Use this free freight quote comparison checker to put two offers side by side, identify missing charges and prepare questions for your forwarders. Enter your own figures, or try the clearly labelled fictional example. No registration is required.
This interactive checker needs JavaScript. To compare manually, add each quote’s base total and separately priced charges, count included charges once, and leave unconfirmed services unresolved. Confirm both quotes use the same shipment, route, currency and service scope.
How to compare freight quotes fairly
- Give each provider the same packed shipment, collection point and delivery point.
- Enter both quotations in the same currency. The currency selector changes the label; it does not convert exchange rates.
- Put the quoted package or base total on the first line. Add a separately priced charge only when it is outside that amount.
- Mark each remaining service as included, separately priced, unconfirmed, excluded or deliberately outside both comparisons.
- Check service scope and quote validity, then download the comparison and the questions still needing an answer.
Why the lowest subtotal may not be the lowest offer
A quote can appear cheaper when destination handling or final delivery has not been confirmed. The checker shows the known subtotal while keeping those gaps open. It selects a lower entered total only after the required information is accounted for and the compared service scopes match.
Included services are counted within the base total once. A blank amount remains unanswered; a confirmed zero is accepted. Costs you place outside both comparisons are omitted from the totals and shown separately, because they may still be payable.
Complete the shipment planning journey
- Measure a mixed shipment with the CBM and freight density calculator.
- Check package billing weight with the dimensional-weight calculator.
- Build the full budget with the landed-cost calculator.
- Review pricing with the import profit-margin calculator.
Assumptions and privacy
This is a planning comparison using your inputs. It does not retrieve freight rates, calculate tariffs or taxes, classify goods, certify providers or interpret an actual contract. Confirm the written service terms, transit assumptions, insurance and exclusions with the relevant provider before booking.
Quote details remain in the page’s memory and clear on reload. A text report or printed copy contains the inputs and results you chose to save. The website’s separate privacy policy and ordinary analytics still apply.
Created by Export Import Academy. For editorial corrections, use our contact page. Comparison context: iContainers’ freight quote checklist.