What Bitfreighter Is
Bitfreighter was founded in 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, by Brad Perling, who spent 14 years in logistics roles before starting the company, along with a co-founder. It was built to offer a different pricing model for EDI integration, “unlimited messaging” instead of the transactional, per-message pricing common in the EDI space at the time.
Its core platform provides EDI and API integrations for freight quoting, load building, order updates and tracking, and invoicing. LiveQuote, its real-time truckload quoting API, lets brokers send shippers automated quotes tailored to each shipper’s requirements. In November 2025, Bitfreighter announced an integration with Turvo’s TMS. The company was an Inc. 5000 honoree in 2025, reports around 27 employees, and publicly available sources indicate it has grown without disclosed outside venture funding.
Side by Side
| Bitfreighter | Tabi Connect | |
| Founded | 2020 | 2023 |
| Origin | EDI integration platform, quoting added later | Built quoting-first from the start |
| Integration approach | EDI and API, many-to-one shipper network | Native API where available, RPA where it isn’t |
| Spot quoting | Yes, via LiveQuote | Yes, via QuickQuote and BulkQuote |
| RFP / bid season quoting | Not publicly detailed | Yes, via RFPQuote, same pricing logic as spot |
| Email channel | Not a publicized focus area | Yes, via EmailQuote |
| Chat-based quoting (Slack/Teams) | Not publicly offered | Yes, via ChatQuote |
| Private rate engine from own data | Not publicly detailed | Yes, via My Lane Rate |
| Human review before automation | Not publicly detailed | Yes, via Control Tower |
| AI pricing rules and AI-assisted insights | Not publicly detailed | Yes, plain English rules and natural language data queries |
| Funding | Bootstrapped, no disclosed outside funding | Privately held |
Where a row says “not publicly detailed,” that means we did not find published information confirming the capability, not that Bitfreighter doesn’t offer it. Worth confirming directly with Bitfreighter.
Where This Actually Matters
Bitfreighter’s real advantage is on the integration side, unlimited EDI messaging and a large pre-built connection catalog make it a strong fit for brokers whose biggest pain point is shipper connectivity itself, especially shippers still running on EDI rather than modern APIs. LiveQuote extends that into real-time quoting, but the company’s public materials don’t detail RFP workflows, email channel automation, or a private historical rate engine, the kind of depth that comes from building a platform around the full quoting problem rather than adding a quoting feature to an integration business.
If EDI connectivity to a specific set of shippers is the primary blocker, Bitfreighter’s core strength addresses that directly. If the need is broader, covering every channel a request can arrive through and both spot and RFP volume on one pricing engine, that’s the problem Tabi Connect was built to solve. The full breakdown of what that coverage looks like is on the Tabi Connect platform overview.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Bitfreighter do?
Bitfreighter is an EDI and API integration platform founded in 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, by Brad Perling. Its core business is unlimited EDI messaging and shipper integrations, with a quoting product, LiveQuote, layered on top for real-time truckload quoting.
Is Bitfreighter the same as LiveQuote?
LiveQuote is Bitfreighter’s real-time quoting API product, one part of its broader EDI and API integration platform. Bitfreighter’s core business, and its original product, is EDI messaging and shipper connectivity.
Does Bitfreighter cover email quoting or RFP season?
Bitfreighter’s publicly available materials focus on EDI and API connections and its LiveQuote spot quoting product. We did not find published detail on email-based quoting automation or a dedicated RFP or bid season workflow, so it’s worth confirming directly with Bitfreighter.
Is Bitfreighter venture funded?
Publicly available sources indicate Bitfreighter has not raised outside venture funding and has grown as a bootstrapped company.
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