Yard management software built for a small 3PL.
A small DC doesn't need a smaller enterprise system — it needs the right one. Vantage gives a 20–80-door 3PL gate, AI trailer scanning, live yard visibility, dock scheduling and C-TPAT inspection on a phone — no hardware, from $149/mo, live in a day.
Enterprise yard systems are priced and built for massive multi-site operations: RFID/sensor hardware, quote-only pricing, and multi-week rollouts. A small 3PL that tries to buy one either overpays or never gets through implementation. The other end — spreadsheets and radio calls — quietly costs you in lost trailers, gate lines, and detention disputes.
What a small 3PL actually needs
- Clean trailer capture at the gate (AI OCR, no typing)
- Find any trailer in seconds — live yard map
- Carrier self-scheduling — no more phone/email chaos
- Digital C-TPAT inspection + audit support pack
- Offline-first, works on any phone
Transparent price, no hardware
Vantage publishes pricing — $149 Lite, $349 Pro (adds C-TPAT), $649 Scale — with a 14-day free trial and no setup fee. There's nothing to install, so you can be live in a day and add sites without a project plan.
Frequently asked
What's the best YMS for a small 3PL?
A mobile-native, no-hardware YMS with transparent pricing — so you get real visibility without the enterprise rollout. That's exactly what Vantage is built for.
How much should we pay?
From $149/month. Enterprise quote-only systems are overkill for a small DC.
Do we need RFID?
No — the phone camera plus AI OCR replaces fixed scanners and sensors.
Run your small yard from a phone.
14-day free trial. No hardware, no sales call.
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