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      "slug": "easypost",
      "name": "EasyPost",
      "vendor": "Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.easypost.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "shipping",
      "summary": "EasyPost is a multi-carrier shipping API from Simpler Postage, Inc. Its REST API quotes carrier rates, buys labels, verifies addresses, tracks parcels and files refunds and insurance claims, with a hosted read-only MCP server in early release.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easypost",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easypost.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easypost.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/easypost.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/EasyPost/easypost-node",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the EasyPost Master Customer Agreement. The official client libraries on GitHub are MIT, with the Go library under ISC",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.easypost.com/v2",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@easypost/api"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "easypost"
        },
        {
          "registry": "go",
          "name": "github.com/EasyPost/easypost-go/v5"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A self-serve API key, sent as the HTTP Basic username with an empty password. The docs say a wallet and a ship-from address must be set up before keys can be seen or generated. Test and production keys exist, both with full account access, and they can be created, disabled, enabled and deleted through /api_keys or the dashboard. The hosted MCP server takes a production key as a Bearer token. No OAuth, partner review or sales approval is needed for the core API.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free for up to 3,000 labels on wallet carriers, with postage charged separately and a per-label fee after that which the pricing page doesn't state. Bringing your own carrier accounts costs $20 a month plus a per-label fee. Tracking is listed at $0.01 to $0.03 a shipment and insurance at 1 per cent of value, minimum $1.00. Test keys cost nothing, so an agent can build without a contract. Forge, GlobalShip and Luma are priced by sales (checked 2026-10-07).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.02 / call",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the pricing page or the legal centre (checked 2026-10-07).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 149,
        "npmWeekly": 99736,
        "pypiWeekly": 41831,
        "asOf": "2026-10-07"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.easypost.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.easypost.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "shipping.rates",
        "shipping.labels",
        "shipping.tracking",
        "shipping.address-validation",
        "shipping.returns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "api-key",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "webhooks",
        "sandbox",
        "free-tier",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "go",
        "java",
        "php",
        "ruby",
        "dotnet",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-28",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 54.3,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 531,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 22,
          "reliability": 53,
          "schema": 55,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 70
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-07"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Docs written for agents (llms.txt, a Markdown copy of each page, a JSON page index), seven official SDKs and free test keys make the REST API easy to start on. No OpenAPI spec or idempotency keys were found, every key has full account access, and the status page shows a connectivity outage on 23 July 2026 that affected all operations.",
        "bestFor": "An agent that quotes rates across carriers, buys a label, verifies an address, follows tracking by webhook and requests a refund from one merchant account, mainly on US carriers.",
        "strengths": [
          "llms.txt, a Markdown copy of almost every docs page and a JSON page index with a note on when to read each page",
          "Test API keys run the rate, buy, track and webhook flow at no cost, with no postage bought and no carrier contacted",
          "Seven official SDKs (C#, Go, Java, Node, PHP, Python, Ruby), with Go 5.10.1 on 29 September 2026 and PHP 8.8.3 on 8 September",
          "Dated release notes almost every week, 10 entries between 12 July and 28 September 2026",
          "The data processing addendum names 12 subprocessors with purpose and country, and the legal centre keeps every past version of each agreement"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No OpenAPI spec was found in the docs or in the EasyPost GitHub organisation. The reference is prose and tables, with a Postman workspace",
          "No idempotency keys were found, and `reference` on a shipment isn't unique, so a retried buy can purchase a second label",
          "API keys allow full account access. Test and production modes and child users are the only separation, with no read-only or scoped key",
          "An outage on 23 July 2026 at the hosting provider affected all operations for about four and a half hours. Two carrier-side incidents were marked major in the same 90 days",
          "The Master Customer Agreement supplies the service as is, with no uptime commitment, and the per-label fee after 3,000 free labels isn't on the pricing page"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use a test API key while building. It buys no postage and contacts no carrier, and test tracking codes simulate each tracking status",
          "Don't blind-retry `POST /shipments/:id/buy` after a timeout. Retrieve the shipment first and check for `postage_label`, since no idempotency key exists",
          "Send the API key as the HTTP Basic username with an empty password on the REST API, and as a Bearer token on the MCP server",
          "Handle `errors` as either an array of objects or an array of strings. The docs say both shapes occur",
          "Pass a scoped `carrier_accounts` list when rating. Only the first 60 accounts are rated and the call doesn't fail when more are enabled"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 54.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 63,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 22,
          "reliability": 53,
