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What is Descartes Aljex?

Descartes Aljex™ is the premier SaaS-based transportation management platform for brokers and 3PLs. Descartes Aljex™ is a scalable cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) that hosts a sizable network of brokers, 3PLs, shippers, and intermodal users who seamlessly and automatically orchestrate millions of freight shipments every year.

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Product Description

Aljex is cloud-based broker & logistics software; ready to use anywhere, any time. Our freight software can adapt to fit your needs, helping individual brokers to enterprise level organizations.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

1. Descartes Aljex has been a leading TMS in the market for 26 years

2. The system is EDI and API ready, broadening capabilities with numerous 3rd-party integrations

3. Tens of millions of shipments are moved through Descartes Aljex every year.

4. Secure and reliable enterprise solution running at 99.999% up-time, with backups every 5 minutes

5. Round-the-clock dedicated customer support


Seller Details
Company Website
Year Founded
1981
HQ Location
Waterloo, Ontario
Twitter
@descartessg
3,191 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1,614 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:DSGX
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$486,000,000
Description

Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is the global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity, security and sustainability of logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular, software-as-a-service solutions to route, track and help improve the safety, performance and compliance of delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes by participating in the world's largest, collaborative multimodal logistics community. Our headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices and partners around the world.


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Recent Descartes Aljex Reviews

Qumran H.
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Qumran H.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"FUNCTIONALITY,VALUE FOR MONEY"
Much more user friendly. No contracts. Customer service is much better than other platforms.
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U
Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Handy ERP Tool"
Plenty of fresh features which hekps in day to day business management.
Shine K.
SK
Shine K.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Good Platform but alot can be improved in the interface"
It combines everything in 1 page and allows to schedule truckers fast.

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Time to Implement

1 month

Return on Investment

11 months

Average Discount

10%

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Descartes Aljex Media

Descartes Aljex Demo - Integrated Visibility
Utilize your APIs, integrations and network connectivity to help synthesize logistics processes and provide full visibility throughout the entire supply chain.
Descartes Aljex Demo - Active Shipments
Cover, dispatch and monitor shipments from a single user interface
Descartes Aljex Demo - Live Maps View
Access Maps views for a visually improved user experience
Descartes Aljex Demo - Role Creator
Administrators can customize user roles to restrict information and system access at varying levels
Descartes Aljex Demo - Load Builder
Simplify the load building process and automate shipment execution from a single screen
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Descartes Aljex Pros and Cons

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Venus M.
VM
IT SPECIALIST
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

As a shipping agent I always feel diificulties while making documentation and I used various softwares to made data but had issues with learning the easiness of the product so I tried using this software and it actually helped me in the way I was looking for , It provides lot of options to make our selection and makes my work flow smooth. I hardly face any issues and trouble while using this Software. I use it everyday for multiple shipments and it keeps my documents safe and understandable in every aspect. I would love to refer this platform to every single friend or colleague from logistics field. Implementation of the ideas generated are genuine and it enhances the trust while providing the customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

So far I didn't encounter any major issues, this is a high value software for me till date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aljex is helping me in maintaining my shipments o daily basis, this tool has helped me in scheduling,track and measure delivery resources, I can plan and execute shipments here, audit and generate Invoices here.

It gives me the platform toautomate business processes and create electronic documents for executing transportation moves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

I have been using this particular platform for quite a long time and i must admit to the fact that it is too good and very professional software. It is fast and most reliable software. Aljex is one of the best TMS system micropoint feature is too good (helps tracking effectively). We can easily make our rate confirmation here with complete trucking compnay's as well as the customer's information. Apart from one stop for the cx and the carrier paperwork and payments it helps me with my billing process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

I more frequently use the Classic version of Aljex than Vision. The commands and usage of the feature are a little more complicated to understand and remember while using Classic when installed initially. Moreover, there is no provision of deleting the entry if entered incorrectly due to human/mechanical error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

This program is extremely dependable and speedy. With the whole trucking company's details as well as the customer's, we can simply check our pricing here. In addition to being a one-stop shop for the carrier and cx documentation and payments, it facilitates my billing process not to forget its micropoint feature, as I said earlier, is excellent and facilitates tracking efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Charanjeet S.
CS
Client billing specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

industry and doesn't fully comprehend the marDescartes Aljex has strong automation features and an intuitive user interface. These elements increase overall efficiency, significantly simplify complex logistics tasks, and reduce the rate of manual errors. The invoicing feature is wonderful, and public private files are a great option.It would be simple for Ket to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

software speed when it's not performing at its best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Before Aljex, I had to prepare and distribute bills to customers by hand. Aljex has automated that process for me; I just need to examine the relevant documentation and the application will take care of everything, including making and delivering bills to clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Aljex does make the booking and tracking truck process easier. The colors are easy to tell the difference in statuses and it is easy to use. Because we use this software everyday, it has become an easier process overall.

