Conterminal vs PortPro
PortPro and Conterminal are both modern drayage TMS platforms. The difference is the data underneath.
Both products replace legacy drayage software with web-based dispatch, driver tools, and billing. The comparison that matters is what the dispatch decisions stand on: where the container data comes from, how it is verified, and whether cost deadlines are computed or just displayed. This page lays that out.
Context
What PortPro does, and what Conterminal does.
PortPro's drayOS covers order entry, dispatch, a driver app, invoicing, and customer portals. Its drayOS Track product adds vessel ETAs, discharge dates, demurrage and per-diem date tracking, and per-diem invoicing. PortPro also offers in-app AI agents for dispatch, billing, and order intake. It is a capable, modern product.
Conterminal's difference is the data layer the TMS runs on. Container status is collected from multiple independent source types — the terminal, the rail ramp, the steamship line, and the forwarder's documents — and the sources are checked against each other, with the winning source shown. PortPro's public materials describe pulling data points directly from the terminal website. A single feed has a single failure mode: when the source changes or breaks, the board is silently wrong. Cross-checked sources disagree visibly instead.
The second difference is verification versus reporting. Conterminal computes demurrage and per-diem exposure in dollars from the agreement terms configured for each container, and refuses to mark an empty returned until the physical gate-in and the interchange receipt both exist. Deadlines you can act on and returns you can prove are what keep the charges off the invoice.
Scope
What each product is built for.
What PortPro is built for
A modern web TMS for drayage carriers and brokers: dispatch, driver app, billing, customer portal, and a tracking add-on, with AI agents inside the app.
What Conterminal is built for
A drayage TMS built on a container-intelligence layer: multi-source verified tracking, computed cost deadlines, evidence-based return verification, and dispatch, documents, and billing on the same record.
Side by side
The differences, in detail.
Container data
PortPro
PortProPublic materials describe pulling data points directly from the terminal website, with geofence-based milestone updates from the driver app.
Conterminal
ConterminalTerminal, rail, steamship-line, and forwarder sources are collected independently and checked against each other. When sources disagree, the conflict and the winning source are visible instead of silently picking one.
Demurrage & per diem
PortPro
PortProdrayOS Track lists demurrage and per-diem date tracking and can create per-diem invoices.
Conterminal
ConterminalBeyond the dates: exposure is computed in dollars from the free-day and per-diem terms configured for each container's steamship line, so a dispatcher sees what a specific day of delay costs before it is incurred.
Empty return verification
PortPro
PortProDrivers scan documents in the app; return status follows tracked milestones.
Conterminal
ConterminalA return is confirmed only when the physical gate-in and the interchange receipt (EIR) both exist. Until then the container stays flagged with the missing evidence named — which is also the paper that wins a per-diem dispute.
Vessel ETA
PortPro
PortProdrayOS Track includes vessel ETAs and container discharge dates.
Conterminal
ConterminalOne reconciled ETA from the carrier schedule, terminal, berth window, and live AIS position, ranked by reliability, with vessel identity matched by MMSI and IMO number rather than name.
Driver credentials
PortPro
PortProDriver management runs through the mobile app; credential-expiration tracking is not documented in public materials.
Conterminal
ConterminalCDL, TWIC, DOT medical card, SeaLink, W-9, and insurance each tracked to its own expiration date, with an AI reader that pre-fills credential data from a photo for human confirmation.
Driver workflow
PortPro
PortProA full driver app: dispatch receipt, chat, document scanning, and settlement visibility. Requires each driver to install and adopt the app.
Conterminal
ConterminalNo app install required for proof of delivery: the driver receives a text message link and returns a signed, geolocated POD from the phone browser. ELD telemetry comes through a first-party Motive integration.
Customer quoting
PortPro
PortProAn AI agent monitors the inbox and responds to quote requests.
Conterminal
ConterminalA quote form in your branding embedded on your own website. Customers self-serve an instant quote, and an accepted quote becomes a dispatchable, billable order without re-entry.
AI
PortPro
PortProNamed in-app agents for dispatch, billing, and order intake, managed from a dashboard inside drayOS.
Conterminal
ConterminalMonitoring that surfaces only actionable exceptions; document and credential reading that produces suggestions a person reviews before anything is written; and a secured read-only connector so your team can query shipments from ChatGPT or another assistant outside the app.
Pricing model
PortPro
PortProQuote-based tiers; pricing is not published.
Conterminal
ConterminalAlso quote-based today, with a stated structure: priced on container work moving through the platform, not per seat or per module, and each billable unit is defined in the proposal before it is quoted.
FAQ
Common questions.
Is Conterminal a PortPro alternative?
Yes. Both are modern drayage TMS platforms covering dispatch, driver workflow, customer billing, and container tracking. The differences are in the data layer: Conterminal cross-checks multiple independent source types instead of reading one feed, computes cost exposure in dollars from your carrier terms instead of tracking dates, and requires two signals before marking an empty returned.
Both products claim AI. What is actually different?
PortPro's agents live inside drayOS and act on dispatch, billing, and order intake there. Conterminal's AI does three jobs: it watches for actionable exceptions, it reads documents and credentials into suggestions a person confirms before anything is written, and it exposes a secured, read-only connector so your team can ask questions about shipments from ChatGPT or another assistant they already use.
We run multiple terminals and markets. Does the comparison change?
The more terminals you run, the more the data layer matters, because each terminal is another source that can silently change or break. Conterminal treats per-terminal status as the core product: independent sources per terminal, cross-checked, with cost deadlines computed per container. Ask any vendor you evaluate to demonstrate the same container at two different terminals.
Drayage carriers comparing modern TMS options, and forwarders or BCOs who need verified container status and cost deadlines rather than another portal login.
This comparison reflects publicly available information and our understanding of each product's positioning as of August 2026. Products evolve — verify current capabilities and pricing with each vendor.
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