RFP season is not the time to be guessing. Every lane you misprice in a bid is a problem you’re managing for the next 12 months — either you lost business you should have won, or you’re hauling freight at rates that don’t work.
Batch Rate Intelligence was built to help brokers avoid exactly that. And today’s release makes it significantly more powerful.
What changed
We’ve rebuilt Batch Rate Intelligence from a bulk lane analysis tool into a complete RFP pricing workflow. Here’s what that means in practice:
Forward-Looking Rate & Seasonality Insights — You’re not bidding on today’s market. You’re bidding on what the market will look like when the contract actually executes. Batch Rate Intelligence now surfaces rate trends and seasonal signals so your bids reflect where conditions are heading, not just where they are.
Bid Positioning & Risk Visibility — Before you submit, you’ll know which lanes carry pricing risk. The updated tool flags where your target rates may be misaligned with market expectations, giving your team a chance to revisit strategy before it’s locked in.
Market-Informed Rate Guidance Across Uploaded Lanes — Upload your RFP file and get market rate context across every lane at once. No manual lookups. No switching between tools.
Cleaner Output for Review and Strategy — The updated output is designed to support how brokers actually work — internal pricing reviews, customer conversations, bid presentations. Pull the data you need without having to reformat it.
Who this is built for
If you’re running RFPs, mini-bids, or quarterly pricing reviews, this is your tool. Batch Rate Intelligence is purpose-built for brokers who need to move fast on large lane files without sacrificing accuracy.
Instead of relying on static spreadsheets and manual rate checks, you can bring your lane file into SONAR and walk away with a clear picture of where to bid, where to walk, and where to pay close attention.
Also in this release
We’ve also expanded flatbed market-level visibility within STVI and STRI, giving users better benchmarking data across a market segment that’s historically been harder to track.
Get started
Batch Rate Intelligence is live in SONAR now. Log in, upload a lane file, and see what your next bid looks like with real market intelligence behind it.
