Buyer question · Transportation management systems · release 2026-09

What is the best TMS for a shipper moving about 200 loads a month?

FreightPOP came up in 10 of 15 answers when buyers asked “What is the best TMS for a shipper moving about 200 loads a month?”. Oracle Transportation Management followed with 8, SAP Transportation Management with 7. FreightPOP came from ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode; Perplexity did not name it. 14 of the 25 checked vendors were never named here, including Alvys and Tai TMS.

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These answers come from one capture on 22 September 2026, three runs per engine, to this fixed wording. They are not a ranking, and an engine can answer differently on a refresh.

Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.

Who was named

Each count is over the 15 valid answers to this exact question. Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.

Checked transportation management systems vendors named in answers to this question, counted per answer.
VendorNamedRateWilson 95% interval
FreightPOP10 of 1566.7%41.7% to 84.8%
Oracle Transportation Management8 of 1553.3%30.1% to 75.2%
SAP Transportation Management7 of 1546.7%24.8% to 69.9%
Descartes 3G TMS6 of 1540.0%19.8% to 64.3%
Kuebix by FreightWise4 of 1526.7%10.9% to 52.0%
Infios (MercuryGate)3 of 1520.0%7.0% to 45.2%
Rose Rocket2 of 1513.3%3.7% to 37.9%
Uber Freight TMS2 of 1513.3%3.7% to 37.9%
AscendTMS1 of 156.7%1.2% to 29.8%
Descartes1 of 156.7%1.2% to 29.8%
Revenova1 of 156.7%1.2% to 29.8%

Checked and never named

14 of 25 checked vendors: 0 of 15 each.

3PL Systems, Alvys, Axon Software, Blue Yonder, Descartes Aljex, e2open, IntelliTrans, Manhattan Active TM, McLeod Software, PCS Software, Princeton TMX, Tai TMS, Trimble Transportation, Turvo.

By engine

Three runs per engine. Each cell is how many valid runs named the vendor.

Runs naming each vendor, by engine, for this question.
VendorChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AI OverviewsGoogle AI Mode
FreightPOP1 of 33 of 30 of 33 of 33 of 3
Oracle Transportation Management0 of 33 of 30 of 33 of 32 of 3
SAP Transportation Management0 of 31 of 30 of 33 of 33 of 3
Descartes 3G TMS0 of 33 of 30 of 32 of 31 of 3
Kuebix by FreightWise0 of 30 of 33 of 30 of 31 of 3
Infios (MercuryGate)0 of 33 of 30 of 30 of 30 of 3
Rose Rocket0 of 30 of 31 of 30 of 31 of 3
Uber Freight TMS0 of 30 of 30 of 30 of 32 of 3
AscendTMS0 of 30 of 30 of 31 of 30 of 3
Descartes0 of 30 of 30 of 30 of 31 of 3
Revenova0 of 31 of 30 of 30 of 30 of 3

What the engines said

That’s a provisional recommendation based on its documented capabilities, not hands-on testing.

ChatGPT, . Full answer text in the deposit.

FreightPOP is widely considered one of the best TMS systems for mid-market shippers.

Claude, . Full answer text in the deposit.

Kuebix / Trimble, reasonable if your freight spend is relatively modest and you want to start with a narrower scope like carrier selection and freight audit.

Perplexity, . Full answer text in the deposit. Dash punctuation normalized.

At this volume (roughly 8 to 10 shipments per business day), you have outgrown manual spreadsheets, but enterprise software like Oracle OTM or SAP TM will be far too expensive and complex.

Google AI Overviews, . Full answer text in the deposit. Dash punctuation normalized.

FreightPOP, Great all-in-one platform tailored for mid-market and enterprise shippers.

Google AI Mode, . Full answer text in the deposit. Dash punctuation normalized.

One sentence per engine at most, chosen by a fixed rule: the first full sentence naming a checked vendor, read in run order. Every answer in full: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.

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Release
2026-09, published
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.22907695
Method
v1.1: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode; ten fixed buyer questions per category; three runs per engine
Captured
Base
15 valid answers to this question; 0 excluded
Licence
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