{ "data": { "a": { "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": "2026-10-09T11:46:40.325234562Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 80, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 57, "p95ms24h": 116, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shippypro.com", "indicator": "major", "summary": "Partial System Outage", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:40:39.243896432Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:40.325234562Z" } }, "answer": "ShipStation API scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShippyPro leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.", "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": 501, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "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": "2026-10-09T11:46:40.350940737Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 329, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 337, "p95ms24h": 379, "samples24h": 218, "samples30d": 218, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 93, "ok": 93 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 125, "ok": 125 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shipstation.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:40:41.43832308Z" }, "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" }, { "url": "https://www.shipstationglobal.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:24.90838573Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6fef845000ca" }, { "url": "https://www.shipstation.com/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:23.462749118Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d03451a2fa29" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:40.350940737Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Italian Valley S.r.l.", "b": "Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.shippypro.com", "b": "https://api.shipstation.com/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under ShippyPro's Terms \u0026 Conditions. Both OpenAPI files state the licence as Proprietary", "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": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "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": "not found in the text", "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": "none", "b": "6.8k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ShipStation API scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShippyPro leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ShippyPro or ShipStation API?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do ShippyPro and ShipStation API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ShippyPro has a hosted endpoint at https://api.shippypro.com and ShipStation API at https://api.shipstation.com/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call ShippyPro and ShipStation API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 64", "Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 32" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 64", "Agent ergonomics, 64 against 46", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 5", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 25", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 58" ], "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-shippypro.json", "title": "EasyPost vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easypost-vs-shippypro" }, { "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-shippypro.json", "title": "Easyship vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shippypro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Easyship vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipstation" }, { "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/karrio-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Karrio vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/karrio-vs-shipstation" }, { "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/sendcloud-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Sendcloud vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sendcloud-vs-shipstation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippypro.json", "title": "ShipBob vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shipbob-vs-shippypro" }, { "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/shippo-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Shippo vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippo-vs-shipstation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shippypro.json", "title": "Ship24 vs ShippyPro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shippypro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shipstation.json", "title": "Ship24 vs ShipStation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ship24-vs-shipstation" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 6, "edge": "shippypro", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "shippypro": 70, "shipstation": 64, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "shipstation", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "shippypro": 64, "shipstation": 83, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 18, "edge": "shipstation", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "shippypro": 46, "shipstation": 64, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "shippypro", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "shippypro": 51, "shipstation": 32, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "shipstation", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "shippypro": 5, "shipstation": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 48, "edge": "shipstation", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "shippypro": 25, "shipstation": 73, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "shipstation", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "shippypro": 58, "shipstation": 64, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "ShipStation API scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShippyPro leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth. Both do shipping rates.", "verdicts": { "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.", "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/shippypro-vs-shipstation", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippypro-vs-shipstation.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippypro-vs-shipstation.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippypro-vs-shipstation.min.md" }, "markdown": "ShipStation API scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShippyPro leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth. Both do shipping rates.\n\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- ShipStation API: grade C, 59.3/100, rank #501 of 842. 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### 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\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 64\n- Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 32\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### 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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 64\n- Agent ergonomics, 64 against 46\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 5\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 25\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 58\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 | ShippyPro | ShipStation API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 64 | ShippyPro +6 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 83 | ShipStation API +19 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 46 | 64 | ShipStation API +18 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 32 | ShippyPro +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 5 | 40 | ShipStation API +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 73 | ShipStation API +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 64 | ShipStation API +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **48.7 · D** | **59.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ShippyPro | ShipStation API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Italian Valley S.r.l. | Auctane LLC d/b/a ShipStation |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.shippypro.com` | `https://api.shipstation.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under ShippyPro's Terms \u0026 Conditions. Both OpenAPI files state the licence as Proprietary | 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| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-03-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | 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 | none | 6.8k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\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**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### 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. The docs advise against `GetTracking` in bulk\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, ShippyPro or ShipStation API?\n\nShipStation API scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against ShippyPro's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ShippyPro leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do ShippyPro and ShipStation API need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ShippyPro and ShipStation API without installing anything?\n\nYes. ShippyPro has a hosted endpoint at https://api.shippypro.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/shippypro-vs-shipstation.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shippypro-vs-shipstation.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"shippypro\", \"b\": \"shipstation\"}`. 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