Truxello | Per truck | $29/mo first truck, $15 trucks 2–10, $12 after | 14 days, no card |
| TruckLogics | Per truck band | $39.95/mo (1–2), $79.95 (3–7), $199.96 (8–14) | 7 days |
| ITS Dispatch | Flat rate | $50/mo (1–2 trucks), $75 Carrier, $99 Carrier Pro, +$5/truck IFTA, $125 one-time setup | None |
| AscendTMS | Per office user | $69 Basic, $119 Premium, $149 Pro, per user/mo | — |
| Tailwind TMS | Per user | $99 Pro, $149 Enterprise, $199 Unlimited, per user/mo | — |
| Truckbase | Quote, with a published floor | $290/mo minimum, billed annually | — |
| Rose Rocket | Platform fee | From $2,080/mo, unlimited users; Enterprise custom | — |
| Alvys | Per load | Advertised from $3.95/load, custom quote, no tiers | Demo only |
| Dr Dispatch | Per seat, quote | None published. Its broker page advertises from $100/user/mo; Software Advice records a $50/user/mo entry point | — |
| LoadStop | Tailored, quote | None published. Tiers start at 5 trucks, each “tailored pricing” plus a one-time setup fee, AI priced separately | — |
| PCS Software | Per user, quote | None published. SelectHub records $410/user/mo; PCS puts implementation at 3–4 months | — |
| Prophesy | Per user, quote | None published. SelectHub records a ~$1,000/mo entry; ITQlick estimates $99–$199/user/mo plus $1,000–$5,000 onboarding | — |
| McLeod | Quote | None published. Directories estimate roughly $100–$150/truck/mo plus implementation | — |
| Trimble | Quote | None published. Independent guides put enterprise TMS implementations at $50K–$250K+ | — |
| Axon | Quote | None published, and we will not guess. Quoted after a demo on modules, users and implementation | — |
| LoadOps | — | No longer sold standalone. Alvys acquired the LoadOps customer base in September 2026 and accounts are migrating to Alvys | — |
Prices are each vendor’s own published figures where one exists, read in October 2026, and are marked as third-party estimates where it does not. Third-party directory figures (SelectHub, ITQlick, Software Advice) are recorded entry points, not vendor quotes, and should be treated as a rough order of magnitude only. Truxello’s row is our list price, which you can check on our pricing section. Vendors change prices; if a row here is out of date, email support@truxello.com and we will correct it.
The sticker price matters less than the meter it runs on. Two carriers with identical revenue can pay very different bills on the same product.
The bill tracks fleet size and nothing else. Running more loads or hiring another dispatcher does not change it. Favours carriers with busy trucks and a growing office; costs more if you have many trucks and a one-person back office.
You pay for everyone who logs in. Favours large fleets run from a tiny office — 40 trucks and one dispatcher is cheap. Punishes you for adding an accountant, a night dispatcher or a safety manager.
The bill tracks freight volume. Favours long-haul fleets that turn high revenue over few loads. Short-haul, regional and dedicated operations running many small loads per truck pay the most, and a good month costs you more than a bad one.
One price for unlimited trucks and users. Expensive for an owner-operator, very cheap once the fleet grows. Watch for add-ons billed per truck on top, which quietly turn a flat rate into a per-truck rate.
A fifth category is really the absence of a model: quote-only. The number depends on what the salesperson scopes, which means your negotiating position is part of the price.
Published prices only, so this covers the vendors that have them. These are list prices, not quotes, and the point is which direction the bill moves — not that one number is always smallest.
| System | Monthly | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ProTransport Basic | $0 | Premium is $125; QuickBooks sync and real-time load alerts sit in custom-priced Enterprise |
| TruckingOffice Basic | $25 | $35 for PRO, which is where the driver app lives |
| Truxello | $29 | Every feature, driver app included |
| TruckLogics | $39.95 | Covers 1–2 trucks |
| ITS Dispatch | $50 | Plus a one-time $125 setup fee on carrier plans |
| AscendTMS Basic | $69 | Per office user; trucks, drivers and loads are never charged |
| Tailwind Pro | $99 | Per user |
| Truckbase | $290 | Published minimum, billed annually |
At one truck the per-truck and per-truck-band products win, because there is almost nothing to meter. TruckingOffice is genuinely cheaper than us here, and ProTransport’s free Basic tier is cheaper still if its feature set covers you.
| System | Monthly | How it gets there |
|---|---|---|
| ITS Dispatch Carrier | $125 | $75 flat + $5/truck for IFTA. Flat rate beats per-truck from roughly 4 trucks up |
| ProTransport Premium | $125 | Flat, unlimited |
| AscendTMS Basic | $138 | 2 users × $69. Drivers and trucks are free, so fleet size is irrelevant |
| Truxello | $164 | $29 + (9 × $15). Office users unlimited and free |
| TruckLogics | $199.96 | The 8–14 truck tier |
| Tailwind Pro | $198 | 2 users × $99 |
| Truckbase | $290+ | Published floor; final price quoted |
| Alvys at $3.95/load | $316 | Arithmetic at 80 loads/month. 200 loads is $790 |
| Rose Rocket | $2,080+ | Platform fee, unlimited users |
This is the band where flat-rate products pull ahead and per-load pricing starts to hurt a busy fleet. ITS Dispatch and a two-seat AscendTMS are both cheaper than Truxello at ten trucks, and we would rather you knew that from us.
