# Shiptheory review (2026): is it worth $50 a month, billed yearly? > Shipping automation connecting stores, ERPs and carriers Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Shipping Software - **Made by:** Shiptheory - **Website:** https://shiptheory.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** 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. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered; its length is not stated on the pages read. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Earth | $50 per month, up to 1,500 shipments, billed annually ($62 monthly) | Ecommerce plan: 1 user, 1 channel, 2 carriers and email support. | | Saturn | $125 per month, up to 3,000 shipments, billed annually ($150 monthly) | Ecommerce plan: 3 users, 3 channels, 3 carriers and tailored onboarding. | | Jupiter | $275 per month, up to 8,000 shipments, billed annually ($325 monthly) | Ecommerce plan: 10 users, premium channels and carriers, tailored onboarding. | | Cosmos | $550 per 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 https://shiptheory.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Shiptheory before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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%. Source: https://shiptheory.com/pricing/ ## 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. ## Good for - UK and international retailers shipping with several carriers - Businesses that run NetSuite, Business Central or Shopify and want carrier rules - Software vendors that want to add shipping through an API ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Earth 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free trial is offered but its length and limits are not stated on the pages we read. There is no free plan. - **Features: B.** Shipping 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect each channel and carrier and then set up rules. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web app with Shopify, NetSuite, Dynamics 365 Business Central and Magento connections, carriers such as Royal Mail, FedEx and DPD, and an API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among shipping software - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shipping ## Keep it, 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. - 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: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - 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. ## Works with Shopify, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Magento, Royal Mail, FedEx, DPD **Tags:** Shipping labels, Online store, Workflow automation, Public API, Reports ## Alternatives - [ShipStation](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shipstation): Shipping software for online sellers, priced by shipments a month. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shipstation-vs-shiptheory) - [ShippyPro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shippypro): Multi-carrier shipping platform with tracking and returns. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shippypro-vs-shiptheory) - [Shipmate](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shipmate): Multi-carrier parcel label software for UK and Ireland sellers. [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. 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