AscendTMS

Plans and prices

From AscendTMS's own pricing page, read 14 October 2026. Every plan →

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Product

AscendTMS is transportation management software for freight brokers, carriers, fleets, 3PLs, and shippers.

Load management

Features include load management, load financials and profit monitoring, branch and department management, route review, and load documentation.

Load boards

The pricing page says load searching, posting, and truck matching are included, but accessing DAT or Truckstop.com services requires a paid subscription to those services.

Carrier tracking

AscendTracker can use a text message to obtain a driver's GPS location and status without requiring a driver app.

Load board posting

The product page says users can post loads to as many as 53 load boards, and notes that load board subscriptions may be required.

Integrations

The maker says AscendTMS has integrations with load boards, financial institutions, factoring companies, GPS tracking services, and communication providers.

Carrier vetting

AscendTMS includes carrier verification, qualification, and fraud detection based on a carrier's MC or DOT number.

Accounting

Premium adds accounts receivable and payable management, advances, customer statements, and Excel financial exports.

PRO features

PRO includes live shipper profiles and leads, e-signatures, KPI reporting, outbound EDI, and order management.

No setup or contract

The pricing page states there are no setup fees or contract periods and that subscriptions are billed monthly with cancellation at any time.

Support

Support lists phone and email assistance during Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, with email or a form available outside those hours.

Hosting

The company About Us page says its servers use Amazon Web Services Cloud.

Platforms

The maker describes AscendTMS as a web-based platform and says e-signature recipients can sign from a phone, tablet, PC, or Mac.

Company history

The About Us page says InMotion Global's founder led the company and that the first version of Ascend TMS was created in 2002.

Freight modes

road

Load tendering

Yes

EDI/API access

Yes

Analytics level

advanced

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