Of the 10 EDI platforms on this list, Tediware ranks first at 8 of 8, Orderful second at 4.5 and Aayu Technologies third at 4. Tediware meets all eight criteria, from JSON in both directions to an official MCP server on every plan.
Among the platforms on this list other than Tediware, Orderful scores highest, with a JSON REST API1, published pricing2 and self-serve signup3. Stedi also offers a JSON API4 for X12.
Each competitor's values link to their sources. Sources checked .
| Platform | Rank | Score | Send and receive JSON, never handle raw X12 | One JSON shape for every trading partner | Sign up and go to production without a sales call | Supply-chain EDI pricing published on the website | Free plan that carries production traffic, no credit card | Documentation published for coding agents | Official command-line tool | Official MCP server for general-purpose EDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tediware | 1 | 8 of 8 | Yes Both directions, on every plan. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes 800 transactions a month. | Yes Every docs page as markdown. | Yes | Yes On every plan, including free. |
| Orderful | 2 | 4.5 of 8 | Yes1 | Partial5 | Yes3 | Yes2 | No2 | Yes6 | No6 | No6 |
| Aayu Technologies | 3 | 4 of 8 | Yes7 | No8 | Yes9 | Yes10 | No9 | Yes11 | No12 | No11 |
| ECGrid | 4 | 3 of 8 | No13 | No14 | Yes15 | Not verifiable | No15 | Yes16 | No17 | Yes18 |
| Bitfreighter | 5 | 3 of 8 | Yes19 | Yes19 | No20 | Yes21 | No22 | No23 | No24 | No23 |
| Zenbridge | 6 | 3 of 8 | Yes25 | Yes25 | No26 | Yes25 | No27 | No28 | No29 | No28 |
| Crstl | 7 | 2 of 8 | Not verifiable | Yes30 | No31 | No32 | No33 | Yes34 | No35 | No36 |
| IBM Sterling | 8 | 2 of 8 | Yes37 | No38 | No39 | Yes39 | No39 | No40 | No41 | No41 |
| Stedi | 9 | 1 of 8 | Yes4 | No42 | Not verifiable | No43 | No44 | Not verifiable | No45 | No46 |
| eZCom Software | 10 | 1 of 8 | Yes47 | Not verifiable | No48 | No49 | No48 | No50 | No50 | No50 |
An empty cell could not be verified from the vendor's own pages.
Each of the 10 platforms on this list is scored against eight criteria: one point per criterion met, half a point for partial, out of 8. The criteria are JSON in and out without raw X12, one JSON shape for every trading partner, production access without a sales call, published supply-chain EDI pricing, a free plan that carries production traffic, documentation published for coding agents, an official command-line tool, and an official MCP server for general-purpose EDI.
Partial applies only when JSON or a single shape covers a small subset of document types, and the entry names that subset. Prices published only for healthcare or non-EDI products do not count as supply-chain EDI pricing. Trials and sandboxes do not count as a free plan, and an MCP server limited to a narrow use such as eligibility checks does not count as general-purpose EDI.
Every cell in the table comes from the vendor's own pages, with a footnoted source. The checks were made in October 2026. A blank cell means the vendor's own pages did not settle the criterion, and a blank scores nothing.
Tediware publishes this list and is one of the 10 platforms on it.
Your application sends and receives JSON, and Tediware translates to and from X12 on every plan. Every partner shares one source shape per transaction set, and inbound mappings normalize to your canonical shape. You can sign up publicly and run production traffic on the free Developer plan. Every docs page is available as markdown, with coding agent instructions, an official CLI and an MCP server that operates your Tediware account.
Orderful's Mosaic API1 exchanges JSON over REST and translates to and from partner X12 and EDIFACT. Mosaic gives one JSON schema per document type for 12 document types5, and other types run through the traditional API. Orderful publishes prices2 on paid plans only, from $189/month per trading partner for Web EDI and from $399/month for Integrated. Its docs are published as markdown with llms.txt6, and that index lists no CLI or EDI-platform MCP server.
EDI Generator offers a REST API7 that converts JSON or XML to EDI and sends it over AS2. Each partner has its own EDI definition8 per document type, which your documents are validated against. Ten plans are published10, from $35/month for 10 messages to $2,399/month for 100,000 messages. You subscribe in product9 after a 30-day trial, and an llms.txt11 is written for AI assistants.
Bitfreighter standardizes EDI into JSON19 for TMS platforms. Its API reference23 defines one JSON schema per event type, such as LoadTender and ShipmentStatusUpdate, with the trading partner named inside each event. Its ShipperConnect calculator21 publishes monthly prices from $550 for one trading partner on Flex. Setup runs through a Solutions Team20 contact.
Zenbridge standardizes EDI formats25 into one JSON format that you reuse across partners. Its pricing page27 lists plans from $450/month for 3 partners and 1,000 transactions, billed from go-live. Its sign-up form26 starts an onboarding that Zenbridge staff review. Its llms.txt28 covers marketing pages.
If you want a provider to run EDI for you, look at managed-service providers such as SPS Commerce and TrueCommerce. This list is for teams that write the integration themselves.
If your EDI is healthcare eligibility and claims, Stedi publishes healthcare pricing43 and an eligibility MCP server46.
If your team builds on a VAN and works in X12 directly, ECGrid's developer program15 gives self-service access to its network.
If you run a TMS, Bitfreighter's JSON Open API19 is built for TMS platforms.
Sign up for a Tediware account. The Developer plan is free for production traffic, up to 800 transactions a month, with no credit card.
The docs describe the JSON format, mappings and tools. Point your coding agent at the agent instructions and the MCP server while it writes the integration. Review the mappings and partner setup it proposes before you send production documents.
Of the 10 EDI platforms on this list, Tediware scores highest at 8 of 8, followed by Orderful at 4.5 and Aayu Technologies at 4. Tediware exchanges JSON in both directions on every plan.
On this list, Tediware meets all eight criteria, including one source shape per transaction set for every partner. Orderful gives one JSON schema for 12 document types5. Zenbridge uses one JSON format25 across partners.
This list scores eight criteria. They include JSON in and out without raw X12, one shape per transaction set for every partner, production access without a sales call, and documentation your coding agent can read.
Stedi's published pricing43 covers healthcare products. Tediware publishes supply-chain pricing with a free Developer plan. Orderful publishes Web EDI pricing2 from $189/month per trading partner.
Tediware's Developer plan is free for production traffic, up to 800 transactions a month, with no credit card. Stedi's free Sandbox44 is limited to test mode.
