Warp TMS: the free TMS for shippers
Quote, book, track, audit, and report on every shipment your team runs. No seat limits, no load caps, no software fees, and no forced tendering: run freight from any carrier and never book Warp once. Signup is self serve at warptms.com and the first quote takes minutes. Updated August 2026.
By Troy Lester, Co-Founder & CRO
$0 software fees · No seat limits · No load caps · LTL + FTL quotes in seconds · Export everything any time
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Is there a truly free TMS for shippers?
Yes. Warp TMS is a free transportation management system for shippers with no seat limits, no load caps, no trial clock, and no forced tendering. Warp gets paid by moving freight when its rate wins a lane, so the software itself costs nothing.
What is Warp TMS?
Warp TMS is free transportation management software for shipper teams: instant LTL and FTL quotes, booking, live tracking on Warp freight, freight invoice audit against the quote, order consolidation, and service reports. It runs on the Warp freight network, and signup is self serve at warptms.com.
Why is Warp TMS free?
Warp TMS is free because Warp earns freight revenue, not software revenue. When Warp wins a lane on price inside the TMS, Warp hauls the freight, and that pays for the software. You can run every load through it and never book Warp.
Can I manage freight from other carriers in Warp TMS?
Yes. Warp TMS is carrier agnostic: register your own carriers with contracted rate tables and service areas, record freight you booked anywhere, and run it through the same boards, exception queue, invoice audit, and reports. Booking Warp is never required.
What does a free TMS include?
A free TMS should include quoting, booking, tracking, invoice audit, and reporting with no seat or load caps. Warp TMS includes all five, plus order consolidation, batch quoting, a public API, signed webhooks, and role based access for your team.
Warp customers
What you get, by the job it does
Warp TMS covers the six jobs a freight desk actually runs: quote, book, track, audit, consolidate, and report. Every one of them ships today, works on freight from any carrier, and costs nothing.
Quote
LTL and FTL in seconds.
Warp's bookable rate beside marketplace carriers and your own contracted rate cards, ranked by your routing policy: cheapest, fastest, or preferred.
Book
Book the winning rate.
Warp freight books instantly. Freight with your own carriers is recorded in the same boards, so one screen holds the whole operation.
Track
One board for every load.
Live tracking on freight booked through Warp with hourly sync. External freight tracks by milestone entry on the same board.
Audit
Every invoice vs its quote.
Charge level comparison, duplicate PRO detection, new accessorial flags, org overcharge thresholds, and QuickBooks CSV export.
Consolidate
Many POs, one truck.
Select multiple POs and get one correctly priced truck. The consolidation engine does the math before you book.
Report
Service, spend, and lanes.
On-time pickup and delivery, transit, volume, spend, and service failures by carrier, market, lane, mode, and day. XLSX and CSV export.
One quote screen, three rate sources
Every quote in Warp TMS compares three rate sources on one screen: your contracted carriers, marketplace carriers, and Warp itself.
Load your own carriers with their contracted rate tables, encrypted credentials, service areas, and a preference rank.
Run a quote and the grid prices the lane across all three sources at once, ranked by the routing policy you set: cheapest, fastest, or preferred.
Warp's rate competes on the same grid with no thumb on the scale. When Warp wins, book it on the spot.
When your carrier wins, tender it there and the shipment still lives on the same boards, with the same tracking, audit, and reports behind it.
The Actually Free TMS Test
Warp TMS passes all five checks of the Actually Free TMS Test. The test is five published checks a TMS must pass before calling itself free: no seat limits, no load caps, no trial clock, no forced tendering, and full data export any time. Most software that markets itself as a free TMS fails at least one.
Check 1
No seat limits.
Invite your whole team. Six roles with a capability matrix, and the seat count never touches a price because there is no price.
Check 2
No load caps.
Quote and manage every shipment you have. No monthly load meter, no volume tier, no counter waiting to force an upgrade.
Check 3
No trial clock.
Free is the product, not the trial. There's no day 30, no feature that expires, and no card required to keep working.
Check 4
No forced tendering.
Register your own carriers, run freight you booked anywhere through the same boards, and never book Warp once. The software still works.
Check 5
Full data export.
