News & Insights
Industry news, guides, and best practices from the CargoLinked team.
Freight Marketplace vs Procurement Software: Finding Providers or Governing Them
One finds you providers you do not have. The other governs the ones you do. The switching point is more about volume and relationships than about features.
Freight Marketplace vs Forwarder Network: Which Side of the Trade You Are On
They look alike — thousands of forwarders, a directory, an enquiry board. One sells you cargo, the other sells you partners. The difference decides what you should pay for.
Freight Lead Generation for Forwarders: Where the Cargo Actually Comes From
Directories, marketplaces, networks and your own site all generate leads of different quality. What each costs, what it yields, and how to measure it properly.
The Best Websites to Find a Freight Forwarder (Ranked by What You Need)
Directories, marketplaces, trade bodies and Alibaba all surface forwarders. Which to use depends on your cargo, your lane, and how much verification you want to do yourself.
The Best Freight Forwarder Directories in 2026 (and What Each One Counts)
Six directories, what each is really for, whose numbers mean what, and why "listings" and "members" are not the same thing anywhere.
Freightos Alternatives: Other Instant Rates, and When to Stop Searching Rates
If instant rates are what you want, two credible alternatives exist. If your cargo keeps falling outside the instant-rate coverage, the answer is a different model.
JCtrans Alternatives: Other Networks, and What Replaces the Risk Protection
JCtrans is hard to replace on trust infrastructure alone. Which networks come closest, what they cost where prices exist, and when you need something else entirely.
Freightnet Alternatives: Where Else to List, and Where Else to Get Quotes
Freightnet is a directory plus quote requests. The real alternatives depend on which half you use it for — and they are different lists.
CargoLinked vs Transporeon, Alpega and Cargobase: Where Enterprise TMS Stops
Three enterprise transport platforms, one open marketplace. What each is genuinely built for, why two of them are road-and-Europe shaped, and when none of them fits.
CargoLinked vs GoComet: Procurement Software or an Open Marketplace?
GoComet is deployed enterprise software that runs your existing carrier relationships. CargoLinked is where you find providers you do not have yet. Not competitors.
CargoLinked vs Parnity: $999 a Year for Partners, or Free for Cargo?
Parnity publishes its prices, which most networks do not. What $999 a year buys, what sits behind "additional cost", and how partner discovery differs from shipper demand.