{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "easyship", "name": "Easyship", "vendor": "Easyship Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.easyship.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "shipping", "summary": "Multi-carrier shipping platform from Easyship. Its public API and hosted MCP server quote courier rates, create shipments, buy labels, validate addresses, track parcels and book pickups across what Easyship says are 550+ courier services.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easyship", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easyship.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easyship.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/easyship.json", "repo": "https://github.com/easyship/easyship-mcp-plugin", "license": "Proprietary service under Easyship's terms of service. The easyship-mcp server on PyPI and the plugin repository are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://public-api.easyship.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "easyship-mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A person signs up, opens Connect in the dashboard, creates an API Integration and copies a Bearer token. On v2024-09 the token carries scopes of the form `public.\u003cresource\u003e:read` or `:write`, editable later, and some scopes (advanced or beta functions) are granted by Easyship on request. Sandbox tokens start `sand_` and production tokens `prod_`. Partner apps that connect other Easyship users register through a form and use OAuth 2.0 authorisation code. The MCP server accepts the same Bearer token, and also publishes OAuth metadata with PKCE and dynamic client registration.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with no card, 50 shipments a month in the US, and a sandbox, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Plus is US$29 a month and Premier US$69, with Scale tiers from US$99 and Enterprise on request. Labels are charged at the courier rate the API quotes. Rates, address validation, tax and duty, HS code and off-platform tracking calls are metered, pay-as-you-go on Free and with monthly quotas on paid plans. Prices vary by country (https://www.easyship.com/plans, US figures, checked 2026-10-07).", "priceSummary": "$29 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI spec or the plans page (checked 2026-10-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 25, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 79, "asOf": "2026-10-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.easyship.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.easyship.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.easyship.com/reference/rates_request.md", "registryName": "com.easyship/mcp", "capabilities": [ "shipping.rates", "shipping.labels", "shipping.tracking", "shipping.address-validation", "shipping.returns" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "sandbox", "webhooks", "python", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 173, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 87, "security": 61, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-resource read and write scopes, separate sandbox tokens, a 132-operation OpenAPI contract and a 25-tool hosted MCP server with read-only and destructive annotations on every tool. No idempotency keys or Retry-After were found, the MCP server has no test mode, and the API changelog's last entry is dated 30 October 2025.", "bestFor": "An agent that ships parcels for a small or mid-sized merchant, mostly cross-border, and wants rates, labels, duties and pickups from one account without carrier contracts.", "strengths": [ "Tokens carry per-resource read and write scopes, with separate sandbox (sand_) and production (prod_) tokens", "Hosted MCP server at mcp.easyship.com with 25 tools, each carrying readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint", "llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every reference page, each with its OpenAPI 3.0.3 definition", "Free plan with no card and 50 shipments a month in the US, and per-call prices for the metered endpoints", "status.easyship.com lists no incident since 5 December 2025" ], "weaknesses": [ "No idempotency keys in the 132-operation spec, and no Retry-After or backoff guidance for 429", "The MCP server has no test mode, so a label bought through it is charged", "API changelog's last entry is 30 October 2025, and no deprecation policy was found", "security.txt expired on 5 October 2025, and the sub-processor list is dated 15 October 2020", "No official SDKs found, and the published limit is 60 requests a minute" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use a sand_ token against https://public-api-sandbox.easyship.com for API tests. Production rejects sandbox tokens, and sandbox allows 6 requests a minute", "The MCP server calls production only. Create the shipment without buy_label first, then call create_label once the user confirms the courier and price", "Don't retry a timed-out label purchase blindly. There's no idempotency key, so read the shipment's label_state first", "Give every item a category or an hs_code. The API rejects shipments and rates requests that have neither", "Stay under 60 requests a minute and 10 a second, and wait for the next window on 429" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 40, "reliability": 80, "schema": 87, "security": 61, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 91 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://public-api.easyship.com/2024-09/rates \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $EASYSHIP_API_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d @rates-request.json", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http easyship \\\n https://mcp.easyship.com/mcp \\\n --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "easyship": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }, "url": "https://mcp.easyship.