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Freight Payment Software

Freight Payment Software That Codes Every Cost and Pays Every Carrier on Time

Enterprises running freight at scale overpay 2-5% of total freight spend annually. Freehand's AI Teams for Freight Audit & Payment process every invoice, code every cost, and disburse every payment, with a complete GL audit trail and no added headcount.

$4.1M avg annual recovery
68% reduction in manual effort
8 wks to live & processing
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Trusted by global leaders in logistics, manufacturing, and retail

Meta
GE
Johnson & Johnson
Unilever
Pfizer
Cardinal Health
West Marine
Delicato
Albert Heijn
Spectrum Brands
Saks Fifth Avenue
Costa Farms
Brunswick
Accuride
Uline
GMi Companies
Inspire Brands
Open Products
Littelfuse
Samsara
Awards and Recognitions
TIME Best Inventions 2025
Fast Company Next Big Things in Tech 2025
Inc. 5000
Gartner
The Solution

What Freehand Does Across the Freight Payment Lifecycle

Freehand's AI Teams execute the full payment lifecycle autonomously, from invoice approval through GL coding, accrual maintenance, and ERP disbursement. Each agent owns a distinct post-approval step so nothing sits in a queue.

Straight-Through Payment Processing

Approved invoices move directly into the payment workflow. No queues. No manual steps between invoice approval and ERP disbursement. Payments go out on time, every cycle.

GL Coding & Cost Allocation

The GL Coding Agent assigns cost centers, GL accounts, and business units based on rules mapped to your chart of accounts. Complex cost splits across divisions, brands, and geographies, handled at invoice time, accurately.

Real-Time Freight Accruals

Freight costs are accrued at tender and updated as shipments move. The Accrual & Forecast Agent reconciles actuals against accruals when invoices arrive. Finance has a live view of freight liability at any point in the month.

ERP Payment Disbursement

The Payment Orchestration Agent generates payment files in your ERP's required format and pushes them directly to SAP, Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle JDE, or NetSuite via native connectors.

Freight Spend Intelligence

The Spend Intelligence Agent classifies every payment by mode, carrier, cost center, and charge type, giving Finance a single, finance-grade view of freight spend across the business.

Duplicate & Anomaly Detection

The Anomaly Detection Agent blocks duplicate submissions across PRO and BOL variants before disbursement. Every payment is backed by a complete audit trail: invoice, shipment, rate, approval, and payment record.

Why Choose Freehand?

What Changes When Freight Payment Runs on AI Teams

The difference isn't incremental. Every manual handoff between invoice approval and payment close is removed.

Without Freehand
With Freehand
Approved invoices queue for manual GL coding, hours or days of delay per billing cycle
GL Coding Agent assigns cost centers and accounts at invoice approval. Zero queue.
Early payment discounts expire during manual approval cycles
Freehand captures early payment discounts across the carrier network automatically
Accruals estimated at month-end, Finance closes on approximations
Live accruals from tender to payment. Finance closes on verified numbers.
Carrier payment runs require manual file preparation and ERP entry
Payment Orchestration Agent generates and pushes payment files directly to ERP. On schedule.
Duplicate invoices surface post-payment, recovery is manual and incomplete
Anomaly Detection Agent blocks duplicate submissions before disbursement, every time.
Payment data split across ERPs, email, and spreadsheets with no unified view
Complete audit trail per payment: invoice, shipment, contracted rate, approval, and disbursement.
Benefits

Measurable Outcomes from Week One

Outcomes measured from live deployments across Fortune 100 freight portfolios.

$3M+
in annual savings recovered
Fortune 100 Consumer Electronics Company
90%
reduction in invoice processing time
Global Social Media & Technology Leader
60%
reduction in freight management effort
Fortune 100 Consumer Electronics Company

GL coding and cost allocation run automatically. Finance closes the month on accurate data.

Accruals update in real time as shipments move. Finance has a verified view of freight liability at any point, not an estimate built at month-end.

Carrier payments go out on time. Carrier escalations, capacity disputes, and service tier downgrades are prevented before they start.

Every payment is traceable: invoice, shipment data, contracted rate, approval workflow, and payment record in one place.

Compliant invoices require no handoffs. Exceptions are categorized, routed, and resolved in days.

Freight spend data is classified and finance-grade, available at any point in the month from a single view.

Case Study

$14M Recovered. 100% Coverage. Same Team.

Real outcomes from enterprises that have deployed Freehand across their freight payment operations.

