# Sendcloud vs ShippyPro

> Sendcloud scores 62 (B) to ShippyPro's 48.7 (D) for shipping rates. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- Updated: 2026-10-09

Sendcloud scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do shipping rates.

- Sendcloud: grade B, 62/100, rank #449 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sendcloud.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sendcloud.json
- ShippyPro: grade D, 48.7/100, rank #809 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippypro.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shippypro.json
- Best shipping and fulfilment APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/shipping/index.md
- All 36 shipping comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipping/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Sendcloud (B)

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:
- Schema & documentation, 89 against 64
- Agent ergonomics, 71 against 46
- Payments & pricing, 37 against 5
- Maintenance & community, 67 against 25
- Transparency & trust, 72 against 58

Watch for: One OAuth scope, `api`, and key pairs with full account access. No read-only credential was found in the reviewed documentation

### ShippyPro (D)

Good for: A European shipper or logistics platform with its own carrier contracts that already holds a ShippyPro Enterprise plan and wants rates, labels, pickups and tracking across many regional carriers through one API.

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where Sendcloud loses 3 points for them

Watch for: The help centre says APIs can only be activated with an Enterprise plan, which has no public price and starts with sales


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Sendcloud | ShippyPro | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 70 | ShippyPro +2 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 64 | Sendcloud +25 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 46 | Sendcloud +25 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 51 | ShippyPro +2 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 37 | 5 | Sendcloud +32 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 25 | Sendcloud +42 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 58 | Sendcloud +14 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62 · B** | **48.7 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Sendcloud | ShippyPro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Sendcloud B.V. | Italian Valley S.r.l. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.sendcloud.com/mcp` | `https://api.shippypro.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Sendcloud's terms and conditions | Proprietary service under ShippyPro's Terms & Conditions. Both OpenAPI files state the licence as Proprietary |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | none |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |

## Verdicts

**Sendcloud.** API v3 has 29 public OpenAPI 3.1 specs, an llms.txt index, a dated changelog and a hosted MCP server with toolset filtering. OAuth has one scope, `api`, so a credential can't be limited to reading. The changelog records response fields removed from tracking events on 25 September 2026 with no earlier deprecation entry.

**ShippyPro.** Two OpenAPI 3.1 files, a published limit of 20 calls per 10 seconds and a 99.5 per cent monthly SLA with service credits are public. API access needs an Enterprise plan arranged through sales, no changelog or SDK was found, and label creation on v1 has no idempotency key.

## Before you call either

### Sendcloud

1. Use API v3 at https://panel.sendcloud.sc/api/v3. The v2 create-parcel endpoint is closed to accounts created from April 2026
2. Test with `shipping_option_code` `sendcloud:letter` (returns use `sendcloud:letterreturn`). Any other label is billed unless cancelled within the carrier's deadline
3. Set `external_reference_id` on every shipment so a retry returns the existing shipment (409) instead of a second label
4. Read the `errors` array on synchronous announce responses. A carrier failure can arrive inside a success status
5. Connect MCP with `?toolsets=shipments,shipping-options,parcel-tracking,returns` to keep the tool list short. Create and cancel tools act on the live account

### ShippyPro

1. Send `Authorization: Bearer <API key>` and POST a JSON body with `Method` and `Params` to `https://api.shippypro.com/v1/<Method>`. Parameter names are case-sensitive
2. Check `Status` and `ErrorMessage` in every `Ship` response. HTTP 200 with `Status` 2 means no label was created
3. Before retrying a failed `Ship` call, look the order up by `TransactionID`. v1 has no idempotency key, and each label counts against the plan
4. Test with the Generic carrier. `Ship` and `Edit` calls on a real carrier create real labels
5. Stay under 20 calls per 10 seconds, and use webhooks for tracking. The docs advise against `GetTracking` in bulk

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Sendcloud or ShippyPro?

Sendcloud scores 62 (B) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

### Do Sendcloud and ShippyPro need an API key?

Sendcloud takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. ShippyPro needs an API key.

### Can an agent call Sendcloud and ShippyPro without installing anything?

Yes. Sendcloud has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.sendcloud.com/mcp and ShippyPro at https://api.shippypro.com.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shippypro.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shippypro.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "sendcloud", "b": "shippypro"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare sendcloud shippypro`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sendcloud.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shippypro.json

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