Freight as a service
Freight as a Service: The End of Freight Software Licenses
SaaS replaced installed software. Cloud replaced data centers. Now Freight as a Service replaces freight software licenses, carrier management, VAN providers, and visibility platforms. Warp bundles carriers, cross docks, tracking, and technology into one service. You pay when you ship.
$0 software · All inclusive per pallet pricing · 20,000+ carriers · 50+ cross docks
The old model is broken
Today, if you want to ship freight, you buy a stack of software and services separately. A TMS license runs $25K to $75K per year. Carrier contracts require a procurement team. VAN and EDI connections cost $500 to $2,000 per trading partner. Visibility platforms charge another $20K to $50K per year. Before you move a single pallet, you are spending $200K or more annually on the infrastructure to ship.
That is the equivalent of buying server hardware, racking it in a data center, and hiring sysadmins before you can run a web application. The software industry abandoned that model a decade ago. Freight is still stuck in it. See how the economics compare in our freight cost: API vs broker breakdown.
What Freight as a Service actually means
Freight as a Service means you get everything you need to ship in one service, and you pay only when freight moves. No TMS license. No carrier procurement. No VAN subscriptions. No visibility add ons. Warp provides the carriers, the cross docks, the tracking technology, the API, the CLI, and the dashboard. You provide the freight.
Every shipment through Warp includes live GPS tracking via the Warp driver app, scan events at every handoff, proof of delivery with e signatures, exception monitoring from our AI backbone, Orbit, and real time webhook notifications to your systems. All of that is built into the per pallet price.
The pattern every industry follows
Every major infrastructure category has made this transition. The pattern is always the same: stop selling software that requires customers to assemble their own stack, and start selling the outcome as a service.
Compute
AWS replaced servers.
Before AWS, you bought hardware, racked it, and hired ops teams. AWS turned compute into an API call. You pay for what you use. Freight needs the same shift.
Payments
Stripe replaced payment gateways.
Before Stripe, you negotiated merchant accounts, integrated payment processors, and managed PCI compliance separately. Stripe bundled it into seven lines of code. Freight needs the same simplicity.
Communications
Twilio replaced telecom contracts.
Before Twilio, you leased phone lines, managed SIP trunks, and built IVR systems. Twilio turned communications into API calls. Freight should work the same way.
Warp is doing for freight what AWS did for compute, what Stripe did for payments, and what Twilio did for communications. The $2 trillion logistics market is being rebuilt as a service.
The economics: traditional stack vs. Warp
Traditional freight stack (annual cost)
- -TMS license: $25,000 to $75,000
- -Carrier procurement team: $80,000 to $150,000
- -VAN/EDI connections: $10,000 to $40,000
- -Visibility platform: $20,000 to $50,000
- -Implementation and integration: $30,000 to $100,000
- -Total before shipping: $165,000 to $415,000/year
Warp Freight as a Service
- -Software license: $0
- -Carrier procurement: $0 (20,000+ carriers ready)
- -VAN/EDI: $0 (REST API and webhooks included)
- -Visibility: $0 (built into every shipment)
- -Implementation: days, not months
- -You pay: all inclusive per pallet pricing when you ship
Everything included in every shipment
Carrier network
20,000+ local 3rd party carriers.
9,000+ box trucks and cargo vans dispatched through the Warp driver app. Every carrier vetted for safety, insurance, and equipment. No carrier procurement required.
Cross dock network
50+ Warp operated facilities.
Cross docking, sortation, transloading, labeling, and temperature controlled storage. Every pallet scanned in and scanned out. Designed for flow, not storage.
Live tracking
GPS, scans, and proof of delivery.
The Warp driver app provides live GPS tracking, scan events at every handoff, proof of delivery photos, and e signatures on every shipment. Not just "in transit" and "delivered."
Exception monitoring
Our AI backbone, Orbit.
Orbit monitors every load for late pickups, missed scans, route deviations, dwell anomalies, temperature deviations, and delivery exceptions. Problems are flagged before your team has to chase them.
API and CLI
Programmatic access to everything.
REST API for quoting, booking, tracking, invoices, and documents. CLI for shipping from your terminal. Webhooks for real time event notifications. Structured JSON throughout.
All inclusive pricing
One rate. No surprises.
Per pallet pricing that includes pickup, cross dock handling, line haul, and delivery. No fuel surcharges. No accessorial fees. No terminal handling charges. Instant rates via API or self serve.
Who Freight as a Service is for
Shippers
Skip the stack. Start shipping.
You do not need a TMS, a carrier procurement team, or a VAN provider. You need freight to move. Warp gives you instant rates, book with one click or one API call, and track every pallet in real time.
Developers
Freight as infrastructure.
If your platform needs to move physical goods, Warp is an API call. Quote, book, track, and settle programmatically. Structured JSON. Real time webhooks. The same DX you expect from Stripe or Twilio.
Enterprise teams
Replace the stack. Keep the control.
Custom rate cards, dedicated lane programs, multi team API keys, and enterprise dashboards. All the control of a TMS without the license fees. Warp pushes data to your existing systems via API.
The $2 trillion market is being renamed
The logistics market is not shrinking. It is being restructured. The companies that win will not be the ones selling the best TMS or the cheapest carrier rates. They will be the ones that collapse the entire freight stack into a service. Carriers, technology, visibility, cross docks, and pricing. All in one.
That is what Warp is building. Not a better TMS. Not a better broker. A new category: Freight as a Service. The same shift that turned server rooms into AWS, payment gateways into Stripe, and telecom contracts into Twilio is happening in freight. Warp is on the other side of that transition.
The companies shipping with Warp today are not waiting for the industry to catch up. They are already operating in the FaaS model: zero software costs, all inclusive pricing, instant rates, and full visibility on every load. The ROI of freight automation is clear. The rest of the market will follow. The question is not whether freight becomes a service. The question is how fast. Ask yourself: how effective is your transportation team under the old model?
The Warp network
Frequently asked questions
What is Freight as a Service?
Freight as a Service means you get carriers, cross docks, tracking technology, and visibility in one service. You pay when you ship. There are no software licenses, no VAN fees, and no separate carrier contracts to manage.
How is Freight as a Service different from buying a TMS?
A TMS is software you buy. You still need to separately contract carriers, pay for VAN or EDI connections, and subscribe to visibility tools. Freight as a Service bundles everything: carriers, technology, cross docks, and tracking. You pay per pallet, not per license.
What does Warp include in the per pallet price?
Everything. Pickup, cross dock handling, line haul, delivery, live GPS tracking, scan events, proof of delivery, e signatures, exception monitoring from our AI backbone Orbit, and API access. No fuel surcharges. No accessorial fees. No terminal handling charges.
Can I still use my existing TMS with Warp?
Yes. Warp pushes scan events, GPS updates, and delivery confirmations to your TMS via API. You can use Warp as a carrier inside your existing TMS, or replace your TMS entirely with Warp's API and dashboard.
How many carriers does Warp have?
Warp dispatches 20,000+ local 3rd party carriers operating 9,000+ box trucks and cargo vans across 50+ cross dock facilities and 1,400+ LTL lanes in 12 markets.
Stop buying freight software. Start shipping freight.
Carriers, cross docks, tracking, and technology. All in one service. All inclusive per pallet pricing. $0 software.
$0 software · All inclusive pricing · 20,000+ carriers · 50+ cross docks