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Best Shipping Carriers · head-to-head

EasyPost vs Shippo

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for shipping carriers. EasyPost has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

EasyPost has the lower entry price — EasyPost starts at $0/mo, Shippo at $0/mo. Free tier: EasyPost Yes, Shippo Yes. HIPAA: EasyPost —, Shippo —.

As of 2026-09-03 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

EasyPost

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free Access (Wallet Carriers))
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)—
SOC 2—
GDPR—
Best forDevelopers and engineering teams needing a programmatic multi-carrier shipping API

Shippo

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Starter)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)—
SOC 2Yes
GDPR—
Best forSmall businesses wanting a free plan with genuine $0/month option

Sources — EasyPost: easypost.com (verified 2026-09-03) · Shippo: goshippo.com (verified 2026-09-03)

Key features

EasyPost: 100+ carrier integrations via a single REST API; 99.99% API uptime SLA; Shipping label creation and rate shopping API; Address verification API; Real-time tracking API; Shipping insurance API (EasyPost Guard); Luma AI for cost optimization and carrier selection; EasyPost Forge white-label APIs for platforms; GlobalShip for international shipments; Serves Fortune 500 clients including Walmart, Dell, Home Depot

Shippo: Access to 40+ global carriers with discounts up to 90% off retail; Multi-carrier rate comparison in a single view; Bulk label creation and batch operations; AI-powered delivery date estimates (Pro+); Branded tracking pages and automated customer emails (Pro+); International shipping with customs form generation; Shipping insurance available; Returns management with automated return labels; REST API for developer/platform integrations; Processes 200M+ shipments/year across 4.6M+ customers

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