Cargoson vs Alpega TMS
One of these you can read the price of, and the other you reach through a demo request. Cargoson publishes four tiers from EUR 199 a month on annual billing, aimed at a shipper who wants to book carriers from one screen. Alpega TMS is a group of modules covering planning, execution, tendering and freight exchanges, with no prices or trial on the pages we read. Cargoson is the simpler thing to test, while Alpega covers tendering that Cargoson sells only as an add-on.
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Choose Cargoson ifyou want to see a monthly price before talking to anyone and book road freight with a small team. You can live with tendering as an add-on and reporting that ends at a statistics dashboard.
Choose Alpega TMS ifyou want planning, carrier assignment and tendering from one group, and you will sit through a demo and scoping call to get there. You accept that modules overlap and screens differ between them.
Cargoson and Alpega TMS side by side
| Cargoson | Alpega TMS | |
|---|---|---|
| Our freight management rank | #1 of 16 | #2 of 16 |
| Established in | Estonia | Belgium |
| List price, 10 November 2026 | Four tiers, EUR 199 to 1,000 a month on annual billing, plus a one-time setup fee | No prices on the site; demo request only, quoted per module |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Built for | Mid-sized shippers booking across a handful of European carriers | Continental European shippers wanting tender and execution in one group |
| Not for | Global programmes with annual tender cycles and ocean volume | Buyers who want a single coherent product out of the box |
Both are reviewed in full in our freight management ranking: Cargoson and Alpega TMS.
Where they differ
Cargoson 3 · Alpega TMS 2 · open 1- 01
A price you can read before the demo
Cargoson lists Basic from EUR 199 a month on annual billing (EUR 249 monthly), Standard from EUR 399, Advanced from EUR 599 and Enterprise from EUR 1,000 on annual billing, plus a one-time setup fee on every tier. Alpega's homepage shows no prices or plans and offers only a request for a demo. A buyer building a shortlist budget can start with Cargoson today. With Alpega, the first number arrives after a sales conversation.
Edge: Cargoson
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Tendering and the procurement side
Alpega lists TenderEasy for procurement beside its TMS, and its group also includes Teleroute, Wtransnet and 123cargo for spot capacity. Cargoson has the opposite weakness: tender management is a paid add-on rather than part of any tier, and the pricing engine is an extra on Basic. Standard and above include transport pricing with price list upload and comparison. For a procurement team that runs structured tenders, Alpega is the better starting point.
Edge: Alpega TMS
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Trying it before you commit
Cargoson says it generally does not offer a free trial, though a sandbox account for testing is available on request. It also states there is no long-term commitment, you can cancel or change plan with notice, and exceeding the shipment cap does not lock the account. Alpega's pages show no trial or free plan, only a demo request, and contract length is not described on the homepage. The clearer exit terms are on the Cargoson page.
Edge: Cargoson
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Limits that come with each Cargoson tier
Basic covers 2 users and 100 shipments a month, Standard 5 users and 1,000, and Advanced 10 users and 3,000, while Enterprise has unlimited users, SSO and 7-year audit logs. Basic handles road and courier only. Air, sea and rail start at Standard, and API access with webhooks starts at Advanced. Alpega publishes no such limits, so nothing on the pages we read caps users or shipments, but nothing says what is included either.
Depends on the buyer
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Documents, tracking and day-to-day execution
Cargoson generates CMR documents and prints and emails labels on all plans, adds automatic DGD generation from Standard, and sends webhook notifications for real-time events from Advanced. Alpega's site names load planning, carrier assignment, dock scheduling, proof of delivery, Smart Booking, live milestone tracking and transport analytics with freight reporting. Alpega's list reads broader, covering the dock and the receipt. Cargoson's reporting is basic, and its own page stops at a statistics dashboard.
Edge: Alpega TMS
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Hosting and the company behind it
Cargoson is registered as Cargoson OU in Estonia, headquartered in Tallinn, hosted on AWS servers, with no self-hosted option stated and no owner named. Alpega's imprint lists Alpega TMS Belgium NV in Zaventem, Belgium first, with entities in France, Germany and Austria, and our data lists Belgium. The hosting model of its TMS is not stated, though it sells Cloud Transformation services. A buyer who needs to know where data lives gets an answer from Cargoson.
Edge: Cargoson
When neither fits
If you need ocean volume, annual tender cycles or live visibility across many carriers, neither is a full fit. Transporeon covers tendering and execution at larger scale, and Shippeo is a visibility specialist.
Cargoson or Alpega TMS: questions
3 answersDoes Cargoson stop working when we pass the shipment cap?
The Cargoson pricing page says exceeding the shipment cap does not lock the account. The caps themselves are 100 on Basic, 1,000 on Standard and 3,000 on Advanced per month. The page we read does not state what extra shipments cost.
Which of the two shows a monthly rate for a five-person team?
Cargoson does: Standard is for 5 users and 1,000 shipments, from EUR 399 a month on annual billing or EUR 499 monthly.
Alpega publishes no plans, so a five-person team would need to request a demo to get a figure. Cargoson also charges a one-time setup fee on top.
How many separate products does Alpega sell under one roof?
The homepage lists TMS, Transport Execution, TenderEasy, Freight Exchange, Business Transport Excellence, Logistics Network, Interfaces and Cloud Transformation. Wtransnet, Teleroute and BursaTransport are each described as an Alpega Solution. Our data notes overlapping modules and inconsistent interfaces, so ask which ones you need in writing.
Sources
Checked 10 November 2026- Cargoson pricing page: monthly rates by tier, user and shipment caps, no free trial, sandbox on request, AWS hosting and CMR, DGD and webhook availability.
- Cargoson English pricing page: road-only Basic, add-on tools sold separately, setup fee, and Cargoson OU in Tallinn.
- Alpega Group homepage: the module list, absence of prices or trial, and the named planning, booking and tracking functions.
- Alpega imprint: Alpega TMS Belgium NV in Zaventem and the French, German and Austrian entities.