Frontier for Brokers vs AscendTMS: which fits your brokerage?
AscendTMS charges per user, with a free Basic plan and a $99 Premium plan. Frontier for Brokers charges by booked loads a month, so adding a rep never changes the price.
What each one costs
AscendTMS figures come from its public information as of November 2026. Confirm current pricing with AscendTMS before deciding.
Source: AscendTMS on Capterra. Checked November 2026.
| Frontier for Brokers | AscendTMS | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | By booked loads a month, unlimited users | Per user a month: Basic free, Premium $99 |
| 1 person, 10 loads a month | Free | $0 on Basic, or $99/mo on Premium |
| 5 people, 40 loads a month | $199/mo | $495/mo on Premium (5 × $99) |
| 15 people, 150 loads a month | $449/mo | $1,485/mo on Premium (15 × $99) |
| Users | Unlimited on every plan | Priced per user. Basic is for up to two users |
| Free plan or trial | Free up to 10 loads a month. Free with no load limit during early access | Free Basic plan and a free trial, no card |
Frontier for Brokers is free with no load limit while early access lasts. The prices above are its plans after that.
Frontier for a AscendTMS shopper
- Free while early access lasts, with no card and no load limit
- Priced by booked loads a month, never by seat. Unlimited users on every plan
- Shipper emails turn into quotes with a suggested price; quotes are free
- Each carrier's emails in one chain on the load: accept, counter by email, or pass
- Carriers sign rate cons from their phone, with no account
- A private portal for each shipper, included
- Carrier bills checked against the rate con before you pay
When AscendTMS might fit better
AscendTMS's Premium plan lists load and truck posting to 53 load boards, EDI, full accounting, instant load funding and a shipper directory of about 26,000 shippers. A one- or two-person shop that wants load board posting today, for free or $99 a person, is the kind of brokerage it's built for.
New, and in early access
Frontier for Brokers is new. It comes from the team behind Frontier for Carriers, which a family-owned trucking company runs on every day, and it’s built first for brokerages from one person to a busy floor.