Additionally, we have worked closely with the customer support team on any issues we have and they seem to handle changes well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

While the process is easier, this seems like a work in progress. We have had multiple issues with overall slowness with the product, and while customer support has helped us, there are still some things that remain overall not what we want. We still don't have the rate confirmation changes we asked for, we still struggle with overall slowness, and we thought these are things we would have solved after over a year of implementation. Upon getting this software, we were told there are things that we should be able to utilize, but the split screen option still doesn't work well, multiple shipments mix up money, and there are just too many outages when updates come out. Every update seems to slow down Aljex, to a point where one morning we had to use the beta version, which worked well as a placeholder, but is something that shouldn't happen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aljex solved the problem of an updated TMS. We had an older system that worked but desperately needed updating, and that is what Aljex offered. It brings our TMS into the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RD
Accountant
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

The integration capabiities it has makes seamlessy connection with accounting and operatuons. for real life access to financial data and shipments.

As an accountant, the customizable reports Aljex has makes it very insightful for me to make analyzes department reports whether its for accounting or operations.

The user friendly interface layout is much easier to navigate amd it allows for others to quickly pickup and learn from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

Occasioal sync issues were a problem, some techical updates made some pre existing processess more complicated or we had to shift to a different system just for that feauture. (Aljex Classic)

If you're not an knowledge with excel, you might use aljex's internal reporting which can be a little complex and overwhelm with information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

As an accountant, it aids me in accounting duties when it comes to recordin, processsing, and billing both customers and carrires. It being excel friendly, I am able to create me own reports with excel to make assumptions or strategic analyzes for the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FO
DISPATCHER
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

I love the platform, its simple, easy to use, and even if you do not know how to use it, you can learn super quick.

I use it all day, and it works perfectly, also the customer support is really good, in my experience I have never had issues or glitches while I am using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

That sometimes you need to save your pro# a lot of times to make more changes to the same pro#, for example, if i am adding a leg, and adding the pick up time, i need to save the pick up time first or it will not let me add the leg, it just takes a couple seconds and you get used to it but it would be good if we would be able to update everything and save it once without any problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helos us bill, have track of all our containers and the status of each one, withouth aljex it would be very complicated to have track of everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JA
Capacity Support
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Aljexy is very complete, has all integrations needed specially with Macropoint, frendly user interface, accesible everywhere and the most important, relieable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

I wish Aljex would have a phone directory for each carrier, so you just hit in contacts and the whole list with names and numbers that belong to the carrier (dispatch, drivers, etc) would expand and can be filled out in the field.

It would be nice if also you can open separated loads in separated tabs within Aljex not in the browser. Customer Support on weekends takes a bit longer, not sure if they have 24/7. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

After switiching from another TMS to Aljex it feels more easy to work, before you were not able to check the loads from your phone or ipad/tablet, now you have have a look while traveling, this is just an small benefit from a bunch that Aljex offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lisa T.
LT
Freight Broker
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Its easy to use - tracks what needs tracking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

wish it forced completion of fields. We have some incomplete entries and when folks just keep recreating the loads - fields are blank that would be helpful for the users to have. This is not a software issue, more of a data entry one. If fields were mandatory it would take care of that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am new to this side of the industry - I found integrating into this role simple for the software use. Its very user friendly. Easy to see what loads I want to, filter it how I want to see it. I use multiple windows and it would be nice if I could have different views on the home screen for each monitor so I can filter one and see my stuff, and on another see all for this office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajiv R.
RR
Executive
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

I like monitoring accounts receivable, load posting for logoistics, tracking carrier information, and charging customers—all of which are suitably updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

One issue with invoicing is that multiple people cannot operate on the same load at once. This takes a lot of time, therefore there might be an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using the software now for 1-2yrs now and the best part about it is that paperwork management has been incredibly smooth due to which invoicing and data verification are a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Williams T.
WT
Logistics Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

It's very easy to use and help me do my tasks more efficiently everyday. It has a number of features that help me prepare paperwork needed for a shipment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

It's hard to learn in the beginning and it's slow sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me prepare Rate Conformations for Carriers as well as the BOL's for the customers. It is an efficient way to prepare paperwork needed for a shipment.

It also helps you keep a track of all your shipments.

It has all your data saved within the Pro for that specific shipment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.