# Shippo vs ShipStation API (slim)

> Shippo scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against ShipStation API's 59.3 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. ShipStation API leads on reliability. Both do shipping rates. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Shippo scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against ShipStation API's 59.3 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. ShipStation API leads on reliability. Both do shipping rates.

- Shippo: C 61.9, rank #317 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippo.min.md
- ShipStation API: C 59.3, rank #382 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shipstation.min.md
- 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 Security & auth, 52 against 32.
- ShipStation API, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 59.

| Category | Shippo | ShipStation API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 52 | 32 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Shippo | ShipStation API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Shippo | Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.goshippo.com` | `https://api.shipstation.com/v2` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Price for shipping rates | $0.01 per call | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Shippo's terms of use. The SDKs and the goshippo/ai repository (skills and MCP bridge) 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 |
| Tools exposed | 4 | none |
| MCP registry | `com.shippo/shippo-mcp` | not listed |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-03-18 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 3 stars, 73k npm/wk, 20k PyPI/wk | 6.8k npm/wk |