Tive Platform

Tive Platform is shipment-visibility software for teams that need to monitor location and condition across transport modes. It best suits shippers, retailers, and logistics providers with substantial shipment volumes; its strongest case is the combination of live tracking, exception alerts, and operational reporting. The main caveats are custom pricing, tier-dependent access, and a mobile app that cannot create or edit shipments.

Overview

Tive brings live shipment location, ETA predictions, and alerts for delays, theft, and condition issues into one platform. Validated reports support claims, compliance, and partner accountability, while Tive Reveal adds benchmarking and analytics to help teams identify performance trends, weaker carriers, and risky lanes. That breadth makes it useful beyond monitoring active loads, though the value depends on which capabilities a customer’s tier includes.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Tive serves shippers, retailers, and logistics service providers. Its cloud application and information security management system have a SOC 2 Type 2 examination and ISO/IEC 27001 certification.

Key features

Shipment monitoring and alerts

Real-time tracking covers road, ocean, air, and rail, with ETA predictions and exception alerts for shipment problems. Essential includes standard alerts and a real-time alert map; Plus adds ETA alerts and geofence alerts. This tier progression gives teams a path to more targeted monitoring, but buyers should confirm the full tier comparison with Sales before assuming a particular alert workflow is included.

Shipment setup and reporting

Essential provides shipment templates, a CSV shipment list, and custom shipment reports. Plus adds CSV shipment creation, multi-tracker shipments, and branded public sharing links. These additions can reduce setup friction for teams handling multiple trackers or sharing updates externally. Reports support claims, compliance, and partner accountability across the platform.

Analytics and integrations

Tive Reveal provides benchmarking and analytics for identifying trends, weak carriers, and risky lanes. Premium includes API and webhook access, custom dashboards, ocean and air visibility, smart route deviation alerts, and SSO. The public API and webhooks connect applications; ERP and WMS connections use the API or a bridging TMS partner, so those integrations may require additional coordination.

Mobile and support

The iOS and Android app gives Plus and Premium users access to shipment data and alerts. It cannot create or edit shipments, and public sharing links cannot be enabled from the app, making it a companion for monitoring rather than a complete mobile workflow. Users can contact a dedicated account manager or [email protected] for help getting started.

Pricing

Tive is paid software with custom pricing. It offers Essential, Plus, and Premium, but customers need to contact Sales for a full feature comparison; no tier has a published price.

• Essential: Shipment templates, custom shipment reports, a CSV shipment list, standard alerts, and a real-time alert map. It fits teams that need core monitoring and reporting, but excludes Plus additions such as CSV shipment creation, multi-tracker shipments, branded sharing links, ETA alerts, and geofence alerts.
• Plus: Everything in Essential, plus CSV shipment creation, multi-tracker shipments, branded public sharing links, ETAs with alerts, and geofence alerts. This is the tier to consider when shipment setup and external sharing matter, and it also unlocks the mobile app.
• Premium: Everything in Plus, plus API and webhook access, custom dashboards, ocean and air visibility, smart route deviation alerts, and SSO. It is aimed at organizations that need deeper integrations, dashboard customization, or the added visibility and security features.

Eligible new North American customers shipping more than 500 times per year can receive up to five trackers and 30 days of complimentary platform access. The offer is not a general free tier: eligibility and the tracker cap matter for smaller or lower-volume teams.

Platforms

Tive supports Android, iOS, web, and API access. The mobile app is limited to Plus and Premium users and does not support shipment creation or editing or enabling public sharing links. API and webhook access is included with Premium.

Who it's for

Tive is a strong fit for shippers, retailers, and logistics service providers managing substantial volumes across multiple transport modes, especially those that need exception response alongside reports and performance analysis. Teams that need ERP or WMS connections should account for API or bridging-TMS integration work. It is less suited to buyers seeking a published entry price, a broad free plan, or an end-to-end shipment workflow from a phone.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Real-time location, ETA predictions, and alerts cover delays, theft, and condition issues across road, ocean, air, and rail.
• Pro: Validated reports and Reveal analytics extend the platform from exception monitoring to claims, compliance, accountability, and lane or carrier performance review.
• Pro: Premium includes API and webhook access, custom dashboards, and SSO for organizations with integration and administration needs.
• Con: Custom pricing and a Sales-led feature comparison make tier and budget evaluation less direct.
• Con: The trial is limited to eligible new North American customers shipping more than 500 times per year, and covers up to five trackers for 30 days.
• Con: The mobile app cannot create or edit shipments or enable public sharing links, so teams still need another workflow for those tasks.

Alternatives

For a broader category comparison, browse Transportation Visibility Software; teams focused on temperature-sensitive operations can also compare Cold Chain Management Software.

• GoComet is a paid alternative with a free plan and Android, API, and web platforms.
• Terminal49 is worth considering for teams that can work within its free container-tracking allowance: the free plan covers up to 10 active containers, three users, basic notifications, and 50 document credits, and it also offers a free trial.
• Shippeo is a paid alternative available on Android, iOS, API, and web.
• Intugine is a paid API and web alternative; its Cruise plan is from ₹8 (priced on request), billed per call-minute, with final pricing client-specific and dependent on trip volume, integration requirements, and exception configuration.
• Overhaul is a paid, web-based alternative.
• FourKites Dynamic Yard is a paid alternative for web, iOS, and Android.
• Wakeo is a paid, web-based alternative.
• Portcast offers a free trial and an Enterprise Predictive Visibility Platform plan at $45,000 a year on a 12-month contract; specified usage applies for the contract duration, and additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply.

Verdict

Choose Tive if your operation needs cross-modal shipment monitoring supported by alerts, reports, and performance analytics, and you can work with Sales to select a tier and price. Look elsewhere if you need transparent pricing, broad free access, or a mobile app that handles shipment setup and editing.