# EasyPost vs ShipBob (slim)

> 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 & community. Both do shipping rates. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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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 & community. Both do shipping rates.

- EasyPost: C 54.3, rank #531 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easypost.min.md
- ShipBob: C 60.8, rank #387 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.min.md
- EasyPost, good for 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. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 63 against 56; Maintenance & community, 85 against 41.
- ShipBob, good for 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. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 53; Schema & documentation, 85 against 55; Security & auth, 55 against 47; Transparency & trust, 77 against 70.

| Category | EasyPost | ShipBob |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 53 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 56 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 22 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 41 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | EasyPost | ShipBob |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Simpler Postage, Inc. (d/b/a EasyPost) | ShipBob, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.easypost.com/v2` | `https://api.shipbob.com` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| 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 |
| Tools exposed | none | 73 |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-07-31 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-25 | 2026-05-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-25 | 2024-03-29 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 149 stars, 100k npm/wk, 42k PyPI/wk | none |