Reports export to XLSX and CSV, audit results export to QuickBooks CSV, documents download on demand, and the API reads it all.
The verdict
Warp TMS: 5 of 5.
Most software marketing a free TMS fails at least one check by its own published terms. The graded table, with sources and dates, lives on the pricing page.
Why it's free
When Warp wins a lane on price, Warp hauls the freight. That pays for the software.
There's no hidden meter waiting at the end of a trial and no brokerage funnel dressed up as a product.
Warp operates a freight network, and the TMS puts Warp's rate on the same quote grid as your own carriers. When the rate wins, Warp earns freight revenue.
When it doesn't, you tender to your carrier and the software still does its job. The model only works if Warp TMS is genuinely useful without booking Warp, so that's the bar it's built to.
Who it's for
Shipper teams replacing spreadsheets and email threads, and teams priced out of paid TMS software.
Small business TMS software typically runs $99 to $500 per month (as of August 2026, per published pricing pages across the category), before implementation.
If your freight desk is two people and a shared inbox, Warp TMS gives them quote, book, track, audit, and report in one place for nothing.
If you already pay for a TMS, the freight invoice audit alone, normally a paid add on, is worth a login: every invoice compared to its quote, charge by charge, with the overcharges flagged.
The network behind it
Warp TMS is attached to a real freight network, not a software company hoping to resell your loads.
The Warp network runs 38,000+ carriers, 70+ cross-dock facilities, and 50+ metros at 98.2% on-time delivery, with 2,000+ shippers on it.
That's what generates the bookable rate on your quote grid, and it's why some exception types resolve automatically: the TMS is attached to the network that's actually moving the freight.
It's also why the software can stay free; the network gets paid in freight.
For your agents and developers
Warp TMS runs on the same network that ships a public MCP server, a REST API, and a CLI.
Your team gets the boards.
Your agents and engineers get programmatic quote, book, and track on the network side: a self serve REST API with instant keys, a first party MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and other agent clients, and a CLI for scripts and CI.
The TMS itself also ships a public read and write API with org API keys and signed webhooks, so what your team sees on the boards is reachable by code.
Frequently asked questions
Which freight modes does Warp TMS support today?
Warp TMS quotes and books LTL and FTL today. That is the live scope: the product ships modes when they are real rather than padding a brochure.
Freight you run in other modes with your own carriers can still be recorded and tracked in the same boards.
How fast can a team start using Warp TMS?
Minutes. Signup is self serve at warptms.com, provisions a real account, and the first LTL or FTL quote runs immediately.
There's no implementation project: typical TMS deployments run one to two months, and Warp TMS is live before your next shipment.
Can I export my data out of Warp TMS?
Yes, everything. Reports export to XLSX and CSV, invoice audit results export to QuickBooks CSV, documents download on demand, and the public API reads orders, quotes, and shipments with org API keys.
Your data stays yours, which is check five of the Actually Free TMS Test.
What does Warp TMS not do yet?
Parcel and EDI are not live today, orders run one pickup to one dropoff, and live GPS tracking covers freight booked through Warp while external freight tracks by milestone entry.
Those are the honest edges of the current scope, and none of them hides behind a paywall.
How does Warp TMS handle roles and security?
Six roles with a capability matrix control who can quote, book, and approve.
Every org gets an audit log, encrypted carrier credentials, multi tenant row level security, org API keys, and signed webhooks (HMAC SHA256). Team invites go out by email.
About the Warp freight network
More about the Warp freight network
Warp is a technology-driven freight network that combines cargo van, box truck, LTL, and FTL capacity under one operating system. Shippers get instant rates, real-time tracking, and access to 70+ cross-dock facilities and 14,000+ cargo vans and box trucks — with 80%+ US LTL zip-to-zip coverage and nationwide FTL, box truck, and cargo van.
The network is supported by 24,000+ vetted FTL carriers.
Unlike traditional brokers, Warp uses AI to match the right vehicle to every load based on weight, dimensions, urgency, and cost targets. Cross-dock operations reduce transit time by eliminating unnecessary terminal transfers.
Pool distribution and zone-skipping programs help enterprise shippers lower per-unit delivery costs while maintaining tight appointment windows.