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/shipping.rates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/easyship" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Free plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "US, 50 shipments a month, 1 team member" }, { "item": "Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 29, "note": "US, billed monthly; $23 billed annually; 500 shipments, 2,000 rates calls included" }, { "item": "Premier plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 69, "note": "US, billed monthly; $55 billed annually; 2,500 shipments, 10,000 rates calls included" }, { "item": "Rates API call", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.01, "note": "Free plan pay-as-you-go; $0.008 on Plus and $0.007 on Premier beyond the included quota" }, { "item": "US address validation", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.02, "note": "Free and Plus; $0.01 on Premier" }, { "item": "International address validation", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.08, "note": "Free plan; $0.07 on Plus, $0.06 on Premier" }, { "item": "Tax and duty calculation", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.11, "note": "Free and Plus; $0.10 on Premier" }, { "item": "Off-platform tracking", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.05, "note": "Free plan; $0.04 on Plus and Premier. Tracking of Easyship's own shipments is free" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Easyship Inc.", "domain": "easyship.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-02-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.easyship.com/legal/terms/us", "privacy": "https://www.easyship.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.easyship.com", "changelog": "https://developers.easyship.com/reference/changelog", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-07", "notes": [ "The terms overview (last updated 12 August 2022) names a contracting entity by origin country. Easyship Inc., 61 Broadway, Suite 1705, New York for the United States, Easyship Fulfillment Services Ltd. in Hong Kong for countries not listed, and others for Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore and the United Kingdom.", "The US terms were last updated on 28 July 2026 and promise 30 days' notice of material changes.", "The API answers at public-api.easyship.com and the MCP server at mcp.easyship.com, both on the vendor's domain.", "www.easyship.com/.well-known/security.txt carries Expires 2025-10-05 and a Policy link to https://vdp.easyship.com.", "RDAP for easyship.com gives a registration date of 2001-02-22." ], "score": 91 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easyship.json", "live": { "slug": "easyship", "probe": { "target": "https://public-api.easyship.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:09.325372955Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 635, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 821, "p95ms24h": 1367, "samples24h": 64, "samples30d": 64, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 64, "ok": 64 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.easyship.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:01.184706771Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "easyship-mcp", "version": "0.6.5", "released": "2026-08-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:09:53.609079021Z" } ], "githubStars": 0, "pypiWeekly": 83, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://easyship.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:30.640097558Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.easyship.com/reference/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:33.323091568Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c61b1b5ffd8f" }, { "url": "https://www.easyship.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:33.100757089Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e83631b37fda" }, { "url": "https://www.easyship.com/legal/terms/us", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:35.346858405Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "040fb19e8b62" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:09.325372955Z" } }, "answer": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against Karrio's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "karrio", "name": "Karrio", "vendor": "Karrio, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.karrio.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "shipping", "summary": "Karrio is an open-source multi-carrier shipping server from Karrio, Inc. Its REST API quotes rates, buys labels, tracks parcels and books pickups through the owner's own carrier accounts, self-hosted with Docker or run by Karrio as a paid platform.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/karrio", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/karrio.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/karrio.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/karrio.json", "repo": "https://github.com/karrioapi/karrio", "license": "LGPL-3.0 for the server, SDK and modules. Code under `ee/` is under the Karrio Enterprise licence and needs a subscription for production use. The MCP package in `packages/mcp` is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "karrio" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "karrio-server" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "karrio/server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A private API key from the instance's dashboard, sent as the HTTP Basic username with no password or as `Authorization: Token key_...`. Keys carry a label and are bound to test or live mode, and the docs say a private key can perform any request without restriction. A JWT pair is also issued by `POST /api/token` for an email and password. On a self-hosted instance the owner creates the first account, so no approval from Karrio is involved. The managed platform is reached through a demo booking.