Descartes MacroPoint 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Descartes MacroPoint

4.5

(11)

Pricing

Starting at CA$1,000.00 per year

About Descartes MacroPoint

Descartes MacroPoint is a transportation and supply chain management solution that helps organizations streamline processes related to load tracking, geofencing, temperature monitoring and more on a centralized platform. It enables staff members to utilize user-defined fields to manage, search, and filter logistics data based on specific customers and shipments.

Descartes MacroPoint allows team members to configure custom geofences, track vehicle locations and receive real-time estimated time of arrival (ETA) alerts. It lets all stakeholders automatically receive departure, pre-arrival and arrival notifications. Additionally, business leaders can generate carrier scorecards, conduct predictive analytics, and create carrier performance reports from within a unified platform.

Descartes MacroPoint enables businesses to integrate the platform with several third-party solutions, such as Omnitracs, ClearPathGPS, Fleetmatics, Full Circle TMS, and more. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via documentation, phone, email and other online measures.

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Descartes MacroPoint Pricing and Plans

Starting price: CA$1,000.00 per year

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Basic

CA$1,000.00

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Descartes MacroPoint Features

Popular features found in Logistics
3PL Management
Barcoding/RFID
CRM
Cross Docking
Delivery Tracking
Demand Forecasting
Fleet Management
Order Management
Real-Time Updates
Route Optimization
Shipping Management
Supplier Management
More features of Descartes MacroPoint
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Billing & Invoicing
Compliance Management
Customer Portal
Customizable Reports
EDI
Geographic Maps
Inventory Management
Live Driver Tracking
Location Tracking
Logistics Management
Multi-Location
Order Tracking
Purchase Order Management
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Notifications
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Scheduling
Shipment Tracking
Status Tracking
Supply Chain Management
Third-Party Integrations
Transportation Management
Truckload Management
Warehouse Management

Descartes MacroPoint Integrations

3G Transportation Management

Verizon Connect

Motive

Infios Transportation Management System

Teletrac Navman DIRECTOR

ClearPathGPS

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Descartes MacroPoint User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

64%

27%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.1

Have you used Descartes MacroPoint and would like to share your experience with others?

Alex Jose P.

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Important tool to track Loads.

Easy and friendly tool. Important on our daily duties. Can keep track of loads and drivers can communicate if they arrive or depart from destination.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Can send tracking link to drivers cell and download it. Can have the full picture whenever there is a driver on a rest or on motion.

Cons:

Sometimes it takes up to 15min for it to be updated. That can cause a miscommunication when looking for current location.

Peter B.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

Descartes Macropoint gets the job done

over all Macropoint keeps track of and allows us to meet the requirements of shippers and receivers for keeping track of product in the process of transfer.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

we ship alot of products that require food grade reefer trailers that need to be tracked. Descartes Macropoint always us to do just that. Once load is entered in the system macropoint will automatically pick up arrival and departure from a shipper or receiver thru geofencing, making the ease of following a shipment easy. Integrating your tracking system with macropoint is easy and if there are problems, customer support is quick to respond.

Cons:

We did find an issue that need to be aware of , in the event of doing back to back loads to same shipper and receiver need to be careful of not assigning the same trailer to the next load, until making sure the previous load has cleared the area of the shipper or receiver or it will pickup the location marker and show the next load and as delivered as well and the close out the load, even if you have not even picked it up. weird little bug and macropoint can work out settings if you do that kind of round robin kind of freight.

Shayne J.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Works ok, but would not be my first choice

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Simple and easy to use and setup. Nothing fancy or special about the software

Cons:

Looks and feels like it is from the 90s. Could really use an overall update to the look and feel.

Jason L.

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

Descartes- The Best Option of a Crowded Field

My experience and that of my team has been very positive overall and we continue to be pleased as we gain more experience with the service.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Integration with TAI TMS and the adoption rate with the carrier fleets is a huge asset and help to my team.

Cons:

Pricing is a bit steep vs some of the other options and some carriers have trouble with the integrations

Brianna H.

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

MacroPoint

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The number one thing I like is that it is accurate! It gives location updates regularly. We were able to integrate this with our TMS in order to provide customers with location updates every minute.

Cons:

One thing I would improve is the ability to assign team drivers. Sometimes driver split shifts and we lose tracking if they turn their phones off. If both phones could track together we could avoid this.

Trevor H.

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Top, most widely used tracking option.

It has saved our relationship with multiple customers of our that require tracking on all of their shipments. Easy to set drivers up to track and love the frequency of tracking pings. Check in and check out metrics are vital as well.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that it provides location updates every 15minutes when in use. Tracking also updates when a truck arrives and departs from shippers and receivers which saves on endless accessorial disputes.

Cons:

Not much negative to say. It operates well, but have some complaints about not tracking when location setting arent on with a phone, also more of a cell service problem, but it cuts out when drivers are in bad service areas.

Reasons for switching to Descartes MacroPoint

Customer requirement

Jonathan L.

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Macropoint good tracking app

Tracking solutions we can know where are our trucks and times to arrive

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, also easy to send to the drivers and easy to set up, we can also send sms to have more ways to contact the drivers

Cons:

The only thing that if the driver doest not have internet data will not work

Jason S.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

The Gold Standard for Visibility Providers

Overall MacroPoint has been a great product for us and we'll continue to use them in the future.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Other platforms try to emulate what MacroPoint does because it works well and has all of the features we need. The TMS integration makes it easy to get the current shipment status without having to leave our TMS screen. Also, the integration and support folks are knowledgeable and friendly so setup was quick and easy.

Cons:

The only area of improvement I see is that they need to make it easier for carriers and brokers to form the partnerships themselves. Right now this requires manual intervention from support to do.

Aaron A.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Tried and Tested Macropoint

Macropoint has worked well for us for over 3 years. It integrates with our TMS and as long as we keep tabs on the drivers it works for the time being.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Macropoint is nice because of the lower cost and relative ease of use.

Cons:

It does not show a live location but pings on a cycle. If driver doesn't have smart phone, or wants to turn off the tracking, they can prohibit your view of freight tracking.

Aywad A.

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Descartes Macropoint for critical truck tracking

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Their integration with Transport Pro makes it easier for us to create and check on tracking orders made to shipments

Cons:

Trucks and trailers do not give locations updates sometimes unless they're rolling. Drivers tracking their phone via Macropoint can lose connection easily too.

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