{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "shipbob", "name": "ShipBob", "vendor": "ShipBob, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.shipbob.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "shipping", "summary": "Outsourced fulfilment service from ShipBob, Inc. of Chicago. Merchants send orders, products, inbound stock and returns to its warehouse network through a REST API with date-based versions, a hosted MCP server and webhooks, with a separate sandbox.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shipbob.json", "repo": "https://github.com/ShipBob/mcp-ai-tutorials", "license": "Proprietary service under ShipBob's Terms of Service. The MCP tutorials repository on GitHub has no licence file", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.shipbob.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve, with no review. A person signs up in a browser and creates a Personal Access Token in the dashboard under Integrations, API Tokens, sent as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e`. These tokens have every scope, don't expire, act as the account's root user and can be revoked. Multi-user apps use the OAuth 2.0 authorisation code grant with PKCE at auth.shipbob.com, with read and write scopes per domain, one-hour access tokens and 30-day refresh tokens. The hosted MCP server uses OAuth with dynamic client registration, or a token as Bearer. Writes need a `shipbob_channel_id` header. Logistics API credentials come from a ShipBob representative.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Quote only. The pricing page names the fee types (implementation, receiving, storage, and pick, pack and ship) with no figures and a form for a quote. The developer docs say an account is free until physical inventory arrives and that the sandbox is free, so an agent can build and test without a contract. The API and MCP server carry no separate charge (https://www.shipbob.com/pricing/, https://developer.shipbob.com/introduction).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 73, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.shipbob.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.shipbob.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://marketplaceapi.shipbob.com/docs/2026-07.json", "capabilities": [ "shipping.rates", "shipping.tracking", "shipping.returns", "shipping.labels" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "sales-led", "api-key", "oauth", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "sandbox", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-31", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.8, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 448, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 20, "reliability": 77, "schema": 85, "security": 55, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OAuth with PKCE and read and write scopes per domain, a free sandbox, a public OpenAPI spec per version and a 24-month support window for each API version are documented. Fulfilment prices are by quote only, the status page has no API component, no official SDK was found, and Personal Access Tokens never expire and carry full account access.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.0 with PKCE, separate read and write scopes for nine domains, one-hour access tokens and 30-day refresh tokens", "Free sandbox at `sandbox-api.shipbob.com` with its own accounts, a test card number and a simulation terminal for shipments, receiving and stock changes", "OpenAPI 3.0 spec for each API version with 89 operations and 504 examples in 2026-07, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each docs page", "A new API version each January and July, each supported for 24 months, with an upgrade guide per step", "Hosted MCP server with 73 tools, OAuth with dynamic client registration, and writes limited to the channel created at consent", "Rate limit of 150 requests a minute published, with `x-retry-after` and `x-remaining-calls` response headers" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public price. Receiving, storage and pick, pack and ship fees come only in a quote from sales", "The status page lists the merchant dashboard and two warehouse systems, with no component for the API and no incident posted", "Personal Access Tokens don't expire and carry every scope, with no read-only option", "No official SDK was found, and the MCP server is not in the official MCP registry", "No idempotency key. A retried create is caught only by the unique `reference_id`, which returns 422", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and no API uptime SLA is published" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `GET /2026-07/channel` first and send the ID of the channel with `_write` scopes in the `shipbob_channel_id` header on every write", "Build against `https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com` with a sandbox account. Sandbox and production accounts, tokens and data are separate", "Set a stable `reference_id` on each order, product and return. A duplicate returns 422, which is the only guard against a double create", "Stay under 150 requests a minute per user and application, and wait the seconds given in `x-retry-after` after a 429", "Over MCP, writes work only on records in the channel created at consent. A 403 or 404 on a cancel usually means the record belongs to another channel" ], "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": 60.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 41, "payments": 20, "reliability": 77, "schema": 85, "security": 55, "transparency": 69 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X GET \"https://api.shipbob.com/2026-07/channel\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http shipbob-mcp --scope user https://api.shipbob.com/developer-api/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "shipbob": { "url": "https://api.shipbob.com/developer-api/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/shipping.rates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shipbob" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "ShipBob, Inc.", "domain": "shipbob.com", "domainRegistered": "2014-03-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.shipbob.com/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.shipbob.