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free when self-hosted under LGPL-3.0, with carrier postage billed by the owner's own carrier accounts. The platform page says the managed Scale platform starts at $499 a month with pay-as-you-go pricing and a commercial licence for embedding starts at $50,000 a year, with no unit prices published. An agent can start on a self-hosted instance in test mode with no contract. The managed platform has no self-serve signup, only a demo booking (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$499 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the repository, the OpenAPI file, the docs or the platform page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 799, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 338, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.karrio.io/docs", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/karrioapi/karrio/main/schemas/openapi.yml", "capabilities": [ "shipping.rates", "shipping.labels", "shipping.tracking", "shipping.returns" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "api-key", "openapi", "graphql", "webhooks", "sandbox", "docker", "python", "mcp" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 48.7, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 617, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 29, "payments": 40, "reliability": 76, "schema": 68, "security": 44, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -7, "negativeNotes": [ "12 March to 23 June 2026. Versions 2026.1.22 to 2026.1.31 applied an MD5 `PASSWORD_HASHERS` override outside the test runner, so production instances stored MD5 password hashes. Fixed in 2026.1.32 and described in the changelog, with no published advisory, so 4 of a possible 15 (https://github.com/karrioapi/karrio/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).", "8 October 2026. The README and the MCP guide tell users to run `npx karrio-mcp` and `npx -y @karrio/mcp`, and the npm registry answers 404 for both. The examples' API host `api.karrio.io` didn't resolve the same day. 3 for a claim the listing can't meet (https://registry.npmjs.org/@karrio%2fmcp, https://www.karrio.io/docs/developing/mcp-server)." ], "verdict": "A current OpenAPI 3.0.3 contract with 65 paths, a free LGPL-3.0 server and 30 carrier connectors suit a team that hosts it. The last release was 23 June 2026, the `@karrio/mcp` package the docs install is absent from npm, and `api.karrio.io` didn't resolve on 8 October 2026.", "bestFor": "A team that wants to host its own multi-carrier API with its own carrier contracts and can maintain a Django and PostgreSQL stack.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.3 contract in the repository at version 2026.1.32, with 65 paths covering rates, shipments, trackers, pickups, manifests, orders, documents and webhooks", "The core server and SDK are LGPL-3.0 and run on the owner's infrastructure with Docker Compose, with no fee to Karrio", "30 carrier connectors in `modules/connectors`, among them UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL Express, Canada Post, DPD and Australia Post, used with the owner's own carrier accounts", "API keys are bound to test or live mode, and test mode runs rates, labels, trackers and pickups against carrier sandboxes", "Default throttles are in the settings file with numbers (600 requests a minute per user, 300 for carrier calls) and can be changed by environment variable" ], "weaknesses": [ "No release since 2026.1.32 on 23 June 2026, 107 days before this check, and fix pull requests opened in September 2026 were still open", "Neither `@karrio/mcp` nor `karrio-mcp` exists on npm, though the README and the MCP guide give `npx` commands for them", "`api.karrio.io` didn't resolve and `app.karrio.io` answered 503 with a paused deployment on 8 October 2026, and the managed platform starts with a demo booking", "Versions 2026.1.22 to 2026.1.31 stored passwords as MD5 hashes in production, fixed in 2026.1.32 with a changelog line and no published advisory", "No idempotency keys were found, and a private API key can perform any request. Team permissions and audit logging sit in the paid `ee/` code" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run your own instance with Docker Compose and call it at `http://localhost:5002`. Don't rely on `api.karrio.io`, which didn't resolve on 8 October 2026", "Don't run `npx karrio-mcp` or `npx -y @karrio/mcp`. Neither name is published on npm, so build the server from `packages/mcp` in the repository", "Change the default `admin@example.com` and `demo` login before the instance is reachable, and upgrade to 2026.1.32 or later so passwords aren't stored as MD5", "Don't blind-retry `POST /v1/shipments` with a `service` set or `POST /v1/shipments/{id}/purchase`. Fetch the shipment and check its status first, since no idempotency key exists", "Use a test-mode API key while building. Send it as the HTTP Basic username or as `Authorization: Token key_...`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 48.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 29, "payments": 40, "reliability": 76, "schema": 68, "security": 44, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/karrioapi/karrio\ncd karrio\ngit submodule update --init community\ncd docker\ndocker compose up", "http": "curl http://localhost:5002/v1/shipments \\\n -u key_xxxxxx:" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/shipping.rates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/karrio" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Open-source edition, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "LGPL-3.0, you pay for your own hosting and carrier postage" }, { "item": "Scale managed platform, starting price", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "plus pay-as-you-go usage with no published unit price, by demo booking" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Karrio, Inc.", "domain": "karrio.io", "domainRegistered": "2022-01-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.karrio.io/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.karrio.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/karrioapi/karrio/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Customer Terms and Conditions (last modified 8 April 2025) name Karrio, Inc., a Delaware corporation at 760 Chemin Marie-Le Ber, Verdun, Quebec, Canada, and govern the hosted platform. The self-hosted open-source edition is governed by LGPL-3.0, and `LICENSE_EE` points `ee/` users to the subscription terms at docs.karrio.io/product/resources/terms, an older copy dated 19 April 2022.", "The privacy policy (last modified 8 April 2025) covers karrio.io and associated services and excludes customer data processed on a customer's behalf. No data processing addendum was found.", "The graded surface is an instance on the owner's own host, so the endpoint isn't on the vendor's domain. `api.karrio.io` didn't resolve and `app.karrio.io` returned 503 on 8 October 2026.", "No status page was found. `status.karrio.io` didn't resolve and the site links none.", "www.karrio.