          "schema": 55,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 53
        },
        "provenanceScore": 87
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install @easypost/api",
        "http": "curl -u \"$EASYPOST_API_KEY\": https://api.easypost.com/v2/shipments",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --scope project --transport http easypost \\\n  https://app-api.easypost.com/mcp \\\n  --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${EASYPOST_API_KEY}'",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "easypost": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${EASYPOST_API_KEY}"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://app-api.easypost.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/shipping.rates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/easypost"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Extra tracker call",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "one included with each label bought"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extra US address verification",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "one included with each label bought; $0.06 outside the US"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extra rating call",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "three included with each label bought"
        },
        {
          "item": "SmartRate call",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.03
        },
        {
          "item": "Bring your own carrier accounts",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "plus a per-label fee not stated on the pricing page"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost)",
        "domain": "easypost.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1998-01-18",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://legal.easypost.com/#mca",
        "privacy": "https://legal.easypost.com/#privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://www.easypoststatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.easypost.com/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-07",
        "notes": [
          "The Master Customer Agreement (version 6.1, effective 25 August 2026) names Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost), 2600 N. Ashton Blvd., Suite 300A, Lehi, UT 84043.",
          "www.easypost.com/.well-known/security.txt and api.easypost.com/.well-known/security.txt return 404. The legal centre carries a Responsible Disclosure Policy with the contact security-abuse@easypost.com.",
          "The privacy policy and the Data Protection Addendum are both version 1.0, effective 18 August 2025. The addendum's Annex D lists 12 subprocessors, all in the USA.",
          "The MCP server is on app-api.easypost.com and the REST API on api.easypost.com. The status page is on a separate domain, easypoststatus.com.",
          "trust.easypost.com answered 403 to our reader, so certifications are taken only from the addendum, which refers to a SOC 2 Type 2 report."
        ],
        "score": 87
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easypost.json",
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        "slug": "easypost",
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          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:21.144318387Z",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://www.easypoststatus.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:51.544137305Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "EasyPost/easypost-node",
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            "released": "2026-06-25",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:09:51.321427764Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@easypost/api",
            "version": "8.9.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:09:46.909448157Z"
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "easypost",
            "version": "10.7.0",
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        "pypiWeekly": 43392,
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          "url": "https://easypost.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
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        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://docs.easypost.com/releases",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:43.380604863Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "bdf82a55e910"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://legal.easypost.com/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:57:51.544137305Z"
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    },
    "answer": "ShipBob scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against EasyPost's 54.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. EasyPost leads on agent ergonomics and maintenance \u0026 community.",
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      "slug": "shipbob",
      "name": "ShipBob",
      "vendor": "ShipBob, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.shipbob.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "shipping",
      "summary": "Outsourced fulfilment service from ShipBob, Inc. of Chicago. Merchants send orders, products, inbound stock and returns to its warehouse network through a REST API with date-based versions, a hosted MCP server and webhooks, with a separate sandbox.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shipbob.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/ShipBob/mcp-ai-tutorials",
      "license": "Proprietary service under ShipBob's Terms of Service. The MCP tutorials repository on GitHub has no licence file",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.shipbob.com",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve, with no review. A person signs up in a browser and creates a Personal Access Token in the dashboard under Integrations, API Tokens, sent as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e`. These tokens have every scope, don't expire, act as the account's root user and can be revoked. Multi-user apps use the OAuth 2.0 authorisation code grant with PKCE at auth.shipbob.com, with read and write scopes per domain, one-hour access tokens and 30-day refresh tokens. The hosted MCP server uses OAuth with dynamic client registration, or a token as Bearer. Writes need a `shipbob_channel_id` header. Logistics API credentials come from a ShipBob representative.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Quote only. The pricing page names the fee types (implementation, receiving, storage, and pick, pack and ship) with no figures and a form for a quote. The developer docs say an account is free until physical inventory arrives and that the sandbox is free, so an agent can build and test without a contract. The API and MCP server carry no separate charge (https://www.shipbob.com/pricing/, https://developer.shipbob.com/introduction).",
