specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: CargoDocs
providerId: cargodocs
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Bills of Lading
  - Documentation
  - eBoL
  - EssDocs
  - MLETR
  - Shipping
  - Supply Chain
  - Trade
  - Trade Finance
  - Warehouse Warrants
description: CargoDocs (operated by EssDocs) is a B2B trade-documentation platform sold as enterprise
  software to carriers, NVOCCs, shippers, and trade-finance banks. Its three REST APIs (Partner, Issuer,
  Customer Data/Docs) are accessed under enterprise commercial agreements; pricing is not published publicly
  and is typically scoped to document volume, user counts, and integration tier.
notes: No public API pricing page found. CargoDocs/EssDocs sells via direct enterprise sales; reconcile
  against the customer's specific commercial agreement.
sources:
  - https://www.essdocs.com/
plans:
  - id: cargodocs-enterprise
    name: CargoDocs DocEx Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: Enterprise license covering Partner API, Issuer API, and Customer Data/Docs API. Priced
      by document volume, user counts, and module selection (eBoL, SWB, eWW, etc.).
    entries:
      - label: Enterprise license
        name: enterprise_license
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Document volume
        name: document_volume
        type: metered
        metric: document
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: CargoDocs Partner API
      - name: CargoDocs Issuer API
      - name: CargoDocs Customer Data/Docs API
      - name: Electronic Bills of Lading (eBoL)
      - name: Sea Waybills (SWB)
      - name: Warehouse Warrants (eWW)
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - hybrid
  units:
  - negotiated
  - object
  plans:
  - name: CargoDocs DocEx Enterprise
    access: enterprise
    model: hybrid
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    - object
    periods:
    - per-use
    - year