LTL Connect vs. Direct

uShip offers two integration-based LTL products alongside our standard marketplace LTL offering. The table below illustrates some high-level differences that may help identify which one is best for you. For more details, please contact apisupport@uship.com.

	LTL Connect	LTL Direct	Notes
Supports High Volume Shipper	✓	✓
Supports Shipper Referral	✓	✓
Requires integrator to have a uShip.com account		✓	Integrator only required to have account to facilitate referral authentication; Direct integrators do not inherently need to pay/manage their customer's listings.
Requires integrator-side development team	✓	✓	LTL Connect is a simpler integration and will require less development team effort than Direct.
Authenticates via x-api-key	✓
Authenticates via OAuth 2.0 token		✓
Allows booking without coming to uShip.com		✓	LTL Connect requires shipper to choose and book their rate on uShip.com; post-match information will still be available however in partner system.
Pull-based post-match data retrieval	✓		Integrator will call /reports endpoint on a regular scheduled job to pull information for all shipments booked under their partnership.
Push-based post-match data retrieval/webhooks		✓
Supports Pay-on-Terms	✓	✓	Pay-on-Terms is facilitated by our partner, VersaPay, for LTL.
Supports Credit Card payment	✓	✓	Payment methods must be initially created on uShip.com before they can be tokenized and used via LTL Direct
Provides BOLs over API	✓	✓
Provides original and final cost over API	✓	✓
Provides tracking information over API	✓	✓

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