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ShipEngine pricing
ShipEngine publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, ShipEngine pricing is free, then $75/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $75/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
ShipEngine plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 7 | Entry tier |
| Advanced | $75/month | 8 | +$75/month, 8 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 7 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers sandbox access, discounted carrier rates, analytics, label creation, rate comparison, tracking.
Advanced
$75/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- carrier account management
- address validation
- PUDO location search
- tax/duty calculations
- unlimited selling channels
- all free features
- label tiers 1,000-10,000 per month
- overage charges $0.075-$0.060 per label
Enterprise
On requestOver Advanced, this tier adds:
- minimum 25,000+ shipments monthly
- custom billing
- higher rate limits
- dedicated implementation manager
- live chat/scheduled calls
- Shipping Elements access
- API account creation
Where ShipEngine stops being free
Free, Free
- sandbox access
- discounted carrier rates
- analytics
- label creation
- rate comparison
- tracking
- webhooks
Advanced, $75/month
The first thing you pay for:
- carrier account management
- address validation
- PUDO location search
- tax/duty calculations
- unlimited selling channels
- all free features
- label tiers 1,000-10,000 per month
- overage charges $0.075-$0.060 per label
How that compares in Logistics
Too few logistics tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShipEngine (this page) | Free, then $75/month | freemium | - | |
| Trimble TMW.Suite | On request | quote | - | vs ShipEngine |
| CargoWise | On request | quote | - | vs ShipEngine |
| Descartes MacroPoint | On request | quote | - | vs ShipEngine |
| Truckbase | $290/month | Per truck per month | - | vs ShipEngine |
| McLeod Software | On request | quote | - | vs ShipEngine |
| Alvys | On request | quote | - | vs ShipEngine |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the ShipEngine badges page.
Before you pay for ShipEngine
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
ShipEngine runs on not recorded. The full record is on the ShipEngine review, and the rest of the category is under best logistics tools.
ShipEngine pricing questions
- How much does ShipEngine cost?
- ShipEngine publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does ShipEngine have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers sandbox access, discounted carrier rates, analytics. Paying starts at $75/month for Advanced.
- What is the difference between Free and Advanced on ShipEngine?
- Advanced costs $75/month against Free, and adds carrier account management, address validation, pudo location search, tax/duty calculations.
- Is the Enterprise plan on ShipEngine worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is minimum 25,000+ shipments monthly, custom billing, higher rate limits, dedicated implementation manager. It costs On request against $75/month for Advanced. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with ShipEngine?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The ShipEngine review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does ShipEngine charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these ShipEngine prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare ShipEngine against before paying?
- The closest logistics tools in this directory are Trimble TMW.Suite, CargoWise, Descartes MacroPoint, Truckbase. Each has a side-by-side comparison with ShipEngine covering price, platforms and features.