OCR and IDP. RPA and AI. TMS automation and TMS replacement. Vendors throw these terms around like they're interchangeable. They aren't. These comparisons break down what each actually does, where the differences matter, and which solution makes sense for the problem you're trying to solve. Even when the answer isn't EBE.
One project takes a year and moves your system of record. The other leaves dispatch alone. Most carriers who think they need a new TMS are describing a data-entry problem.
Read the comparison → Available nowOptical character recognition reads characters. Intelligent document processing decides what they mean and whether they’re right. The gap between them is where accuracy claims fall apart.
Read the comparison → Available nowRobotic process automation follows rules you wrote. AI makes judgments you didn’t. Both get sold as the same product, and they fail in completely different ways.
Read the comparison → Available nowWhat a document costs to handle by hand, what it costs automated, and the hidden line item nobody counts — the invoices that go out late because the paperwork wasn’t there.
Read the comparison →These come from questions carriers actually ask us during selection. If something keeps confusing your team, tell us at 800-447-0612 and it goes on the list.
EBE has been in transportation since 1973 and has watched a lot of carriers buy the wrong thing because two vendors used the same word to mean different things. Every page here includes the case against, and the situations where the answer is that you don’t need us.
40 minutes with a specialist who implements this work, on your document flow rather than an example. We’ll tell you if the answer is that you’re fine as you are.