Pricing
ScrapFreight Rate Structure
Pilot
Teams validating ScrapFreight with real or historical shipments
Free
Shipment volume
5 historical shipment reviews
Users
2 users
Value logic
Prove savings before subscribing
- Quote normalization and hidden-charge review
- Carrier route and spot-rate coverage review
- Document checklist and submission gate
- Compliance-at-rate-request review
- Pilot findings report
Guardrails
- - No live filings
- - No guaranteed carrier booking
- - Limited to evaluation shipments
Starter
Small exporters, brokers, and scrap yards
$299/mo
$2,990/yr prepaid
Shipment volume
Up to 10 active shipments per month
Users
3 users
Value logic
Avoid one bad hidden charge and the month pays for itself
- Best usable quote comparison
- RFQ packet builder
- Manual quote entry and AI-assisted quote parsing
- Document checklist and packet preparation
- Carrier and route risk review
Guardrails
- - Mock/live provider labels stay visible
- - Human approval required before external submission
Growth
Frequent shippers and trading teams
$899/mo
$8,990/yr prepaid
Shipment volume
Up to 40 active shipments per month
Users
10 users
Value logic
Built for lanes where pricing, documents, and delays move margin
- Everything in Starter
- Negotiation desk for target price, free time, and included charges
- Provider memory and lane benchmarks
- Quote-to-invoice audit
- Responsibility matrix by buyer, seller, forwarder, carrier, and broker
- Priority onboarding for real shipment templates
Guardrails
- - Email/SMS/fax integrations require approved provider setup
- - Compliance decisions remain human-approved
Enterprise
Multi-location recyclers, mills, NVOCCs, and high-volume trading desks
Custom
Shipment volume
Custom volume
Users
Custom users and roles
Value logic
Priced around volume, integrations, controls, and support
- Everything in Growth
- Custom carrier, forwarder, trucker, inspection, and filing-provider integrations
- SSO, tenant controls, audit exports, and custom retention
- Custom document templates and buyer-specific requirement rules
- Dedicated onboarding and quarterly savings review
Guardrails
- - Regulated filing requires authorized provider connection
- - Custom compliance rule sources need signed approval workflow
Usage Add-Ons
Keep the subscription predictable, then charge extra only for work that creates direct operational value or provider cost.
Additional shipment review
$35 per shipmentFor teams that occasionally exceed their monthly active-shipment limit.
Negotiation desk bundle
$150 per 25 approved outbound negotiationsEmail, SMS/WhatsApp, and future fax-provider workflows after channel setup.
Document packet automation
$75 per complex packetBest for buyer, bank/LC, inspection, customs broker, or filing-provider packets.
Implementation and data import
CustomHistorical shipments, carrier lists, quote templates, and customer document requirements.
Best Monetization Model
ScrapFreight should monetize as a workflow and risk-control system, not as another freight-rate screen.
- Charge for avoided loss, time saved, and usable freight intelligence, not just access to screens.
- Keep a free pilot because the product becomes easiest to sell after it finds hidden charges or missing documents in real shipments.
- Use shipment volume as the main value meter because the pain scales with active shipments.
- Add usage charges only for high-cost workflows like negotiation messages, document packets, AI parsing, and provider integrations.
- Do not charge success fees on freight savings until savings measurement is defensible and contractually clear.