Returns the single cheapest rate for the shipment. To compare every available option (carriers, service levels, parcel services) use POST /freights/freight-quote instead.

Rate limit: this endpoint counts towards the quoting rate limit of your API key (per UTC hour and per UTC day). Above the limit the API answers 429 rate_limit_exceeded and the Retry-After header tells how many seconds remain until the window resets.

Request parameters

<br /> **Item** schema: <br /> **PARCEL limits** (checked per package, after converting to inches and pounds): weight per package (`totalWeight` / `quantity`) <= 150 lbs, longest side <= 108 in, length + girth (longest side + 2 x (the other two sides)) <= 165 in. Length, width, height, weight and quantity must all be greater than 0, otherwise the request is rejected with 400 `invalid_field_data`. <br /> **Response notes**

• quote_id is the value to pass as quoteId to POST /freights/booking, before expiration_time_utc (epoch seconds). The booking payload must match this request exactly (zipcodes, every item's dimensions/weight/quantity, and the service lists), otherwise the booking is rejected. For PARCEL quotes send the items in IN and lbs on both the quote and the booking: the quote stores parcel items converted to inches/pounds and the booking compares the raw values.
• transit_time is in days. transit_time_without_team (days, nullable) is the transit time when the load is driven by a single driver instead of a team.
• shipmentType echoes the type that was priced: LTL, FTL or PARCEL.
• charges: the TOTAL row equals price.amount; each SERVICE_OPTION row (the code may also be the carrier-specific accessorial code) is an accessorial and the TRANSIT row is the base freight, so the non-TOTAL rows sum to the TOTAL row.
• insurance is only present when insuranceInfo was sent. When the insurance quote fails the block is { "insuranceQuoteId": null, "errorMessage": "..." } and the freight quote is still returned.

{
  "pickupDate": "2026-09-20",
  "pickupInfo": {
    "zipcode": "90058",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "deliveryInfo": {
    "zipcode": "90028",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "pickupServices": [
    {
      "quantity": 1,
      "service": "photo-required-pickup"
    }
  ],
  "deliveryServices": [
    {
      "quantity": 1,
      "service": "photo-required-delivery"
    }
  ],
  "additionalServices": [
    {
      "quantity": 1,
      "service": "photo-required"
    }
  ],
  "listItems": [
    {
      "name": "Item Name",
      "height": 48,
      "length": 48,
      "width": 40,
      "sizeUnit": "IN",
      "totalWeight": 500,
      "weightUnit": "lbs",
      "quantity": 1,
      "packaging": "Pallet",
      "stackable": false,
      "notes": "Notes here"
    }
  ],
  "shipmentType": "LTL",
  "vehicleType": {
    "code": "CARGO_VAN"
  },
  "insuranceInfo": {
    "commodity": "Electronics",
    "insuredValue": 20000
  }
}

{
  "quote_id": "W01KH5PB2V9QJ6Z8M4T3R7X1C0D",
  "price": {
    "amount": 1000,
    "currency_code": "USD"
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "code": "TOTAL",
      "description": "Total rate",
      "amount": 1000
    },
    {
      "code": "SERVICE_OPTION",
      "description": "liftgate-delivery",
      "amount": 100
    },
    {
      "code": "TRANSIT",
      "description": "Transit Cost",
      "amount": 900
    }
  ],
  "transit_time": 2,
  "transit_time_without_team": 3,
  "estimated_delivery_date": "2026-09-03",
  "expiration_time_utc": 1529107809,
  "status": "ACCEPT",
  "notes": "Expiration time: Jan 1 2019",
  "shipmentType": "LTL",
  "insurance": {
    "insuranceQuoteId": "01J8ZQ7X8N2R6V5F3C4B9D0E1F",
    "premium": 60,
    "processingFee": 6,
    "total": 66,
    "currency_code": "USD",
    "errorMessage": "Cannot quote insurance at this time."
  }
}