How It Works
From carrier email to confident decision — in 7 steps.
FreightSurf automates the entire carrier intelligence workflow — from inbox monitoring to verified, ranked, and actionable load coverage decisions.
Connect Gmail
Connect your Gmail inbox to FreightSurf with a single OAuth click. FreightSurf requests read-only access — your emails are never modified, sent, or deleted. Setup takes under two minutes.
- One-click OAuth connection
- Read-only Gmail access
- No email modification or sending
- Instant activation
FreightSurf reads inbound carrier emails
Once connected, FreightSurf monitors your inbox in real time. Every incoming email is analyzed to determine if it's a carrier communication — and if so, processing begins immediately.
- Real-time inbox monitoring
- Carrier email classification
- Thread detection and grouping
- Priority signal detection
Extracts lanes, equipment, MC numbers
The AI engine reads each carrier email and extracts structured data: equipment type, available lanes, offered rates, MC numbers, availability windows, and contact information — automatically.
- Equipment type extraction
- Lane and origin/destination parsing
- MC number identification
- Rate and availability detection
Verifies carrier against FMCSA data
Every extracted MC number triggers an automatic FMCSA database lookup. Authority status, safety ratings, insurance, and operating history are retrieved and a verification signal is calculated instantly.
- Instant FMCSA lookup
- Authority status verification
- Insurance and safety check
- Identity confirmation
Applies risk scoring engine
FreightSurf's risk scoring engine analyzes every carrier for fraud signals — MC name mismatches, inactive authority, multiple email domains, and suspicious behavioral patterns — before you ever call.
- Risk score calculation
- Fraud signal detection
- MC identity mismatch flagging
- Suspicious pattern recognition
Matches and ranks carriers to loads
Verified, scored carriers are matched against your active loads and ranked by proximity, lane history, equipment match, activity recency, and risk score. Top 5 carriers surfaced instantly.
- Active load comparison
- Multi-factor ranking algorithm
- Lane and equipment compatibility
- Risk-adjusted scoring
Broker takes action with confidence
You see a ranked list of verified, scored carriers for every load. You know who to call first, why they're ranked #1, and what their risk profile looks like — before you pick up the phone.
- Ranked carrier list per load
- Risk profile visibility
- One-click action workflow
- Full audit trail
Ready to see it work on your inbox?
Connect your Gmail in under 2 minutes. FreightSurf starts processing carrier emails immediately — no configuration required.