Cedar AI

Name: Cedar AI
Brand: Cedar AI

Building transformational operational software for the railroad industry.

Est 2017|Valuation $200M|Raised $42.1M

LinkedIn 1K|Web traffic 9K|FTEs 56|HQ Seattle, Washington, US

MarketsSupply Chain Visibility Freight Management

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Where Cedar is likely to be selected:
- For organizations seeking configurable, event-driven automation workflows and a modular platform.
- For customers prioritizing modern identity and access controls (SSO, RBAC) relative to older niche tools.
Where alternatives may be preferred:
- Bourque Logistics: where a deep service layer and long industrial shipper history are prioritized.
- Railinc: where standardized industry data exchange and foundational industry services are the primary need.
- RailTech: where published pricing and a more conventional packaged procurement model are required.
Adoption and market share indicators:
- The vendor publishes a modest customer footprint and references customers across a range of operator sizes. These are vendor-published signals and should be validated in diligence.

- Where Cedar is likely to be selected: - For organizations seeking configurable, event-driven automation workflows and a modular platform. - For customers prioritizing modern identity and access controls (SSO, RBAC) relative to older niche tools. - Where alternatives may be preferred: - **Bourque Logistics:** where a deep service layer and long industrial shipper history are prioritized. - **Railinc:** where standardized industry data exchange and foundational industry services are the primary need. - **RailTech:** where published pricing and a more conventional packaged procurement model are required. - Adoption and market share indicators: - The vendor publishes a modest customer footprint and references customers across a range of operator sizes. These are vendor-published signals and should be validated in diligence.

	Cedar AI (cedarai.com)	Bourque Logistics (YardMaster/RAILTRAC)	RailTech Software Systems (Rail21/Mars21/etc.)
Starting Price	API plans at an entry level priced in the hundreds per month; full deployment pricing is not public	Not publicly listed (contact sales)	Published one-time and recurring pricing examples (where available)
Best For	Railroads and industrial rail operations seeking automation and configurable workflows	Industrial shippers and in-plant yard management with associated services	Organizations preferring packaged software with published pricing and traditional procurement
Key Strength	Emphasis on automation, modular platform components, SSO/RBAC, API pricing transparency	Longstanding industrial shipper focus, service layer, and deployment footprint	Pricing transparency and established packaged functionality
Key Weakness	Limited mainstream public reviews; unclear full TCO and independently validated performance claims	Pricing opacity and potential legacy user interfaces depending on modules	May lack platform-level automation features emphasized by some newer vendors