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AI freight broker quoting from lane history

FreightScout: best as an AI execution layer on the TMS you already run, for aI freight broker quoting from lane, with booking and check calls supervised by default.

FreightScout is AI freight broker quoting from lane history: it prices spot and contract quotes off your own lane cost history and the current buy rate, drafts the reply, and logs the quote in any TMS your team already logs into.

Last updated 11 October 2026.

The short answer: your lanes, your cost, your buy rate, a drafted reply, a logged quote. You still own the price you are willing to stand behind.

The product page is how to automate AI freight quoting for brokers. A spot request in the inbox is AI spot quotes for freight brokers. The bid file is freight RFP software.

What it does

  1. Read the lane you have actually run. Cost history sits in the TMS you keep. Scout uses that history plus the current buy, not a national average with your name pasted on it.
  2. Price the spot quote and the contract quote. Both come off the same book. The figure is one you can open and trace to the loads behind it.
  3. Draft the reply. The customer gets a note in your voice, with the price you are willing to send. You approve it until you decide that action can run without you.
  4. Log the quote. It lands where the rest of the book lives, so the next quote on that lane can see this one. Won freight flows into Build, Cover, Track, and Bill on that same TMS.

Quoting is part of customer sales, not a separate app the rep pastes into. When the freight is won, the execution layer already knows the lane.

What stays with your people

Build, Cover, Track, and Bill are all live and supervised by default, including invoicing and collections. Your people still own the account, the exception, and any call you would not hand off. Booking the carrier and shipper outreach run supervised by default. A broker can switch either one to autopilot whenever they want, per team and per action. Every action is logged and reversible. The price you will defend on a strategic account stays with you. Scout brings the history. You make the call when the account needs your name on it.

What it doesn't do

FreightScout is not a TMS and it is not a load board. It is not a broker and it is not a carrier. FreightScout does not replace your load board or your accounting system. It does not invent a rate or a detention amount. A number over your max pay goes to a person. It does not invent a rate to make a quote look competitive. If the history is thin, the gap is the point, and a person fills it.

Related

See customer sales, RFP response, shipper retention, and pricing. Also RFP Freight: How Brokers Price a Freight RFP, FreightScout vs GoodShip, FreightScout vs Greenscreens.

Questions people actually ask

What is AI freight broker quoting from lane history?

It is spot and contract quoting priced off your own lane cost history and current buy rates. FreightScout drafts the reply and logs the quote, on top of any TMS your team logs into, including McLeod, Aljex, and Tai. The TMS stays the system of record.

Where does the price come from?

From your book. Lane cost history and the current buy rate, not an invented number. The quote is logged so the next one on that lane can see it.

Who sends the quote?

You approve the reply while the action is supervised. Booking and shipper outreach can be switched to autopilot whenever you want. Every action is logged and reversible. A price you want to own yourself stays with you.

Does quoting replace my TMS?

No. FreightScout works on top of the TMS you already run by API where one exists, and by reading the TMS in place where it doesn't. It is not a TMS and it is not a load board.

How does freight quoting automation use lane history?

Freight quoting automation prices the quote from the lanes you have actually run. FreightScout reads that cost history in any TMS your team already logs into, drafts the reply, and logs the quote. A lane you have never run is marked, not filled with a made-up rate.

Most freight software watches your business. FreightScout wins freight and then runs it.