Gateway gives you a complete forwarder operating system in a modern web platform: shipment management, customs filing, accounting integrations, document automation, satellite tracking, and AI features. No enterprise license, no implementation project, no annual release wait.
CargoWise was built for an era of desktop software and annual releases. Gateway was built for the web era.
Gateway runs in any browser on any device with no client install, no Windows requirement, no VPN. Your operations team works from the office, the warehouse, or a phone with equal access.
New customs filing types, carrier integrations, AI features, and reporting upgrades ship weekly. You never wait twelve months for the feature you need next quarter.
Native GPT-5 powered document parsing, HTS classification, AI freight pricing, and Poseidon assistant included. No separate AI module to license, configure, or maintain.
CargoWise is legacy enterprise forwarder software with multi-year license costs, multi-month implementations, and annual release cycles. Gateway is a modern web-native platform that includes the same shipment management, customs filing, accounting, and tracking capabilities, plus native AI features, with no license cost, no implementation project, and continuous weekly releases.
For importers and small to mid-sized forwarders, yes. Gateway covers shipment lifecycle, customs status, document management, accounting integrations, and reporting. Very large forwarders running thousands of shipments per day with complex multi-entity general ledger needs may still want CargoWise for now; Gateway is expanding enterprise capabilities continuously.
Gateway is operational on day one. Create an account, import shipment history via CSV or API, and start managing shipments immediately. CargoWise implementations typically run three to nine months with a dedicated implementation team and significant data migration effort.
Gateway has native QuickBooks integration with more accounting systems on the roadmap. CargoWise has its own accounting module that requires you to migrate off your existing system or maintain dual books. The Gateway approach is to integrate with what your finance team already uses.
Yes. Gateway publishes a REST API at api.gatewaylines.com plus webhooks for shipment events. No per-call fees, and the API is the same one Gateway uses internally so coverage is complete.
Sign up free and have your first shipment operational the same day. Compare it to your existing CargoWise workflow and see what a modern platform feels like.