The ShipperHQ Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about ShipperHQ in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
ShipperHQ
The Insider’s Guide
Checkout shipping rates, rules and delivery dates
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among shipping software, read from ShipperHQ’s own pages.
Made by ShipperHQ · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from ShipperHQ’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on ShipperHQ’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
1.8
GPA, above 6 of the 33 other shipping software we grade
ShipperHQ is a shipping and checkout platform for ecommerce stores. It shows live carrier rates, custom rates and delivery dates at checkout, applies shipping rules, and packs carts into boxes. It connects to Shopify, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce and Magento.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about ShipperHQ, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Small stores with flat rates don't need this.
- 1
Best for shipping rates and delivery dates at checkout
ShipperHQ sets the shipping rates your customers see at checkout, with rules, several warehouses and delivery dates.
- 2
Paid plans start at $75 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $75 per month for up to 200 orders.
- 3
You can try it first
15-day free trial on Shopify plans
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Live and custom carriers
Real-time rates from 50+ small package and LTL freight carriers, plus table, flat and free rates.
- 6
Shipping rules
Discounts, surcharges and restrictions by product, location, cart value and customer group.
- 7
Dimensional packing
Picks boxes for multi-item carts so rates reflect real package size and weight.
- 8
A 1.8 GPA, above 6 of 33
That is against the other shipping software we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
Nothing ShipperHQ does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company.
ShipperHQ at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $75 per month for up to 200 orders
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 15-day free trial on Shopify plans
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- ShipperHQ
- Category
- Shipping Software
- Our grade
- 1.8 GPA, weak
The report card
Best for shipping rates and delivery dates at checkout
ShipperHQ sets the shipping rates your customers see at checkout, with rules, several warehouses and delivery dates. Every plan caps carriers, rules, origins and orders, and the useful tiers are expensive: $75 a month for 200 orders, $350 for 1,000. Small stores with flat rates don't need this.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | $75 a month for 200 orders against a category middle of $20. The plan with 4 carriers and 20 rules is $350, which is far above the middle. |
| Free plan and trial | D | 15-day free trial on Shopify plans, and the listing doesn't say whether it needs a card. No free plan. |
| Features | C | Checkout rates, rules, multiple origins and delivery dates. It covers that one job, but Essentials allows 2 carriers, 5 rules and 1 origin. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. You build the shipping rules yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, with Shopify, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce, Magento and UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL on the list. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who ShipperHQ is for
- Fits if you sell bulky or freight items and need rates worked out at checkout
- Works for stores shipping from several warehouses or dropshippers
Who it is not for
- Skip it if flat-rate shipping already does the job
- Tight if you have more than 200 orders a month, since that's the Essentials cap
- Pricey if you need 4 carriers or 20 rules: Standard is $350 a month
- Watch out: prices come from the Shopify App Store, and the company's own plans page showed no prices or an Essentials plan
- Watch out: advanced features are limited per plan and human support starts on Advanced
Good to know
Good for
- Stores selling bulky or freight items
- Merchants with several warehouses or dropshippers
- Brands wanting exact delivery dates at checkout
Worth knowing
- Prices were read from the Shopify App Store listing; plans on other platforms may differ.
- Each plan caps carriers, rules, origins and monthly orders, and advanced features are limited per plan.
- The company's own plans page showed Standard, Advanced and Enterprise but no prices or Essentials plan.
- A free Shipping Health Check is offered, but it is a review service rather than a plan.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$75
A month to start
ShipperHQ is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $75 per month for up to 200 orders.
Essentials
$75
per month for up to 200 orders
2 carriers, 5 shipping rules, 1 advanced feature and 1 origin, with AI-powered support.
Standard
$350
per month for up to 1,000 orders
4 carriers, 20 shipping rules, 3 advanced features and 4 origins.
Advanced
$600
per month for up to 2,000 orders
6 carriers, 50 shipping rules, 4 advanced features, 8 origins and human support.
Enterprise
Custom
Custom feature and order limits, enterprise-only features, strategy consulting and expert setup.
Trying it first
15-day free trial on Shopify plans
Read from apps.shopify.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Checkout shipping rates, rules and delivery dates. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, dashboards.
Checkout rates, rules, multiple origins and delivery dates.
- Live and custom carriers
- Real-time rates from 50+ small package and LTL freight carriers, plus table, flat and free rates.