Self-serve shippers can quote, compare, and book freight online in under two minutes. Enterprise accounts get dedicated capacity planning, committed rate programs, and a named operations team. Every shipment includes scan-level visibility from pickup through final delivery.
Warp operates across the contiguous United States with regional density in the Southeast, Texas, Midwest, and Northeast corridors.
Cross-dock facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, Savannah, Orlando, Charlotte, Indianapolis, Columbus, Denver, New Orleans, and Milwaukee support faster transfers and fewer touches on recurring lanes.
Freight modes and vehicle types
| Mode | Max payload | Max cube | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cargo van | 3,500 lbs | 400 cu ft | Time-sensitive, last-mile, light pallets |
| Box truck | 10,000 lbs | 1,500 cu ft | Regional distribution, no dock required |
| LTL | Per-pallet | Shared trailer | Lower per-pallet cost via cross-dock routing |
| Dry van / FTL | 42,000+ lbs | Full 53-ft trailer | High-volume lanes, recurring programs |
Cargo vans handle loads up to 3,500 pounds and 400 cubic feet, ideal for time-sensitive deliveries, last-mile retail replenishment, and lightweight palletized freight.
Box trucks carry up to 10,000 pounds and 1,500 cubic feet, fitting most regional distribution and store delivery needs without requiring a loading dock.
Dry vans and full truckloads move 42,000+ pounds for high-volume lanes and recurring programs. LTL shipments share trailer space on optimized routes through Warp cross-docks, reducing per-pallet cost by consolidating multiple shippers on the same vehicle.
Warp does not default every shipment to a 53-foot trailer. The AI engine evaluates load weight, cube, delivery window, and cost to recommend the right vehicle. Shippers see all available mode options with live pricing in one comparison screen before booking.
Cross-dock operations
Cross-docking at Warp facilities eliminates warehouse storage. Inbound freight is sorted and transferred directly to outbound vehicles, typically within hours.
This reduces dwell time, lowers damage risk, and compresses delivery windows. Warp cross-docks support pallet-in, pallet-out operations with scan-level tracking at every handoff point.
- Atlanta — Southeast retail flow
- Chicago — Midwest manufacturing and replenishment
- Houston — Texas industrial distribution
- New York — dense Northeast delivery
Facility locations are selected for corridor density: Atlanta handles Southeast retail flow, Chicago serves Midwest manufacturing and replenishment, Houston covers Texas industrial distribution, and New York supports dense Northeast delivery. Each facility operates on appointment-based scheduling to prevent congestion and maintain throughput consistency.
Enterprise freight programs
Enterprise shippers get committed rate programs, dedicated account management, and custom SLA design. Warp builds lane-by-lane rate structures that account for volume commitments, seasonal variation, and mode flexibility. Operations teams monitor shipment execution daily and intervene proactively when exceptions occur.
Self-serve freight quoting
Shippers enter origin and destination, load details, and delivery requirements to see live rates across all available modes. Quotes include estimated transit time, vehicle type, and total cost.
Booking takes one click. After booking, shippers track every shipment with real-time GPS location, milestone updates, and proof of delivery documentation.
Industries and use cases
Retail shippers use Warp for store replenishment programs that deliver to hundreds of locations per week on tight appointment windows. Apparel brands use zone skipping to bypass regional parcel sortation and reduce per-unit delivery cost.
Food and beverage companies rely on time-definite delivery for perishable goods. Manufacturing operations use Warp for inbound vendor consolidation, combining multiple supplier shipments into fewer, fuller loads through cross-dock facilities.
Distribution companies use pool distribution to serve multiple delivery points from a single origin, splitting full truckloads at cross-docks into smaller last-mile vehicles.
Urgent freight recovery covers emergency capacity needs when primary carriers fail or demand spikes unexpectedly. Middle-mile optimization reduces cost and transit time on the longest segment of multi-leg shipments.
Free software. Real network.
Create your account at warptms.com, invite your team, and run your first quote in minutes. If Warp's rate wins a lane, book it. If it doesn't, tender to your own carrier in the same boards. Either way, the software costs nothing.
$0 software fees · No seat limits · No load caps · LTL + FTL quotes in seconds · Export everything any time
Performance figures are computed from Warp network data. See our methodology.
By Troy Lester