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. `SECURITY.md` in the repository sends reports to hello@karrio.io.", "The changelog page on www.karrio.io stops at 2024.12.6. `CHANGELOG.md` in the repository is current to 2026.1.32.", "RDAP for karrio.io gives a registration date of 2022-01-20." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/karrio.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Easyship Inc.", "b": "Karrio, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://public-api.easyship.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.01 per call", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for shipping rates" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Easyship's terms of service. The easyship-mcp server on PyPI and the plugin repository are MIT", "b": "LGPL-3.0 for the server, SDK and modules. Code under `ee/` is under the Karrio Enterprise licence and needs a subscription for production use. The MCP package in `packages/mcp` is Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "25", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.easyship/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-08-21", "b": "2026-06-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-07-28", "b": "2025-04-08", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-07-28", "b": "2025-04-08", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "0 stars, 79 PyPI/wk", "b": "799 stars, 338 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against Karrio's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Easyship or Karrio?" }, { "answer": "Easyship takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Karrio needs an API key.", "question": "Do Easyship and Karrio need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Easyship has a hosted endpoint at https://public-api.easyship.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Karrio.", "question": "Can an agent call Easyship and Karrio without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Easyship. Karrio is open source (LGPL-3.0 for the server, SDK and modules. Code under `ee/` is under the Karrio Enterprise licence and needs a subscription for production use. The MCP package in `packages/mcp` is Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Easyship and Karrio open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 68", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 57", "Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 44", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 56 against 29", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 56" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Karrio loses 7 points for them" ], "goodFor": "An agent that ships parcels for a small or mid-sized merchant, mostly cross-border, and wants rates, labels, duties and pickups from one account without carrier contracts.", "slug": "easyship", "watchFor": "No idempotency keys in the 132-operation spec, and no Retry-After or backoff guidance for 429" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A team that wants to host its own multi-carrier API with its own carrier contracts and can maintain a Django and PostgreSQL stack.", "slug": "karrio", "watchFor": "No release since 2026.1.32 on 23 June 2026, 107 days before this check, and fix pull requests opened in September 2026 were still open" } ], "job": { "capability": "shipping.rates", "name": "Shipping rates" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-easyship.json", "title": "EasyPost vs Easyship", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-easyship" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-karrio.json", "title": "EasyPost vs Karrio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-karrio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-sendcloud.json", "title": "Easyship vs Sendcloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-sendcloud" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipbob.json", "title": "Easyship vs ShipBob", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipbob" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shippo.json", "title": "Easyship vs Shippo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shippo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Easyship vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-sendcloud.json", "title": "Karrio vs Sendcloud", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-sendcloud" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shipbob.json", "title": "Karrio vs ShipBob", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shipbob" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shippo.json", "title": "Karrio vs Shippo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shippo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Karrio vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shipstation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-ship24.json", "title": "Easyship vs Ship24", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-ship24" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-ship24.json", "title": "Karrio vs Ship24", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-ship24" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 4, "easyship": 80, "edge": "easyship", "karrio": 76, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 19, "easyship": 87, "edge": "easyship", "karrio": 68, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "easyship": 73, "edge": "easyship", "karrio": 57, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 17, "easyship": 61, "edge": "easyship", "karrio": 44, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "easyship": 40, "edge": "", "karrio": 40, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 27, "easyship": 56, "edge": "easyship", "karrio": 29, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 15, "easyship": 71, "edge": "easyship", "karrio": 56, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against Karrio's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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The last release was 23 June 2026, the `@karrio/mcp` package the docs install is absent from npm, and `api.karrio.io` didn't resolve on 8 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-karrio", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-karrio.