
Bitfreighter
- Nashville, TN
Bitfreighter is a freight integration platform that enables logistics companies to automate the entire lifecycle of a load through unlimited EDI and API connectivity, with predictable pricing that eliminates per-transaction fees as companies scale.
Perfect for
Bitfreighter is best suited for freight brokerages, 3PLs, and carriers that need to integrate with multiple shippers and are looking to automate their connectivity workflows while controlling technology costs.
- Mid-size to enterprise freight brokerages (from $20M to $1B+ in revenue) that manage high volumes of shipper integrations and want predictable EDI/API costs as they scale
- Logistics companies pursuing enterprise shipper relationships where transaction volumes can double or triple overnight
- Brokerages actively bidding on spot freight across multiple platforms (E2open, Uber Freight, OTM, Emerge) that need a consolidated quoting engine
- Companies using TMS platforms like Turvo that want pre-built shipper connectivity without long onboarding timelines
- Logistics providers frustrated with legacy EDI vendors charging per-character or per-transaction fees that erode margins as volume grows
Key strengths
Unlimited EDI messaging pricing model eliminates per-transaction fees, creating predictable costs regardless of volume growth
Over 1,000 pre-built shipper connections with access to 5,000+ shippers, enabling rapid onboarding averaging 17 business days with no queue
U.S.-based Solutions Team with dedicated points of contact staffed by former operators, engineers, and logistics professionals
LiveQuote consolidates multiple shipper spotboards into one automated bidding engine with real-time rating, API bidding, and RPA capabilities
Exceptional growth trajectory with 2,010% three-year revenue growth, Inc. 5000 No. 194 ranking, and below 3% customer churn rate
Considerations
Primarily focused on transportation and freight brokerage EDI/API connectivity, not a general-purpose warehousing or fulfillment solution
No publicly listed pricing tiers or self-service signup; requires contacting their sales team for a demo
Platform is built for the freight brokerage and carrier ecosystem, so ecommerce brands without transportation operations may find limited direct applicability
Relatively young company (approximately six years old) compared to established legacy EDI providers with decades of market presence
About Bitfreighter
Bitfreighter is a logistics connectivity platform headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, purpose-built to solve one of the freight industry's most persistent problems: expensive, slow, and fragmented shipper integrations. Founded approximately six years ago by CEO Brad Perling and CTO Brandon Joyce, the company has grown from a bootstrapped startup to one of America's fastest-growing private companies, ranking No. 194 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list with 2,010% three-year revenue growth. The platform serves more than 200 logistics organizations, including 35 of the top 100 brokers and carriers in North America.
The platform centers on two flagship products: ShipperConnect and LiveQuote. ShipperConnect provides managed EDI and API connectivity with over 1,000 pre-built shipper connections and access to more than 5,000 shippers, enabling logistics companies to automate tendering, tracking, order entry, and invoicing. LiveQuote is an automated spot quoting and real-time rating engine that consolidates multiple shipper spotboards (E2open, Uber Freight, OTM, Emerge, and others) into a single platform with a powerful rules engine for automated bidding. Together, these products cover the full load lifecycle from quoting through payment.
What distinguishes Bitfreighter from legacy EDI providers is its unlimited messaging pricing model, which eliminates per-character and per-transaction fees that have long been the industry standard. This approach means logistics companies can scale their shipment volumes without increasing their connectivity costs. The platform is built on Elixir, a programming language designed for high-concurrency networking and messaging, and hosted in a multi-zone AWS environment that auto-scales for redundancy and throughput. Bitfreighter also differentiates through its U.S.-based Solutions Team that provides dedicated points of contact, with an average go-live timeline of approximately 17 business days and no integration queue. The company recently secured a strategic investment from Sope Creek Capital, an Atlanta-based logistics-focused family office, to accelerate product development across connectivity, operational intelligence, and AI capabilities.
Bitfreighter
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