Free tools for freight brokers.
Free tools from UltraShip that help a freight broker check carriers, find cash that is stuck, and get paid for detention. Pick one, get a result on screen in minutes.
What is costing you the most right now? Tap one.
Not sure where to start? The Brokerage Health Score asks twelve questions and shows where to look first.
- Free, no signup
- Built on public data and your own numbers
- Made for non-asset brokers
10 days between paying the carrier and getting paid
The Cash Gap Calculator does this with your own payment days.
Open itPick the problem you want to size up
Hover or tap a card to see how it works. The numbers in the previews are examples.
Bulk Carrier Audit
Paste up to 150 MC or USDOT numbers and check every carrier against public FMCSA records in one pass.
Audit my carriersBrokerage Health Score
Twelve questions, a score out of 100 across margin, cash, carrier risk and tools, and the three fixes that matter most.
Get my scoreDetention Claim Kit
See what detention costs your brokerage a year, then build the invoice and the email to claim it from the shipper.
Build my claimCash Gap Calculator
How much cash you float between paying the carrier and getting paid by the shipper, and what it costs a year.
Show my cash gapCarrier File Check
Look up one carrier's authority, insurance and safety record by MC number, USDOT number or company name.
Check a carrierBilling Gap Calculator
Find out what delivered loads that sit uninvoiced are costing you, and how fast the gap adds up.
Find my billing gapDetention Invoice Builder
Send it to the carriers you book. They type in the times from the stop and get a clean detention invoice and the email to send you.
Build an invoice
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The same work, done inside your TMS.
Each tool shows one slice of a brokerage. UltraShip handles the whole day: loads and dispatch, carrier sourcing, onboarding with a dated record on every carrier, and accounting in one workflow.
Book a demo15 minutes, on your own loads. Nothing to prepare.- Carrier vettedAuthority, insurance and risk on one screenRecord saved
- DispatchedRate confirmation goes out from the loadOn the load
- DeliveredPaperwork collected and attached automaticallyPOD in
- Margin trackedPer load, and per leg when a load has twoPer load
- Invoiced and paidCustomer invoice and carrier pay on one screenClosed
One record per load, from the first carrier check to the last payment.
“UltraShip replaced our spreadsheets and disconnected tools with one workflow that actually makes sense. More control, fewer misses, and faster execution without enterprise-level cost.”
Freight broker calculators and tools
These are free tools for non-asset freight brokers and 3PLs. The calculators cover detention, cash flow and billing gaps. The carrier tools look up MC and USDOT numbers one at a time or in bulk. The health score is a twelve question checklist across margin, cash, carrier risk and tools. The detention invoice builder is for the carriers you book: it turns the times from a stop into an invoice and an email.
Each one works from the numbers you give it and shows the full result on screen.
Freight broker commission and rate calculators: where the math starts
Most broker math starts with margin per load: what the shipper pays minus what you pay the carrier. Commission plans are usually written as a share of that margin, so the margin comes first.
There is no rate quote or commission calculator on this page. The tools here work on the numbers around the rate: what detention costs, how much cash the payment gap ties up, what delivered but uninvoiced loads cost, and how healthy your margin visibility is.
Which freight broker tool should you start with?
Start with the problem you feel most. Chasing carrier paperwork points to the MC number lookup or the bulk carrier audit. Waiting on shippers to pay points to the cash gap and billing gap calculators. Drivers sitting at docks points to the detention kit. Not sure where the money goes points to the health score.
Questions about the free tools
Are these tools really free?
Yes. Every tool on this page is free to use, needs no signup and shows the full result on screen. Each one is built by UltraShip, the TMS for non-asset freight brokers, so each ends with an offer to see the same work done inside the TMS.
Do the tools store what I enter?
The calculators and the health score keep your numbers in your own browser and send nothing to a server. The carrier tools send the MC or USDOT numbers you enter to the public FMCSA open data service to look up the records, and UltraShip stores nothing.
Who are the tools built for?
They are built for non-asset freight brokers and 3PLs, especially small and mid-size brokerages where an owner or operations manager does the carrier checks, the billing and the cash planning themselves.
How accurate are the results?
The calculators are models that use the numbers you type, so they are only as good as those inputs. The carrier tools show what the public FMCSA record says at the time of the check and cannot detect stolen identities or double-brokering. Treat each result as a first look.
What freight broker calculators does UltraShip offer?
Three calculators: a detention calculator and claim kit, a cash gap calculator and a billing gap calculator. There is also a brokerage health score, a carrier file check for one MC or USDOT number and a bulk carrier audit for a list.
Is there a freight broker commission calculator?
Not on this page. Commission plans are usually a share of margin per load, set by your agreement, and the tools here work on the numbers around that: detention, cash gap, billing gap and margin visibility. Start with the health score to see how well you can see margin per load.
Is there a freight broker rate calculator?
These tools do not quote freight rates. They show what detention, payment timing and uninvoiced loads cost your brokerage. For how brokers build a rate and where margin per load comes from, read the guide on how freight brokers calculate rates.
Which tool checks an MC number?
The carrier file check looks up one carrier by MC number, USDOT number or company name. The bulk carrier audit checks a whole list of MC or USDOT numbers in one pass. Both read public FMCSA records and show them with the date of the check.
Which freight broker tool should I use first?
Pick the problem you feel most. Carrier paperwork: the carrier check or bulk audit. Slow payment: the cash gap and billing gap calculators. Drivers waiting at docks: the detention kit. Not sure where to start: the brokerage health score, which takes about two minutes.