TransVirtual alternatives
TransVirtual alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
TransVirtual: From about $0.40 per consignment moved, with unlimited drivers offered as the offset.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
- check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA
The options
What people compare TransVirtual with
TransVirtual doesn't publish a flat price: it charges per consignment moved, with unlimited drivers marketed as the offset, so your bill scales with freight volume rather than with any value added. That charging model, combined with support fixes reviewers say take weeks or months and a learning curve they call overwhelming, is why owners start looking at what else is out there.
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iCOS Live
A freight and transport operations system named alongside TransVirtual as one of the options businesses weigh up against it.
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Machship
Another freight and transport operations system that comes up in the same comparison as TransVirtual.
Yours to own
Freight Ops for Claude Code
The open-source freight and transport operations system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your TransVirtual data brought across.
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How to choose a TransVirtual alternative
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What the bill is tied to
TransVirtual charges per consignment moved, so your cost rises with your freight volume regardless of value added. Check whether an alternative ties its cost to a seat, a consignment, or something else entirely before you commit.
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Whether your records stay yours
Years of connotes, PODs and rate cards sit inside TransVirtual's system. Ask whether an alternative keeps that history in a database you own, or leaves you exporting from someone else's system if you ever want to leave.
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Whether it fits your own rules
TransVirtual arrives as modules you configure to your business. Ask whether an alternative lets you add a field, a rate rule or a compliance check by describing it, rather than working within someone else's menu of reports.
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What the switch actually involves
Reviewers describe TransVirtual's own setup as a learning curve that is overwhelming, with help documentation that offers little to go on. Ask what moving your customers, consignments and rate cards into an alternative actually takes.
The option that fits
Own the version built around your business
Freight Ops for Claude Code puts your customers, consignments, PODs and rate cards in a database you own, run in plain language. Enterprise DNA builds your version around how your business already runs, brings your TransVirtual data across, and runs it for you, for one setup fee then a monthly retainer instead of a fee on every consignment you move.
- check Your customers, consignments and rate cards imported in one step
- check Compliance rules run automatically, each citing its source
- check Invoices, con notes and run sheets carry your own brand
Make it yours
Design your own TransVirtual replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from TransVirtual. Try it here, and we build the real one.
2. What it runs
3. Make it fit
4. Your colour
Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your TransVirtual data across and run it for you.
Questions
TransVirtual alternatives, answered
How does TransVirtual's pricing compare to the owned option? expand_more
TransVirtual charges a fee on every consignment moved, so the bill rises with your freight volume. Freight Ops for Claude Code has no per-consignment or per-seat fee. Enterprise DNA builds your version for one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, so your cost stays separate from how many consignments you run.
Will I lose my consignment history if I move off TransVirtual? expand_more
No, if you move to Freight Ops for Claude Code. You export your customers, consignments and rate cards as CSV and import them in one step. Connotes, lanes, weights, delivery dates, POD names, charges and rates come with you. Runs, work time records and claims deliberately start fresh.
Does an alternative still handle PODs and compliance checks? expand_more
Freight Ops for Claude Code records PODs as names and times, drafts invoices only for delivered, POD-backed freight, and runs compliance checks against the Acts and Rules, each citing its source. It does not include on-glass signing in the free version today, so many operations keep a separate capture tool at the door and run everything else behind it.
Can I try an alternative before paying anything? expand_more
Yes. The free version of Freight Ops for Claude Code is MIT licensed, so you can run it, change it and test it against your own records with no account and no fee per consignment. When you want it built around how your business runs and your TransVirtual data brought across, Enterprise DNA does that for a setup fee and a monthly retainer.
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