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ShipStation vs Shippo: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 9th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 3,928 reviews from Shipping users.
% Fit
Feature ratings
Shipping Labels
4.5
Parcel Shipping
4.4
Label Printing
4.4
Shipment Price Calculation
4.3
Shipment Tracking
4.4
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Shipping Labels
4.8
Parcel Shipping
4.8
Label Printing
4.8
Shipment Price Calculation
4.8
Shipment Tracking
4.8
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews928
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.4
4.8
User reviews820
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.7
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Free version
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Best for

ShipStation is a web-based shipping software that was designed for multichannel businesses. Anyone who sells on multiple platforms (eBay, Amazon, etc.) & ships physical goods can save time & money.

E-commerce merchants, online marketplaces, and e-commerce platforms or vendors.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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1 / 4
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Video reviews
Camron W
CEO
5.0

Speaker 1: Hi, my name is Cameron. I'm an independent operator of my own business, and I have used ShipStation for I think about five years now, and I give it five stars. Previous to ShipStation, I was just running through the U.S Post Office app and printing my postage and I would deliver it by hand, and so to be able to just drop it in the post out in the mailbox is a huge time saver and saves a lot of money. So definitely appreciate the automation. I chose ShipStation because they were affordable, I think it was like five to 10 bucks to start. And immediately they had good customer service, so it wasn't difficult to set up. It's twenty-four seven customer service. It's a big deal if you're an entrepreneur. Sometimes you're working through the night. It's great to be able to reach somebody and solve a problem. It only took about, I think 20 minutes, 15, 20 minutes, and the first time I was using, I had an aide and they took me through the whole process. So that was... As far as I remember, it's been a while, but yeah, it was fairly easy. So less than 30 minutes. Definitely recommend it. Saves a ton of time, is affordable. 10 bucks a month, and has probably saved me a lot of money and a lot of time for sure, compared to what I used to do, which was just go by hand and manually drop all these off at the post office. So definitely recommend it.

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Tiffany M
Founder/Formulator
5.0

Tiffany M.: Hi, my name is Tiffany. I'm founder and formulator. I give Shippo five out of five, and for more reviews like this, click below. Previous to Shippo, I used PayPal Shipping and found that there were deficits in that program or a little bit more difficult in the regards that if you had to add shipping information for a different type of customer that you had gotten, you had to add all that information in a separate regard to the ones that carried over from the orders that came in. Shippo was much easier in that regard where all the information was together and not necessarily separate so it was much easier to access. Shippo was a seamless transfer with GoDaddy website, eCommerce website, and the information was very easy to access. All of the information transferred seamlessly from GoDaddy, and you could just click and ship. You could change the measurements on boxes, and weights, and things like that if you wanted to, but otherwise, it just transferred with the weights that you entered, and it found it very easy. Also, I found it very easy to pull up information for accounting purposes and things like that. It was really a seamless process. Shippo was seamless as far as just automatically associating with the GoDaddy eCommerce program. The free program, I felt to be sufficient. If you wanted to upgrade, you could but you didn't necessarily need to per se unless you needed more information. But for a small business, I felt the free program was very sufficient for what I needed and all the information was easy to access. Customer service is very easy to get ahold of, and I'm very pleased. I think Shippo is a great choice for a small business. The choices in programming that you have go from free, which is perfectly suitable to some additional choices for a small cost. The information is easy to access, and I think it's a great choice for a small business. Very happy.

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Prioritize real-user-identified key features according to your needs to find your best fit.

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Accounting
207
Important
Activity Dashboard
388
Important

ShipStation

Top Features
30/45
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Air Shipping
  • Bills of Lading
  • Claims Management
  • Container Shipping
  • Discount Management
  • EDI
  • Freight Shipping
  • Import/Export Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Ocean Shipping
  • Process/Workflow Automation
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Supplier Management
  • Accounting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Data Import/Export
  • Delivery Tracking
  • eCommerce Management
  • Ground Shipping
  • Inventory Management
  • Label Printing
  • Multi-Location
  • Order Management
  • Order Tracking
  • Package Tracking
  • Parcel Shipping
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Returns Management
  • Search/Filter
  • Shipment Price Calculation
  • Shipment Tracking
  • Shipping Labels
  • Shipping Management
  • Shipping Services Integration
  • Status Tracking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transportation Management
  • Warehouse Management
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Shippo

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ShipStation
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Shippo
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
ShipStation
  • By Shipstation
  • Located in United States
Shippo
  • By Shippo
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2013
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