Shiptheory review (2026): is it worth $50 a month, billed yearly?
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Shiptheory report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for connecting stores, ERPs and carriers
Shiptheory connects your sales channels and ERP to carriers, with shipping rules, labels and customs documents. Earth is $50 a month billed annually ($62 monthly) for up to 1,500 shipments, with 1 channel and 2 carriers. A per-shipment charge is listed beside each plan with no currency shown, and the trial length is not stated.
Who Shiptheory is for
- Fits if you sell on several channels or run an ERP and want one place to send to carriers
- Works for a UK-based shop that wants rules deciding the carrier and service
Who Shiptheory is not for
- Tight if you grow: shipments are capped from 1,500 to 20,000 a month by plan, and Earth allows 1 channel and 2 carriers
- Pricey if you pay monthly: $62 against $50 billed annually
- Watch out: a per-shipment charge of 0.03 or 0.02 is listed with no currency
- Watch out: the trial length and limits are not stated
- Watch out: the pricing page shows dollars by default, with a switch to pounds
Why Shiptheory gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyEarth is $50 a month on annual billing, or $62 monthly, against a $50 dearer-quarter start for shipping tools. Higher plans run to $550, and a per-shipment charge sits on top.
- CFree plan and trialA free trial is offered but its length and limits are not stated on the pages we read. There is no free plan.
- BFeaturesShipping rules, carrier and platform connections, labels, customs documents, an order dashboard, an API and returns. The listing names no gap in the core job, only caps by plan.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You connect each channel and carrier and then set up rules.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb app with Shopify, NetSuite, Dynamics 365 Business Central and Magento connections, carriers such as Royal Mail, FedEx and DPD, and an API.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Shiptheory's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Shiptheory's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 49 of the 80 other shipping software we grade, and level with 12.
It stands best on features (B, above 58 of 80) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $50 a month, against a middle price of $19.99 for the category: 25 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 81 shipping software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Shiptheory’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 10 of 80, level with 45
- CFree plan and trialAbove 38 of 80, level with 24
- BFeaturesAbove 58 of 80, level with 22
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 80, level with 72
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 80, level with 60
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 43 shipping software. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Shiptheory, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Shiptheory 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.
It costs $600 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Discounted carrier rates and labels, which take an agreement with each carrier.
- Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Shiptheory’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.
What is Shiptheory?
Shiptheory is a Bristol-based shipping management platform that links online stores, marketplaces, ERPs and warehouse systems to more than 100 carriers. It prints labels and customs documents, applies no-code shipping rules per carrier, and offers a shipping API and returns tools.
Worth knowing
- Each plan caps shipments per month (1,500 to 20,000), and Earth allows 1 channel and 2 carriers.
- A per-shipment charge of 0.03 or 0.02 is listed beside each plan, with no currency shown; check what it covers before buying.
- The pricing page shows dollars by default, with a switch to pounds; annual billing is listed as saving 20%.
- The free trial's length and limits are not stated on the pages read.
Key features
- Shipping rules
- No-code rules assign carriers and services automatically, including different rules per carrier, set up with a short form.
- Carrier and platform connections
- Connects to more than 100 domestic, international and pallet carriers and to 70+ ERP, ecommerce and WMS platforms, with every integration open to every plan.
- Labels and customs documents
- Prints shipping labels, customs documentation and tracking details, and can send labels straight to connected label printers.
- Order dashboard
- Pulls orders from every connected channel into one place and lets users build their own order dashboard.
- Shipping API and returns
- A shipping API lets software vendors build the service into their own platform, and a returns management feature handles return shipments.
Shiptheory pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Shiptheory is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $50 per month, billed annually ($62 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $50 per month, billed annually ($62 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Free trial offered; its length is not stated on the pages read.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Earth | $50per month, up to 1,500 shipments, billed annually ($62 monthly) | Ecommerce plan: 1 user, 1 channel, 2 carriers and email support. |
| Saturn | $125per month, up to 3,000 shipments, billed annually ($150 monthly) | Ecommerce plan: 3 users, 3 channels, 3 carriers and tailored onboarding. |
| Jupiter | $275per month, up to 8,000 shipments, billed annually ($325 monthly) | Ecommerce plan: 10 users, premium channels and carriers, tailored onboarding. |
| Cosmos | $550per month, up to 20,000 shipments, billed annually ($750 monthly) | ERP, API and WMS plan: unlimited channels and carriers, tailored onboarding and extended support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For more than 20,000 shipments a month: a bespoke plan with tailored onboarding and white-glove service. |
Read from shiptheory.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Shiptheory before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount20% off with annual billing
The pricing page lists each plan cheaper when billed annually (for example $50 against $62 a month on Earth) and marks the saving as 20%.
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Common questions
Does Shiptheory have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Shiptheory is listed for Web.
Does Shiptheory have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Shiptheory is listed for Web.
Is Shiptheory open source?
Shiptheory is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Shiptheory have an API?
Yes. Shiptheory offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.