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ShipStation pricing
ShipStation publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
ShipStation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Professional | $49.95/month | 4 | +$49.95/month, 4 more features |
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.
Starter
FreeThe entry tier. It covers up to 50 shipments/month, 1 user account, basic reporting.
Professional
$49.95/monthOver Starter, this tier adds:
- Unlimited shipments
- Up to 10 user accounts
- Advanced automation
- API access
Where ShipStation stops being free
Starter, Free
- Up to 50 shipments/month
- 1 user account
- Basic reporting
Professional, $49.95/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited shipments
- Up to 10 user accounts
- Advanced automation
- API access
What the product covers
The full ShipStation feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Multichannel order management
- Batch label printing
- Shipping automation
- International shipping
- Return management
- Customer communication
- Carrier integration
- Real-time tracking
People bring ShipStation in for printing shipping labels across multiple carriers, importing orders from marketplaces and stores for fulfilment, automating shipping rules and batch label creation. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to ShipStation are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for ShipStation
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: 2 tiers between Free and $49.95/month, 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.
ShipStation runs on web, and is published by ShipStation (Stamps.com subsidiary) of Austin, TX. The full record is on the ShipStation review.
ShipStation pricing questions
- How much does ShipStation cost?
- ShipStation publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Starter up to $49.95/month for Professional. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does ShipStation have a free plan?
- Yes. The Starter tier costs nothing and covers up to 50 shipments/month, 1 user account, basic reporting. Paying starts at $49.95/month for Professional.
- What is the difference between Starter and Professional on ShipStation?
- Professional costs $49.95/month against Free, and adds unlimited shipments, up to 10 user accounts, advanced automation, api access.
- What am I actually paying for with ShipStation?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for printing shipping labels across multiple carriers, importing orders from marketplaces and stores for fulfilment, automating shipping rules and batch label creation.
- Does ShipStation charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 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 ShipStation 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 ShipStation against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to ShipStation to make a useful price comparison.