Review

ShippingEasy Review 2026

What the free Starter plan covers, how the seven shipment bands are priced, what bringing your own carrier adds, and how it compares with four rivals.

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TL;DR

ShippingEasy is worth it for a small US store shipping a few hundred parcels a month on USPS and UPS. The Starter plan is free for up to 25 shipments a month, and Growth costs $19.99 a month for 26 to 200, read on ShippingEasy's pricing page on 19 October 2026. Every plan is billed monthly, and the price is set by how many shipments you send.

The catch is what sits on top. Connecting your own UPS or FedEx account is an add-on of $5 to $80 a month depending on plan, and crossing a shipment band upgrades you automatically. If you ship under 25 parcels a month, or only want USPS and UPS labels, Pirate Ship charges no subscription at all.

Key factsBest for: Small US stores shipping USPS and UPS parcels with one to…
  • Updated: November 8, 2026
  • Best for: Small US stores shipping USPS and UPS parcels with one to three people packing
  • Price as of November 8, 2026: Free for up to 25 shipments a month; Growth $19.99/mo for 26 to 200; billed monthly.
  • Band-priced shipping software with a free 25-shipment plan and USPS and UPS discounts on every tier.
  • Free plan: Starter is free for up to 25 shipments a month with one user.
  • First paid plan: Growth is the first paid plan, for 26 to 200 shipments and two users.
  • Billing: Every plan is billed monthly, and a 30-day free trial comes first.
  • Own carrier add-on: Connecting your own carrier account adds a monthly fee that rises with the plan.

Pros

  • The free Starter plan includes discounted USPS and UPS rates and automatic imports from up to 3 stores.
  • Paid plans connect unlimited stores and marketplaces at no extra cost, with phone, email and chat support from Growth.
  • Shipping rules, pick lists, return labels and customs forms come with every plan rather than a premium tier.

Cons

  • Connecting your own UPS or FedEx account is a paid monthly add-on on every plan, and its fee climbs with the band.
  • Passing a shipment band upgrades you automatically with a prorated charge, so one busy week can raise the month's bill.
  • Growth and Basic allow only 2 users; a third person means moving to Plus at $49.99 a month.
ShippingEasy product screenshot
Free planStarter is free for up to 25 shipments a month with one user.
First paid planGrowth is the first paid plan, for 26 to 200 shipments and two users.
BillingEvery plan is billed monthly, and a 30-day free trial comes first.
Own carrier add-onConnecting your own carrier account adds a monthly fee that rises with the plan.

ShippingEasy prices like a utility meter: you pick the band that matches your monthly shipments, and the software bill follows. That makes it predictable for a steady store and annoying for a seasonal one, because a busy December moves you up a band mid-cycle.

Toolradar data: Toolradar tracks 46 shipping and fulfillment tools as of 19 October 2026, and only 15 of them have a free tier. ShippingEasy carries 1,247 third-party reviews aggregated on Toolradar, second only to ShipStation's 1,548 in the category, so it is a well-trodden choice rather than a niche one. Toolradar keeps profiles for ShippingEasy, ShipStation and Shippo.

Methodology: on 19 October 2026 we read ShippingEasy's pricing page and its help center articles on plans, label use and the carrier add-on, then the pricing pages of ShipStation, Shippo, Easyship and Pirate Ship. Every figure below is the vendor's own, with the page it came from linked in the pricing section.

What is ShippingEasy?

ShippingEasy is web-based shipping software for online sellers. It imports orders from your stores and marketplaces, compares discounted USPS and UPS rates, prints labels in batches and sends tracking emails. Postage is paid separately through a prepaid One Balance account, so the subscription is only the software line.

Every plan includes One Balance accounts for USPS and UPS with commercial pricing, and ShippingEasy advertises up to 82% off UPS Daily Rates. That headline is a ceiling off retail rates, not a saving you can budget. The point is that a small store gets carrier discounts without negotiating its own account.

How ShippingEasy works

Setup is a store connection, a printer and a postage balance. The free Starter plan imports orders automatically from up to 3 stores or marketplaces; paid plans connect unlimited stores and add CSV uploads. ConnectEasy, a free desktop helper, sends labels straight to your printer and reads a connected scale.

Shipping rules, saved packaging, pick lists, packing slip templates, prepaid return labels and international customs forms come with every plan, per ShippingEasy's plan overview. Logo on labels is the one universal feature the free Starter plan does not get.

