Scope
Scope is a cloud-based transport management system for air freight, sea freight, and customs.
What Scope is
Scope is a cloud-based transport management system for air freight, sea freight, and customs. Its air freight workflow spans quotation and booking through shipment creation and invoicing. For ocean freight, connections to port and news portals provide shipment events and status information, with tracking from first to last mile. Scope connects with air cargo community systems, ocean freight messaging systems, and ports including Hamburg, Bremerhaven, and Rotterdam. Its Chain.io integration supports API variants and EDI, XML, and CSV file formats. Riege says certified direct customs connections are available in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. Internet connections use encrypted HTTPS. Riege's information security management system for its logistics SaaS platform is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 through December 12, 2028. Scope Runtime is required, with Windows and macOS downloads; the macOS version is Intel-based and also runs on Apple silicon using Rosetta. Users can create support tickets from within Scope by pressing F12. Riege offers a Sandbox for exploring modules and features, but it may be shared with other prospects, so users should not enter real data. Pricing varies by usage and is available on request; customers can adjust users and modules.
Good
- Air freight workflow covers booking through invoicing.
- Ocean tracking includes events from first to last mile.
- Offers direct customs connections in four named countries.
- Supports EDI, XML, and CSV through Chain.io.
- In-app support tickets can be opened with F12.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request, with no amount listed.
- Scope Runtime is required.
- The macOS runtime is Intel-based and uses Rosetta on Apple silicon.
- Sandbox may be shared; real data should not be entered.
Who it suits
Scope suits freight-forwarding operations managing air freight, sea freight, and customs workflows. Organizations evaluating the system can explore its Sandbox, but should avoid entering real data there.
Verdict
Scope covers freight workflows across air, ocean, and customs, with integrations for systems and ports. Buyers should account for the required runtime and request pricing; its shared Sandbox is for exploration, not real data.
Plans and prices
From Scope's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Scope (Capterra listing) | €0.01 a month | SaaS subscription · free trial shown · no free version shown · flat rate/month |
| Scope | Priced on request | Price varies by usage; customers can adjust users and modules |
The facts
Each one read from Scope's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Air freight
- The air module covers quoting, booking or shipment creation through invoicing and connects to airlines and external providers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Airline Messaging Premium
- Airline Messaging Premium supplies automatic event data for more than 200 airlines after an IATA AWB is entered.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API access
- The REST web service exposes shipment and partner data for BI tools; a special Core user is billed, with no additional web-service charge stated.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation depth
- The REST documentation specifies organization-specific base URLs, endpoint groups and a disclaimer that it is non-contractual.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chain.io integration
- The Chain.io integration processes API variants and EDI, XML or CSV files for cross-system logistics data exchange.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance screening
- RAKC and denied-party screening query sanctions lists from inside Scope.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Connection security
- Riege says Scope connections over the internet use encrypted HTTPS.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Customs
- Customs functions provide direct authority data exchange in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Demo
- Riege offers a Scope Sandbox to explore modules and features, and warns that it may be shared with other prospects, so users should not enter real data.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Scope creates, edits and archives electronic documents and can automatically create E-AWBs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation licence
- The API technical-description documentation is published under the UPL licence; the Scope application itself is described as proprietary SaaS.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Emissions
- The CO2e calculator reports emissions per shipment and can present lower-impact alternatives.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Scope Server runs in Riege’s datacenter while the local client supplies the graphical interface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integration formats
- The Chain.io integration supports API variants and file formats including EDI, XML and CSV.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Scope connects cargo-community systems, ocean messaging services and the Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam ports.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: manual work and updates
- The G2 review cites limited multitasking, slow updates and manual processes that should be automated.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing alerts
- One Capterra reviewer reported that shipment notifications or alerts were missing.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Riege Software was founded in 1985 and its headquarters are in Meerbusch, Germany.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Company founding and ownership
- Riege says it was established in 1985 and remains privately owned and family managed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The legal entity is Riege Software International GmbH, registered in Meerbusch, Germany.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company scale
- The company’s current about page reports more than 900 customers, 16,000 operators and seven international branches.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size listing
- Gartner lists Riege as a private company founded in 1985 with headquarters in Meerbusch and 51–200 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1985checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Meerbusch, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
