Day one
Company and defaults
Company details, country, time zone and currency; your first branch; numbering for quotes and shipments; a starter catalogue of freight charge codes, payment terms and tax codes; and the default document rules.
For small and growing forwarders
Freight forwarding software for small forwarding businesses
Tranvoro gives a small forwarding team one system for the whole job — quote, shipment, documents, charges, invoice and payment — instead of a quote spreadsheet, a shipment tracker, a shared drive and an accounting package that never agree. Priced by team size, with no per-shipment fees.
30-day free trial · No credit card required
Who it is for
Built for teams where everyone does a bit of everything
Tranvoro suits independent forwarders, owner-operators and teams of a few people up to a few dozen who handle air, ocean or road files across import, export and domestic work. In a small team the person who quotes a lane often books it, chases the documents and raises the invoice. That only works if the information follows the job rather than living in whoever's inbox it arrived in.
It is a good fit if you recognise any of these:
- a quote is a spreadsheet tab, and the shipment is re-keyed from it when the customer says yes;
- you find out a file lost money when the supplier invoice arrives weeks later;
- "has the B/L come in?" means searching email;
- invoices are typed into accounting from a list of charges kept somewhere else;
- customers phone or email for status updates you already have.
The workflow
One shipment from quote to payment — an example
An illustration using the demo workspace: an ocean import of one 40' container from Yantian to Long Beach for a customer called Northwind Traders.
Quote
Sales prices ocean freight and destination THC with buy and sell rates. Margin shows 29.1% before the quote is sent. How quoting works
Approve
The customer accepts through a secure link that shows sale prices only — never your costs.
Shipment
Converting the quote creates the shipment with route, cargo, parties and charges. Sale lines become receivables; costs become expected payables.
Documents
The checklist for an ocean import shows what is still missing; files are uploaded to the shipment and shared with the customer when ready. How documents work
Costs land
Supplier costs are added or matched to vendor invoices, in their own currency, and profit updates as they arrive.
Invoice and get paid
The customer invoice is built from the receivable charges, approved, posted and emailed. Payments are allocated against it and the open balance updates.
Set up during the trial
What you can have running in the 30-day trial
The trial is the full product, not a demo account. A guided setup takes you through the decisions that matter, and you can come back to any of them later in Settings.
Your data
Customers and parties
Add customers, carriers and agents by hand, or import them from a CSV file with duplicate checking. Shipments can be imported from CSV too.
Explore safely
Optional demo data
Generate a sample workspace — badged demo shipments, quotes and invoices — to explore with, then remove it in one click without touching anything you created.
Your team
Invite colleagues
Invite internal users with business roles such as operations, sales or accounting, and restrict users to specific branches if you have more than one.
Your brand
Quote and document layout
Choose how your quote PDF looks from approved layout blocks, with your logo and company details.
Customers
Customer portal
Invite a customer's users to the portal to see their shipments, milestones and shared documents. Portal users are free and unlimited.
How the customer portal worksHelp when you need it. Email support@tranvoro.com with questions during setup, or book a demo to walk through your own workflow with us. Dedicated onboarding and data-migration assistance are part of the Enterprise plan.
Pricing for small teams
Priced by team, not by shipment
Every plan includes the full platform, unlimited shipments, unlimited branches and unlimited customer portal users. You pay for internal users:
- Solo — $59.99/month with 1 internal user included.
- Team — $199.99/month with 5 internal users included.
- Additional internal users are $39.99/month each on any plan.
Prices are in US dollars. Annual billing and the full comparison are on the pricing page.
| Team | Solo | Team | Lower cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 internal user | $59.99 | $199.99 | Solo |
| 2 internal users | $99.98 | $199.99 | Solo |
| 3 internal users | $139.97 | $199.99 | Solo |
| 5 internal users | $219.95 | $199.99 | Team |
| 8 internal users | $339.92 | $319.96 | Team |
Storage differs too: 10 GB on Solo, 50 GB on Team. Adding users never blocks and never upgrades you automatically; the Billing page recommends a cheaper plan when one exists.
