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Platform capabilities
How Finance teams use Cubesite for cost intelligence.
Monthly cost classification
Every cost is classified month-by-month by Base Rate, Fuel Surcharge, Detention, and Accessorials. Automatic spike detection alerts Finance when any category deviates from baseline.
Spend by mode, lane, and carrier
Anomaly detection and alerts
Monthly Cost Classification
Freight spend by category · Jul 2024 – Jan 2025
+41%
Jul → Nov spike
$170k
$130k
$85k
$0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
$49k excess in Oct–Nov
Detention spike detected in Oct–Nov: 3 carriers billing detention outside contracted free-time window. $28k excess identified. Dispute auto-raised.
Month-wise freight cost, classified by type.
See your freight spend broken down by Base Rate, Fuel Surcharge, Detention, and Accessorials — month over month. Cubesite automatically classifies every cost so Finance can see exactly what's growing, and why.
- Monthly stacked cost view: Base Rate, Fuel, Detention, Accessorials
- Automatic spike detection when any category deviates from baseline
- Cost classification matched to invoice line items — not estimated
- Exportable for quarterly Finance reviews and budget reconciliation
Monthly Cost Classification
Freight spend by category · Jul 2024 – Jan 2025
+41%
Jul → Nov spike
$170k
$130k
$85k
$0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
$49k excess in Oct–Nov
Detention spike detected in Oct–Nov: 3 carriers billing detention outside contracted free-time window. $28k excess identified. Dispute auto-raised.
Freight Cost Intelligence · Q4 2024
Transport Cost Management
Total spend
$1.24M
+8.4% vs Q3
Carrier cost efficiency
Carrier
Spend
vs Contract
Status
Maersk
$312.8k
+12.4%
OverJ.B. Hunt
$181.2k
+4.1%
OverCMA CGM
$158.9k
0.0%
CleanHapag-Lloyd
$127.3k
+9.8%
OverTotal freight spend by mode, carrier, and lane.
Every carrier, every lane, every mode structured into a single spend view with contracted vs actual delta. Finance always knows where the budget is going and which carriers are over-billing.
- Spend by Ocean, Air, Truck, Rail broken down by carrier
- Contracted vs actual variance calculated at line-item level
- Quarter-over-quarter cost drift tracking per carrier and lane
- Carrier performance scored on billing accuracy and compliance
Proactive cost alerts before spend compounds.
Cubesite monitors your freight spend continuously, alerting teams the moment cost begins to drift from baseline or contracts, not at month-end when it's too late to act.
- Real-time alerts when any carrier, lane, or mode exceeds cost baseline
- New surcharge detection flagged immediately as contract deviations
- Detention and accessorial pattern analysis on a rolling 90-day window
- Alerts routed automatically to Finance and Procurement via email
Cost Intelligence Alerts
4 anomalies detected this week
Detention Spike
HIGHMaersk Line · Shanghai → Rotterdam
+$28,900
Today 09:14
New Peak Surcharge
HIGHDHL Express · Mumbai → London
+$8,450
Today 11:32
Rate Card Deviation
MEDJ.B. Hunt · Chicago → LA
+$4,400
Yesterday
Fuel Index Mismatch
LOWHapag-Lloyd · Rotterdam → NY
+$2,100
2 days ago
Auto-routed to Finance & Procurement
$43.8k total flagged
Start your pilot
See where your freight costs are leaking.
Book a demo and we'll run a live cost intelligence analysis on your recent invoices — showing exactly where spend is drifting by category and month.