Most dock teams are stuck between two bad options: an inbox and a spreadsheet that can't keep up, or an enterprise platform that takes months and an IT project to switch on. DockSync is the bit in the middle — real scheduling control, live the same day, nothing to install.
Free and familiar, but bookings scatter across email, phone and WhatsApp. No live view, no data, and it breaks the moment volume rises.
One live schedule for deliveries and collections, supplier self-booking, QR driver check-in and automatic reporting. Set up in a browser, taking bookings the same day.
Powerful and deep, but priced and scoped for global networks: long implementations, IT projects, per-seat licensing and features most single-site docks never touch.
No spin — here's how the options really stack up for a working warehouse. Enterprise platforms are genuinely powerful; they're just built for a different problem than most docks have.
| Inbox & spreadsheetsThe status quo | Enterprise platformsThe heavyweight option | DockSyncThe fit for most docks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to go live | Instant, but chaotic from day one | Weeks to months, with an IT project | Same day, self-serve in a browser |
| Driver check-in | Phone calls, paper and radios | Often needs a driver app or gate hardware | QR scan on any phone, no app |
| Supplier booking | Email and phone tag | Supplier portal with accounts to manage | Self-book from one link, no login |
| Deliveries & collections | Tracked separately, by hand | Usually, with configuration | Both, in one live view |
| Reporting | Rebuilt manually in spreadsheets | Deep, but complex to pull | Automatic, with one-click CSV export |
| IT involvement | None — but no support either | Significant, ongoing | None — it runs in the browser |
| Pricing | "Free" — the cost is hidden in time | High, plus per-seat and implementation fees | Flat bay-based, free 30-day trial |
| Best fit | Very small volume, short term | Global networks of many sites | Single and multi-site dock teams |
Comparison is against typical approaches in each category, not any single named product. Capabilities of enterprise platforms vary — always check against your own requirements.
Check-in is a QR scan with any phone camera. Nothing to download, nothing to hand out, nothing at the gate to maintain.
One link, no account, no password. Suppliers pick a slot that already fits your rules — you stop being the booking middleman.
Inbound and outbound share the same live bay schedule, so collections stop colliding with goods-in on the day.
It runs in a browser. Add bays, set hours, invite suppliers, show the QR code — no install, no rollout, no IT ticket.
Flat, bay-based pricing with a free 30-day trial. No per-seat fees, no implementation invoice, no surprise at renewal.
Designed around the real morning problems — late arrivals, overloaded bays, supplier chasing — by people who ran the floor.
We'd rather tell you now than after you've signed up. If any of these is you, an enterprise platform or a full WMS will serve you better.
DockSync schedules the dock — bookings, arrivals, bays and collections. It doesn't run stock, picking, packing or inventory. It sits happily alongside your WMS, not instead of it.
Trailer telematics, ANPR gates and deep yard automation across hundreds of sites is a heavyweight platform's job. We keep dock scheduling simple on purpose.
DockSync is quick to set up, but someone still has to own the schedule. If nobody can own it, no tool — ours included — will fix the chaos.
If you're a single or multi-site dock team drowning in email and spreadsheets — booking deliveries and collections, chasing drivers, and rebuilding the same reports by hand — you're exactly who we built this for.
They get one link — no account, no password, and it works on a phone. A booking takes under a minute, and they only ever see slots that already work for you. Most book correctly the first time.
No. They scan your QR code with the camera they already have. Check-in is logged, the bay is confirmed, and your dashboard updates — no app, no hardware.
No, and it's not trying to. DockSync sits in front of the WMS — controlling booking, arrival and bay scheduling — and hands you clean data you can export whenever you need it.
Move from Starter to Growth for unlimited bays, or Enterprise for multiple sites with volume pricing and SSO. Same product, more room — no migration to a different system.
UK-hosted, GDPR-compliant and served over SSL. Your bookings and supplier records are yours — export the lot to CSV any time you like.
The product walkthrough takes you through the whole thing, screen by screen — or start a free trial and set up your own dock in an afternoon.
Start a free 30-day trial — full access, no card required — or walk through the product first. No pressure either way.