Big-retailer EDI.
No corporate nonsense.
Walmart, Costco, Target and Kroger make you trade EDI — miss a label or an ASN and they fine you 3–5% of the order. We set it up and run it for you: one flat price per retailer, plain English, chargebacks caught before they hit. You sell. We handle the robots.
Your ERP won't do EDI. Your retailer demands it.
Encompass, NetSuite, QuickBooks — none of them make you retail-ready. So the big platforms charge $900–$1,500 just to set up each retailer, then bill you forever on a 1-year auto-renew. We're the part in between, without the games.
We're your EDI department
Forward the retailer's onboarding email. We map it, test it, certify it, and watch it 24/7. You get a dashboard and a human who answers — not a ticket queue and an account manager.
Flat. Per retailer. That's it.
One predictable price per trading partner, unlimited documents. No kilocharacter shock bills, no per-document metering, no enterprise contract you can't get out of.
How it works
Forward the email
Send us the EDI requirements your retailer just dropped on you. We translate the acronyms (850? 856? ASN?) so you don't have to.
We wire it up
Mapping, SSCC labels, ASNs, invoices, test files, certification — handled and verified against the retailer's real spec.
We keep it green
Live monitoring, ack reconciliation, and chargeback alerts before the fines land. Add a retailer? It's one line on your bill.
Pay per retailer. Nothing you can't predict.
A "trading partner" = one retailer or distributor you trade with. Every plan includes managed onboarding, monitoring, and a human. Pay annually: 2 months free + setup fee waived — annual price and savings shown on each plan.
- Pick a real retailer spec
- Upload your 855 / 856 / 810
- Scored compliance report + fix list
Annual: $2,990/yr — 2 months free + setup waived (save $1,098)
- Core docs: PO, ack, ASN, invoice
- Managed onboarding + certification
- Ack-SLA + chargeback monitoring
- Unlimited documents
Annual: $7,990/yr — 2 months free + setup waived (save up to $2,498)
- Everything in Get Compliant
- Up to 3 retailers / distributors
- Chargeback pre-scoring + freight audit
- AP 3-way reconciliation · priority SLA
Annual: $19,990/yr — 2 months free + setup waived (save up to $6,398)
- Everything in Growth
- Up to 8 partners + transportation docs
- Full business-recon suite
- Dedicated concierge · custom SLA
- Extra retailers at $249/mo each
Need more than 8 retailers? Add partners at $249/mo each. Unlimited documents on every plan — always.
How we stack up
The incumbents are built for enterprise budgets. The cheap portals leave you to do the work — and eat the chargebacks.
| Rowdy EDI | SPS / TrueCommerce | Cheap web portal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Done for you | Fully managed | Managed (premium) | DIY — you map it |
| Setup per retailer | $300–$500 · waived annual | $900–$1,500 | $0–$165 |
| Monthly, 1 retailer | $299 flat | $500–$3,000 (+ overages) | $49–$189 |
| Billing surprises | None — flat, unlimited docs | Per-doc / kilocharacter | Per-doc tiers |
| Contract | Cancel anytime | 1-yr, 60-day cancel window | Month-to-month |
| Chargeback monitoring | Included | Add-on | You're on your own |
| Beverage / CPG fluent | Built for it | Generic | Generic |
Competitor figures from published pricing & customer reports, 2026. We'll show you the math on your own volume.
Straight answers
What counts as a "trading partner"?
One retailer or distributor you exchange EDI with — Walmart is one, Costco is another. You only pay for the ones you actually trade with.
Why is there a setup fee at all?
Mapping and certifying a brand-new retailer is real work, so setup is $300–$500 per retailer month-to-month. Pay annually and you get 2 months free and the setup waived — that's $1,098 saved on Get Compliant, up to $6,398 on Concierge.
Am I too small for this?
If you're $1M–$50M and a retailer just mandated EDI, you're exactly who we built this for. The free Readiness Check tells you where you stand in minutes.
I'm already with SPS — can I switch?
Yes. We rebuild your maps, run them in parallel, and cut over clean. Most suppliers leave for the flat pricing and the human who answers.
What if a retailer fines me anyway?
We catch ASN, label, and ack errors before they ship, and flag chargeback risk on the Growth plan and up. The whole point is the fine never lands.
Who's behind it?
A ThirstMetrics product, built on our own X12 EDI engine by people with 25 years in the beverage trade — not a reseller marking up someone else's platform.
See if your EDI would pass — right now
Pick a retailer, grab a real purchase order, send back your responses, and get a readiness scorecard with the exact fixes. Then decide if you want us to run it.
Run the free readiness check