For brokers, forwarders and 3PLs
HQ for your Mexico and Canada freight.
The marketplace for Mexico and Canada freight. Price every lane from what 2,350+ vetted carriers actually bid, then cover it from the bids that come in.
Example lanes and figures.
Start moving freight in one day, coast to coast and into the U.S. and Mexico
Put your Ontario, Quebec and Western lanes on one modern marketplace for Mexico and Canada freight, with northbound and southbound posted as the separate jobs they are. Vetted carriers bid on your loads and lanes, and Market Rates price them in CAD or USD from real carrier bids. Chat translates messages between English, French and Spanish. Carrier chat is in beta.
For brokers of every size
Quote from real carrier bids
Market Rates are built from bids carriers place on Mexico and Canada lanes, refreshed weekly. See whether a carrier bid is above or below market, for one lane or a whole bid file.
Example lanes and figures.
Capacity coast to coast and across the border
Source dry van, reefer and heated, open deck and Super-B capacity from 2,350+ vetted carriers running 220,000+ trucks, on lanes within Canada, to and from the U.S., and into Mexico.
Carriers of all sizes
From owner-operators to large fleets, each checked against its home authority (NSC, CVOR or NIR in Canada, FMCSA in the U.S.) before it can bid.
3PLs and brokers
3PLs, brokers and forwarders posting freight within Canada, to the U.S. and into Mexico.
Price Canada lanes in CAD from real carrier bids
Look up any lane between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico by city or postal code. Rates refresh weekly, and the app suggests CAD, USD or MXN to fit the lane, so the number you send a shipper in Mississauga is already in the currency they pay in.
Each lane shows a low, mid and high band with a confidence score and 12 weeks of history, built from bids carriers placed in Cargado rather than the posted rates on legacy load boards.
- Spot pricing: Quote spot freight faster, even on the road with the Cargado app.
- RFP pricing: The Excel Add-In prices a full Canada–U.S. bid file in your workbook, with northbound and southbound as separate lanes.
- Benchmark and negotiate new rates: Pull your last 90 days of freight to see where you're above market and rebid that freight through Cargado.
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“Cargado Market Rates helps us quote fast, and that’s when you win it. Customers ask for a rate at 11, and by 11:30 they have it. That speed puts a smile on their faces.”
Post once and get bids from carriers that want the load
Vetted carriers bid on every load you post, from the app or straight from your TMS. Negotiate in the chat on the load, then assign the carrier where you already work.
Post from your TMS, price RFPs with the Excel Add-In, or pull rates through the API. See integrations →
Build relationships with consistent and spot freight
Post a spot load when a truck has to roll today, or post a lane as a procurement event with the date range, loads per day, commodity, equipment and any winter heat requirement. Carriers who want that freight bid on it, and one-off coverage becomes repeatable capacity.
Spot loads
Find fast, reliable coverage for a load in hand or one-off shipment.
Dedicated lanes
Lock in rates and capacity with preferred carriers.
Potentials
Get a truck in hand by posting a potential to gauge real carrier rates and interest on tougher-to-cover freight.
Carriers vetted on authority, insurance and customs know-how
Every carrier clears Cargado’s check before it sees your freight. Your own onboarding still decides who hauls it.
- Authority on file before bidding: An NSC, CVOR or NIR number with safety fitness and insurance documents for carriers based in Canada, active FMCSA authority in the U.S., and three commercial references from every carrier.
- Customs qualifications: FAST-approved, CTPAT and PIP-certified, and bonded carriers who know the CBSA and CBP process in both directions.
- Integration alerts: Integrations flag legal status changes, fraud risk, safety issues, and more.
- 3PL-level compliance options: Apply your own compliance requirements at the 3PL level before awarding freight.
- Verified Chat profiles: With MFA-protected accounts and detailed profiles so you know who you're talking to.
“Having a double vetting process is almost essential these days."
Post once. Get multiple bids. Pick your carrier.
Post a load or lane with the stops, equipment, PIP-certified facilities, minimum cargo insurance and any heated or protect-from-freezing requirement, and it goes to vetted carriers who already run that corridor. Match fast without working the phones.
Reach suggested carriers before they bid, in English, French or Spanish
On a thin lane, Cargado suggests vetted carriers that meet your requirements before a single bid comes in. Chat translates messages between English, French and Spanish, so your dispatcher in Mississauga and a carrier in Laval or Monterrey work the same thread. Carrier chat is in beta.
Grow your brokerage
Cover the Canada lanes your customers already trust you with, prove you can handle the southbound and winter freight, and use that to win the rest of the account, Mexico included.
Grow wallet share with existing customers
Your shippers in Ontario and Quebec likely hand some freight to someone else: the southbound lanes, the Prairie runs, the loads for a supplier in Mexico. Covering all of it on one marketplace makes you the 3PL they run everything through, northbound and southbound, week after week.
Become the 3PL they can't replace
The hardest freight to cover (a thin northbound lane into Quebec, a reefer that has to be protected from freeze, a southbound load from Ontario to Michigan) is often what your customers worry about most. Solve that reliably and you become the 3PL they can't replace, with Mexico freight on the same login whenever they need it.
