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Startup & small team · Prompt 4 of 8 · September 2026

A real buyer question from the September 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“Which TMS is best for a small shipper on a budget?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…shopping, booking, tracking, documents, reporting Best overall budget-friendly options FreightPOP A strong fit for small to midsize shippers. Why it’s good: Multi-carrier parcel + LTL + sometimes truckload support Good visibility and automation for the price Often easier and less expensive than large enterprise TMS platforms Best for: Small shippers that need more than parcel and want room to grow. Kuebix Popular…

Named across its answers: 1. ShipStation2. EasyPost3. FreightPOP4. Pirate Ship5. Kuebix

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Freightview and Shippo tie on raw mention count, but Freightview wins on position quality, averaging 1.8 versus Shippo's 4.4 and claiming the top slot twice. That gap in placement means buyers reading AI answers first encounter Freightview, which is the conversion-relevant metric here.

AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Contested

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Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Freightview 11232 5/9 · 2× first · #1.8

Shippo 48334 5/9 · never first · #4.4

EasyPost 73664 5/9 · never first · #5.2

Kuebix 4234 4/9 · never first · #3.3

ShipStation 6253 4/9 · never first · #4

AscendTMS 111 3/9 · 3× first · #1

uShip 272 3/9 · never first · #3.7

Rose Rocket 365 3/9 · never first · #4.7

FreightPOP 11 2/9 · 2× first · #1

Pirate Ship 17 2/9 · 1× first · #4

MercuryGate 53 2/9 · never first · #4

Freightos 17 2/9 · 1× first · #4

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 30 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: McLeod Software, Oracle Transportation Management, Turvo, Tailwind TMS, Tai Software, Blue Yonder, Aljex, SAP Transportation Management, Revenova, SAP TM.