# Sendcloud vs Shippo (slim)

> Sendcloud and Shippo score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 62 (B) and 61.9 (C). Shippo leads on maintenance & community. Both do shipping rates. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Sendcloud and Shippo score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 62 (B) and 61.9 (C). Shippo leads on maintenance & community. Both do shipping rates.

- Sendcloud: B 62, rank #314 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendcloud.min.md
- Shippo: C 61.9, rank #317 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippo.min.md
- Sendcloud, good for An agent shipping parcels for a European shop that wants many carriers behind one account, including its own carrier contracts on paid plans. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 59; Schema & documentation, 89 against 83; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 64; Transparency & trust, 72 against 61.
- Shippo, good for An agent that quotes and buys parcel labels across USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL Express for a small or mid-size shipper, with a free test mode and public unit prices. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 77 against 67. Also No incidents deducted, where Sendcloud loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Sendcloud | Shippo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 59 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 37 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 67 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Sendcloud | Shippo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Sendcloud B.V. | Shippo |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.sendcloud.com/mcp` | `https://api.goshippo.com` |
| Price for shipping rates | not published | $0.01 per call |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Sendcloud's terms and conditions | Proprietary service under Shippo's terms of use. The SDKs and the goshippo/ai repository (skills and MCP bridge) are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 4 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.shippo/shippo-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 3 stars, 73k npm/wk, 20k PyPI/wk |