- Shipping rules
- Discounts, surcharges and restrictions by product, location, cart value and customer group.
- Dimensional packing
- Picks boxes for multi-item carts so rates reflect real package size and weight.
- Delivery dates
- Shows dates that account for lead times, cutoff times and blackout days.
- Multi-origin and pickup
- Rates from several warehouses, plus in-store pickup locations.
- LTL freight
- Live rates from LTL carriers for heavy and oversized goods.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Shopify
- BigCommerce
- Adobe Commerce
- Magento
- UPS
- FedEx
- USPS
- DHL
ShipperHQ is made by ShipperHQ.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
6/33
Other shipping software it is graded above
ShipperHQ's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 6 of the 33 other shipping software we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 8 of 33) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $75 a month, against a middle price of $21.50 for the category: 14 of the 19 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 34 shipping software we grade, cut by the letter each got. ShipperHQ’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 33
- DFree plan and trialAbove 11 of 33
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 33
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 33
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 8 of 33
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 22 shipping software. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. ShipperHQ is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
Nothing ShipperHQ does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 22 of the 33 other shipping software grade higher. It costs $900 a year.
What you could not
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- It plugs into other products, Shopify, BigCommerce and Adobe Commerce among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. ShipperHQ’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
ShipStation, Easyship, Shippo, Veeqo and ShippingEasy
The 5 tools ShipperHQ is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
ShipStation
Free trial · from $14.99/mo
Shipping software for online sellers, priced by shipments a month.
- Only ShipStation lists an iOS app.
- ShipperHQ also covers dashboards.
- ShipStation also covers workflow automation, reports, inventory, barcode scanning and shipping labels.
- 2.4GPA
Easyship
Free plan · from $23/mo
Shipping software with 550+ courier services and duty estimates.
- Easyship has a free plan. ShipperHQ does not, though it has a free trial.
- ShipperHQ also covers dashboards.
- Easyship also covers workflow automation, reports and shipping labels.
- 2.4GPA
Shippo
Free plan · from $17/mo
Multi-carrier shipping app and API, priced by labels a month.
- Shippo has a free plan. ShipperHQ does not, though it has a free trial.
- ShipperHQ also covers dashboards.
- Shippo also covers workflow automation, reports and shipping labels.
- 3.0GPA
Veeqo
Free plan · from $19/mo
Amazon's free multichannel shipping app, with paid inventory tools.
- Veeqo has a free plan. ShipperHQ does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Veeqo lists an iOS app.
- ShipperHQ also covers dashboards.
- 2.4GPA
ShippingEasy
Free plan · from $19.99/mo
Shipping software for small sellers, priced by shipments a month.
- ShippingEasy has a free plan. ShipperHQ does not, though it has a free trial.
- ShipperHQ also covers dashboards.
- ShippingEasy also covers workflow automation, reports, email campaigns and shipping labels.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is ShipperHQ free?
No, ShipperHQ is a paid product, but you can try it first. 15-day free trial on Shopify plans.
How much does ShipperHQ cost?
ShipperHQ lists 4 plans. Essentials: $75 per month for up to 200 orders.
What platforms does ShipperHQ work on?
ShipperHQ is available on Web.
Does ShipperHQ have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ShipperHQ is listed for Web.
Does ShipperHQ have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ShipperHQ is listed for Web.
Is ShipperHQ open source?
ShipperHQ is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does ShipperHQ have an API?
Yes. ShipperHQ offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does ShipperHQ integrate with?
ShipperHQ's listing names Shopify, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce, Magento, UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL.
Who makes ShipperHQ?
ShipperHQ is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to ShipperHQ?
The closest alternatives to ShipperHQ in our directory are ShipStation, Easyship, Shippo, Veeqo and ShippingEasy.
How does ShipperHQ compare with other shipping software?
ShipperHQ's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 6 of the 33 other shipping software we grade, and level with 5.
Is ShipperHQ good value for money?
ToolGPA grades ShipperHQ D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $75 a month, against a middle price of $21.50 for the category: 14 of the 19 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of ShipperHQ?
Nothing ShipperHQ does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from ShipperHQ’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ShipperHQ's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by ShipperHQ. Prices change, so check shipperhq.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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categories
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price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- ShipperHQ, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/shipperhq
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what ShipperHQ’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. ShipperHQ is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by ShipperHQ. Prices and plans change: check shipperhq.com before you buy.