{ "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": 163, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "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": "2026-10-08T18:20:29.286038003Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 640, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 788, "p95ms24h": 1772, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.easyship.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:57.427080033Z" }, "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" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:57.427080033Z" } }, "answer": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against ShipStation API's 59.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShipStation API leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "shipstation", "name": "ShipStation API", "vendor": "Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation", "vendorUrl": "https://www.shipstation.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "shipping", "summary": "Multi-carrier shipping API from ShipStation, an Auctane brand. API v2 at api.shipstation.com/v2 quotes rates, buys and voids labels, validates addresses, tracks parcels and creates return labels, with batches, manifests, pickups and inventory.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipstation", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipstation.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipstation.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shipstation.json", "repo": "https://github.com/ShipEngine/shipengine-openapi", "license": "Proprietary service under ShipStation's terms of service. The v2 OpenAPI file is marked MIT and the SDKs on GitHub are Apache 2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.shipstation.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "shipengine" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "shipengine" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key sent in an `API-Key` header, with no partner or sales approval. Two routes lead to a v2 key. A ShipStation API account (formerly ShipEngine) gets production keys and `TEST_` sandbox keys from api-portal.shipstation.com on every plan, Free included. A ShipStation platform account needs the Standard or Premium plan and generates one v2 key at a time in API Settings, shown once. The docs say the key gives full access to the account. No OAuth, scopes or read-only keys were found.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "ShipStation API (formerly ShipEngine) has a Free plan at $0 with a sandbox and, by the pricing page, no card. Advanced is $75 a month for 1,000 labels ($0.075 a label over), $325 for 5,000 ($0.065) or $600 for 10,000 ($0.060), and Enterprise is by quote from 25,000 shipments a month. On the ShipStation platform the API comes with Standard (from $29.99 a month for 50 shipments) and Premium (from $349.99), after a 30-day trial with no card, and has no sandbox. Postage is charged separately at carrier rates (checked 2026-10-07).", "priceSummary": "$75 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the v2 docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing pages (checked 2026-10-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 6835, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.shipstation.com/api-overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.shipstation.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.shipstation.com/_bundle/apis/@shipstation-v2/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "shipping.rates", "shipping.labels", "shipping.tracking", "shipping.address-validation", "shipping.returns" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "sandbox", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "python", "javascript", "dotnet", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 382, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 40, "reliability": 64, "schema": 83, "security": 32, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 contract with 173 operations, Markdown docs for agents and a free ShipStation API plan with a sandbox make a first rate quote or test label reachable without a contract. One API key carries full account access, with no scopes, read-only mode or idempotency keys on label purchases.", "bestFor": "An agent working inside a merchant's existing ShipStation account (orders, batches, inventory, labels), or a developer who wants a free sandbox through the ShipStation API plans.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec for v2 with 173 operations and 372 schemas, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "ShipStation API Free plan at $0 with no card stated, and a sandbox on every ShipStation API plan through `TEST_` keys", "200 requests a minute by default, with `Retry-After` on 429 responses", "Errors carry `error_source`, `error_type`, `error_code` and a `request_id`, and separate carrier faults from ShipStation's own", "Release notes show new v2 endpoints in every month from June to October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "One API key with full account access. No scopes, read-only keys or approval step before a label is bought", "No idempotency key on label purchase, so a retry after a timeout can buy a second label", "ShipStation platform accounts have no sandbox, and API access needs the Standard plan (from $29.99 a month) or Premium", "The official SDKs call api.shipengine.com/v1, and the JavaScript SDK was last tagged on 31 January 2024", "No security.txt, certification, disclosure policy, DPA or named subprocessor list found on the pages we read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in an `API-Key` header to https://api.shipstation.com/v2. A key that starts `TEST_` runs in the sandbox on the same host", "Call GET /v2/carriers first. Rate and label calls need `carrier_ids` or a `carrier_id` and a `service_code` from that account", "Don't blindly retry POST /v2/labels after a timeout. List labels first, then void a duplicate with PUT /v2/labels/{label_id}/void", "Check the `errors` array on 2XX responses too, and read `error_source` to tell a carrier fault from a ShipStation one", "On a platform (Standard or Premium) key every label is real and charged. Ask the owner before buying, and void test labels at once" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 40, "reliability": 64, "schema": 83, "security": 32, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -iX GET https://api.shipstation.com/v2/carriers \\\n-H 'API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http shipstation-api https://docs.shipstation.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/shipping.rates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shipstation" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "ShipStation API Free", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "sandbox included, postage extra" }, { "item": "ShipStation API Advanced, 1,000 labels", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "$325 for 5,000 labels, $600 for 10,000" }, { "item": "Label over the Advanced 1,000 allowance", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.075, "note": "$0.065 on the 5,000 tier, $0.060 on the 10,000 tier" }, { "item": "ShipStation platform Standard, 50 shipments", "unit": "month", "usd": 29.99, "note": "lowest platform plan with API access" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation", "domain": "shipstation.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-04-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.shipstation.com/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.shipstationglobal.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.shipstation.com", "changelog": "https://docs.shipstation.com/apis/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-07", "notes": [ "The terms of service, effective 16 July 2026, name Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation and its affiliates, with Auctane, Inc. as parent.", "www.shipstation.com/privacy-policy/ redirects through auctane.com to www.shipstationglobal.com/legal/privacy-policy/, Auctane, Inc.'s policy for ShipStation, ShipEngine, Stamps.com and its other brands, effective 18 March 2026.", "/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 on www.shipstation.com, api.shipstation.com, docs.shipstation.com and www.shipstationglobal.com.", "The v2 API answers at api.shipstation.com. Webhook signing keys and the older v1 endpoints sit on api.shipengine.com, and the docs link a dashboard at dashboard.shipengine.com.", "RDAP for shipstation.com gives a registration date of 2005-04-14." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipstation.json", "live": { "slug": "shipstation", "probe": { "target": "https://api.shipstation.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:40.058219641Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 342, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 344, "p95ms24h": 390, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shipstation.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:19.243011076Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "shipengine", "version": "1.0.7", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:29:10.143981506Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "shipengine", "version": "2.1.1", "released": "2026-05-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:29:10.99861941Z" } ], "githubStars": 29, "npmWeekly": 6835, "pypiWeekly": 3230, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://shipstation.