Frontier for Brokers vs Tai TMS: which fits your brokerage?
Tai TMS starts at $995 a month on a flat rate and is built for brokers and 3PLs from mid-sized to large. Frontier for Brokers starts free and is built first for brokerages from one person to a busy floor.
What each one costs
Tai TMS figures come from its public information as of November 2026. Confirm current pricing with Tai TMS before deciding.
Source: Tai TMS on Capterra. Checked November 2026. The listing doesn't say what moves you from one plan to the next.
| Frontier for Brokers | Tai TMS | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | By booked loads a month, unlimited users | Flat rate a month by plan |
| Starting price | Free | $995/mo (Growth) |
| Higher plans | $449, $849 and $1,299/mo by loads | Premium $2,465, Premium+ $4,595, Pro $7,925/mo |
| Free plan or trial | Free up to 10 loads a month. Free with no load limit during early access | Free trial not available |
Frontier for Brokers is free with no load limit while early access lasts. The prices above are its plans after that.
Frontier for a Tai TMS 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
- Start the same day, with a sample brokerage to learn on
- 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 Tai TMS might fit better
Tai is purposely built for freight brokers, and its listing names 3PLs and medium-to-large enterprises. It lists built-in accounting with a general ledger, EDI, a branded client portal on every plan, and integrations including QuickBooks Online, FourKites and Descartes MacroPoint. A larger brokerage that wants its general ledger inside the TMS is the kind 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.