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What is DAT iQ?

DAT iQ is a cloud-based data analytics platform specifically designed to assist brokers and shippers in transforming complex data into actionable insights within the freight market. This innovative solution addresses the challenges posed by the dynamic nature of transportation logistics, enabling users to navigate uncertainty and make informed decisions based on reliable data. The platform caters to a diverse audience, including logistics professionals, freight brokers, and shippers who require comprehensive insights into transportation rates and network performance. With access to a vast database encompassing $126 billion in annual transactions, DAT iQ provides users with the most extensive and accurate data available in the industry. This wealth of information empowers users to strategically manage their carrier networks, ensuring they can optimize operations and enhance overall efficiency. Key features of DAT iQ include advanced analytics tools that allow users to evaluate performance metrics, understand market trends, and control costs effectively. The platform's robust analytical capabilities enable transportation professionals to identify patterns and insights that can lead to improved decision-making. By leveraging these insights, users can build resilience into their supply chains, adapting to market fluctuations and ensuring continuity in their operations. DAT iQ stands out in its category by offering a user-friendly interface that simplifies the data analysis process. The platform's versatility allows users to customize their analytics experience, tailoring it to their specific needs and objectives. This adaptability ensures that transportation and logistics professionals can derive maximum value from the data at their disposal, ultimately leading to enhanced strategic planning and execution. DAT iQ is a powerful tool for anyone involved in the freight market, providing essential data and insights that drive strategic decision-making. By equipping users with the necessary tools to analyze and interpret complex data, DAT iQ helps organizations thrive in an ever-evolving transportation landscape.

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Truckins #1 Load Board. DAT iQ is a cloud-based data analytics platform specifically designed to assist brokers and shippers in transforming complex data into actionable insights within the freight market. This innovative solution addresses the challenges posed by the dynamic nature of transportation logistics, enabling users to navigate uncertainty and make informed decisions based on reliable data.

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**Real-time data and analytics; access to our iQ team of experts, holistic view of the spot and contract market; direct customer freight transaction data - never proxies.**

Effective transportation logistics management has become an essential aspect of successful business operations. However, the demands of evolving market conditions make this job more challenging than ever. DAT iQ is the leading analytics solution to support companies as they navigate their shipping transportation logistics.

As the most comprehensive data analytics platform available for shippers and brokers, DAT iQ provides visibility into past, present, and future rates and streamlines network performance evaluation. DAT’s industry-leading carrier network enables unmatched views of capacity, incorporating present or future conditions and volumes across lanes or regions. Advanced machine learning powers analysis tools and guidance from industry experts turns data into actionable insights and informs confident decision-making.


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Year Founded
1978
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Beaverton, OR
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928 employees on LinkedIn®
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DAT Freight & Analytics operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Transportation brokers, carriers, news organizations and industry analysts rely on DAT for market trends and data insights derived from 500 million freight matches and a database of $150 billion in annual market transactions. The company was established in 1978 as the Dial-A-Truck (DAT) load finder service at Jubitz® truck stop in Portland, OR and now has locations in Beaverton, OR and Denver, CO, with additional offices in Missouri and Bangalore, India.


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Recent DAT iQ Reviews

LG
Lee G.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Fantastic tool!"
Helps keep my rates consistent and correctly quoted. My customers have us ship prepaid more often that picking up themselves.
SC
STACEY C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"EASY TO ACCESS"
Knowing the current market condtions and rates
TH
Trevor H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Best coverage tool"
The most effective tool for posting and covering freight as a broker. For the most basic subscription, you can fully operate a brokerage and get ac...
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DAT iQ Demo - Take the uncertainty out of freight
DAT iQ offers the deepest, broadest, and most accurate rate and capacity data in the industry. The iQ platform is powered by advanced machine learning, generating actionable insights based on $150B in total annual customer freight transaction data. With comprehensive market visibility, shippers a...
DAT iQ Demo - DAT iQ RateView
The only reliable 360 view of accurate insights into past, present, and future freight rates. DAT iQ is the industry standard in truckload pricing. Reliable past, present, and future market rate visibility equips shippers with the insights they need for strategic planning, risk mitigation, networ...
DAT iQ Demo - DAT iQ Benchmark
Benchmark Analytics iQ is a powerful BI tool that contextualizes performance relative to market trends and helps identify key business drivers and opportunities within a shipper’s network. Shippers can rely on this part of the RateView Solutions offering to support a range of functions: •Execu...
DAT iQ Demo - Ratecast
Ratecast powers the forward-looking capabilities of DAT iQ RateView Solutions. provides the forward-looking power The 360 degree visibility provided by RateView Solutions Improve your RateView experience by utilizing Ratecast. This tool allows you to bid on long-term business and negotiate with c...
DAT iQ Demo - Market Conditions Index
Market Conditions Index (MCI) provides a heatmap view of freight supply and demand balances in regional freight markets (geo-aggregated down to 3 zip level). Provides visibility into past, present, and future market conditions, including essential factors such as regional demand, timing for pr...
DAT iQ Demo - RFP Tool
The current RFP tool is intended to optimize the broker/carrier bid creation and response process, improving the accuracy and efficiency of RFP (Request for Proposal) management. Work is in process to expand support for the shipper RFP workflow towards our end goal of supporting the entire RFP pr...
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TH
Account Manager / Customer Representative
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DAT iQ?

