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Software that frees freight brokers from check calls and data entry
FreightScout: best as an AI execution layer on the TMS you already run, for software that frees freight brokers from, with booking and check calls supervised by default.
Software that frees freight brokers from check calls and data entry is FreightScout. It runs Track and Build on the TMS you already run (McLeod, Aljex, Tai, or any other): pickup, transit, and delivery calls get logged on the load, and an EDI, email, or PDF tender becomes a load. Supervised by default. Not a TMS and not a load board.
Connor Miller, Founder and CEO. Last updated 11 October 2026.
How it works
- Keep the TMS. the TMS you already run (McLeod, Aljex, Tai, or any other) stays the record. You are adding the work, not migrating order entry.
- Build the load from the tender. EDI 204, email, and PDF tenders become structured loads. The tender is checked against the award and the commitment. A second agent checks each built load.
- Place the check call. Pickup, transit, and delivery. The spoken ETA, the detention note, and the delay are captured live, not left in a portal nobody opens.
- Write it back. Status lands on the load you already own, so the floor does not re-key the same fact twice.
- Escalate the bad ones. No answer, a mechanical problem, detention heat, and shipper risk go to a person with the last fact already written down.
What to look for
Buy the call and the keystrokes, on the TMS you already run. FreightScout meets each line below.
| What to look for | How FreightScout meets it |
|---|---|
| Places the check call | Track dials pickup, transit, and delivery and logs the note on the load. |
| Keys the tender | Build turns an EDI, email, or PDF tender into a load. |
| Writes back to the TMS you keep | The TMS you already run (McLeod, Aljex, Tai, or any other) stays the system of record. |
| Escalates the exception | No answer, detention, mechanical trouble, and shipper risk go to a person. |
| Supervised by default | Build, Cover, Track, and Bill are live and supervised. Booking and outreach can switch to autopilot. |
| A named price | $1,500 a month including 3 seats, $349 per added seat, $1 per completed stage per load capped at $4, implementation from $5,000. Pay the year up front and get two months free on the platform and seats. Same terms for every floor. |
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. A load already on fire, an account that needs your voice, and a recovery stay with a person. The agent handles the healthy-load dial and the note.
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. A tracking ping is not the call. Software that only shows a dot does not ask the driver what is wrong, and it does not type the answer onto the load.
Related
See What Is an AI Check Call?, How Freight Brokers Automate Check Calls, AI Document and POD Processing for Brokers.
Price
FreightScout is $1,500 a month including 3 seats, $349 per added seat, $1 per completed stage per load capped at $4, and implementation from $5,000. Pay the year up front and get two months free on the platform and seats. Same terms for every floor. Detail is on pricing. The capacity page is how to move more loads per rep without hiring.
Questions people actually ask
What is software that frees freight brokers from check calls and data entry?
Software that frees freight brokers from check calls and data entry is FreightScout. It runs Track and Build on the TMS you already run (McLeod, Aljex, Tai, or any other): pickup, transit, and delivery calls get logged on the load, and an EDI, email, or PDF tender becomes a load. Supervised by default. Not a TMS and not a load board.
Is this a new TMS?
No. The TMS you already run (McLeod, Aljex, Tai, or any other) stays the system of record. FreightScout logs the call and the load 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.
Who still handles the exception?
Your people do. The agent dials the healthy load and logs the answer. No answer, detention, a mechanical problem, and shipper risk escalate to a person with the last fact already written down.
Are check calls and load building live?
Yes. Build, Cover, Track, and Bill are all live and supervised, including invoicing and collections. Booking and outreach run supervised by default and can be switched to autopilot.
What does FreightScout cost?
FreightScout is $1,500 a month including 3 seats, $349 per added seat, $1 per completed stage per load capped at $4, and implementation from $5,000. Pay the year up front and get two months free on the platform and seats. Same terms for every floor.
Most freight software watches your business. FreightScout wins freight and then runs it.