Every free tool we publish.

No signup and no email required for any of them. The calculators and checkers run entirely in your browser. Where a page offers to email you something, that part is optional.

For yards and DCs

• Free yard detention auditNew · browser only Paste or upload a CSV of gate in and out times and get a 1-page report: dwell distribution, share of trucks over free time, hours over free time, longest stays, sourced benchmarks. Nothing is uploaded.
• Trailer detention and free time calculatorBrowser only Enter arrival time and free-time allowance to see when free time ends and how many hours a trailer is over. Time only, no dollar figures.
• Yard time savings estimatorBrowser only Estimate the hours a yard loses each month to trailer searching and gate delays, from your own truck counts and minutes per event.
• Container number checkerBrowser only Validates an ISO 6346 container number, checks the check digit, and suggests fixes for common OCR misreads such as O and 0.
• ISO 6346 check digit calculatorBrowser only Paste an 11-character container number for a valid or invalid verdict with the full step-by-step calculation.
• Gate log Excel template (.xlsx)Download A gate log sheet with in, out, dwell that calculates itself, and a flag past two hours. Direct download. Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, or Numbers.

For buyers evaluating a YMS

• YMS pricing guide 2026Reference What yard management systems cost, including hardware, implementation, and the fees that do not appear on the license quote. Our own prices are listed alongside.
• YMS RFP templateCopy or print 47 evaluation questions across gate operations, yard visibility, driver workflows, integrations, security, and pricing.

For truck drivers

• Detention pay calculatorBrowser only Time on site, free-time allowance, and your contracted rate in; the detention pay you can claim out.
• Detention dispute letter generatorBrowser only Enter your times, the facility, and your rate to get a print-ready dispute letter for a detention invoice.
• YardPulse: log your waitAnonymous Log a wait at a warehouse in seconds, anonymous and GPS-verified. Entries build a public yard wait index and you get a dispute letter for that wait.

Missing something you would use? Email hello@vantageyms.com and say what it is. These tools are built by the team behind Vantage YMS, the phone-based yard management app.