The most effective tool for posting and covering freight as a broker. For the most basic subscription, you can fully operate a brokerage and get access to information to cover and grow your business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

Data can be skewed by carriers and brokers posting bad loads to adjust average rates. Other than this, not much to complain about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

This is an integral tool when submitting lane rate for RFP submissions. We need the best data possible to make accurate decisions on the markets for lanes we are looking to secure to ensure we can stay profitable in the turbulent frieght market. DAT has proven time and again that they have the data to help us in these situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LG
Traffic Supervisor
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

Helps keep my rates consistent and correctly quoted. My customers have us ship prepaid more often that picking up themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

I am satisfied with the product. Ease of use stands out among the rest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to get a milaege as well as a rate all on the same page. I appreciate seeing the history as well when deciding what rate to use on a particular lane. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zachery J.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

The ease and the amount of users on the platform makes it easy to find a truck fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

Honestly I can't think of many but if I had to come up with something i'd say the DAT scheduled maintenance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

Covering loads. Benefits me to make me better at my job Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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UT
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

I use it daily, I like its ability to get real-time data and also the ability to provide efficient and accurate price freight. It is also a Great Market Benchmark Tool. I like that it helps forecast future trends and make proactive decisions. It is also very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

The only thing that can be an issue is the subscription model as it can be expensive for small companies. But I truly believe it is worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main problem I have solved is having a quicker decision-making process, Data analysis tools provide actionable insights, aiding in informed decision-making and strategy development. The benefit of this is we can have a better understanding of the market and improve customer experiences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SC
Logistics Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

Knowing the current market condtions and rates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

Have not found anything that I dislike of of now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

current freight rates in lanes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KZ
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about DAT iQ?

DAT IQ Tools enalbe me to provide a level of confidence regarding a client's performance to the market when it comes to transportation pricing. DAT IQ does that by having a very detailed approach and methodology that takes into account a lot of different factors that affect a transportation rate. If a client's freight has a characteristic that they feel drives their pricing, there is a great chance that the data is already captured in DAT and we can find the appropriate comparison for them. The willingness of the DAT team members to walk a customer through the data and why a benchmark looks the way it does and not just "wave away" variability, is also important. Knowing and being confident in the math behind the service is critical for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

There are a number of different subscriptions and data sources in their offering. Aligning around the correct comparison for a particular situation is more difficult than it probably needs to be. I know DAT is streamlining this to better integrate the legacy Chainalytics benchmarking with the legacy DAT benchmarking. This will likely address this issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

We utilize DAT IQ to help us assess a client's transportation operations and strategy. That assessment will always contain qualitative and quantitative aspects. DAT IQ helps us on the quantitative side to benchmark the client's transportation lanes and provide insight on where there are opportunities for improvement on the pricing side of things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

The real time data and Spot vs Contact markets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

The only dislike is the lack of communication with our CSR. after we onboarded the new system we had zero check ins. The only training session we had we a session on looking at options we didn't have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

Benchmarking short falls Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MG
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

DAT is a great tool to move freight. If you want to post your loads it is a great place for visibility. If you are looking for available trucks, it is the best place to find the best one for your freight. It will also help you define the best rates and negotiate. It will help you with making relationships with your customers and carriers with lane makers and will provide you with a lot of helpful information about this beautiful business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

I consider it not a very intuitive tool. Sometimes there is information that I can't understand what it is for or what kind of information it gives me. Or, sometimes I feel it would be a good idea to include a user guide online or something like that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me move my freight keeping a great relationship with my customers and getting more business for me. In addition, it helps me find the best carrier for every load I have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan  B.
JB
Logistics coordinator
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

Easy to navigate, the most accurate and available loads no matter where I was traveling. It really was the only loadboard worth paying for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

Most of the loads posted on DAT are posted multiple times (as much as 30 times for the same load), this makes it very time consuming and annoying to say the least.

DAT claims to be helping to prevent fraud but fraud continues to run rampant with many load posters stating ‘email only’ and posting gmail addresses that have nothing to do with the original brokers email address. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am in charge of vendor management for my company. We are a national account for DAT. Dat always replies quickly when we have questions or problems and they are working hard to solve the impersonation issues they are having. I recently had a call with them and it went very well. I have been working recently on getting our score up in the DAT DIRECTORY by getting carriers who we work with regularly to review us. It's going well. The ONLY minor complaint I have is that I made my nickname something silly and now I can't change it. I wish i could. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ANDRES FELIPE A.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about DAT iQ?

DAT IQ is a great tool for the freight area, I think is most helpful about DAT is that it is a comprehensive platform that offers various features and tools for freight transportation and analytics. Some of the advantages are that the platform utilizes advanced data analytics to provide predictive freight market insights. It helps users anticipate future demand, identify potential capacity constraints, and optimize their operations accordingly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about DAT iQ?

What I do not like about DAT IQ is the fact that this platform has little customization, you cannot edit it and make it your own, it only feels generic sometimes. But there is no real problem when using DAT IQ even daily, and their customer support is top-notch, really good aspect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is DAT iQ solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problem that DAT IQ is solving for me is that I need to get freight covered by carriers, DAT IQ is benefiting me because it allows this process to be easier, DAT is a comprehensive platform that offers various features and tools for freight transportation and analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.