| System | Monthly | How it gets there |
|---|---|---|
| ITS Dispatch Carrier Pro | $224 | $99 flat + $5/truck IFTA, unlimited users |
| Truxello | $344 | $29 + (9 × $15) + (15 × $12). The six office users add nothing |
| AscendTMS Basic | $414 | 6 users × $69. Premium is $714 |
| Tailwind Pro | $594 | 6 users × $99 |
| Alvys at $3.95/load | $790 | Arithmetic at 200 loads/month |
The crossover is the ratio of trucks to office staff. A fleet run lean favours per-user pricing; the moment you hire a second dispatcher, an accountant and a safety manager, per-user pricing overtakes per-truck. Work out your own ratio before you compare quotes, because that single number decides which model is cheaper for you.
Alvys columns are arithmetic on its own advertised $3.95 starting rate, not a quote — Alvys publishes no tiers and counts loads its own way, so ask for it in writing. All other figures are published list prices read in October 2026.
A monthly subscription is rarely the whole bill. Before you compare two quotes, make sure both include:
No sales call needed to see what you would be buying. Loads, dispatch, the driver app, invoicing, settlements, IFTA and reports, in one 26-minute walkthrough.
One plan with every feature, unlimited loads and unlimited office users. No setup fee, no contract, month to month, and annual billing gets two months free. Loads handed to a sub-carrier with its own MC/DOT are free. 5 trucks is $89, 10 is $164, 25 is $344. Full pricing
We publish this because we would rather lose a deal on arithmetic than win one in a demo. On this page there are several fleet shapes where a competitor is cheaper than us, and they are marked as such. We are also newer than most of the names above and have far fewer reviews — that is a real difference, not a footnote.
For a carrier under about ten trucks, published prices run from roughly $25 to $125 a month. TruckingOffice starts at $25/month for one or two trucks, Truxello at $29/month for the first truck, TruckLogics at $39.95, ITS Dispatch at $50 plus a one-time $125 setup fee, and ProTransport offers a free Basic tier with a $125/month Premium. Per-user products like AscendTMS ($69/user/month) and Tailwind ($99/user/month) cost more for a single truck but do not charge for trucks at all. Above that, Truckbase publishes a $290/month minimum and Rose Rocket starts around $2,080/month.
Enterprise TMS deployments vary enormously with modules, seats, integrations and data migration, so vendors prefer to scope the work before quoting. McLeod, Trimble, Axon, PCS, Prophesy, Dr Dispatch, LoadStop and Alvys all quote after a demo. The practical consequence for a small carrier is that you cannot budget without booking several demos, and you have no benchmark for whether a quote is fair. Ask for a written quote that separates subscription, setup and any per-module fees.
It depends entirely on your ratio of trucks to office staff. Per-user pricing is cheaper for a large fleet run from a very small office: 25 trucks with one dispatcher on AscendTMS Basic is $69/month against $344 on Truxello. Per-truck pricing is cheaper once the office grows: the same 25 trucks with six office staff is $414/month on AscendTMS Basic against $344 on Truxello, because Truxello does not charge for office users. Count your current and planned office headcount before comparing.
Nothing, if you run few loads for high revenue. Per-load pricing means the bill rises with freight volume, so short-haul, regional and dedicated operations running many loads per truck pay the most, and a busy month costs more than a slow one. At ten trucks Truxello is $164/month at any load count, while $3.95-per-load arithmetic reaches $316 at 80 loads a month and $790 at 200. If you are being quoted per load, model it at your real volume and at double it.
Setup and implementation fees, per-truck add-ons on a supposedly flat plan (IFTA at $5 per truck is $125/month on 25 trucks), modules sold separately such as AI features or QuickBooks sync, whether you need your own DAT or Truckstop subscription for load board access, whether the driver app is included or restricted to a higher tier, annual prepay requirements, and the contract term. Ask for total first-year cost rather than a monthly figure.
Free trials are uncommon in this category. TruckingOffice offers 30 days, Truxello 14 days with no credit card, and TruckLogics 7 days. ITS Dispatch has no free trial, and the quote-only enterprise products are demo-and-quote rather than self-serve. If trying the software on real freight before committing matters to you, that narrows the field considerably.
A spreadsheet works until the cost of a mistake exceeds the cost of software. The usual breaking points are a missed invoice, a settlement dispute you cannot reconstruct, or an IFTA quarter rebuilt from trip sheets. At $25–$40 a month for the entry tiers, one recovered invoice typically covers a year. We wrote a longer comparison in TMS vs spreadsheets.
Not always, and this page shows where it isn’t. TruckingOffice is cheaper at every fleet size. ProTransport has a free Basic tier. ITS Dispatch is flat-rate and cheaper from roughly four trucks up. AscendTMS is cheaper for a big fleet run by one or two people. Truxello is usually the lowest-cost option for an asset-based carrier that wants every feature included, a real driver app, AI rate confirmation parsing and unlimited office users on a published per-truck price.
Each page covers pricing model, feature gaps in both directions, and where that product is the better choice.