      "priceSummary": "Paid",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
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      "openapi": "https://marketplaceapi.shipbob.com/docs/2026-07.json",
      "capabilities": [
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        "shipping.tracking",
        "shipping.returns",
        "shipping.labels"
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        "paid",
        "sales-led",
        "api-key",
        "oauth",
        "mcp",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "webhooks",
        "sandbox",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-07-31",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
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        "score": 60.8,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 387,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 41,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 77,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 77
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "OAuth with PKCE and read and write scopes per domain, a free sandbox, a public OpenAPI spec per version and a 24-month support window for each API version are documented. Fulfilment prices are by quote only, the status page has no API component, no official SDK was found, and Personal Access Tokens never expire and carry full account access.",
        "bestFor": "An agent working for a merchant that already stores stock with ShipBob, to create and track orders, check inventory, book inbound stock and handle returns.",
        "strengths": [
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          "Free sandbox at `sandbox-api.shipbob.com` with its own accounts, a test card number and a simulation terminal for shipments, receiving and stock changes",
          "OpenAPI 3.0 spec for each API version with 89 operations and 504 examples in 2026-07, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each docs page",
          "A new API version each January and July, each supported for 24 months, with an upgrade guide per step",
          "Hosted MCP server with 73 tools, OAuth with dynamic client registration, and writes limited to the channel created at consent",
          "Rate limit of 150 requests a minute published, with `x-retry-after` and `x-remaining-calls` response headers"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No public price. Receiving, storage and pick, pack and ship fees come only in a quote from sales",
          "The status page lists the merchant dashboard and two warehouse systems, with no component for the API and no incident posted",
          "Personal Access Tokens don't expire and carry every scope, with no read-only option",
          "No official SDK was found, and the MCP server is not in the official MCP registry",
          "No idempotency key. A retried create is caught only by the unique `reference_id`, which returns 422",
          "No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and no API uptime SLA is published"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `GET /2026-07/channel` first and send the ID of the channel with `_write` scopes in the `shipbob_channel_id` header on every write",
          "Build against `https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com` with a sandbox account. Sandbox and production accounts, tokens and data are separate",
          "Set a stable `reference_id` on each order, product and return. A duplicate returns 422, which is the only guard against a double create",
          "Stay under 150 requests a minute per user and application, and wait the seconds given in `x-retry-after` after a 429",
          "Over MCP, writes work only on records in the channel created at consent. A 403 or 404 on a cancel usually means the record belongs to another channel"
        ],
        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.8
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          "maintenance": 41,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 77,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 69
        },
        "provenanceScore": 85
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X GET \"https://api.shipbob.com/2026-07/channel\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http shipbob-mcp --scope user https://api.shipbob.com/developer-api/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "shipbob": {
              "url": "https://api.shipbob.com/developer-api/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/shipping.rates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/shipbob"
      },
      "area": "business",
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        "legalEntity": "ShipBob, Inc.",
        "domain": "shipbob.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2014-03-12",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.shipbob.com/terms-of-service/",
        "privacy": "https://www.shipbob.com/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.shipbob.com",
        "changelog": "https://developer.shipbob.com/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
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          "The Terms of Service (updated 22 May 2026) define ShipBob as ShipBob, Inc. and its affiliates, give 120 N Racine Ave, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60607, and are governed by Illinois law. They are the agreement for the fulfilment service and its platform, and no separate API terms were found.",
          "The privacy policy (last updated 29 March 2024) names ShipBob, Inc. and says it doesn't apply where commercial contracts govern the processing. Merchant data is covered by the DPA dated April 2026, which the terms incorporate.",
          "The API answers at api.shipbob.com and sandbox-api.shipbob.com, OAuth at auth.shipbob.com, and the MCP server at api.shipbob.com/developer-api/mcp. Sandbox accounts are created at webstage.shipbob.dev.",
          "security.txt returns 404 on www.shipbob.com, developer.shipbob.com and api.shipbob.com. No disclosure address was found on the trust page.",
          "RDAP for shipbob.com gives a registration date of 2014-03-12.",
          "The status page has components for the merchant dashboard and two warehouse systems, and none for the API."