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Platform Capabilities

Built for the Full Freight Payment Lifecycle

Every capability needed to take freight payment from manual and partial to autonomous and complete.

01

Automated Invoice Approval Workflows

Configurable thresholds route invoices directly to payment or secondary review. Compliant invoices never touch a human desk, straight-through processing from day one.

02

GL Coding & Cost Allocation

Freight costs coded to the correct GL account, cost center, and business unit automatically. Multi-dimensional allocation handles complex splits across divisions, brands, and geographies.

03

Live Accruals & Forecasting

Costs accrued at tender, updated as shipments move, reconciled at invoice time. Finance has an accurate liability view at any point in the month, not an estimate built at close.

04

Early Payment & Discount Capture

Freehand captures early payment discounts across the carrier network automatically. Payment performance tracked per carrier for contract negotiations.

06

Complete Audit Trail & Controls

Every payment backed by a full audit trail: invoice, shipment data, contracted rate, approval workflow, and disbursement confirmation, in one place, always queryable.

07

Duplicate & Anomaly Detection

Every invoice is checked against prior submissions across PRO and BOL variants before disbursement. Duplicates are blocked automatically, recovery is never needed after the fact.

07

Native ERP Integration

Connectors to SAP, Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle JDE, and NetSuite. Payment files generated in your ERP's required format and pushed directly via API or EDI.

08

TMS-Agnostic Integration

Connects to Oracle TMS, Blue Yonder, MercuryGate, Manhattan, or e2open. No rip-and-replace. No TMS migration required to go live.

09

Multi-Entity & Multi-Currency

Payment orchestration across currencies, legal entities, and geographies. Exchange rate management and cross-border compliance built in, no manual FX handling required.

Built For

Every Industry. Every Mode. One Platform.

Deployed across freight profiles with the highest invoice volume, payment complexity, and GL coding requirements.

Industrial Manufacturing
High freight spend, carrier diversity, tariff and trade compliance exposure
Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical
Regulated freight, complex accessorial structures, strict compliance requirements
Healthcare
Time-sensitive shipments, cold chain complexity, high carrier charge variability
Logistics Service Provider
Multi-client invoice management, high volume, margin-sensitive payment cycles
Retail
High invoice volume, parcel and LTL complexity, last-mile cost management
Food & Beverage
Temperature-controlled freight, regional carrier networks, high accessorial volume
FMCG
Multi-modal, high accessorial volume, complex cost allocation across brands and geographies
Chemical Manufacturing
Hazmat freight, regulatory documentation, specialized carrier requirements
OEM & Automotive
JIT supply chain, multi-modal, high carrier diversity and charge complexity
Global Trade
Multi-currency, cross-border compliance, ocean and air freight complexity
Mode Coverage
Parcel & Air
Dimensional weight, zone, surcharge & accessorial
LTL / FTL
NMFC classification, fuel surcharge, detention
Ocean FCL/LCL
Port fees, B/L charges, BAF/CAF, demurrage
Intermodal & Rail
Multi-leg cost allocation, drayage validation
Last-Mile
Per-stop, zone-based & weight-break charges
Multi-Modal
Cross-mode cost allocation & GL mapping
AI Teams

Meet the Agents Working Your Freight Invoices 24/7

Freight payment spans GL coding, disbursement, accruals, and spend reporting, each step a manual handoff in traditional finance operations. Freehand deploys one AI Team with four specialized agents, each owning a distinct part of the payment lifecycle.

Step 01
GL

GL Coding Agent

Assigns cost centers, GL accounts, and business units using rules mapped to your chart of accounts. Complex cost splits across divisions, brands, and geographies handled at invoice time.

Zero manual journal entries
Step 02
PO

Payment Orchestration Agent

Generates payment files and manages disbursement workflows to your ERP. Handles carrier payment runs across modes and geographies. Pushes directly to SAP, Oracle, JDE, or NetSuite.

On-time carrier payments, at scale
Step 03
AF

Accrual & Forecast Agent

Maintains live freight cost accruals from tender through payment. Reconciles actuals at invoice time. Finance closes the month on verified data, not estimates built at close.

Finance closes on accurate numbers
Step 04
SI

Spend Intelligence Agent

Delivers real-time visibility into freight spend across modes, lanes, carriers, and cost centers. Classifies every payment into a finance-grade, queryable data layer.

Finance-grade spend data, any point in the month

Recover margin. Enforce contracts. Close the loop.

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