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.shipbob.com", "changelog": "https://developer.shipbob.com/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (updated 22 May 2026) define ShipBob as ShipBob, Inc. and its affiliates, give 120 N Racine Ave, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60607, and are governed by Illinois law. They are the agreement for the fulfilment service and its platform, and no separate API terms were found.", "The privacy policy (last updated 29 March 2024) names ShipBob, Inc. and says it doesn't apply where commercial contracts govern the processing. Merchant data is covered by the DPA dated April 2026, which the terms incorporate.", "The API answers at api.shipbob.com and sandbox-api.shipbob.com, OAuth at auth.shipbob.com, and the MCP server at api.shipbob.com/developer-api/mcp. Sandbox accounts are created at webstage.shipbob.dev.", "security.txt returns 404 on www.shipbob.com, developer.shipbob.com and api.shipbob.com. No disclosure address was found on the trust page.", "RDAP for shipbob.com gives a registration date of 2014-03-12.", "The status page has components for the merchant dashboard and two warehouse systems, and none for the API." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.json", "live": { "slug": "shipbob", "probe": { "target": "https://api.shipbob.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:56.284623242Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 149, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 129, "p95ms24h": 187, "samples24h": 164, "samples30d": 164, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 114, "ok": 114 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shipbob.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:03.199057861Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:56.284623242Z" } }, "answer": "ShipBob scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "shippypro", "name": "ShippyPro", "vendor": "Italian Valley S.r.l.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.shippypro.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "shipping", "summary": "Multi-carrier shipping platform from ShippyPro (Italian Valley S.r.l., Florence). Its REST API quotes rates on a customer's own carrier contracts, creates labels and returns, validates addresses, books pickups and tracks parcels. API access is sold with the Enterprise plan.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippypro", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippypro.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippypro.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shippypro.json", "license": "Proprietary service under ShippyPro's Terms \u0026 Conditions. Both OpenAPI files state the licence as Proprietary", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.shippypro.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Sales approval, then a key. The help centre says APIs can only be activated with an Enterprise plan and tells users to contact sales. Keys are created in the account panel under API, more than one per account, as Full Access, Maps (pickup-point map only) or PII Excluded (personal data hidden). Calls send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e`, per both OpenAPI files. The help centre article still describes the key as a Basic auth username with a blank password. No expiry or rotation was found in the reviewed documentation.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Enterprise plan, custom price through sales, billed annually. It is the only plan the pricing page lists with full access to the Multicarrier APIs. The self-serve plans (49 to 259 EUR a month at regular monthly prices, up to 4,000 shipments) are marked UI only. A 14-day, 30-order trial needs no card per the terms, and whether a trial account can call the API was not established. No sandbox. The Generic carrier creates test labels and rates. A higher rate limit costs extra (https://www.shippypro.com/en/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the OpenAPI files, the API page or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://api.shippypro.com/docs", "openapi": "https://api.shippypro.com/docs/v1.json", "capabilities": [ "shipping.rates", "shipping.labels", "shipping.tracking", "shipping.address-validation", "shipping.returns" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "paid", "sales-led", "enterprise", "api-key", "openapi", "webhooks", "soap", "status-page", "sla", "europe" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 48.7, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 718, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 46, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 5, "reliability": 70, "schema": 64, "security": 51, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 files for v1 (55 operations) and v2 (17 operations) are public at api.shippypro.com/docs, with 812 examples in the v1 file", "Published SLA of 99.5 per cent monthly availability with service credits of 0.5 to 5 per cent", "API keys come in three types, Full Access, Maps and PII Excluded, and an account can hold several", "The account panel keeps API request and response logs, an API error history and webhook logs", "The Generic carrier creates test labels and rates without a real carrier or tracking number", "The privacy policy lists sub-processors per product area and says customer data is never sold" ], "weaknesses": [ "The help centre says APIs can only be activated with an Enterprise plan, which has no public price and starts with sales", "No API changelog, release notes or deprecation policy was found, and the terms allow changes without notice", "`POST /v1/Ship` takes no idempotency key. Only the 17 v2 operations accept `Idempotency-Key`", "Carrier label incidents marked critical appear on the status page on most days from August to October 2026", "No official SDK, MCP server or llms.txt was found on the pages read", "v1 answers some failures with HTTP 200 and `Status` 2, and `LabelURL` can be a string or an array" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e` and POST a JSON body with `Method` and `Params` to `https://api.shippypro.com/v1/\u003cMethod\u003e`. Parameter names are case-sensitive", "Check `Status` and `ErrorMessage` in every `Ship` response. HTTP 200 with `Status` 2 means no label was created", "Before retrying a failed `Ship` call, look the order up by `TransactionID`. v1 has no idempotency key, and each label counts against the plan", "Test with the Generic carrier. `Ship` and `Edit` calls on a real carrier