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landed-costFor importers and exporters · US ↔ Latin America
Every container, every cost, in one place.
Know where every container and every dollar stands, before the box lands. Clasto is built for importers and exporters moving containers between the US and Latin America.
- One record per container, with every document, cost and payment on it.
- Nothing posts until you approve it.
- English and Spanish on every screen and every document.
Replaces the spreadsheet, the WhatsApp thread and the inbox.
What it costs to stay put
Each tool holds a piece. Nobody has the whole.
Today the business runs on a spreadsheet, a WhatsApp thread and an inbox. The same number is typed three times, and the landed cost is a guess until the box clears.
You are the only one who knows where anything stands.
01
A container's documents or payment falls through the cracks, and you find out from the demurrage bill.
02
Every shipment that lands short sells below what it really cost you.
03
The person who keeps the spreadsheet leaves, and the business goes with them.
Life with one record
One record per container, complete before the box lands.
Any question about any container, answered in a minute, by anyone on the team. You stop carrying the business in your head.
01
You know the true landed cost before you sell
Freight, duty, brokerage and delivery land on the container as the invoices arrive. The per-unit cost is real, not the purchase-order guess.
02
You approve. The AI types.
Clasto reads supplier invoices, bills of lading and packing lists into drafts. Nothing posts until you approve it, and the log says who and when.
03
Anyone can answer the question
Every document, cost and approval sits on the container it belongs to. No hunting across three systems, no waiting for the one person who knows.
04
Both languages, same record
Your ops lead works in Spanish and your accountant in English, on the same numbers. Documents go out in the language of whoever receives them.
Bilingual
English for your bank and customs. Spanish for your suppliers and clients.
The same record, the same numbers, either language. Each user picks theirs.
EN
| Container | Lane | Status | Landed cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSCU 482119-3Cartagena → Miami | Cartagena → Miami | At port | $41,860 |
| TCLU 771204-8Guayaquil → Houston | Guayaquil → Houston | Received | $28,415 |
| HLXU 306552-1Veracruz → Everglades | Veracruz → Everglades | Shipped | $19,730 |
ES
| Contenedor | Ruta | Estado | Costo en destino |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSCU 482119-3Cartagena → Miami | Cartagena → Miami | En puerto | $41,860 |
| TCLU 771204-8Guayaquil → Houston | Guayaquil → Houston | Recibido | $28,415 |
| HLXU 306552-1Veracruz → Everglades | Veracruz → Everglades | Embarcado | $19,730 |
Who builds it
Built alongside the people who clear the containers
Every module in Clasto started as a problem an importer described to us in their own spreadsheet. We build with a few design partners at a time, in Miami, on the US–Latin America lanes.
Brands already running on Clasto
The Two-Week Switch
Live on your own containers in two weeks
Three steps. The old process keeps running until you are ready to drop it.
1
Book a demo
Bring a live shipment, a supplier invoice and your current spreadsheet.
2
We load your data
We load your suppliers, ports and open containers for you.
3
Run both for two weeks
Run your live shipments in Clasto beside the old process for two weeks, then drop it.
Why the container
The container is the unit of work. Software rarely treats it that way.
An importer's day is organised around boxes in transit. The software they are sold is organised around a chart of accounts.
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So open shipments live in a spreadsheet one person maintains, supplier conversations live in WhatsApp, and bills of lading live in an inbox nobody else can find. The accounting package sees the shipment weeks after it mattered, when there is nothing left to decide.
Clasto starts from the container instead. One record per box, with the purchase order, supplier invoice, documents, customs, landed cost and payment attached to it. Accounting is native, so nothing is typed twice, and you are never configuring a generic module to behave like a shipment.
Free worksheet
Know what a container actually costs you
A bilingual Excel worksheet with the 7-line landed cost formula, per-SKU allocation and a worked example. Most importers price from the purchase order, and every shipment that lands short sells below what it really cost.
- Estimate and actual, side by side
- Divides by units received, not units ordered
- English and Spanish in one file
Get the landed-cost worksheet
We email a private download link. Free, no call required.
What's on the record
Everything that attaches to a container
Every piece, on the same record.