Usage counts every purchased label plus every order you mark as shipped for drop-ship. ShippingEasy checks accounts each morning, emails you at 90% of the band, and upgrades a paid account automatically when you pass it, with a prorated invoice for the rest of the cycle. You stay on the higher plan unless you downgrade for the next month.

ShippingEasy key features

Shipment bandsEssential
Seven bands from 25 free shipments to 10,000 on Enterprise. Your price is set by labels bought plus drop-ship orders marked shipped, not by stores or features.
One Balance carrier discountsEssential
Discounted USPS and UPS rates on every plan, including the free one, with no carrier account of your own. This is the core reason small stores pick it.
Bring Your Own Carrier add-on
Using your own negotiated UPS, FedEx or consolidator account costs extra each month, from $5 on Starter to $80 on Enterprise. Budget it if you already have a FedEx contract.
User seats
Starter has 1 user, Growth and Basic 2, Plus 3, Select 5, and Premium and Enterprise unlimited. A third packer pushes a small store onto Plus.
Automatic upgrades
Crossing a band upgrades a paid account mid-cycle with a prorated charge, and it stays upgraded until you downgrade. Seasonal sellers should watch the 90% warning email.
Customer marketing
Email campaigns, abandoned cart emails and feedback requests are sold as an add-on whose price varies by plan, so they are not part of the base subscription.

ShippingEasy pricing

Prices below were read on 19 October 2026 on ShippingEasy's pricing page, confirmed against its plan and label use guide and the Bring Your Own Carrier overview. All plans are billed monthly in US dollars, with a 30-day free trial; there is no annual discount.

The pricing page shows Growth first and reveals the other bands when you pick your monthly volume: Basic for 201 to 500 shipments, Plus for 501 to 1,500, Select for 1,501 to 3,000, Premium for 3,001 to 6,000 and Enterprise for 6,001 to 10,000.

Our cost model for a store shipping 300 parcels a month with two packers: ShippingEasy Basic costs $359.88 a year (12 monthly bills, our arithmetic). Add your own UPS account and the $15 monthly add-on takes it to $539.88. On the rivals' published monthly prices, ShipStation Starter's 500-shipment band is $479.88 a year, Easyship Plus $348 and Pirate Ship $0 in software. Postage is extra on all of them.

PlanPriceBest for
ShippingEasy StarterFreeUp to 25 shipments a month, 1 user, imports from up to 3 stores
ShippingEasy Growth$19.99/mo26 to 200 shipments, 2 users, unlimited stores, phone and chat support
ShippingEasy Basic$29.99/mo201 to 500 shipments, 2 users
ShippingEasy Plus$49.99/mo501 to 1,500 shipments, 3 users
ShippingEasy Select$69.99/mo1,501 to 3,000 shipments, 5 users
ShippingEasy Premium$119.99/mo3,001 to 6,000 shipments, unlimited users
ShippingEasy Enterprise$189.99/mo6,001 to 10,000 shipments, unlimited users, aimed at multi-location teams needing staff permissions
Bring Your Own Carrier add-on$5 to $80/moStarter $5, Growth $10, Basic $15, Plus $20, Select $40, Premium $60, Enterprise $80

ShippingEasy pros and cons

What we like

  • The free Starter plan includes discounted USPS and UPS rates and automatic imports from up to 3 stores.
  • Paid plans connect unlimited stores and marketplaces at no extra cost, with phone, email and chat support from Growth.
  • Shipping rules, pick lists, return labels and customs forms come with every plan rather than a premium tier.

What could be better

  • Connecting your own UPS or FedEx account is a paid monthly add-on on every plan, and its fee climbs with the band.
  • Passing a shipment band upgrades you automatically with a prorated charge, so one busy week can raise the month's bill.
  • Growth and Basic allow only 2 users; a third person means moving to Plus at $49.99 a month.

Who ShippingEasy is for

ShippingEasy fits a US store that ships domestically with USPS and UPS, sells on a handful of channels, and has one to three people packing. Start on Starter while you ship 25 parcels a month or fewer, move to Growth when you pass that, and expect Basic once volume settles above 200. The pricing stays readable all the way up, which is rarer than it should be in this category.

