The Rating Engine, Rebuilt
A smarter alternative to project44, Banyan & the SMC3 rate API
Rate-consolidation APIs get you 80% of the way — then connectivity outages and missing accessorials cost you the rest. QuoteIQ combines direct carrier APIs, your own contracts, and internal rating logic into one accurate, batch-capable quote — and it rates right on top of your SMC3 base tariff.
Audit-grade accuracy, up front — the same engine that powers our freight-invoice audit rates your loads.
See it on your lanesWhy Teams Outgrow Their Rating API
A raw carrier or consolidator API looks simple — until the edge cases start costing you margin.
APIs Only Get You 80%
Raw APIs miss accessorials, volume and linear-foot triggers, and carrier rule quirks. The last 20% is exactly where margin leaks and re-rates happen.
Licensing Fees & Lock-In
Pay per seat or per call to resell someone else's connectivity — with no fallback when their service goes down, and no leverage when renewal comes.
No Internal Fallback
When an API drops — or a carrier pushes a GRI you never approved — you either can't quote, or you overpay silently and never catch it.
Hybrid Rating: APIs + Your Contracts + Internal Logic
QuoteIQ layers three rating sources into one accurate quote — so you're never dependent on any single API being right, or even being up.
Direct Carrier APIs
Credentialed, real-time connections in your name — not a reseller layer between you and the carrier.
API Plus
We go beyond the raw API — layering accessorials, volume/linear-foot triggers, and carrier rule quirks the APIs miss, so the quote matches the invoice.
Your Blankets + Internal Rating
Load your own contracts and blankets, or rate internally off a base tariff (e.g. SMC3) with your discounts, fuel, and minimums — no dependency on a carrier API staying online.
Batch & No Licensing Fees
Rate hundreds of loads at once. API-first and priced on transactions — not seats, not licenses, not dev-hour change orders.
Where QuoteIQ Beats the Rate-Consolidation Layer
If you're evaluating project44, Banyan, or the SMC3 rate API for rate consolidation, here's what a hybrid engine adds.
- Works with SMC3 base rates — keep CzarLite / RateWare for your base tariff; QuoteIQ rates on top of it. We replace the consolidation layer, not your base-rate source.
- API-first & modular — take rating now, grow into the full OS later with no re-integration.
- Hybrid accuracy — carrier APIs + internal rating + human-encoded carrier rules, not a single feed.
- Internal rating fallback — keep quoting when an API fails or a carrier pushes an unapproved increase.
- No licensing or dev-hour fees — priced per transaction; we grow when you move more freight.
- Not just software — logistics subject-matter experts and Lean Six Sigma behind the engine.
Start With Rating. Grow Into the OS.
Replace your rating layer first. When you're ready, the same platform adds Live Audit, document intelligence, and a white-label TMS — no rip-and-replace, no new integration. The rating engine is the front door to the whole Logistics OS.
Book a walkthroughReplace Your Rating Stack
Tell us which rating provider you're on today and what it's costing you — we'll show you what hybrid rating looks like on your own lanes.