Loadsmart
Loadsmart is a digital freight technology company and 4PL that connects shippers, carriers, warehouses, and dock operations on a single platform. Founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado and headquartered in Chicago (with significant New York presence), Loadsmart raised more than $346M from investors including BlackRock, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Maersk Growth, TFI International, CSX, Ports America, and Connor Capital, reaching a reported $1.3B valuation. The platform spans full and partial truckload, less-than-truckload, drayage, expedited, flatbed (via Flatbed Messenger), and multimodal freight, plus the ShipperGuide TMS for procurement, planning, and execution; CarrierGuide TMS and a carrier loadboard with factoring; Opendock for dock appointment scheduling and the Nova warehouse API; and NavTrac for yard management and computer-vision gate/yard visibility. FreightIntel AI provides machine-learning powered freight recommendations across the suite. Loadsmart exposes a public Developer Portal with two production OpenAPI surfaces — the ShipperGuide API (api.loadsmart.com, JWT/RS256 authentication, with quote, book, tender, track, and webhook lanes) and the Opendock Nova / Neutron API (neutron.opendock.com, JWT bearer authentication) — and ships a Postman collection plus partner integrations with Oracle Transportation Management, MercuryGate, Blue Yonder, SAP, NetSuite, and other TMS/ERP platforms.
Limited machine-readable signal and partial portal coverage — documentation a human can read, but little a machine or agent can consume without scraping.
API Evangelist profiles Loadsmart the way a machine reads it — 73 machine-readable artifacts across 48 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Loadsmart scores 39.2/100 (thin), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
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How we profile Loadsmart
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Loadsmart. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 48
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Loadsmart Appointments API
The Appointments API from Loadsmart — 10 operation(s) for appointments.
Loadsmart Asset Container API
The Asset Container API from Loadsmart — 5 operation(s) for asset container.
Loadsmart Asset Visit API
The Asset Visit API from Loadsmart — 10 operation(s) for asset visit.
Loadsmart Audit Log API
The Audit Log API from Loadsmart — 1 operation(s) for audit log.
Loadsmart Authentication API
The Authentication API from Loadsmart — 4 operation(s) for authentication.
Loadsmart Bids API
This API allows third parties to create, list, retrieve and accept bids.
Loadsmart BOL API
The BOL API from Loadsmart — 3 operation(s) for bol.
Loadsmart Capacity API
Manages new capacity. A capacity is a truck that is empty and it's location.
Loadsmart Carrier API
This API allows partners to request integration for Carriers and also manage Carrier's information. The usage of this API is detailed at https://developer.loadsmart.com/carrier-...
Loadsmart Carrier Companies API
The Carrier Companies API from Loadsmart — 2 operation(s) for carrier companies.
Loadsmart Carrier Users API
The Carrier Users API from Loadsmart — 8 operation(s) for carrier users.
Loadsmart Custom Forms - Data API
Data entities store the actual values submitted through Forms. Each form submission creates multiple Data records - one for each Form Field with a value. These records maintain ...
Loadsmart Custom Forms - Fields API
Fields are global definitions that specify fundamental attributes like data type (text, number, dropdown, etc.), validation rules, and base properties. Fields are organization-w...
Loadsmart Custom Forms - Flows API
Flows define the sequence and logic of form presentation. Each Flow must have a primary "fromForm" and may optionally include a secondary "formTo" that appears after the first f...
Loadsmart Custom Forms - Form Fields API
Form Fields are instances of global Field definitions within a specific Form. While Fields define the data type and general properties, Form Fields customize these instances wit...
Loadsmart Custom Forms - Forms API
Forms are collections of form fields that represent a complete data entry interface. Each Form belongs to a Flow and captures related data points in a structured way. Forms prov...
Loadsmart Custom Forms - Triggers API
Triggers are event listeners that activate on specific API or UI events. Each Trigger is associated with exactly one Flow. When a Trigger fires, it initiates its associated Flow...
Loadsmart Docks API
The Docks API from Loadsmart — 8 operation(s) for docks.
Loadsmart Documents API
The Documents API from Loadsmart — 2 operation(s) for documents.
Loadsmart Gates API
The Gates API from Loadsmart — 1 operation(s) for gates.
Loadsmart General API
The General API from Loadsmart — 3 operation(s) for general.
Loadsmart Load Offers API
This API allows third parties to search and accept available Offers. ## Webhook events There are few webhook events that can be triggered related to Load Offers API. The followi...
Loadsmart Load Type Groups API
The Load Type Groups API from Loadsmart — 2 operation(s) for load type groups.
Loadsmart Load Types API
The Load Types API from Loadsmart — 4 operation(s) for load types.
Loadsmart Loads API
This endpoint will be the entrypoint for our integrations. It will receive loads.
Loadsmart Metrics API
The Metrics API from Loadsmart — 23 operation(s) for metrics.
Loadsmart Observations API
The Observations API from Loadsmart — 3 operation(s) for observations.
Loadsmart Orgs API
The Orgs API from Loadsmart — 5 operation(s) for orgs.
Loadsmart Quotes API
Quotes provide the price and conditions for a future shipment. To create a shipment, you need first to request a valid quote.
Loadsmart Routes API
Provides information about routing
Loadsmart SAML API
The SAML API from Loadsmart — 5 operation(s) for saml.
Loadsmart Settings Metadata API
The Settings Metadata API from Loadsmart — 3 operation(s) for settings metadata.
Loadsmart Shipment Events API
Our API supports fetch and change of a variety of shipments status, the main ones are responsible to move the shipment from booked to in transit and delivered, They must obey th...
Loadsmart Shipment Stops API
Stops of a shipment
Loadsmart Shipments API
Manage shipments
Loadsmart Shipper Accounting Info API
The Shipper Accounting Info API from Loadsmart — 1 operation(s) for shipper accounting info.
Loadsmart Shipper Accounts API
Manage the accounts associated with shippers. An account represents an user.
Loadsmart Shippers API
Manage shippers. A shipper is a company that creates and manages loads on Loadsmart platform.
Loadsmart Storage API
The Storage API from Loadsmart — 2 operation(s) for storage.
Loadsmart Unit Limiter API
The Unit Limiter API from Loadsmart — 5 operation(s) for unit limiter.
Loadsmart Users API
The Users API from Loadsmart — 6 operation(s) for users.
Loadsmart Warehouse Groups API
The Warehouse Groups API from Loadsmart — 2 operation(s) for warehouse groups.
Loadsmart Warehouses API
The Warehouses API from Loadsmart — 4 operation(s) for warehouses.
Loadsmart Webhooks API
Webhooks allow you to receive certain events from Loadsmart. When one of those events is triggered, we'll send an HTTP POST request to the webhook's configured URL(s). This URL(...
Loadsmart YMS - Spot API
The YMS - Spot API from Loadsmart — 8 operation(s) for yms - spot.
Loadsmart YMS - Spot Area API
The YMS - Spot Area API from Loadsmart — 2 operation(s) for yms - spot area.
Loadsmart YMS - Spot Assignment API
The YMS - Spot Assignment API from Loadsmart — 4 operation(s) for yms - spot assignment.
Loadsmart YMS - Yard View API
The YMS - Yard View API from Loadsmart — 4 operation(s) for yms - yard view.
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Open Collections 2
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Opendock Nova API Documentation
OPEN COLLECTIONLoadsmart API
OPEN COLLECTIONPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Loadsmart Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Loadsmart Finops
FINOPSFeatures 17
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Loadsmart — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 5
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 3
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 8
The organization behind the API
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Other 8
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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