Freight Payment Software That Audits, Resolves, and Pays Every Invoice Automatically
Enterprises running freight at scale overpay 2-5% of total freight spend annually. Freehand's AI Teams process every invoice, code every cost, and disburse every payment, with a complete audit trail and no added headcount.
Freight Payment Is a Finance Problem.
Most Teams Are Still Running It as a Logistics Problem.
Every approved invoice triggers GL coding, accruals, and disbursement, and most enterprises still run that chain manually.
Manual GL Coding at Scale
Every invoice requires manual input, errors compound across cost centers, divisions, and geographies
Month-End Accrual Estimates
Freight accruals are estimates built at month-end, not maintained as shipments move. Finance closes on approximations.
Late Carrier Payments
Payment runs go late, triggering escalations, capacity disputes, and service tier downgrades with key carriers.
Uncaptured Early Payment Discounts
Early payment discounts expire uncaptured because manual approval cycles take too long to clear.
Multi-Entity FX Complexity
Multi-currency payments require manual FX handling and compliance checks across legal entities.
No Unified Spend View
No consolidated view of freight spend across ERPs, modes, or business units. Finance corrects journal entries for months.
From Invoice Approval to ERP Disbursement, Fully Automated
Freehand's AI Teams run the full payment lifecycle, from approval through GL coding and ERP disbursement.
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
No duplicate payment clears. The Anomaly Detection Agent blocks PRO and BOL variants before disbursement, with every payment backed by a complete audit trail.
Missed SLA Credits
Late delivery credits expire if not claimed within a tight window. Without automated tracking, the credits simply vanish each billing cycle.
Manual Handoffs vs. Straight-Through Payment
The difference isn't incremental. Every manual handoff between invoice approval and payment close is removed.
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Measurable Outcomes from Week One
Outcomes measured from live deployments across Fortune 100 enterprises.
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.
$14M+ Recovered Across Our Customer Base. 100% Coverage.
Real outcomes from enterprises that have deployed Freehand across their freight payment operations.
One Platform, Every Payment Stage: Coding, Accruals, Disbursement
Every capability needed to move from manual, BPO-supported payment processing to autonomous, straight-through disbursement.
Automated Invoice Approval Workflows
Configurable thresholds route invoices directly to payment or review, with compliant invoices processed straight-through from day one.
GL Coding & Cost Allocation
Freight costs coded to the correct GL account, cost center, and business unit automatically, handling splits across divisions.
Live Accruals & Forecasting
Costs accrued at tender and reconciled at invoice time, giving Finance an accurate liability view all month, not a close-out estimate.
Early Payment & Discount Capture
Freehand captures early payment discounts across the carrier network automatically. Payment performance tracked per carrier for contract negotiations.
Complete Audit Trail & Controls
Every payment backed by a full audit trail: invoice, shipment data, rate, approval, and disbursement, always queryable in one place.
Duplicate & Anomaly Detection
Every invoice checked against prior submissions across PRO and BOL variants before disbursement, with duplicates blocked automatically.
Native ERP Integration
Connectors to SAP, Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle JDE, and NetSuite push payment files directly via API or EDI.
TMS-Agnostic Integration
Connects to Oracle TMS, Blue Yonder, MercuryGate, Manhattan, or e2open. No rip-and-replace. No TMS migration required to go live.
