QuickShipFreight software
Guide

How Rate Estimates Work

An honest estimated range with a confidence band — not a made-up single number you can't trust. The final decision on any load or rate is always yours.

What an estimate looks like
Fair range
Lowball Overpay
You always see
A range
With a confidence band — never a single take-it-or-leave-it number.
Shows the fuel move
Openly
The public diesel move is visible, not buried in a vague market rate.
The decision
Always yours
A decision aid for your team — never an offer or a promise.
Point number vs. honest range
Fake single quote
false certainty
WCA range + band
honest
A single confident-looking number hides the uncertainty. The band shows it.

A range, not a quote

Most tools hand you one confident-looking number. Real freight pricing isn't that certain, and pretending it is helps no one. QuickShip displays an estimated fair range with a confidence band, clearly labeled as an estimate — the final decision to accept any load or rate is always yours.

A number you can reason about

The estimate is grounded in transparent, verifiable inputs and anchored to the public diesel price, so a fuel move shows up in the number instead of being buried in a vague "market rate." The result is a figure you can reason about, with the uncertainty shown honestly rather than hidden behind false confidence.

Why a band, not a point? The confidence band is the honesty. It tells you how settled pricing is on a lane, instead of pretending a single figure is a promise.

Pricing you can see, not a broker's margin

Instead of one confident-looking number with the reasoning hidden, you get an honest range you can act on — the advantage of pricing in the open. Your team sets the rate; the estimate is there to inform the call, not make it.

What it is not

It is not a quote, an offer, or a guarantee of freight availability or payment. It's a decision aid built on transparent, legitimate inputs. See our Terms of Use for the full disclaimer.