All of the data you need — now with a brand-new user interface
FreightWaves SONAR is dedicated to helping businesses understand and navigate the global supply chain. Our mission is to bring market intelligence and transparency to all parts of the ecosystem to yield better decision-making and performance. SONAR provides high-frequency data and visibility into the freight marketplace — at local, state, national and global levels. FreightWaves SONAR’s price, demand and capacity data spans across all modes to allow logistics leaders to benchmark, analyze, monitor and forecast the global physical economy.
SONAR is the high-frequency freight market intelligence platform dedicated to powering businesses in the supply chain. SONAR provides users with exclusive, near real-time trucking, railroad, ocean and air freight transportation data and actionable intelligence, as well as the ability to benchmark, analyze, monitor and forecast your network against the market.
Measure freight spend and carrier service, spot rates, operational efficiency and profitability against market dynamics.
Identify opportunities to optimize your network and see emerging market trends before the competition.
Predict rates and capacity, minimize service failures and build strong partnerships.
Use high-frequency supply chain data to monitor global and domestic freight market activity by drilling down into lane-level granularity, uncovering actionable insights, and staying ahead of your competitors.
Quickly dissect complex freight data via customizable dashboards to accelerate decision-making and outcomes.
Leverage SONAR’s freight market data with software integrations to enhance your teams’ workflows.
SONAR offers a suite of products and features designed for quick and confident decision making when it comes to balancing transportation spend and performance. It comes with an easy-to-use interface for numerous integrations into TMS and ERP software systems. Configure your insights and workflows using your systems or the SONAR interface to fit your team’s needs.
Utilize FreightWaves TRAC to improve spot truckload pricing, bidding, benchmarking and forecasting using the fastest data from more thousands of lanes.
Use the Container Atlas dashboard to navigate supply and demand dynamics in ocean markets to make informed and profitable decisions.
Use SONAR API to plug into your existing tech stack with our proprietary data to provide the most accurate information for your business.
Use Market Dashboard+ to benchmark, monitor and analyze your entire network in one strategic dashboard.
Use watchlists to keep track of your key market areas and stay ahead of the curve.
Use Market Dashboard and charts to get data on the lanes and metrics that matter most to your business.
Use the NTI (National Truckload Index) scientific algorithm to see current and future rates up to 28 days in advance.
Use SONAR SCI to target optimal transportation cost thresholds while maintaining service levels.
Use SONAR SCI high-frequency contract and spot rate data to benchmark against peers and balance spend and service.
“SONAR enables us to keep track of the freight markets in real-time. Without it, I would be ‘behind the 8-ball’ on market shifts and trends across the freight markets and unable to communicate effectively to our team about the current state of the market.”
Director of Pricing
VP of Carrier Operations
SONAR SCI Customer