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, multi-entity GL structures, tariff-driven payment complexity
Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical
Regulated freight, strict payment audit trails, compliance-driven disbursement timing
Healthcare
Time-sensitive shipments, cold chain premiums, high carrier payment variability
Logistics & 3PL
Multi-client disbursement, high volume, margin-sensitive payment cycles
Retail
High invoice volume, parcel and LTL cost coding, peak-season payment surges
Food & Beverage
Temperature-controlled freight, regional carrier networks, high accrual complexity
FMCG
Multi-modal payment runs, complex GL splits across brands and geographies
OEM
Electronics and OEM parts shipping, complex accessorials, JIT delivery windows
Chemical Manufacturing
Hazmat billing disputes, specialized contract terms, and regulatory documentation
Global Trade
Multi-currency disbursement, cross-border compliance, FX-heavy payment runs
Parcel & Air
Dimensional weight and surcharge validation at invoice approval, before disbursement
LTL / FTL
Fuel surcharge and detention charges coded and paid without manual GL entry
Ocean FCL/LCL
Port fees, B/L charges, and demurrage reconciled against contracted rates at payment time
Intermodal & Rail
Multi-leg cost allocation and drayage charges coded automatically at disbursement
Last-Mile
Per-stop and weight-break charges validated and paid without manual review
Multi-Modal
Cross-mode GL mapping and cost allocation at the point of payment, not after
Meet the Agents Working Your Freight Payments 24/7
Freight payment spans GL coding, disbursement, accruals, and spend reporting. Freehand runs all four with dedicated agents.
GL Coding Agent
Assigns cost centers, GL accounts, and business units using your chart of accounts, handling complex splits at invoice time.
Payment Orchestration Agent
Generates payment files and manages disbursement across modes and geographies, pushing directly to SAP, Oracle, JDE, or NetSuite.
Accrual & Forecast Agent
Maintains live freight accruals from tender through payment, reconciled at invoice time so Finance closes on verified data.
Spend Intelligence Agent
Classifies every payment into a finance-grade, queryable view of freight spend across modes, lanes, carriers, and cost centers.
Powered by the Freehand Context Graph
Freehand's Context Graph unifies rates, shipment data, GL rules, and payment records into one traceable semantic layer.
The platform is built on the Freehand Logistics Language Model, a domain-specific LLM trained on freight data, carrier rate structures, and logistics invoice patterns. This is what separates Freehand from generic AI tools applied to freight data the model understands how freight invoicing works, carrier by carrier, mode by mode.
- Every GL coding decision is grounded in verified contract and shipment data, not pattern matching on unstructured text.
- Every payment is fully traceable, from invoice through approval through disbursement, with a complete audit record.
- The Context Graph learns from every payment cycle. GL coding accuracy and payment speed improve continuously, without manual rules updates.
Questions We Hear from Finance and Payment Leaders
Straight answers to what teams ask before replacing BPO freight payment with AI.
Freight payment software automates the validation, approval, GL coding, and disbursement of carrier invoices. Freehand's AI Teams for Freight Audit & Payment process 100% of invoices with 4-way matching, automatic cost allocation, and direct ERP integration, with no manual steps at any stage.
Freehand eliminates manual work between invoice approval and ERP disbursement. The GL Coding Agent assigns cost centers automatically, the Payment Orchestration Agent pushes payment files to your ERP, and the Accrual & Forecast Agent maintains live freight liability all month long.
Freight payment software audits every invoice, not just a sample. Overcharge recovery increases because every invoice is checked, fraud exposure closes because none go unreviewed, and Finance gains a complete audit trail across every payment. Within 90 days, 95-98% process touchlessly.
Freehand's GL Coding Agent assigns cost centers, GL accounts, and business units using rules mapped to your chart of accounts. Cost splits across divisions, brands, and geographies are handled automatically, no manual journal entries, no corrections at month-end close.
Freehand has native connectors to SAP, Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle JDE, and NetSuite. Payment files are generated in your ERP's required format and pushed directly via API or EDI. ERP integration is not required at go-live, file transfer works while the connector is configured in parallel.
Freehand's Accrual & Forecast Agent accrues freight costs at tender, updates them as shipments move, and reconciles actuals when invoices arrive. Finance has a verified view of freight liability at any point in the month, not an estimate built at close.
Most enterprises go live in 12-14 weeks, with 11-20 hours of customer team time required. Freehand deploys with pre-built freight domain logic via EDI, API, and database sync. No long configuration cycles. No TMS migration required to go live.
Freehand holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27018:2019, GDPR, and CSA STAR certifications. Role-based access controls and complete audit trails are built into every payment workflow.
See What Freehand Can Recover for You.
Most enterprises overpay 2-5% of total freight spend annually. Freehand's AI Teams audit every invoice, code every cost, and close the books on time, without adding headcount.
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