# Packiyo review (2026): is it worth $539 a month, billed yearly? > Warehouse management and shipping software for 3PLs and brands Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Packiyo is a warehouse management system with built-in shipping, sold in separate editions for third-party logistics providers and for ecommerce brands. It covers inventory, order picking, live carrier rate shopping and returns, and the 3PL edition adds client management and billing. Priced plans include a set number of users and shipments per month. - **Category:** Inventory Management - **Made by:** Packiyo - **Website:** https://packiyo.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to try it yourself, since no self-serve trial is offered. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Packiyo is a paid product, starting at $539 per month, billed annually ($599 billed monthly), for 3 users. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Brand | $539 per month, billed annually ($599 billed monthly) | 3 users and up to 5,000 shipments a month. WMS for inventory, orders, shipping and returns, multi-warehouse routing and live rate shopping. Sold through sales. | | 3PL | $854 per month, billed annually ($949 billed monthly) | 5 users, 5,000 shipments a month, multi-client inventory, native 3PL billing, per-client workflows and branded client dashboards. Sold through sales. | | Starter | Custom | For 3PLs starting to move off manual workflows: core inventory and order management, picking and bulk ship, and hands-on onboarding. | | Enterprise | Custom | For high-volume operations: advanced multi-client and multi-warehouse setups, dedicated account management and priority support. | Read from https://packiyo.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Packiyo before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **About 10% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows lower monthly figures on its yearly toggle, and the FAQ says further annual discounts are available through sales. Source: https://packiyo.com/pricing ## Key features - **Picking and shipping workflows:** Supports picking, bulk ship and single-order workflows with live rate shopping through Packiyo Wallet carriers. - **Multi-client 3PL management:** The 3PL edition has per-client inventory and workflows, native billing and branded client dashboards. - **Multi-warehouse routing:** Routes orders across warehouses and compares carrier rates on the Brand and 3PL plans. - **Open API:** The 3PL plan lists an open API alongside its branded client dashboards. - **Returns and reporting:** The Brand plan covers returns and adds enhanced reporting and operational insights. ## Good for - Third-party logistics providers that need billing and client dashboards - Ecommerce brands running one or more warehouses - Teams that want rate shopping built into the WMS ## Worth knowing - No self-serve trial is offered; the vendor provides guided demos instead. - Starter and Enterprise prices are not published. - Adding users costs $95 per user per month and extra shipments cost $0.06 each. - The vendor says annual plans can be discounted beyond the standard 10% by contacting sales. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Packiyo is warehouse software for picking, shipping, returns and multi-client 3PL work, with an open API. The listed plans start at $539 a month for 3 users and 5,000 shipments, and there is no trial. - **Value for money: D.** $539 a month on annual billing ($599 monthly) for 3 users is above the $349 where the dearer quarter of inventory tools starts. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial; the vendor offers guided demos. - **Features: B.** Picking, bulk ship, rate shopping, multi-warehouse routing, returns, 3PL billing and an open API, with no gap named. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and the Starter plan comes with guided onboarding, which tells you there is setup. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with an open API but no integration list on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Packiyo's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among inventory management tools - Packiyo's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 3 of the 47 other inventory management tools we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on features (B, above 26 of 47) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $539 a month, against a middle price of $121.50 for the category: 27 of the 31 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/inventory ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Packiyo you would be making discounted carrier rates and labels, which take an agreement with each carrier. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 41 of the 47 other inventory management tools grade higher. It costs $6,468 a year. - You could make: Inventory: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Discounted carrier rates and labels, which take an agreement with each carrier. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Inventory, Shipping labels, Public API ## Alternatives - [ShipHero](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shiphero): Warehouse management for ecommerce brands and 3PLs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/packiyo-vs-shiphero) - [Zenventory](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zenventory): Warehouse management with billing and shipping for 3PLs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/packiyo-vs-zenventory) - [Logiwa](https://toolgpa.com/tools/logiwa): Cloud warehouse and fulfillment software for 3PLs and brands. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/logiwa-vs-packiyo) - [Extensiv](https://toolgpa.com/tools/extensiv): Warehouse management software for third-party logistics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/extensiv-vs-packiyo) - [Deposco](https://toolgpa.com/tools/deposco): Cloud warehouse, order and shipping management platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deposco-vs-packiyo) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://packiyo.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/packiyo Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).