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EDI for trucking, set up and run for you

Your shipper said EDI or no contract. TransPlus connects your fleet through a dedicated EDI team that builds the connections, runs the testing with your shipper, and manages the trading network relationship, then supports it all after launch. No IT staff required.

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How TransPlus handles EDI

A dedicated EDI team

A whole team at TransPlus specializes only in EDI. The same specialists who build your connections support them after launch. Not a general support queue, and not a referral to a third party.

End to end, network included

We manage the full connection: trading partner setup, testing with your shipper, and the network in the middle, the middleman between your TMS and the shipper's system. You never sign a separate network contract or sit between two vendors.

Paid on freight that moves

A one-time setup fee, a module fee, and then transaction fees. The bulk of your cost scales with your volume, so we are paid the way you are paid. We quote all three for your volume and trading partners before you commit.

What EDI in trucking is, and why it decides who hauls contract freight

What is EDI in trucking? EDI (electronic data interchange) in trucking is the standard way shippers and carriers exchange freight documents by computer instead of email or phone. Load tenders, acceptances, status updates, and invoices move as structured messages between the shipper's system and the carrier's TMS, so your biller isn't typing the same load twice.

EDI is the price of admission to contract freight, and more small fleets are paying it for the first time. The core paperwork of contract freight, the tender, the response, and the invoice, still runs on EDI. Newer visibility mandates stack on top of EDI, they do not replace it (NMFTA, 2025). And in the current soft market, with Canadian cross-border truck freight down 17 percent year over year in January 2026 (Land Line, citing BTS data), more fleets are moving off the spot market and toward contract freight, and hitting an EDI requirement for the first time.

Five transaction types carry almost all trucking EDI. Here is what each one does:

  • EDI 204, the load tender. The shipper offers you a load, straight into your TMS.
  • EDI 990, the tender response. You accept or decline, and the shipper's system knows instantly.
  • EDI 214, the status update. Where the load is, from pickup through delivery.
  • EDI 210, the invoice. How you bill the shipper, in the format their system pays from.
  • EDI 997, the acknowledgment. The receipt that confirms each message arrived.

TransPlus supports all five, inside the same TMS that runs your dispatch, billing, and driver app.

Most TMS vendors serving fleets our customers' size hand EDI to somebody else. Rose Rocket routes EDI through Bitfreighter. Tailwind requires a separate contract with Kleinschmidt. Truckstop's TMS points you to a partner marketplace. All of that is in their own documentation. With TransPlus, EDI is not something you bolt on and babysit. It is a service our own people run, and to be plain about it, EDI is a module of the TransPlus TMS: it runs inside the platform, not as a bolt-on to another vendor's system. Our dedicated EDI team does nothing but EDI: they build each trading partner connection, run the testing with your shipper, and manage the trading network relationship. After launch, the same specialists support the connections they built. EDI lands in the same TMS your dispatch, billing, and driver app already run in, next to the rest of your integrations. Coming off Avaal or another system? Our switching guide covers how your operation moves over.

Kriska, Caravan Group of Companies, Liberty Linehaul, Gigg Express, Montana Group and Forbes Hewlett run their operations on TransPlus, and many TransPlus fleets run EDI freight. Read their stories on our customer stories page. Running cross-border? Our Canadian TMS page covers what that freight demands.

How EDI pricing works

You pay a one-time setup fee to get connected and a module fee for EDI itself. From there it is transaction fees, so the bulk of your cost scales with the freight moving over your connections. When your EDI freight grows, we both do well. When the market slows, the transaction portion of your cost falls with your volume.

EDI is a module of the TransPlus TMS. See pricing for how the rest of the platform is priced.

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EDI for trucking, answered plainly

What is EDI in trucking?

EDI, or electronic data interchange, is how shippers and carriers exchange freight documents computer to computer instead of by email or phone. Load tenders, acceptances, status updates, and invoices move as structured messages between the shipper's system and your TMS. Many shippers require carriers to be EDI capable before awarding contract freight, which is why the requirement usually arrives attached to a contract.

When does a fleet need EDI?

When a shipper you want to haul for requires it, which is usually the moment you bid on contract freight. EDI is the price of admission to contract freight: the tender, the response, and the invoice all move over EDI. If you run spot freight only, you may not need it yet. The day a customer says EDI or no contract, you need a connection.

Do you set up EDI for us?

Yes. TransPlus has a dedicated EDI team that does nothing but EDI. They build each trading partner connection, run the testing with your shipper, and manage the trading network relationship end to end. After launch, the same specialists support the connections they built, so an issue goes to people who know your setup, not a general queue and not a third-party vendor. You keep dispatching.

What does TransPlus EDI cost?

You pay a one-time setup fee to get connected, plus a module fee for EDI. Beyond that it is transaction fees, so the bulk of your cost scales with the freight moving over your connections. We are paid the way you are paid, on freight that moves. Pricing is quoted for your volume and trading partners, so ask us and we will walk you through all three numbers for your fleet.

Which EDI transactions and partners are supported?

TransPlus supports the transactions contract freight runs on: 204 load tenders, 990 tender responses, 214 status updates, 210 invoices, and 997 acknowledgments. Connections run through the major trading networks, and our EDI team manages the network relationship for you. That means you can connect with the shippers, brokers, and 3PLs that require EDI without signing a separate network contract yourself.

How fast can we be connected to a new shipper?

Setup time depends mostly on your trading partner's testing process, so we will not quote you a one-size number. What we can tell you: our EDI team runs the setup and testing with your shipper's timeline in view, handles the trading network side, and keeps you posted at every step. If you are facing a deadline, tell us on day one and we plan the work around it.

Watch EDI work live

Get a personalized demo, scheduled the same week, no commitment. We will show you EDI running in TransPlus, not slides about it, and walk you through how your connection gets built, who builds it, and what it costs at your volume. Already holding an EDI requirement from a shipper? Tell us and we will build the demo around it.

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