Skip it if you already hold a negotiated FedEx or UPS contract and want to use it on a small plan, because the add-on can raise the bill by half. Skip it too if you need many seats cheaply: Select is the first plan with 5 users. Larger multichannel teams should read our ShipStation review, and stores that ship abroad our Easyship review.

Best ShippingEasy alternatives

If ShippingEasy is not the right fit, these are the closest options.

ToolBest forStarts at
ShippingEasySmall US stores shipping USPS and UPS parcels with one to three people packingFree for up to 25 shipments a monthVisit →
ShipStationMultichannel teams that need more logins and deeper automation than ShippingEasy's small plansFrom $14.99/mo for 50 shipments on StarterVisit →
ShippoStores that want a free plan a little larger than ShippingEasy's and up to 5 logins on ProFree for up to 30 labels a monthVisit →
EasyshipStores shipping internationally that want duty and tax tools alongside labelsFree up to 50 shipments a monthVisit →
Pirate ShipLow-volume or budget sellers who only need USPS and UPS labelsFree software: no monthly fee or markupVisit →
Lowest published monthly price by toolBar chart of the lowest monthly price each vendor publishes; the same figures are in the comparison table above.Lowest published monthly priceShippingEasy$19.99ShipStation$14.99Shippo$17Easyship$29
Lowest monthly figure each vendor publishes, checked Nov 2026. A tilde marks a figure the vendor states approximately. Per-seat and usage charges can sit on top of it. 1 of 5 does not publish a comparable monthly price and is left out rather than estimated.
ShipStation
The category's best-known label platform, priced by shipments and plan tier, with no permanent free plan.
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Shippo
A label tool with a 30-label free plan and a Pro tier that adds users and free own-carrier labels.
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Easyship
Multi-carrier shipping with a 50-shipment free plan and strong cross-border tooling.
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Pirate Ship
Free label software paid by the carriers, with no plan bands to outgrow.
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The bottom line

ShippingEasy is a sound buy for a domestic store shipping a few hundred parcels a month: the free plan is real, Growth and Basic are cheaper than ShipStation's matching bands, and every plan carries USPS and UPS discounts. It is a weaker buy when you need your own carrier contract on a small plan, more than 2 users before 500 shipments, or anything beyond USPS and UPS on a tight budget.

Before you pick, compare the full field in our shipping software guide, the no-cost options in free shipping software, and the ShipStation alternatives list. Price detail for the two biggest rivals sits in ShipStation pricing and Shippo pricing, and Pirate Ship vs Shippo covers the free end. Printing in volume? See our shipping label printers.

Cite this: Retailpresso, "ShippingEasy Review 2026", November 2026. Plan figures were read on 19 October 2026 from ShippingEasy's pricing page and help center articles linked above.

Frequently asked questions

Is ShippingEasy worth it in 2026?

Yes for a US store shipping up to a few hundred USPS and UPS parcels a month. The Starter plan is free for 25 shipments and the paid bands start at Growth for 26 to 200, with Basic at $29.99 for 201 to 500, read on ShippingEasy's pricing page in October 2026. It is less attractive if you need your own carrier account on a small plan, because that add-on costs extra every month.

How much does ShippingEasy cost?

ShippingEasy bills monthly by shipment band: Starter free (25), Growth $19.99 (200), Basic $29.99 (500), Plus $49.99 (1,500), Select $69.99 (3,000), Premium $119.99 (6,000) and Enterprise $189.99 (up to 10,000). Postage is paid separately, and there is no annual discount.

Does ShippingEasy have a free plan?

Yes. Starter is free for up to 25 shipments a month with one user, discounted USPS and UPS rates, and automatic order imports from up to 3 stores. It lacks logo on labels, and paid plans add unlimited stores, CSV uploads and phone support.

What happens if I go over my ShippingEasy shipment limit?

A paid account is upgraded automatically to the next band, with a prorated invoice for the rest of the billing cycle, and it stays on that plan unless you downgrade for the following month. ShippingEasy emails a warning when you reach 90% of the band.

Is ShippingEasy cheaper than ShipStation?

At the same volume, usually. For 201 to 500 shipments, ShippingEasy Basic is $29.99 a month while ShipStation Starter's 500-shipment band is $39.99, both on monthly billing. ShipStation includes 3 users on Starter against 2 on ShippingEasy Basic, and offers 20% off for annual billing, which ShippingEasy does not.

Sources

Prices and plan details come from each vendor's own pricing page, re-checked by the Toolradar pricing tracker.

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