Comparison · Multi-Carrier Strategy
Amazon just opened its 80,000-trailer logistics network to every business. Here is what ASCS does well, where managed transportation still wins, and how FreightPlus uses Amazon Freight inside a multi-carrier program.
Last updated: May 2026. We try to keep this accurate. If you see something outdated, email info@freightplus.io.
TL;DR
You are an enterprise shipper ($50M+ freight spend) with ecommerce-heavy distribution, you are ready to consolidate onto a single integrated network, and you have an in-house team to manage the Amazon relationship.
You are a middle-market shipper with multi-mode complexity, you want Amazon Freight available as one capacity option (not the only one), and you need strategic management without building an in-house logistics team.
Definitions
Announced in May 2026, Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) opens Amazon's logistics network to businesses of all sizes, not only Amazon sellers. Three integrated pillars: freight, distribution and fulfillment, and parcel shipping.
Stated network scale:
FreightPlus is a managed transportation provider purpose-built for middle-market shippers. We run multi-carrier programs across all modes, with strategic management plus daily execution, dedicated account teams, and a unified technology layer.
Operating model:
Feature-by-feature
| Amazon ASCS | FreightPlus | |
|---|---|---|
| Core offering | Single integrated supply chain network (freight + D&F + parcel) | Multi-carrier managed transportation across all modes |
| Carrier model | Amazon-owned assets plus carrier partners | 10,000+ carrier network including Amazon Freight |
| Modes | Ocean, air, ground, rail · D&F · parcel | LTL, TL, intermodal, drayage, parcel, final mile |
| Ideal shipper profile | Enterprise, ecommerce-heavy, $50M+ freight spend | Middle-market, $5M-$100M freight spend, multi-mode |
| Strategy and program management | Self-serve console plus Amazon account team | Dedicated FreightPlus account team, QBRs, network analysis |
| Technology | Amazon ASCS console | FreightPlus One AI control tower |
| Pricing model | Service-based pricing per Amazon's terms | Managed services fee (spend-based or savings-share) |
| Carrier diversification | Single integrated network | Multi-carrier optimization on every load |
| Onboarding | Through Amazon ASCS console | 2-4 weeks full program; 72-hour pilot lane |
| Best for | One-network consolidation at enterprise scale | Mid-market multi-mode programs needing strategy plus execution |
The Honest Take
Amazon Supply Chain Services is the biggest infrastructure announcement in freight in years. Eighty thousand trailers, twenty-four thousand containers, a hundred aircraft, three pillars under one console. Amazon explicitly framed it as their AWS moment for supply chain, and the launch customer list (Procter and Gamble, 3M, Lands' End, American Eagle Outfitters) signals exactly where ASCS will excel: massive enterprise shippers with ecommerce-heavy distribution who are ready to consolidate onto a single integrated network.
FreightPlus is a managed transportation provider for middle-market shippers. We do not run an asset network of our own. We run a strategy and execution layer on top of a 10,000-plus carrier network that includes Amazon Freight. Our customers typically have $5M to $100M in annual freight spend, multi-mode complexity (LTL plus TL plus intermodal plus drayage), and no in-house transportation team to lean on.
In practice, FreightPlus customers can use Amazon Freight as one of the carriers in their managed portfolio. When a load is a good candidate for Amazon's network, on lane, rate, transit, and service, we route it there. When another carrier in the network wins, we route it there instead. The shipper sees one program, one team, one set of reporting, with Amazon Freight integrated as a capacity option alongside everyone else.
For a Fortune 500 shipper with deep in-house logistics staff, going direct on ASCS makes sense: you have the team to manage the Amazon relationship, hedge single-vendor risk, and exploit the integrated D&F plus parcel pieces. For a middle-market shipper, single-vendor concentration on any provider, including Amazon, is a structural risk you do not have the team to absorb. A managed multi-carrier program is the safer and more flexible fit.
If you are debating between the two, the question is not which is better. It is whether you have the in-house team to run a single-network consolidation, or whether you need a managed layer that gives you Amazon Freight access plus everything else.
Book a 30-minute call. We will look at your freight profile and tell you honestly whether Amazon Supply Chain Services direct is the right fit, whether a managed multi-carrier program (with Amazon Freight included) is better, or both.
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