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-karrio.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-karrio.min.md" }, "markdown": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against Karrio's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do shipping rates.\n\n- Easyship: grade B, 68.8/100, rank #173 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easyship.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/easyship.json\n- Karrio: grade D, 48.7/100, rank #617 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/karrio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/karrio.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Easyship (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that ships parcels for a small or mid-sized merchant, mostly cross-border, and wants rates, labels, duties and pickups from one account without carrier contracts.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 68\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 57\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 44\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 56 against 29\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 56\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Karrio loses 7 points for them\n\nWatch for: No idempotency keys in the 132-operation spec, and no Retry-After or backoff guidance for 429\n\n### Karrio (D)\n\nGood for: A team that wants to host its own multi-carrier API with its own carrier contracts and can maintain a Django and PostgreSQL stack.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No release since 2026.1.32 on 23 June 2026, 107 days before this check, and fix pull requests opened in September 2026 were still open\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Easyship | Karrio | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 76 | Easyship +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 68 | Easyship +19 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 57 | Easyship +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 44 | Easyship +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 29 | Easyship +27 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 56 | Easyship +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -7 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.8 · B** | **48.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Easyship | Karrio |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Easyship Inc. | Karrio, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://public-api.easyship.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| Price for shipping rates | $0.01 per call | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Easyship's terms of service. The easyship-mcp server on PyPI and the plugin repository are MIT | LGPL-3.0 for the server, SDK and modules. Code under `ee/` is under the Karrio Enterprise licence and needs a subscription for production use. The MCP package in `packages/mcp` is Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 25 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.easyship/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-06-23 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-28 | 2025-04-08 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-28 | 2025-04-08 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 0 stars, 79 PyPI/wk | 799 stars, 338 PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Easyship.** Per-resource read and write scopes, separate sandbox tokens, a 132-operation OpenAPI contract and a 25-tool hosted MCP server with read-only and destructive annotations on every tool. No idempotency keys or Retry-After were found, the MCP server has no test mode, and the API changelog's last entry is dated 30 October 2025.\n\n**Karrio.** A current OpenAPI 3.0.3 contract with 65 paths, a free LGPL-3.0 server and 30 carrier connectors suit a team that hosts it. The last release was 23 June 2026, the `@karrio/mcp` package the docs install is absent from npm, and `api.karrio.io` didn't resolve on 8 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Easyship\n\n1. Use a sand_ token against https://public-api-sandbox.easyship.com for API tests. Production rejects sandbox tokens, and sandbox allows 6 requests a minute\n2. The MCP server calls production only. Create the shipment without buy_label first, then call create_label once the user confirms the courier and price\n3. Don't retry a timed-out label purchase blindly. There's no idempotency key, so read the shipment's label_state first\n4. Give every item a category or an hs_code. The API rejects shipments and rates requests that have neither\n5. Stay under 60 requests a minute and 10 a second, and wait for the next window on 429\n\n### Karrio\n\n1. Run your own instance with Docker Compose and call it at `http://localhost:5002`. Don't rely on `api.karrio.io`, which didn't resolve on 8 October 2026\n2. Don't run `npx karrio-mcp` or `npx -y @karrio/mcp`. Neither name is published on npm, so build the server from `packages/mcp` in the repository\n3. Change the default `admin@example.com` and `demo` login before the instance is reachable, and upgrade to 2026.1.32 or later so passwords aren't stored as MD5\n4. Don't blind-retry `POST /v1/shipments` with a `service` set or `POST /v1/shipments/{id}/purchase`. Fetch the shipment and check its status first, since no idempotency key exists\n5. Use a test-mode API key while building. Send it as the HTTP Basic username or as `Authorization: Token key_...`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Easyship or Karrio?\n\nEasyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against Karrio's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Easyship and Karrio need an API key?\n\nEasyship takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Karrio needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Easyship and Karrio without installing anything?\n\nEasyship has a hosted endpoint at https://public-api.easyship.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Karrio.\n\n### Are Easyship and Karrio open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Easyship. Karrio is open source (LGPL-3.0 for the server, SDK and modules. Code under `ee/` is under the Karrio Enterprise licence and needs a subscription for production use. 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