3PL Tiered Rate Calculator
Calculate one 3PL service using up to four volume rate bands. Compare all-units pricing with graduated tiers and optionally check the result against a billed amount.
✓ No account✓ No file upload✓ One service schedule at a time
Free single-service calculator
Apply one 3PL volume pricing schedule.
Enter up to four rate bands, choose how the tiers work and calculate the expected charge for one service volume.
Expected tiered charge€15,000.00
All 7,500 orders use Tier 3 at €2.00 per order.
Billed variance: +€400.00 (+2.67%)Tier breakdown
Tier 1 · Up to 1,0000 × €2.50 = €0.00
Tier 2 · Above 1,000 to 5,0000 × €2.20 = €0.00
Tier 3 · Above 5,000 to 10,0007,500 × €2.00 = €15,000.00
Tier 4 · Above 10,0000 × €1.85 = €0.00
Allowed with tolerance€15,000.00
Amount above tolerance€400.00
Effective billed rate€2.05
This calculator applies the pricing model and tiers you enter manually. It does not determine whether your contract uses all-units or graduated pricing, identify the correct service, verify billable volume, select the applicable rate-card version or reconcile invoice lines with operational evidence.
The same rates can produce different totals depending on how the tiers work.
Crossing a volume threshold does not always change the price in the same way. Confirm whether your 3PL applies one rate to the complete volume or prices each volume band separately.
All-units pricing
Total volume selects one tier. The selected unit rate is applied to the complete billable quantity.
Graduated tiers
Each rate applies only to the quantity inside its own volume band. The individual charges are added together.
Invoice comparison
Enter an optional billed amount to see the variance after the pricing schedule has been calculated.
What the tiered rate calculator is doing.
All-units model
total quantity × rate selected by total volumeGraduated model
sum(units in each tier × that tier's rate)Effective expected rate
expected charge ÷ total quantityInvoice variance
billed amount − expected chargeApplying a known pricing schedule is not the same as reconciling an invoice.
This calculator assumes you already know the correct service, billing unit, pricing model, tier thresholds and applicable rate-card version. It does not establish those facts for you.
BillDrift's complete invoice audit compares structured rate-card rules, detailed invoice lines and operational data so rates, quantities, references and other deterministic discrepancies can be checked across the invoice.
Need invoice-level evidence?
Run free 3PL invoice auditCheck the complete 3PL invoice.
Upload your rate card, invoice and operations CSV. BillDrift checks up to 100 invoice rows free before you decide whether you need a paid audit.