        ],
        "score": 85
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.json",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.shipbob.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:58:14.017358465Z"
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      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
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        "a": "Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost)",
        "b": "ShipBob, Inc.",
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        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "API key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Paid",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary service under the EasyPost Master Customer Agreement. The official client libraries on GitHub are MIT, with the Go library under ISC",
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        "name": "Licence"
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        "a": "no",
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Receiving, storage and pick, pack and ship fees come only in a quote from sales\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | EasyPost | ShipBob | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 53 | 77 | ShipBob +24 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 85 | ShipBob +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 56 | EasyPost +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 47 | 55 | ShipBob +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 22 | 20 | EasyPost +2 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 41 | EasyPost +44 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 77 | ShipBob +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **54.3 · C** | **60.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | EasyPost | ShipBob |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost) | ShipBob, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.easypost.com/v2` | `https://api.shipbob.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the EasyPost Master Customer Agreement. The official client libraries on GitHub are MIT, with the Go library under ISC | Proprietary service under ShipBob's Terms of Service. The MCP tutorials repository on GitHub has no licence file |\n| Tools exposed | none | 73 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-07-31 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-25 | 2026-05-22 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-25 | 2024-03-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 149 stars, 100k npm/wk, 42k PyPI/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**EasyPost.** Docs written for agents (llms.txt, a Markdown copy of each page, a JSON page index), seven official SDKs and free test keys make the REST API easy to start on. No OpenAPI spec or idempotency keys were found, every key has full account access, and the status page shows a connectivity outage on 23 July 2026 that affected all operations.\n\n**ShipBob.** OAuth with PKCE and read and write scopes per domain, a free sandbox, a public OpenAPI spec per version and a 24-month support window for each API version are documented. Fulfilment prices are by quote only, the status page has no API component, no official SDK was found, and Personal Access Tokens never expire and carry full account access.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### EasyPost\n\n1. Use a test API key while building. It buys no postage and contacts no carrier, and test tracking codes simulate each tracking status\n2. Don't blind-retry `POST /shipments/:id/buy` after a timeout. Retrieve the shipment first and check for `postage_label`, since no idempotency key exists\n3. Send the API key as the HTTP Basic username with an empty password on the REST API, and as a Bearer token on the MCP server\n4. Handle `errors` as either an array of objects or an array of strings. The docs say both shapes occur\n5. Pass a scoped `carrier_accounts` list when rating. Only the first 60 accounts are rated and the call doesn't fail when more are enabled\n\n### ShipBob\n\n1. Call `GET /2026-07/channel` first and send the ID of the channel with `_write` scopes in the `shipbob_channel_id` header on every write\n2. Build against `https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com` with a sandbox account. Sandbox and production accounts, tokens and data are separate\n3. Set a stable `reference_id` on each order, product and return. A duplicate returns 422, which is the only guard against a double create\n4. Stay under 150 requests a minute per user and application, and wait the seconds given in `x-retry-after` after a 429\n5. Over MCP, writes work only on records in the channel created at consent. A 403 or 404 on a cancel usually means the record belongs to another channel\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, EasyPost or ShipBob?\n\nShipBob scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against EasyPost's 54.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. EasyPost leads on agent ergonomics and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do EasyPost and ShipBob need an API key?\n\nEasyPost needs an API key. ShipBob takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call EasyPost and ShipBob without installing anything?\n\nYes. EasyPost has a hosted endpoint at https://api.easypost.com/v2 and ShipBob at https://api.shipbob.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shipbob.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shipbob.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"easypost\", \"b\": \"shipbob\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare easypost shipbob`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/easypost.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shipbob.json\n\n## Other comparisons with EasyPost or ShipBob\n\n- [EasyPost vs Easyship](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-easyship.md)\n- [EasyPost vs Karrio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-karrio.md)\n- [EasyPost vs Sendcloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-sendcloud.md)\n- [EasyPost vs Shippo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shippo.md)\n- [EasyPost vs ShipStation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shipstation.md)\n- [Easyship vs ShipBob](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipbob.md)\n- [Karrio vs ShipBob](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shipbob.md)\n- [Sendcloud vs ShipBob](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shipbob.md)\n- [ShipBob vs Shippo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippo.md)\n- [ShipBob vs ShipStation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shipstation.md)\n- [EasyPost vs Ship24](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-ship24.md)\n- [Ship24 vs ShipBob](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shipbob.md)\n",
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