Your TMS is bigger than your margin.
Transport management systems, fleet tracking, warehouse management, and customs software form an expensive, locked-in stack. OpenTMS, OpenBoxes, Tracmo, and Odoo Inventory run warehouses and fleets at scale without per-vehicle or per-SKU fees.
R 2.38M
Typical annual licence spend
Across 5 common logistics tools
R 2.14M
Recoverable each year
After self-hosted OSS migration
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Sector pain points we cover
From licensing to compliance to access control
The logistics stack, on the books
Tap a tool. See the open-source swap and the saving.
Bars show what the typical logistics firm spends annually on each licence. The sage portion is what the hosted open-source equivalent costs.
Typical Logistics stack
5 tools · R 2.38M/yr in licences
Replace
MercuryGate TMS
TMS / Logistics · R 1.86M per year
With
OpenTMS / Apache OFBiz
Self-hosted on your infra
Annual savings
R 1.67M
After hosting · approx 90% reduction
Current annual spend
R 2.38M
Estimated OSS hosting
R 238K
Annual savings
R 2.14M
Tap any tool to see the open-source replacement and the per-tool saving
Where the logistics bleed starts
Three things we hear on every logistics discovery call.
TMS per-vehicle, per-month pricing
200 trucks at R400 per month each equals R960k a year. OpenTMS and Kuberdock handle similar fleet sizes on fixed infrastructure cost.
Warehouse management per-SKU caps
Vendor WMS tiers cap you at X SKUs, then charge aggressively for the next tier. Open source WMS has no SKU ceiling.
Customs and cross-border paperwork tools
Specialised shipping software for SARS customs filings at enterprise pricing. Open source alternatives exist and integrate with the same SARS eFiling APIs.
How we handle the logistics edges