create real labels", "Stay under 20 calls per 10 seconds, and use webhooks for tracking. The docs advise against `GetTracking` in bulk" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "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": 46, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 5, "reliability": 70, "schema": 64, "security": 51, "transparency": 48 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.shippypro.com/v1/Ping \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"Method\": \"Ping\", \"Params\": {}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/shipping.rates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shippypro" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Italian Valley S.r.l.", "domain": "shippypro.com", "domainRegistered": "2016-10-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.shippypro.com/en/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.shippypro.com/en/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.shippypro.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms \u0026 Conditions name Italian Valley Srl, registered number 06587610483, Piazza Francesca Morvillo 15, 50144 Firenze, Italy, as owner of the ShippyPro software. They cover every ShippyPro product and service, the API included, and carry no date or version.", "The privacy policy names ShippyPro by Italian Valley S.r.l. as data controller and covers shipment sender and recipient data handled by the product, not only the website.", "RDAP for shippypro.com gives a registration date of 2016-10-24.", "The API answers at api.shippypro.com and the reference is served from the same host.", "www.shippypro.com/robots.txt disallows every path outside the language folders, the blog and a short list, so /.well-known/security.txt and /llms.txt were not requested.", "No API changelog or release notes page was found on the API page, the reference or the help centre's API section.", "The SLA at https://www.shippypro.com/en/legal/sla is stated to be part of the agreement with the customer." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippypro.json", "live": { "slug": "shippypro", "probe": { "target": "https://api.shippypro.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:56.354166696Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 47, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 55, "p95ms24h": 152, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shippypro.com", "indicator": "major", "summary": "Partial System Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:03.244307999Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:42:56.354166696Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "ShipBob, Inc.", "b": "Italian Valley S.r.l.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.shipbob.com", "b": "https://api.shippypro.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under ShipBob's Terms of Service. The MCP tutorials repository on GitHub has no licence file", "b": "Proprietary service under ShippyPro's Terms \u0026 Conditions. Both OpenAPI files state the licence as Proprietary", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "73", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-07-31", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-05-22", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2024-03-29", "b": "no date given", "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": "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": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ShipBob scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ShipBob or ShippyPro?" }, { "answer": "ShipBob takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. ShippyPro needs an API key.", "question": "Do ShipBob and ShippyPro need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ShipBob has a hosted endpoint at https://api.shipbob.com and ShippyPro at https://api.shippypro.com.", "question": "Can an agent call ShipBob and ShippyPro without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 77 against 70", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 64", "Agent ergonomics, 56 against 46", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 5", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 41 against 25", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "shipbob", "watchFor": "No public price. Receiving, storage and pick, pack and ship fees come only in a quote from sales" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "shippypro", "watchFor": "The help centre says APIs can only be activated with an Enterprise plan, which has no public price and starts with sales" } ], "job": { "capability": "shipping.rates", "name": "Shipping rates" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shipbob.json", "title": "EasyPost vs ShipBob", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shipbob" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shippypro.json", "title": "EasyPost vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shippypro" }, { "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-shippypro.json", "title": "Easyship vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shippypro" }, { "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-shippypro.json", "title": "Karrio vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shippypro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shipbob.json", "title": "Sendcloud vs ShipBob", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shipbob" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shippypro.json", "title": "Sendcloud vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shippypro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippo.json", "title": "ShipBob vs Shippo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "ShipBob vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shipstation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippo-vs-shippypro.json", "title": "Shippo vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippo-vs-shippypro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippypro-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "ShippyPro vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippypro-vs-shipstation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shipbob.json", "title": "Ship24 vs ShipBob", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shipbob" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shippypro.json", "title": "Ship24 vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shippypro" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 7, "edge": "shipbob", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "shipbob": 77, "shippypro": 70, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "shipbob", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "shipbob": 85, "shippypro": 64, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "shipbob", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "shipbob": 56, "shippypro": 46, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "shipbob", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "shipbob": 55, "shippypro": 51, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "shipbob", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "shipbob": 20, "shippypro": 5, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "shipbob", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "shipbob": 41, "shippypro": 25, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "shipbob", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "shipbob": 77, "shippypro": 58, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "ShipBob scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do shipping rates.", "verdicts": { "shipbob": "OAuth with PKCE and read and write scopes per domain, a free sandbox, a public OpenAPI spec per version and a 24-month support window for each API version are documented. Fulfilment prices are by quote only, the status page has no API component, no official SDK was found, and Personal Access Tokens never expire and carry full account access.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippypro", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippypro.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippypro.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippypro.min.md" }, "markdown": "ShipBob scores 60.8 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do shipping rates.\n\n- ShipBob: grade C, 60.8/100, rank #448 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipbob.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shipbob.json\n- ShippyPro: grade D, 48.7/100, rank #718 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippypro.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shippypro.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ShipBob (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 77 against 70\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 64\n- Agent ergonomics, 56 against 46\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 5\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 41 against 25\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 58\n\nWatch for: No public price. Receiving, storage and pick, pack and ship fees come only in a quote from sales\n\n### ShippyPro (D)\n\nGood 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.\n\nWatch for: The help centre says APIs can only be activated with an Enterprise plan, which has no public price and starts with sales\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ShipBob | ShippyPro | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 70 | ShipBob +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 64 | ShipBob +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 46 | ShipBob +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 51 | ShipBob +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 5 | ShipBob +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 41 | 25 | ShipBob +16 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 58 | ShipBob +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.8 · C** | **48.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ShipBob | ShippyPro |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | ShipBob, Inc. | Italian Valley S.r.l. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.shipbob.com` | `https://api.shippypro.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under ShipBob's Terms of Service. The MCP tutorials repository on GitHub has no licence file | Proprietary service under ShippyPro's Terms \u0026 Conditions. Both OpenAPI files state the licence as Proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | 73 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-07-31 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-05-22 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-03-29 | no date given |\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 | 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 | not found in the text |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ShipBob.** OAuth with PKCE and read and write scopes per domain, a free sandbox, a public OpenAPI spec per version and a 24-month support window for each API version are documented. Fulfilment prices are by quote only, the status page has no API component, no official SDK was found, and Personal Access Tokens never expire and carry full account access.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ShipBob\n\n1. Call `GET /2026-07/channel` first and send the ID of the channel with `_write` scopes in the `shipbob_channel_id` header on every write\n2. Build against `https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com` with a sandbox account. Sandbox and production accounts, tokens and data are separate\n3. Set a stable `reference_id` on each order, product and return. A duplicate returns 422, which is the only guard against a double create\n4. Stay under 150 requests a minute per user and application, and wait the seconds given in `x-retry-after` after a 429\n5. Over MCP, writes work only on records in the channel created at consent. A 403 or 404 on a cancel usually means the record belongs to another channel\n\n### ShippyPro\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI key\u003e` and POST a JSON body with `Method` and `Params` to `https://api.shippypro.com/v1/\u003cMethod\u003e`. Parameter names are case-sensitive\n2. Check `Status` and `ErrorMessage` in every `Ship` response. HTTP 200 with `Status` 2 means no label was created\n3. Before retrying a failed `Ship` call, look the order up by `TransactionID`. v1 has no idempotency key, and each label counts against the plan\n4. Test with the Generic carrier. `Ship` and `Edit` calls on a real carrier create real labels\n5. Stay under 20 calls per 10 seconds, and use webhooks for tracking. 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