Build a competitive edge to differentiate
Legacy load boards show you posted rates; Cargado adds vetted U.S. carrier access, weekly carrier-bid market rates, and Toronto-based support they don’t have, and carriers get no-cost marketplace access, so your pool keeps growing. Move to a modern marketplace now and build the lane knowledge and carrier relationships competitors can't replicate overnight.
Brokers who built their Mexico business on Cargado
“Mexico turned out to be the easiest division we've launched, which is ironic, because going in, I thought it would be the hardest. It's been really easy because of Cargado.”
Will HopkinsCofounder, Blackbox Logistics“Sometimes when you're first, you win. And a lot of times, especially now because the market is a little bit tighter, being first and having that market rate data hand-in-hand has allowed us to win some that we probably wouldn't have won, to be honest, in the spot world.”
Joe SaggioCOO, Steam Logistics“Just being able to get a couple more quotes than we normally would has opened up the doors. Our network has exponentially grown.”
Joe GreenVP of International Logistics, Direct Connect LogistixCustomer stories
FAQs
Your questions and our answers about pricing, carriers, integrations, and rates.
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Contact UsPlans start at US$500 a month for your whole team, not per seat. Starter covers 25 load postings and 50 rate lookups a month, Team is US$849 a month for 50 postings and 100 rate lookups, and Growth is US$1,499 a month for 100 postings and 200 rate lookups. For high-volume operations, Enterprise is custom pricing with unlimited postings, rate lookups and users. Every plan includes unlimited users and Market Rates, with no commission on your loads, and carriers get no-cost marketplace access. Over your plan's usage? Talk to sales. See all plans on the pricing page.
Every carrier in Cargado's network goes through multi-step onboarding before it can bid, including three commercial references. Carriers based in Canada provide an NSC, CVOR or NIR number with safety fitness and insurance documents; U.S. carriers need active FMCSA authority.
Our integrations with the FMCSA and other data sources monitor carrier safety scores continuously, not just at onboarding. If a carrier's standing changes, we know and act. Cargado takes a strong enforcement posture when any participant demonstrates behavior that's counter to our policies or to conducting business with integrity.
For compliance workflows, Cargado is designed to complement your existing internal carrier onboarding tools, not replace them. We're happy to walk through how that fits your team's process.
Yes, and for most teams it is not a heavy lift. We have working integrations with the major broker TMS platforms that can be stood up without a custom build, and for proprietary or less common systems we work through an API-based approach and scope the right starting point together. Our team sets it up with your TMS admin, with nothing for your team to install. Either way the goal is the same: reduce manual posting, keep load and carrier data in sync, and surface DNU lists and approved-carrier visibility directly in your existing workflow. Your carriers sync first, so anyone you have marked do-not-use never sees your freight. Nothing posts automatically. Every load waits in Cargado until you decide, and autoposting rules can make that call for you when you are ready, applied broadly or set lane by lane. Your TMS stays the system of record.
Market Rates are built from real carrier bids placed in our marketplace, not surveys, broker estimates or historical averages, and they refresh weekly. Look up a lane in CAD, USD or MXN; the app suggests the currency that fits the lane. Because the data comes from actual bids, it reflects what carriers will move your freight for.
Rates are presented as a low, mid, and high range with a confidence signal tied to bid density. On high-volume lanes, that signal is strong. When rates are thin, we’ll recommend posting a Potential spot load or dedicated lane to pull live carrier responses, which give you a more defensible number to take to your customer.
For RFPs and bulk lane pricing, the Excel Add-In lets you pull market rates for hundreds of lanes at once directly in your workbook. More on this below, or visit our Market Rates page.
The Cargado Excel Add-In lets you pull market rates for your full lane list directly in Excel without any copying, tab-switching, or manual lookups. Price hundreds of lanes in seconds and get back to customers fast with rates you are confident in.
For lanes where the confidence signal is lower, like on newer corridors, in thinner markets, or with unusual equipment, post a Potential load to pull live carrier responses and anchor your pricing with real bid data, instead of just an estimate, before you commit.
These tools were built to complement each other: The Add-In to move fast for bulk-quoting a lane list and Potential loads and lanes to validate where the stakes or uncertainty are higher.
No. Cargado runs the marketplace and does not broker freight, own assets, or process the payment between broker and carrier. Standard revenue is broker subscriptions, not brokerage margin or a transaction take-rate.
Broker workspaces are private: your postings are shown to eligible vetted carriers that match the lane and equipment, not to other brokers, and Cargado is not designed as a shipper-facing marketplace.
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Bring three lanes you quote today, a southbound one if you have it. We'll show you our market rates in CAD, built from real carrier bids, and the vetted carriers who would cover them. Thirty minutes, tailored to your team.
No commission or percentage on loads. The rate confirmation, onboarding, and payment stay directly between you and the carrier through your own TMS: the relationship is yours. See how a marketplace fits alongside your TMS.
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