Hemut Command
Who it fits: Asset-based trucking carriers. Hemut Command is a TMS built for asset-based trucking carriers; it is not built for pure freight brokerages.
Price: $99 a month includes 3 trucks, then $29 per truck for trucks 4 to 15 and $24 per truck for trucks 16 to 30, so a 10-truck fleet pays $302 a month on Command. Fleets over 30 trucks get a quote. Every plan is on the pricing page.
Free trial: 30 days with no load limit and no credit card to start. There is no free tier.
Good at: Taking the retyping out of the office. Rate confirmations (PDFs) and EDI 204 load tenders are read into loads, and AI voice agents make routine check calls to drivers and record the answers on the load. Driver settlements and invoices are built from that same load record, invoices sync with QuickBooks, and IFTA reports come from imported EFS fuel card transactions and the fleet's own miles. Truck positions from Samsara, Motive, Geotab or Omnitracs show ETAs and arrival times on each load. Factoring paperwork and maintenance records, which many carriers buy separately, are covered too. And Hemut works alongside McLeod: a carrier on McLeod can add Hemut's automation without replacing McLeod first.
Watch for: Hemut is newer than the legacy platforms, McLeod included, so it has fewer years of installs behind it. There is no free tier, and Hemut costs more than TruckingOffice at every fleet size TruckingOffice publishes a price for (see both on the Hemut pricing page and the TruckingOffice pricing page). Its EDI support reads 204 load tenders, so check any other EDI message your customers need before you switch.
Truckbase
Who it fits: Growing asset-based carriers. Its home page says it is turnkey at 5 trucks and powerful enough for 50.
Price: Priced per truck, per driver, per load or as a flat annual rate, with a stated minimum of $290 a month billed annually. No other rate is published on its pricing page.
Free trial: None on its pricing page, which offers a free demo.
Good at: Built for the same buyer as Hemut. Its home page lists QuickBooks sync, driver settlements by load and driver, an AI load importer, EDI, a customer portal and connections to over 30 ELDs, and its pricing page includes free live onboarding and unlimited US-based support.
Watch for: The minimum is billed annually, so you commit to a year up front. Factoring, routing and fuel card integrations are marked "coming soon" on its home page, so check them if you rely on any.
AscendTMS
Who it fits: Brokers, carriers, 3PLs and shippers. It is priced per office user rather than per truck, which suits a fleet with many trucks and a small office.
Price: $69 (Basic), $119 (Premium) or $149 (Pro) per user a month, with no setup fee or contract, and no charge for drivers, trucks or loads, per its pricing page.
Free trial: 30 days free.
Good at: A long feature list for the money. Its pricing page lists over 140 pre-installed integrations, invoicing, driver and carrier settlements, driver pay reports, IFTA reports, document management and driver tracking by text message, with setup, support and training free.
Watch for: The bill grows with every office user, and full accounting (receivables and payables) needs Premium. AscendTMS has long been marketed as a free TMS, but its pricing page showed no free plan when we checked, only the 30 day trial, so confirm what you are signing up for.
TruckingOffice
Who it fits: Owner-operators and small fleets that want simple load and trip entry at a low, flat monthly price.
Price: Basic is $25 a month for 1 to 2 trucks, $55 for 3 to 7 and $90 for 8 or more; Pro is $35, $75 and $130 for the same sizes. PC*MILER mileage is an add-on from $5 a month. All on its pricing page.
Free trial: 30 days, no credit card.
Good at: Simple, predictable billing: a flat price by fleet size, no per-user fees and no contract, per its pricing page. The Pro product adds a load planner and handles both full truckload and LTL.
Watch for: Its pricing page describes load and trip entry, mileage and user accounts. It does not describe ELD tracking, driver settlements or automation, so ask about any of those you need before you compare on price alone.
Alvys
Who it fits: Fleets and brokers that want an AI-forward TMS with many integrations, billed per load rather than per truck or per user.
Price: Not published. All three plans are quoted on your load volume, with no setup fee and month-to-month terms, per its pricing page.
Free trial: 14 days on the Foundations plan.
Good at: Integrations come in the box. Its pricing page includes QuickBooks, ELD, fuel card and factoring connections on the base plan, includes EDI partners on the higher plans (2 on Growth, 5 on Scale), and lets you add as many dispatchers as you need.
Watch for: You cannot work out your bill before a sales conversation, and its pricing page says most operations are live in under 2 to 4 weeks, so plan for a short gap before you dispatch on it.
Rose Rocket
Who it fits: Carriers and brokers that want a configurable platform, with no-code workflows and a vendor-led implementation.
Price: Starting at $2,080 a month for the Full Service Platform with unlimited users; Enterprise is custom, per its pricing page.
Free trial: None on its pricing page, which offers a sales call and demo.
Good at: Configurability and finish. Its pricing page includes unlimited custom fields, boards and automations, all of its AI agents, 40+ integrations, SOC 2 Type II certification and white-glove implementation with a 90 day go-live.
Watch for: The entry price sits far above the small-fleet tools here, and a 90 day go-live, per its pricing page, is closer to a McLeod-style rollout than to a same-week start.
PCS
Who it fits: Asset-based carriers running 50 to 1,000 trucks, per its carrier page.
Price: Not published; its carrier page offers a demo request.
Free trial: None on its carrier page.
Good at: Dispatch AI and back office depth for larger fleets. Its carrier page describes Cortex AI for load opportunities and backhauls, an accounting module covering AR/AP, payroll and driver settlement, and a free mobile app for drivers.
Watch for: It is sized for bigger fleets than most readers of this page run, and its FAQ says most carriers are up and running 30 to 90 days after signing, per its carrier page.
