# Cargo Planner Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Cargo Planner Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Cargo Planner

## What is Cargo Planner?

Cargo-Planner provides container load planning software that enables users to optimize loads for various transportation methods quickly. The software produces load plans from Excel packing lists in seconds and allows users to modify loads easily. Key features include optimizing multiple containers, building custom container configurations, loading oversized cargo, and 3D interactive integrations. Cargo-Planner aims to help companies in the logistics industry maximize space utilization, save time, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.

## What is Cargo Planner used for?

[Shipping](https://www.capterra.com/shipping-software/)[Logistics](https://www.capterra.com/logistics-software/)[Trucking](https://www.capterra.com/trucking-software/)

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Overall rating

Based on 12 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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Negative

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Starting price

$99

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

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### Cargo Planner

4.8 (12)

VS.

[4.9 (1,005)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172133/Pirate-Ship/reviews/)

Starting Price

$99

Flat Rate, Per Month

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.8 (12)

Ease Of Use

4.9 (278)

Value For Money

5.0 (11)

Value For Money

4.9 (260)

Customer Service

4.9 (11)

Customer Service

4.9 (260)

## Cargo Planner alternatives

[4.7 (743)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136895/Freightview/reviews/)

Starting price

$149.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (955)](https://www.capterra.com/p/155621/ShipStation/reviews/)

Starting price

$14.99

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

92%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.8 (825)](https://www.capterra.com/p/146146/Shippo/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.7 (108)](https://www.capterra.com/p/146762/DesktopShipper/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

96%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Container Shipping

5.0 (5)

80.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Shipping products/goods in containers

Quotes/Estimates

5.0 (4)

25.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Generate quotes or estimates for customers

Air Shipping

5.0 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Ship packages/goods by aircraft

Ground Shipping

5.0 (3)

33.33% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Shipping products/goods by land

Import/Export Management

5.0 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Management of inbound and outbound shipments in the context of international trade

Load Optimization

5.0 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Set up process for efficient load building, routing, and distribution

Cargo Planner 9 features

Ship packages/goods by aircraft

Shipping products/goods in containers

Shipping products/goods by land

Management of inbound and outbound shipments in the context of international trade

Set up process for efficient load building, routing, and distribution

Generate quotes or estimates for customers

Calculation of shipment price based on size, weight, route, timeframe, and carrier.

Organize and track the physical movement of goods from one location to another

Manage and track operations and inventory within warehouses

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Features

4.5 (12)

4.5

Based on 12 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

5.0 (11)

Free Trial

[View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/183189/Cargo-Planner/pricing/)

Lite

$99.00

Flat Rate,Per Month

It includes:

-   All Modules
-   One User Account

Standard

$139.00

Flat Rate,Per Month

It includes:

-   All Modules
-   Interactive Container Mode
-   Multiple User Accounts (up to 5)
-   One User Account
-   Share Load Plans by URL

Value for money

5.0 (11)

5.0

Based on 11 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.9 (11)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.9 (11)

4.9

Based on 11 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.8

Based on 12 reviews

Filter by rating

5(9)

4(3)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

SZ

Stone Z.

General Manager

Logistics and Supply Chain

### "Good for project plan"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 9, 2021

Pros

easy to do the stowage on various shipping equipments.

Cons

3D view is a little bit difficult to move the cargo item to the right place.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

NK

Natalie K.

Logistics Coordinator

Logistics and Supply Chain

### "Natalie's Review"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 8, 2021

Great!

Pros

It's efficient at calculating the total trailer space when building loads.

Cons

If we could customize building loads by choosing which pieces we stack, that would be great.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

PT

Per T.

Captain

Logistics and Supply Chain

### "Very fast support services"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 7, 2021

The experience overall is absolutely fantastic. Having worked for three different forwarding companies in the past we have allways choosen CargoPlanner for our optimization needs.

Pros

The software is the state of the art in load optimization! Prior of taking on CargoPlanner we evaluated comparable softwares. Competition is no way near CargoPlanner. Also we appreciate the very fast support given by the company. In addition the software is very price competitive!!

Cons

Can not specify anything negative as the sofrware is allready fully competent for its tasks!

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Anna M.

Logistics manager

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

### "Great tool to enhance transport management system"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 7, 2021

Excellent tool with great features, I use it every day and it eases a lot my job.

Pros

Software allows sanity check of data, optimization, consolidation and finally transport cost reduction. Web-based solution, very user-friendly and easy to navigate.

Cons

Nothing to mention that I least liked/ disliked.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

October 8, 2021

Thanks, happy to hear!

UL

Ulf L.

Project Manager

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

### "Review"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 7, 2021

very good

Pros

its quite easy to use. The result makes sense, most of the time. Automatically choosing the suitable truck/container for the cargo

Cons

re-arranging single items in a loadplan is difficult. could be easier to shift / rearrange / adjust manually details in the loadplan

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AH

Ann-Christin H.

Project coordinator

Logistics and Supply Chain

### "My experience"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 7, 2021

Really useful and easy to chat if problems occur

Pros

It's a useful tool when checking use of either container/mafi/trucks

Cons

Nothing except the function or malfunction to leave units without being clear this is done if for example there are too big units not able to load on the chosen equipment

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

October 8, 2021

Thanks, happy to hear!

VH

Virve H.

Sales Manager

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

### "User friendly tool"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 7, 2021

Vert easy to use and gives quick estimate how many loads are required.

Pros

I can upload/paste in packing lists in many formats and the tool can read them

Cons

Last year the response time to add a requested new trailer type was quite long. I know I could do it myself but I just did not get round to trying myself.

Reasons for choosing Cargo Planner

Customer support in a nearby country, service language, ease of use

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

October 8, 2021

Thanks, happy to hear!

JH

Juho H.

Business Development Specialist

Logistics and Supply Chain

### "A very useful tool for calculating container requirements"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 7, 2021

It makes it easy for me to provide a complete solution to my customer as i don't need to spend time on calculating the equipment requirements and can spend that time on finding the best possible routing and freight rates.

Pros

I get requests for quotation from customers and it's so easy to copy-paste the cargo dims&weights to Cargo-planner which then calculates me the required container type and amount within seconds.

Cons

None so far as it does what I need it to do for me at the moment.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

October 8, 2021

Thanks, happy to hear!

MW

Mike W.

shipping clerk

Machinery

### "Easy to use"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

October 7, 2021

Pros

The software is easy to use and yet has a lot of functions. Installation is not required and therefore quick to use

Cons

We don't miss anything and know that the support helps immediately if something doesn't work or is missing.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AJ

Andreas J.

Project Forwarder

Logistics and Supply Chain

### "Rewiew"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 6, 2021

Number of trucks and containers

Pros

Saves a lot of time and is easy to use..

Cons

That you need to add quantity per line . when you have a lot of not stackable cases you could before just copy that field

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

October 7, 2021

Thanks! Please have a look at link below - quantities are not needed per line: https://cargo-planner.com/docs/guide/cargo-properties#quantity

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