Descartes Customs
Helps organizations manage global trade compliance and screen for restricted parties in their supply chains
- Vendor
- Descartes Systems Group
- Also known as
- descartes-customs
What is Descartes Customs?
A compliance platform for managing import and export filings, monitoring adherence to trade regulations across jurisdictions, and screening individuals and entities against government and international restriction lists.
Descartes Customs pricing
We don't have Descartes Customs's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Descartes Customs does
The capabilities that matter for customs trade compliance, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- -
- Harmonized system hs code AI classification
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- Denied restricted party screening rps sanctions check
- ✓
- Fully landed cost duty and tax calculator
- -
- Free trade agreement fta usmca qualification logic
- -
- Electronic customs filing abi ace integration
- -
- Export license determination and management
- -
- Import security filing isf 10 2 generation
- -
- Real time global trade content regulatory updates
- ✓
- E commerce checkout cart duty display widget
- -
- SOC2 type ii
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- ISO 27001
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- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Oracle
- SAP
Descartes Customs FAQ
Common questions about Descartes Customs, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Descartes Customs?
Platform that identifies and monitors individuals subject to heightened regulatory scrutiny due to political influence or public position, helping organizations comply with anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations across multiple jurisdictions. Monitors comprehensive government and international organization databases to flag compliance risks. It is indexed under Customs Trade Compliance.
Source: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-compliance
How much does Descartes Customs cost?
Descartes Customs does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-compliance
What platforms does Descartes Customs support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Descartes Customs. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-compliance
Can Descartes Customs be self-hosted?
Yes. Descartes Customs can be deployed cloud / SaaS and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-compliance
Descartes Customs alternatives
Other customs trade compliance we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- BorderConnectCloud-based customs documentation platform for cross-border US-Canada shipmentshigh · 78%
- AEBAutomation platform for managing international trade, customs, and compliancelow · 25%
- AEB SEAI-driven software that automates global trade and logistics while ensuring regulatory compliancelow · 25%
- CargoWise OneA unified platform for managing global logistics operations across multiple transportation modeslow · 24%
- Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Global Tradelow · 32%
- MagayaA freight management platform that centralizes shipping, customs compliance, and warehouse operations for logistics service providerslow · 34%
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Side by side against other customs trade compliance, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.04 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.05 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.10 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | ✓ |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Real time global trade content regulatory updates, Denied restricted party screening rps sanctions check | mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trust center | http://www.descartes.com/resources/blog/addressing-complexity-global-trade-compliance | mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60% |
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