# ShipWorks > Windows shipping software for warehouses and high-volume sellers ShipWorks is shipping software installed on Windows computers, with a local database and some web components, built for warehouses and online sellers shipping thousands of orders a month. It pulls orders from 70+ carts, marketplaces and systems, picks the best carrier rate, prints labels in batches and supports scan-to-ship. It belongs to Auctane, the group behind ShipStation, and plans are priced by monthly shipments. - **Category:** Shipping Software - **Made by:** ShipWorks (since 2000) - **Website:** https://www.shipworks.com - **Runs on:** Windows - **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026 ## Pricing ShipWorks is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $189 per month for up to 5,000 shipments. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Ecommerce Professional | $189 per month for up to 5,000 shipments | 1 ship-from location, unlimited users and computers, Best Rate Tool, guided onboarding and unlimited phone and email support. | | Warehouse Essential | $389 per month for up to 12,000 shipments | 2 or more ship-from locations, intelligent order routing and item pick-pack verification. | | Warehouse Professional | $639 per month for up to 25,000 shipments | The warehouse features with a higher monthly shipment allowance. | | Warehouse Elite | $799 per month for up to 50,000 shipments | The warehouse features for up to 50,000 shipments a month. | | Enterprise Custom | Custom | Custom plans for warehouses shipping more than 50,000 parcels a month, through sales. | Read from https://www.shipworks.com/pricing/ on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ShipWorks before buying. ## Key features - **70+ integrations, API and ODBC:** Imports orders from Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, ChannelAdvisor and more, or from files, its API or an ODBC data source linked to an ERP or WMS. - **Best Rate Tool:** Picks the cheapest carrier rate for each shipment. ShipWorks says its carrier discounts reach up to 84% off; that is the vendor's claim. - **Batch printing and automation:** Custom automations and batch processing print labels in bulk; ShipWorks says it prints up to 16,000 labels an hour. - **Scan to ship:** Scan-to-ship speeds up labeling at the packing station, and Warehouse plans add item pick-pack verification. - **Intelligent order routing:** Warehouse plans send each order to the right ship-from location when stock sits in two or more warehouses. - **US-based support:** Unlimited phone, email and chat support from a US team, plus a free community forum. ## Good for - Warehouses and sellers shipping several thousand orders a month - Businesses that want shipping tied to an ERP or WMS through ODBC - Operations with more than one ship-from location ## Worth knowing - It is installed Windows software with a local database; its web components only add online visibility. - Plans start at $189 a month for high volumes; the pricing page sends shippers under 5,000 a month to ShipStation. - Intelligent order routing and pick-pack verification need a Warehouse plan at $389 a month or more. - Postage is paid on top of the subscription. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. ShipWorks is warehouse software, installed on Windows with a local database, and it's priced that way: the cheapest plan is $189 a month for up to 5,000 shipments. A shop sending 200 parcels pays the same $189, and ShipWorks's own pricing page points shippers under 5,000 to ShipStation. For a busy warehouse tied to an ERP, it's a different story. - **Value for money: D.** The cheapest plan is $189 a month for up to 5,000 shipments, so a 200-parcel shop pays $189, which is this category's dearest tenth. Unlimited users and phone support come with it, but the pricing page itself sends smaller shippers to ShipStation. - **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan, but there's a 30-day free trial. The listing doesn't say whether it needs a card. - **Features: C.** Built for volume: 70+ integrations, ODBC links to an ERP or WMS, a Best Rate Tool, batch printing, scan to ship and, on Warehouse plans, order routing. But the listing shows no tracking emails to buyers, which is part of this category's job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It's installed on Windows with a local database, which is more to set up than a website you sign in to, though every plan comes with guided onboarding and unlimited support. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows only, which is one operating system, however well it connects: 70+ carts and marketplaces, an API and ODBC. The web components only add online visibility. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ShipWorks's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among shipping software - ShipWorks's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 10 other shipping software we grade. - It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 0 of 10) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $189 a month, against a middle price of $19.49 for the category: 9 of the 9 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 10 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 ShipWorks 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: 10 of the 10 other shipping software grade higher. It costs $2,268 a year. - 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. - You could not: Scanning barcodes with a phone camera or a scanner. - You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, ChannelAdvisor, PrestaShop **Tags:** Shipping labels, Workflow automation, Barcode scanning, Public API ## Alternatives - [ShipStation](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shipstation): Shipping software for online sellers, priced by shipments a month. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shipstation-vs-shipworks) - [ShippingEasy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shippingeasy): Shipping software for small sellers, priced by shipments a month. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shippingeasy-vs-shipworks) - [Veeqo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/veeqo): Amazon's free multichannel shipping app, with paid inventory tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shipworks-vs-veeqo) - [Shippo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shippo): Multi-carrier shipping app and API, priced by labels a month. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shippo-vs-shipworks) - [Stamps.com](https://toolgpa.com/tools/stamps-com): Print postage, stamps and discounted shipping labels from the office. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shipworks-vs-stamps-com) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026: - https://www.shipworks.com/pricing/ - https://www.shipworks.com/ - https://www.shipworks.com/features/ - https://www.shipworks.com/integrations/ - https://www.shipworks.com/company-info/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/shipworks Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).