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// Comparison

MARAPONE
vs PROJECT44.

Project44 is the dominant shipment visibility platform — ETAs, milestone events, carrier connections at scale. Marapone is a private AI build for everything that happens after a shipment moves: invoice audit, carrier scoring, rate quoting. Different jobs, often complementary.

// TL;DR

THREE BULLETS

When Project44 is best

You need real-time multi-modal visibility across thousands of shipments and carrier connections that would take years to build yourself.

When Marapone is best

You need invoice audit, rate intelligence, or carrier scoring on top of your existing visibility data — and you want it on your infrastructure.

The honest middle

Most clients pair them: Project44 as the visibility feed, Marapone as the audit/scoring layer that consumes those events.

// Side by side

FEATURE MATRIX

MaraponeProject44
Pricing modelOne-time build feeAnnual subscription, often shipment-volume tiered
Real-time shipment visibility× Not core✓ Best-in-class
Invoice audit AI✓×
Rate quoting AI✓×
Carrier scoring✓° Performance reports
Data ownership✓ You own model + data° SaaS tenant
On-prem deployment✓×
Recurring cost after year 1$0 (optional retainer)Same annual subscription
Setup time~14 daysWeeks to months for full carrier coverage
Vendor lock-in✓ None×

When Project44 is the better fit

Stick with Project44 if…

  • • You need broad multi-modal carrier visibility you can't reasonably build yourself.
  • • ETA accuracy and shipment-event normalization are your top priorities.
  • • You're a shipper or 3PL with very high shipment volume.
  • • The SaaS budget already exists.

When Marapone is the better fit

Pick Marapone if…

  • • Your pain is invoice errors and rate quoting, not visibility.
  • • You already have visibility data from Project44 or your TMS and want AI on top.
  • • You want to own the system and avoid another annual SaaS line item.
  • • You need carrier scoring that uses your shipper's exact KPIs, not a generic template.

// 1-year cost example

TCO COMPARISON

Indicative numbers for a mid-size brokerage. Project44 is volume-tiered; the structure illustrates the tradeoff, not exact pricing.

MARAPONE

$9,500 one-time

Build fee for the three-module bundle (rate, audit, scorecard).

+ $0/mo recurring.

Year 1: $9,500 · Year 5: $9,500

PROJECT44 (illustrative)

~$50-150k/yr

Heavily tiered by shipment volume and carrier coverage.

For a mid-size broker, ~$75k/yr is a common band.

Year 1: ~$75,000 · Year 5: ~$375,000

* Different jobs. Many run both. Numbers illustrative — get your real Project44 quote.

// Already on Project44?

KEEP IT.
ADD MARAPONE FOR THE AUDIT & SCORING LAYER.

We integrate with Project44 as a milestone source. You get the visibility feed plus AI-driven invoice audit and carrier scoring, all in one private system.

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