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September 2026 snapshot · 72 AI answers Greenfield

Freight & Transportation Management (TMS): AI Visibility Ranking

Transportation management systems for shippers and brokers covering load planning, carrier management, and freight tracking. Right now, MercuryGate is the brand AI assistants recommend most, with a Visibility Score of 35 and the #1 spot in 10% of answers. Head-to-head: MercuryGate vs Rose Rocket →

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. When the models DO search the web, see which sources they cite. Methodology.

Freight TMS is wide open, no brand has claimed the AI conversation.

MercuryGate leads but a score of 34 and mentions in 46% of answers is a thin grip on a category this fragmented. Rose Rocket is nearly tied on mentions yet its visibility is almost entirely a Gemini phenomenon, scoring 49 there against just 12 on Claude, which means one model change could scramble the rankings. Three brands share the same first-pick rate of 10%, which tells you the AI models have not settled on a go-to name here.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

# Brand Visibility Score Trend (2 mo) Mention rate Avg. position #1 pick rate Models
1 MercuryGate
35
±3.6
Aug 2026: 21.3 · Sep 2026: 35.1 ▲ 14 47% 3.6 10% ChatGPT #1 Claude #1 Gemini #6
2 Rose Rocket
31
±5.2
Aug 2026: 40.4 · Sep 2026: 31.3 ▼ 9 44% 4.0 10% ChatGPT #3 Claude #8 Gemini #1
3 McLeod Software
26
±4.9
Aug 2026: 26.2 · Sep 2026: 26.1 flat 31% 2.5 10% ChatGPT #5 Claude #4 Gemini #5
4 Oracle Transportation Management
25
±3.6
Aug 2026: 20.3 · Sep 2026: 24.9 flat 26% 1.6 15% ChatGPT #6 Claude #3 Gemini #4
5 Turvo
23
±6.3
Aug 2026: 21.1 · Sep 2026: 22.6 flat 31% 3.6 0% ChatGPT #7 Claude #2 Gemini #7
6 AscendTMS
21
±5.9
Aug 2026: 21.5 · Sep 2026: 21 flat 31% 4.1 7% ChatGPT #4 Claude #12 Gemini #2
7 Tai TMS
18
±6.3
Aug 2026: 24 · Sep 2026: 18.3 flat 22% 2.8 11% ChatGPT #2 Claude #9 Gemini #14
8 Tailwind TMS
12
±5.6
Aug 2026: 7.8 · Sep 2026: 12.1 flat 19% 4.8 3% ChatGPT #13 Claude #5 Gemini #9
9 Tai Software
11
±5
Aug 2026: 10.7 · Sep 2026: 11 flat 13% 2.2 3% ChatGPT #14 Claude Gemini #3
10 Blue Yonder
11
±3.7
Aug 2026: 11.5 · Sep 2026: 10.8 flat 14% 3.2 0% ChatGPT #10 Claude #7 Gemini #11
11 Aljex
10
±4.6
Aug 2026: 8.3 · Sep 2026: 10.3 flat 17% 4.8 0% ChatGPT #8 Claude #6 Gemini #15
12 SAP Transportation Management
10
±2.5
Aug 2026: 7.5 · Sep 2026: 10.1 flat 11% 1.9 1% ChatGPT #9 Claude #11 Gemini #10
13 Kuebix
9
±3.3
Aug 2026: 4.4 · Sep 2026: 8.5 flat 15% 5.5 0% ChatGPT #12 Claude #14 Gemini #8
14 Revenova
7
±3.8
Aug 2026: 6 · Sep 2026: 7.4 flat 14% 5.7 0% ChatGPT #15 Claude #10 Gemini #12
15 SAP TM
6
±3.2
Aug 2026: 4.6 · Sep 2026: 6.4 flat 8% 3.3 0% ChatGPT #11 Claude #13 Gemini #13

The ± under each score is the reliability band: how much the number would move if we re-ran the identical measurement. It is tight because each prompt is sampled multiple times. It is not the same as how much the ranking depends on which prompts we ask — a separate, wider figure shown on hover.

Just below the cutoff: Freightview (6.4), McLeod (5.4), Microsoft Entra ID (5.3), EZ Loader (5.1), e2open (5). 120 brands were scored in this category; the leaderboard shows the top 15.

Visibility Score: position-weighted presence across all measured answers, 0 to 100. A score of 100 means the brand was the first recommendation in every answer. Every point in a trend line is a live monthly measurement; there is no modeled or backfilled history. Full methodology.

Openness 65/100: the share of this category's recommendation weight not held by the leader.

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Do the models agree?

Per-model Visibility Scores for the top 10. A long gray bar means the three assistants disagree about the brand. Hover a row for exact values.

ChatGPT Claude Gemini
0 25 50 75 100 Visibility Score · 0 = never mentioned, 100 = always the first recommendation MercuryGate Rose Rocket McLeod Software Oracle Transportation Management Turvo AscendTMS Tai TMS Tailwind TMS Tai Software Blue Yonder

Where they land in the answer

When a brand is mentioned, where does it appear? Box shows the middle 50% of positions, the thick line is the median, whiskers are the extremes. Hover a row for the detail.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Position in the answer · 1 = the first product recommended MercuryGate Rose Rocket McLeod Software Oracle Transportation Management Turvo AscendTMS Tai TMS Tailwind TMS Tai Software Blue Yonder

What each model recommends first

ChatGPT

gpt-5.4

1 MercuryGate
37
2 Tai TMS
36
3 Rose Rocket
33
4 AscendTMS
28
5 McLeod Software
26

Claude

claude-sonnet-4-6

1 MercuryGate
45
2 Turvo
35
3 Oracle Transportation Management
30
4 McLeod Software
29
5 Tailwind TMS
18

Gemini

gemini-3-flash-preview

1 Rose Rocket
49
2 AscendTMS
30
3 Tai Software
29
4 Oracle Transportation Management
25
5 McLeod Software
23

The questions we asked

Each model answered every prompt 3 times in September 2026. Prompts are brand-neutral so no vendor gets seeded into the question.

  1. Best overall
    What's the best transportation management system for a freight broker? See who wins it →
  2. Use-case fit
    We're a small brokerage moving truckload freight that needs load management, carrier vetting, and invoicing in one platform. What should we use? See who wins it →
  3. Top tools in 2026
    What are the top TMS platforms in 2026? See who wins it →
  4. Startup & small team
    Which TMS is best for a small shipper on a budget? See who wins it →
  5. Enterprise pick
    Which undefined should a large enterprise standardize on, considering security, compliance, and scale? See who wins it →
  6. Feature-led ask
    I need software to plan loads, track shipments, and manage carrier settlements for our freight operation. What do you recommend? See who wins it →
  7. If you could pick one
    If you could only pick one TMS, which would it be and why? See who wins it →
  8. Budget & alternatives
    What TMS has the best integrations with load boards and accounting? See who wins it →