Logistics
Container Tracking
Live status, ETA and delay flags for every box.
Procurement
Purchase Orders
Issue, send and track against supplier terms.
Finance
Supplier Invoices & Payments
Match to the PO, approve, pay on schedule.
Trade Docs
Documents
Bills of lading, packing lists, customs paperwork.
Costing
Landed Cost
Freight, duty and fees into a true per-unit cost.
Costing
Freight Calculator
Cost a shipment before you place the order.
Trade Docs
Proforma Invoice
Proformas for customs and supplier terms, in seconds.
Insights
Reporting
Containers, margins and cash, without a spreadsheet.
Coming
Revenue
Sales & AR
Quotes, customer invoices and receivables.
Coming
Warehouse
Inventory
Stock by warehouse, updated the moment a box is received.
Integrations
Connects to what you already run.
Set up during onboarding. No middleware, no sync spreadsheet.
QuickBooks
Accounting sync
Approved invoices, payments, and landed cost post to your existing chart of accounts.
Plaid
Bank feeds
Bank transactions match against supplier payments so a wire clears on the right container.
HubSpot
CRM & demo booking
Customer records and demo bookings stay in the CRM your sales team already uses.
Pricing
Priced per container, not per seat.
Your team grows, your bill doesn't. Pick the bracket that matches your monthly volume.
Starter
For importers shipping their first containers
$249/mo
$299/mo
billed annually — $2,990/yr
billed monthly
Up to 5 containers/mo
3 users
3 users
- Container tracking
- Purchase orders
- Supplier invoices & payments
- Documents
- Landed cost
- Reporting
- English & Spanish
Most Popular
Growth
For operators running a steady container program
$549/mo
$649/mo
billed annually — $6,590/yr
billed monthly
Up to 15 containers/mo
10 users
10 users
- Everything in Starter
- Supplier & forwarder portals
- AI document extraction — you approve every record
- Payment runs
- QuickBooks sync
- Plaid bank feeds
Scale
For multi-entity importers and exporters
$899/mo
$1,099/mo
billed annually — $10,790/yr
billed monthly
Up to 40 containers/mo
Unlimited users
Unlimited users
- Everything in Growth
- Multi-entity & multi-currency
- API access
- Priority support
Enterprise
For high-volume programs with custom terms
Let's talk
Quoted on your volume
40+ containers/mo
Unlimited users
Unlimited users
- Everything in Scale
- Dedicated onboarding
- SLA
- Custom terms
Overage above your bracket: $10 per container. Change plans any time. Prices in USD.
FAQ
Questions we get on every first call
How is Clasto different from QuickBooks or an ERP like SAP?
QuickBooks is built around the ledger; SAP is built to be configured into any industry. Clasto is built around the container. The shipment is the primary record, and purchase orders, supplier invoices, documents, duty, freight, and payments all attach to it. Accounting is native, so nothing has to be re-keyed — but you are never configuring a generic module to behave like a shipment.
Do I need to be technical to run it?
No. If your team can run a spreadsheet and a WhatsApp group, they can run Clasto. Onboarding loads your suppliers, ports, and open containers for you, and the day-to-day flow is a list of containers with what each one still needs.
Does it work in Spanish?
Yes — English and Spanish are both first-class. Each user picks their language, and the data is shared. Your ops lead can work in Spanish while your accountant works in English, on the same records. Documents render in the language of whoever receives them.
What does the AI actually do — and can it change my numbers?
It reads documents. Commercial invoices, packing lists, and bills of lading come in as PDFs or photos, and Clasto extracts the line items, quantities, and amounts into a draft. It cannot post anything. A person reviews the draft against the source document and approves it before it becomes a record. Every approval is logged with who and when.
How long does onboarding take?
Two weeks is the plan we run. The first week loads suppliers, products, ports, and any containers already in transit; the second runs your live shipments alongside your old process until you're ready to drop it.
What counts as a container for pricing?
One shipment record created in the month, regardless of size — a 20′, a 40′, or a consolidated LCL booking each count as one. Containers already in transit when you start are not counted. Above your bracket, each additional container is $10.
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