FreightParse and SKAI
Both are in Rotterdam and both give every value its source, but SKAI is declaration software that files, and FreightParse is not. Below is what each one's own pages say, side by side, read on 12 October 2026, and where SKAI is the stronger choice.
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In short
SKAI is declaration software: it reads a shipment's documents, checks every field against the tariff and the registers, and files the declaration directly with Dutch customs, HMRC and TRACES-NT. Its price is not on the pages read; it starts with a demo on your own documents.
FreightParse does not file. It reads the invoice and packing list into the goods lines and writes them as a file for the declaration software you already use, so you keep filing where you file today. It is run by one person.
Side by side
| Topic | FreightParse | SKAI |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Reads a shipment's supplier invoice and packing list, scans included, into the goods lines of the customs declaration, and writes them as a file for the declaration software you already use. | Declaration software for customs desks. SKAI reads every document and checks every field: commodity code against the national tariff database and EU TARIC, VAT number, EORI, and the documents against each other.Home page. |
| Files the declaration | No. It does not file declarations and it does not classify goods: it reads the commodity code the document prints. Your declarant checks and files, in your own software. | Yes, directly: Import and warehouse declarations go through DMS, transit through NCTS and the e-commerce flow through DECO; also HMRC CDS in the UK, and CHED-P and CHED-D through TRACES-NT. Customs page, home page. |
| Price | On the front page, excluding VAT: €0.35 a document, minimum €49 a month, which includes the first 140, and you can cancel monthly; yearly plans from €4,900 for 2,000 documents a month. | No price on the pages read. Home page. |
| Trying it | Free for 14 days, about 20 pages a day, with no payment details (the trial). Or one shipment by e-mail: forward it to docs@freightparse.com from your work address, accept the trial terms with one button in the reply, and it comes back usually within 5 minutes. | Book a thirty-minute demo. We show SKAI on your own documents. No obligation.Going live: Count on a month, including two weeks running alongside one or two of your clients. The pages read name no free trial. Home page, customs page. |
| Where documents are read | Read in Google's EU region, not used for training. A request flagged by Google's abuse checks may be kept up to 90 days, in the EU. FreightParse keeps no copy on its server. On the e-mail route, the e-mails are deleted from our mailbox within 30 days. The data processing agreement comes with the trial. | Azure West Europe: Application, database, files and backups stay in that region. Your customs data is not used for training in any form.The AI connection the page names is Anthropic's API. Security page. |
| Where each value came from | A separate file, lines_sources.csv, gives for every value the page and the text as printed there. On a text PDF the match is checked for you; on a scan you look at the page yourself. | Every field carries a source label. Every field traceable to its source document, with a full audit trail. Home page. |
| Declaration software | Excel and CSV with the data elements as column names; for Riege Scope (module C89), Stratech Shipment and Customs4trade CAS a file built to what the vendor publishes; any other layout from one example file. No desk has imported a FreightParse file yet. Your software. | SKAI is itself the declaration software. It connects to your WMS, TMS or ERP through a REST API and writes the status and the MRN back; CargoWise is among the connections it names. WMS, TMS and ERP page, home page. |
| Security certificate | No certificate. | No ISO 27001 or SOC 2 of SKAI: No certificate of our own, no pentest report. Azure underneath does.Security page. |
| Who is behind it | One person: Danil Sysenko, a sole proprietorship registered with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, KvK 42184908, in Rotterdam. No paying customers yet. | Built by Louvels, a software company in Rotterdam (Louvels.dev B.V., KvK 86434357). The about page names six people; the home page names customs teams at CSI-Fresh, Fidocs and ICL, and SKAI is live in the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Ireland. About page, terms (in Dutch). |
Where SKAI is stronger
- It files the declaration itself, directly with Dutch customs (DMS, NCTS, DECO) and with HMRC, and handles veterinary CHED-P and CHED-D through TRACES-NT. FreightParse does not file.
- It checks more than it reads: commodity codes against the Dutch tariff database and EU TARIC, VAT numbers through VIES, EORI numbers, and the documents against each other.
- Customs teams work in it every day, its home page says, at CSI-Fresh, Fidocs and ICL, in four countries. FreightParse has no paying customer yet.
- A team of six on its about page, in Rotterdam. FreightParse is one person.
- Single sign-on with your own Microsoft Entra ID.
When FreightParse may fit better
- You want to keep the declaration software you file in today. SKAI is itself the software you would file in.
- You want to start without a project: the price is on our page, the trial runs 14 days, and one shipment by e-mail comes back usually within 5 minutes. SKAI counts on a month to go live.
- Both give each value its source. What differs is what follows: with FreightParse your declarant imports a file into your own software; with SKAI the declaration is built and filed in SKAI.
How this page was made
Everything in the SKAI column comes from SKAI's own public pages, read on 12 October 2026, linked in each cell and listed below. Accuracy figures are left out: each vendor measures in its own way, on its own documents, so the numbers cannot be set side by side; FreightParse's test, its documents and its scoring are public (how it was tested). Prices and features change, so check SKAI's pages before you decide. FreightParse is not affiliated with SKAI. If anything here is wrong or out of date, write to danil@freightparse.com and it will be corrected.
The pages read, on 12 October 2026
- Home page: https://www.skaihub.com/en
- Customs connection: https://www.skaihub.com/en/integrations/douane
- Security: https://www.skaihub.com/en/security
- WMS, TMS and ERP: https://www.skaihub.com/en/integrations/wms-tms-erp
- About: https://www.skaihub.com/en/about
- Terms (in Dutch): https://www.skaihub.com/nl-NL/voorwaarden
Try it on one shipment
Two fields and one click in an e-mail open the address for your desk. A shipment comes back in its thread, usually within 5 minutes.