Advanced Shipping Rules vs Easyship (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Advanced Shipping Rules if

• Fits if you run a Shopify store and need rates that vary by product group, zone or carrier
• Works for a print-on-demand shop that wants Printful or Printify rates at checkout

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you are off Shopify: it runs only there
• Tight if you use Lite: Hide or Show conditions are not included
• Watch out: Shopify must have real-time carrier rates, free on yearly billing or $20 a month a la carte
• Watch out: package settings, customs and duties need Standard, and sub-zones need Pro
• Watch out: the Shopify listing shows prices in the visitor's currency

Pick Easyship if

• Fits if you ship abroad and want duties and taxes worked out before the parcel leaves
• Works for crowdfunding campaigns sending rewards to backers in many countries

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, as Free stops at 50 shipments a month and 1 team member and can't link your own courier account
• Pricey if you ship on your own courier account, since Plus adds $0.05 a label for it
• Skip it if you want duties shown at checkout on a low plan, since that starts on Premier at $55
• Watch out: plan contents and prices vary by country, and postage is paid on top; the savings figure is Easyship's own
• Watch out: each plan caps shipments, from 500 on Plus to 10,000 on Scale, and there's no phone or desktop app

Advanced Shipping Rules

• It runs only on Shopify, and the vendor says Shopify must have the real-time carrier rates feature, which is free on yearly billing or $20 a month a la carte.
• Hide or Show conditions are not on Lite, and package settings, customs and duties need Standard or above.
• Sub-zones by postal code require the Pro plan or higher.
• The Shopify App Store listing shows prices in the visitor's currency; the figures here are the vendor's dollar prices.

Easyship

• Postage is paid on top of the plan; the "up to 91% off" figure is Easyship's own comparison with retail rates.
• Labels on your own courier account cost $0.05 each on Plus, falling to $0.03 on Scale, and Free cannot link one.
• Each plan caps monthly shipments, from 50 on Free to 10,000 on the top Scale step; more needs Enterprise.
• Easyship says plan contents and prices vary by country; these are the US figures from its plans page.

Advanced Shipping Rules

Rates by product group

Different shipping rates for different groups of products, such as dropship vendors, small and heavy items, or free-shipping products.

Carrier and rule-based rates

Uses real-time rates from UPS, FedEx, USPS and Canada Post, or builds rates by price, weight or item count with range tables.

Print-on-demand rates

Integrates with Printful, Printify and Pixels shipping rate APIs and combines them with rates for your own products.

Blended rates

When an order mixes product groups, blending rules can discount, make free or combine each group's rate. Blending rules start on the Standard plan.

Zone and method restrictions

Prevents certain products from being ordered to certain zones, or hides shipping methods for some products. Pro adds postal-code sub-zones.

Easyship

550+ courier services

Compares USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL Express, Canada Post, Royal Mail and many more. Easyship says its pre-negotiated rates are up to 91% off; that is its claim.

Taxes, duties and customs

Estimates import taxes and duties on every plan and prepares customs documents. Premier and above can show taxes and duties at your store's checkout.

Rates at checkout

From Plus, live shipping rates can be shown on your store's checkout page so buyers pay what the shipment costs.

Rules and batch labels

Shipping rules and automations, CSV upload, packing slips, pick lists and bulk label printing on 4x6 thermal printers.

Branded tracking and returns

Branded tracking pages and emails, which can carry your own promotions, plus prepaid return labels.

Shipping API

An open API and webhooks. Paid plans include a monthly quota of advanced calls such as rates and address checks; the Free plan pays for each call.

Advanced Shipping Rules

• Lite$9

  per month

  2 product groups, 1 blended rate, unlimited methods and rules except Hide or Show conditions; Printful, Printify and Pixels rates.

• Standard$29

  per month

  5 product groups, 2 blended rates, package settings, dual-layer dropship, customs and duties, and blending rules.

• Pro$59

  per month

  20 product groups and 3 blended rates, plus sub-zones based on postal code ranges.

• Unlimited$99

  per month

  The same features as Pro, with unlimited product groups and blended rates.

Easyship

• Free$0

  Up to 50 shipments a month, 1 team member, discounted rates and duty estimates. Advanced API calls are billed per call.

• Plus$23

  per month for up to 500 shipments, billed yearly ($29 monthly)

  3 team members, rates at checkout, order auto-sync, 1 linked courier account and live chat support.

• Premier$55

  per month for up to 2,500 shipments, billed yearly ($69 monthly)

  5 team members, taxes and duties shown at checkout, pre-generated return labels, multi-box shipments, 24/7 phone support.

• Scale$79

  per month for up to 5,000 shipments, billed yearly ($99 monthly)

  8 team members and 3 linked courier accounts. Rises with volume: $159 a month at 10,000 shipments, billed annually.

• EnterpriseCustom

  More than 10,000 shipments a month, personalized onboarding and the 3PL fulfillment network as an add-on.

Advanced Shipping Rules

No public discounts listed.

Easyship

• Annual discount

  20% off with annual billing

  Paying yearly saves 20%: Plus is $23 a month billed annually against $29 billed monthly.