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PitneyShip vs ShipStation: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 20th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 3,876 reviews from Shipping users.
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Shipping Labels
4.9
Parcel Shipping
4.7
Label Printing
4.8
Shipment Price Calculation
4.6
Shipment Tracking
4.6
% Fit
Feature ratings
Shipping Labels
4.5
Parcel Shipping
4.4
Label Printing
4.4
Shipment Price Calculation
4.3
Shipment Tracking
4.3
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews88
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.0
4.6
User reviews926
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.4
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

PitneyShip offers subscriptions for small office, medium to large, and enterprises, making it easy for businesses of all sizes to ship smarter.

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.

User reviews
pros & cons
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Video reviews
Edward W
Post Office manager
4.0

Edward W.: Hi. My name is Ed. I work at Chatham University. I've been the copy center and post office manager for 17 years. We have roughly 2,000 students and 400 staff, and I give Pitney a four out of five stars. We use PitneyShip for all of our day-to-day shipping needs at the university level and to the public. We also use PitneyShip to compare rates, and we use it for all of our inbound shipments and everything involving our students. I like that PitneyShip has a integrated user interface so we can use it for everything. Everything connects as far as returns, as far as shipping, as far as me being able to track everything. And also, I love the fact that we can do notifications to everybody on campus. I would love for it to have a more robust interface as far as using outside vendors. It struggles a little bit with that. And I also would like to see it increase its efficiency as far as loading time.

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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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Accounting
207
Important
Activity Dashboard
388
Important

PitneyShip

22/45
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Bills of Lading
  • Claims Management
  • Container Shipping
  • Customer Database
  • Discount Management
  • EDI
  • Freight Shipping
  • Import/Export Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Ocean Shipping
  • Order Tracking
  • Process/Workflow Automation
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Returns Management
  • Shipping Management
  • Supplier Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transportation Management
  • Warehouse Management
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Air Shipping
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Customizable Branding
  • Data Import/Export
  • Delivery Tracking
  • eCommerce Management
  • Ground Shipping
  • Label Printing
  • Multi-Location
  • Order Management
  • Package Tracking
  • Parcel Shipping
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Search/Filter
  • Shipment Price Calculation
  • Shipment Tracking
  • Shipping Labels
  • Shipping Services Integration
  • Status Tracking
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ShipStation

Top Features
30/45
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PitneyShip
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
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
PitneyShip
  • By Pitney Bowes
  • Located in United States
ShipStation
  • By Shipstation
  • Located in United States
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