# Descartes Systems Group

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/descartes/  
**Website:** https://www.descartes.com  
**APIs profiled:** 6

The Descartes Systems Group is a global logistics and supply chain software company whose cloud-based Global Logistics Network connects manufacturers, distributors, carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders. Descartes delivers its capabilities across a large family of products - real-time freight visibility and carrier sourcing (Descartes MacroPoint), customs and regulatory compliance and trade content (Descartes CustomsInfo, NetCHB), global trade intelligence (Descartes Datamyne), routing and mobile, and B2B connectivity and messaging. Descartes exposes APIs on a per-product basis: the MacroPoint visibility, capacity, and carrier integration APIs are publicly documented (customer credentials required), while trade content, trade data, and B2B connectivity APIs are provisioned through the Descartes API portal or a sales/contract engagement. Most API access is customer/partner-gated rather than open self-service signup.

## Kin Score — 20.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 20.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 8.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Paid · Requires approval — onboarding: approval, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (6)

- **Descartes MacroPoint Visibility API** — Real-time freight and shipment visibility. Lets a shipper, broker, or 3PL create, update, monitor, and stop tracking sessions on loads directly from a TMS or ERP and receive loc...
- **Descartes MacroPoint Capacity Integration API** — Intelligent carrier sourcing and capacity matching. An Import API pushes available-capacity and load data into MacroPoint Capacity, and an Export API returns carrier matches bac...
- **Descartes MacroPoint Carrier Integration API** — Carrier-facing integration for the MacroPoint Visibility network. Lets carriers and telematics/ELD providers supply location updates as lat/long coordinate sets or addresses, pl...
- **Descartes CustomsInfo Trade Content API** — Trade content and classification for customs and regulatory compliance. Delivers Harmonized System (HS) codes and product classification, current tariff and duty rates and prefe...
- **Descartes Datamyne Global Trade Data API** — Programmatic access to Descartes Datamyne's global import/export trade data - bill-of-lading and customs records, trade flows, and company/commodity intelligence - for embedding...
- **Descartes B2B API Connectivity** — Real-time B2B connectivity over the Descartes Global Logistics Network, complementing traditional EDI. Provides synchronous request/response integrations for marketplace connect...

## Security (1)

- **Descartes Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Descartes Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Logistics, Supply Chain, Freight Visibility, Shipment Tracking, Customs Compliance, Global Trade, Trade Content, Carrier Sourcing

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/descartes/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.