Coverage and limits
What is supported today
Modes and services
Air, ocean and road; import, export and domestic; FCL, LCL, FTL, LTL, groupage and air cargo; house and master shipments and consoles.
Currencies
Charges can be in any currency with the exchange rate stored on the line. Company totals and reports use USD as the base currency today.
Branches and roles
Unlimited branches on every plan. Seven business roles control who can quote, operate, invoice and approve, and users can be limited to their branches.
Language
The application is in English today.
Rates
You enter your own buy rates. Tranvoro does not provide carrier rates or connect to rate marketplaces.
Customs
Customs paperwork and status are tracked on the shipment; declarations are not filed to customs authorities from Tranvoro.
Choosing a system
Spreadsheets, Tranvoro, or a larger enterprise system?
Small forwarders usually weigh three options. The right one depends on how many people touch a file and what you need the system to connect to — not on which is newest.
| Spreadsheets and email | Tranvoro | Larger enterprise systems | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usually fits when | One or two people run every file end to end | A small team shares files between sales, operations and accounts | Many offices, high volumes, a dedicated IT or implementation team |
| Quote to invoice | Re-typed between tools | One record from quote to payment | Ask how much of the flow is configured for you, and by whom |
| Profit per shipment | Known after month-end reconciliation | Updates as costs are recorded | Ask which reports are included and which are extra |
| Getting started | Already in place | Sign up and start a 30-day trial yourself | Ask whether there is a sales process, a setup fee or an implementation project |
| Pricing to check | Your time and the errors | Per internal user; shipments, branches and portal users unlimited | Ask whether pricing is per user, per shipment or per module |
| What it will not do | Show what is missing or who is waiting | File customs declarations, supply carrier rates, connect by EDI | Depends on the product — ask for the integrations you need |
Still deciding whether you need software at all? Excel vs freight forwarding software walks one sample shipment through both and lists the signs a spreadsheet has been outgrown. Pricing models and the costs beyond the subscription are covered in how much freight forwarding software costs.
After you sign up
What happens when you start the free trial
Create your login
Name, work email and a password. No credit card, no company details yet.
Verify your email
We send a link to confirm the address. Your workspace is created the moment you click it — not before.
Your 30-day trial starts
On the plan you picked on the pricing page (Team if you did not pick one), with the full platform — the same product as every paid plan.
Guided setup
Name the company, set country, time zone and currency, and choose whether to set up your real data, explore with demo data first, or start empty.
Run a real file
Quote a lane you priced recently, convert it to a shipment, attach its documents and raise the invoice.
Choose a plan, or don't
Pick a plan from Billing when you are ready. After the trial there is a 7-day grace period in which the app warns but keeps working.
Frequently asked
Is there a minimum team size?
No. Solo is built for one person and includes 1 internal user; you add users as you hire.
Do I need a credit card to try it?
No. The 30-day trial needs no card. You choose a plan when the trial ends; there is a 7-day grace period during which the app warns but keeps working.
Is the trial limited?
No. A trial workspace has the full platform — quoting, shipments, documents, charges, invoicing, payments, reports and the customer portal — exactly as on a paid plan.
Can I bring my existing customers?
Yes. Customers and other parties can be imported from a CSV file, with duplicates detected before anything is created. Shipments can be imported from CSV too.
Do customers pay to use the portal?
No. Customer portal users are unlimited on every plan and never count as paid users.
Are there per-shipment fees?
No. Every plan includes unlimited shipments; the price depends on the plan and the number of internal users. See pricing.
Keep reading
Guides and templates for small forwarders
Template
Freight quotation template
A free Excel quotation template that keeps buy rates and margin on an internal sheet and gives the customer a clean quote.
Get the templateGuide
Freight forwarding document checklist
Core and conditional documents for air, ocean and road, import and export, with worked examples and common mistakes.
Read the checklistGuide
What freight forwarding software costs
Per-user, per-shipment and per-module pricing explained, and the costs beyond the subscription to budget for.
Read the guideRun your next file in Tranvoro
Start a 30-day free trial — quote it, ship it, document it and invoice it from one record. No credit card required.