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:39.702773194Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.shipstation.com/apis/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:24.519853433Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0c732bd7a0dc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:19.243011076Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Easyship Inc.", "b": "Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://public-api.easyship.com", "b": "https://api.shipstation.com/v2", "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": "Proprietary service under ShipStation's terms of service. The v2 OpenAPI file is marked MIT and the SDKs on GitHub are Apache 2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "25", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.easyship/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-08-21", "b": "2026-10-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-07-28", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-07-28", "b": "2026-03-18", "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": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "0 stars, 79 PyPI/wk", "b": "6.8k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against ShipStation API's 59.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShipStation API leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Easyship or ShipStation API?" }, { "answer": "Easyship takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. ShipStation API needs an API key.", "question": "Do Easyship and ShipStation API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Easyship has a hosted endpoint at https://public-api.easyship.com and ShipStation API at https://api.shipstation.com/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Easyship and ShipStation API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 64", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 64", "Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 32", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 64" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "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": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 56" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent working inside a merchant's existing ShipStation account (orders, batches, inventory, labels), or a developer who wants a free sandbox through the ShipStation API plans.", "slug": "shipstation", "watchFor": "One API key with full account access. No scopes, read-only keys or approval step before a label is bought" } ], "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-shipstation.json", "title": "EasyPost vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shipstation" }, { "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-shippo.json", "title": "Easyship vs Shippo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shippo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Sendcloud vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shipstation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippo-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Shippo vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippo-vs-shipstation" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 16, "easyship": 80, "edge": "easyship", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "shipstation": 64, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "easyship": 87, "edge": "easyship", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "shipstation": 83, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "easyship": 73, "edge": "easyship", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "shipstation": 64, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 29, "easyship": 61, "edge": "easyship", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "shipstation": 32, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "easyship": 40, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "shipstation": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 17, "easyship": 56, "edge": "shipstation", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "shipstation": 73, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 7, "easyship": 71, "edge": "easyship", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "shipstation": 64, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against ShipStation API's 59.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShipStation API leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do shipping rates.", "verdicts": { "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.", "shipstation": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 contract with 173 operations, Markdown docs for agents and a free ShipStation API plan with a sandbox make a first rate quote or test label reachable without a contract. One API key carries full account access, with no scopes, read-only mode or idempotency keys on label purchases." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation.min.md" }, "markdown": "Easyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against ShipStation API's 59.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShipStation API leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do shipping rates.\n\n- Easyship: grade B, 68.8/100, rank #163 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/easyship.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/easyship.json\n- ShipStation API: grade C, 59.3/100, rank #382 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipstation.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shipstation.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- Reliability, 80 against 64\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 64\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 32\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No idempotency keys in the 132-operation spec, and no Retry-After or backoff guidance for 429\n\n### ShipStation API (C)\n\nGood for: An agent working inside a merchant's existing ShipStation account (orders, batches, inventory, labels), or a developer who wants a free sandbox through the ShipStation API plans.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 56\n\nWatch for: One API key with full account access. No scopes, read-only keys or approval step before a label is bought\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Easyship | ShipStation API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 64 | Easyship +16 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 83 | Easyship +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 64 | Easyship +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 32 | Easyship +29 |\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 | 73 | ShipStation API +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 64 | Easyship +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.8 · B** | **59.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Easyship | ShipStation API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Easyship Inc. | Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://public-api.easyship.com` | `https://api.shipstation.com/v2` |\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 | Proprietary service under ShipStation's terms of service. The v2 OpenAPI file is marked MIT and the SDKs on GitHub are Apache 2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 25 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.easyship/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-28 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-28 | 2026-03-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 0 stars, 79 PyPI/wk | 6.8k npm/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**ShipStation API.** A public OpenAPI 3.1 contract with 173 operations, Markdown docs for agents and a free ShipStation API plan with a sandbox make a first rate quote or test label reachable without a contract. One API key carries full account access, with no scopes, read-only mode or idempotency keys on label purchases.\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### ShipStation API\n\n1. Send the key in an `API-Key` header to https://api.shipstation.com/v2. A key that starts `TEST_` runs in the sandbox on the same host\n2. Call GET /v2/carriers first. Rate and label calls need `carrier_ids` or a `carrier_id` and a `service_code` from that account\n3. Don't blindly retry POST /v2/labels after a timeout. List labels first, then void a duplicate with PUT /v2/labels/{label_id}/void\n4. Check the `errors` array on 2XX responses too, and read `error_source` to tell a carrier fault from a ShipStation one\n5. On a platform (Standard or Premium) key every label is real and charged. Ask the owner before buying, and void test labels at once\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Easyship or ShipStation API?\n\nEasyship scores 68.8 (B) on agent readiness against ShipStation API's 59.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShipStation API leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Easyship and ShipStation API need an API key?\n\nEasyship takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. ShipStation API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Easyship and ShipStation API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Easyship has a hosted endpoint at https://public-api.easyship.com and ShipStation API at https://api.shipstation.com/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"easyship\", \"b\": \"shipstation\"}`. 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