Free Cargo-Planner alternative: DimPack3D
Cargo-Planner is a polished commercial load planning platform for sea, road and air with an embeddable SDK/API, used by large forwarders and airlines. Pricing is subscription-based via custom tiers.
DimPack3D covers the core workflow Cargo-Planner charges for — automatic 3D bin-packing, hand fine-tuning, and professional load-plan export — free, in the browser. Below is an honest comparison, including what Cargo-Planner does better.
DimPack3D (free)
- Real 3D bin-packing with weight & stacking limits — free
- Drag-edit any carton in 3D (snap, collision-blocked)
- PDF load plan + CSV packing list export
- Excel/CSV/paste import of your carton list
- Share links, saved plans, approval flow with audit trail
- Runs in the browser — nothing to install, no seats to count
- Computation stays on your device (plans upload only when you share/save)
Cargo-Planner
- Air cargo (ULD) support
- SDK/API for embedding into your own systems
- Enterprise customer base (airlines, global forwarders)
Pricing: Reported by containermath.com: Subscription plans (quote-based tiers); free trial available.Source: containermath.com, checked 2026-09-10
Choose Cargo-Planner if: you need the capabilities listed on their side above (they are real strengths), and the per-seat cost is justified by daily specialist use.
Choose DimPack3D if: you want the core container workflow — optimize, fine-tune, export, share, approve — without licenses, installs or training. Import your existing Excel and see your load in 3D in under a minute.
Try it with your own Cargo-Planner data
Paste or upload the carton list you already have — Excel, CSV, or straight from the clipboard — and see the same shipment packed in 3D. Nothing to install, no signup, and the numbers are computed in your browser.
80.2% average fill across 300 Bischoff–Ratcliff OR-Library instances, with ≥60% base support enforced on every box. Published heuristics report 83–95% under varying — often weaker — stability rules.
Saved plans, share links, and an approval flow with an audit trail — without counting seats.
Door aperture, axle loads, crush limits, overhang and load voids — checked before the truck leaves.
Cargo-Planner is a trademark of its owner; facts above are from public pages or attributed third-party listings as of September 2026. Corrections: [email protected].