Cargobase

Cargobase is a cloud-based Transportation Management System (TMS) for enterprise shippers that automates spot-buy and contract freight procurement across air, ocean, road, and courier modes. Shippers request quotes, compare carrier and forwarder rates apples-to-apples, award and execute shipments, track them in real time, audit freight invoices, and report on carbon emissions and logistics-provider performance from a single platform. Founded in 2013, Cargobase serves automotive, aviation, semiconductor, machinery, energy, and oil-and-gas shippers worldwide, is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and SOC 2 compliant, and is backed by 500 Global.

Cargobase is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Logistics, Transportation Management System, Freight, and Supply Chain.

Cargobase’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 11 more developer resources.

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20.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 7/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyLogisticsTransportation Management SystemFreightSupply ChainSpot FreightFreight ProcurementShipping

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 20.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 8.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 7/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conformance

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Compliance

Compliance

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cargobase
name: Cargobase
description: Cargobase is a cloud-based Transportation Management System (TMS) for enterprise shippers that automates spot-buy
  and contract freight procurement across air, ocean, road, and courier modes. Shippers request quotes, compare carrier and
  forwarder rates apples-to-apples, award and execute shipments, track them in real time, audit freight invoices, and report
  on carbon emissions and logistics-provider performance from a single platform. Founded in 2013, Cargobase serves automotive,
  aviation, semiconductor, machinery, energy, and oil-and-gas shippers worldwide, is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and SOC 2 compliant,
  and is backed by 500 Global.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargobase/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://assets.cargobase.com/fav_icon_50ebea0818.png
tags:
- Company
- Logistics
- Transportation Management System
- Freight
- Supply Chain
- Spot Freight
- Freight Procurement
- Shipping
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cargobase.com
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/getting-started
- type: Support
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/help-center
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/blog
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/signup
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/terms-and-conditions
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/cargobase-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/cargobase-well-known.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cargobase-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/responsible-disclosure
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cargobase-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/cargobase-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.cargobase.com/blog/cargobase-achieves-iso-27001-certification
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/cargobase-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence