# Shipmate review (2026): is it worth £69 a month? > Multi-carrier parcel label software for UK and Ireland sellers Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Shipmate is multi-carrier shipping software for merchants in the UK and Ireland. It prints UK and international parcel labels from carriers such as DHL, DPD, Parcelforce, Royal Mail and UPS, in single or bulk runs, and syncs tracking back to the store. Every account includes a branded tracking portal. - **Category:** Shipping Software - **Made by:** Shipmate - **Website:** https://www.shipmate.co.uk - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you ship little, as it starts at £69 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Shipmate is a paid product, starting at £69 per month. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry plan | £69 per month and up | Starting price on the Shopify listing; plan names and limits are not shown there. Additional charges may apply. | Read from https://apps.shopify.com/shipmate-2 on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Shipmate before buying. ## Key features - **Multi-carrier labels:** Print UK and international parcel labels for orders from all connected carriers, individually or in bulk. - **Workflow rules:** Manage parcel information with workflow functionality, shipping rules and carrier selection. - **Tracking sync:** Tracking data is sent back to Shopify so customers get accurate updates, and each account has a branded tracking portal. - **Customs and packing documents:** The Shopify listing lists customs documents, packing slips and shipping analytics among its features. - **Shopify app:** The Shopify plugin gives access inside Shopify to all the carriers and delivery services a Shipmate account provides. ## Good for - UK and Irish merchants who print labels for several carriers - Shopify stores that want tracking synced automatically ## Worth knowing - Only a starting price (from £69 a month) could be read; plan tiers and limits are not published on pages that could be fetched. - The vendor's own site refused automated reads, so details come from its Shopify App Store listing, which also says charges are billed in USD. - Built for UK and Ireland merchants; the listing is for Shopify and no other platforms are confirmed here. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Shipmate prints UK and international labels from the major UK carriers inside Shopify, with workflow rules, tracking sync and customs documents. It starts at £69 a month, plan tiers and limits are not published, and everything is billed in USD. - **Value for money: D.** From £69 a month on the Shopify listing, with additional charges possible. That is far above the category's middle at $19 and its dearer quarter at $34.99. - **Free plan and trial: F.** The Shopify listing says free to install, but charges may apply and no free plan or trial is described. - **Features: C.** Multi-carrier labels, workflow rules, tracking sync and customs documents. Plan tiers and limits are not shown, and only Shopify is confirmed. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating is on record. It is a Shopify app with carriers and rules to connect. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** A Shopify app for UK and Ireland merchants, with DHL, DPD, Parcelforce, Royal Mail and UPS. No other platforms confirmed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from its Shopify App Store listing on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among shipping software - Shipmate's GPA of 1.4 is higher than 0 of the 80 other shipping software we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on ease of use (C, above 1 of 80) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $92.45 a month, against a middle price of $19.99 for the category: 29 of the 35 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 31 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shipping ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Shipmate 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: 79 of the 80 other shipping software grade higher. It costs $1,109.43 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Discounted carrier rates and labels, which take an agreement with each carrier. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Shopify, DHL, DPD, Parcelforce, Royal Mail, UPS **Tags:** Shipping labels, Workflow automation, Reports ## Alternatives - [Parcel Monkey](https://toolgpa.com/tools/parcel-monkey): UK courier comparison and booking for individuals and businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/parcel-monkey-vs-shipmate) - [Parcel2Go](https://toolgpa.com/tools/parcel2go): UK parcel courier comparison and booking, paid per parcel. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/parcel2go-vs-shipmate) - [Shiptheory](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shiptheory): Shipping automation connecting stores, ERPs and carriers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shipmate-vs-shiptheory) - [Shippo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shippo): Multi-carrier shipping app and API, priced by labels a month. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shipmate-vs-shippo) - [Easyship](https://toolgpa.com/tools/easyship): Shipping software with 550+ courier services and duty estimates. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/easyship-vs-shipmate) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://apps.shopify.com/shipmate-2 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/shipmate Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).