Project44 is the market-leading real-time transportation visibility platform (RTTVP), with broad carrier connectivity, ocean/air/ground tracking, and predictive ETAs used by shippers, 3PLs, and brokers worldwide. Shipsy is an AI-native TMS and execution platform — it is not a visibility-only layer. With four named AI agents (Clara, Nexa, Vera, Astra) and the Atlas control tower, Shipsy turns visibility signals into autonomous action.
The Shipsy vs Project44 decision is less “which is better” and more “which category do I actually need?” — a visibility network, or an execution and autonomy platform.
Where Project44 shines
Project44 is the reference name in visibility:
- Carrier network depth. Broadest carrier connectivity for ocean, air, rail, FTL, LTL, and parcel.
- Predictive ETAs. Strong ML-driven ETA models across modes.
- Ocean visibility. Container tracking with milestone data widely considered best-in-class.
- Shipper/3PL/broker fit. Designed for multi-sided logistics visibility.
- API-first. Clean developer experience, rich integration ecosystem.
Project44’s trade-offs: it is visibility, not execution. It tracks, predicts, and alerts — it does not plan routes, dispatch drivers, run a driver app, reconcile invoices, or settle disputes. Acting on Project44 signals typically requires a TMS and a human ops team.
Where Shipsy differentiates
Shipsy closes the loop from signal to action:
- AgentFleet. Clara turns exception signals into customer communications and NDR rescue. Nexa turns freight invoices into reconciled, paid-or-disputed outcomes. Vera autonomously settles carrier/vendor disputes (a global alco-bev leader has resolved $25M+). Astra runs planning, sequencing, and allocation.
- Atlas. Autonomous control tower — incident detection routed to root cause and triggered auto-remediation.
- End-to-end TMS. Planning, dispatch, driver app, ePOD, COD, settlement — all native.
- Last-mile depth. Field-hardened driver app, geofence validation, micro-cluster routing.
- Address Intelligence Service. Unstructured-address parsing at national scale.
A global parcel leader with 18,000+ drivers unlocked $27M in cross-border throughput using Shipsy’s end-to-end execution stack — not just visibility.
Capability comparison
| Capability | Project44 | Shipsy |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time visibility (multi-modal) | Market-leading | Strong (road + last-mile leading) |
| Ocean/air tracking | Deep | Via integration |
| Predictive ETAs | Market-leading | Strong |
| TMS planning + dispatch | No | Yes — native |
| Driver app + ePOD | No | Yes — field-hardened |
| AI-native execution agents | No | Yes — Clara, Nexa, Vera, Astra |
| Autonomous dispute resolution | No | Yes — Vera |
| Invoice reconciliation automation | No | Yes — Nexa |
| Address normalization (emerging markets) | No | Native |
| Best-fit buyer | Shipper needing visibility on top of existing TMS | Operator needing AI-native TMS with execution autonomy |
How to choose
Choose Project44 if you already have a TMS and your gap is multi-modal real-time visibility, predictive ETAs, and customer-facing tracking experiences. Project44 is purpose-built for this and is the reference solution.
Choose Shipsy if your core need is a TMS that plans, dispatches, executes, and autonomously handles exceptions, invoices, and disputes — not just a layer that tracks shipments. Shipsy delivers measurable outcomes in weeks: a global pharma CDMO saw 60% exception reduction and $675K in shipment-visibility savings; a global big-and-bulky retailer runs at 95% First Attempt Delivery Rate.
Many enterprises run both — Project44 for multi-modal visibility into international freight, Shipsy for domestic TMS execution and last-mile autonomy.