Beacon vs BuyCo: pricing, features and fit.
Beacon vs BuyCo: pricing, features and fit.
Businesses choosing Beacon over BuyCo
Which one do you need?
Which one do you need?
Beacon and BuyCo solve different problems. Here is how to tell which one you have.
Choose BuyCo if…
You want to book and manage ocean freight with your forwarders in one place.
- Ocean booking management
- Forwarder collaboration
- Container tracking
- Shared documents
Choose Beacon if…
You own your cargo and want to control what freight costs.
- Live ETAs, through our data partners
- Invoices checked against contracts
- D&D risk before it is charged
- One set of numbers for finance and supply chain
What customers say.
Food and beverage teams on running their freight in Beacon.
Most mornings, before I could even think about the day ahead, I needed to find out where my supply was. That work is genuinely gone now. Beacon is one place, one picture, and it updates itself. It's the tool I've been waiting for.
Real live data on the status of our containers all in one place instead of having to interrogate all of the individual shipping websites.
It has helped me speed up authorising invoices immensely. Everything is in one place - I'm not opening various spreadsheets or another system or website.
Side by side, for operations and finance.
Side by side, for operations and finance.
What each platform gives the team that runs shipments, and the people who pay the freight bill.
For operations
For finance
Rollout, support
and pricing.
Rollout, support
and pricing.
What it takes to get started, and how each one charges.
BuyCo does not publish its prices. Plans are quoted per customer.
Beacon does not publish prices either. Talk to us for a quote based on your shipments and the parts of the platform you need.
Live in weeks without an IT project: start with invoices, rate sheets and shipment spreadsheets, then connect your ERP, TMS and forwarder portals by API.
Moving from BuyCo.
Moving from BuyCo.
Most teams run Beacon alongside their current tools first, then switch over.
Share a sample of your data
Invoices, rate sheets and a shipment export. No IT project to start.
See your numbers in Beacon
Shipments, spend and D&D exposure in one picture, built from your own data.
Run side by side
Keep BuyCo while your team checks Beacon against the numbers you trust.
Connect and switch
Connect your ERP, TMS and forwarder portals by API when you are ready.
Frequently asked questions
How much does BuyCo cost?
BuyCo does not publish its prices; plans are quoted per customer. Beacon also quotes per customer, based on your shipments and the parts of the platform you need.
Is Beacon a BuyCo alternative?
If you need cost control across shipments, invoices and D&D, yes. BuyCo focuses on ocean booking and collaboration; Beacon focuses on what your freight is costing you.
Can Beacon and BuyCo work together?
Yes. Teams can keep BuyCo for bookings and run Beacon alongside it for cost control.
How long does it take to move from BuyCo?
Most teams see their own numbers in Beacon within weeks, run both side by side, then connect their systems by API when ready.
Who writes these comparisons?
The Beacon team writes them from public information and what customers tell us. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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See the whole picture. Decide with confidence.
See the whole picture. Decide with confidence.
