AfterShip vs. ShipStation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AfterShip
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
AfterShip in Hong Kong offers their cloud-based shipping platform, designed to connect online sellers and marketplaces with customers during the post purchase process (e.g. shipment tracking, etc.).
$11
per month
ShipStation
Score 6.6 out of 10
N/A
ShipStation is an order fulfillment and inventory management web-based shipping software designed for eCommerce businesses. It allows users to import, manage, and ship orders from multiple online selling channels while providing discounted rates and integrations with carriers like USPS, UPS, DHL Express, Canada Post, FedEx, Royal Mail, AUSPost, and more. ShipStation also offers workflow automation to speed up fulfillment, and branded package tracking, vital for enterprise and small businesses…
$9.99
per month
Pricing
AfterShipShipStation
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$11
per month
Pro
$119
per month
Premium
$239
per month
Enterprise
Custom
Starter
$9.99
per month
Bronze
$29.99
per month
Silver
$59.99
per month
Gold
$99.99
per month
Platinum
$149.99
per month
Enterprise
$229.99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AfterShipShipStation
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details18% discount for annual pricing.—
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Community Pulse
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AfterShipShipStation
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
AfterShipShipStation
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
2.7
(22 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
AfterShipShipStation
Likelihood to Recommend
AfterShip
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
I do - and have - recommended them to other businesses. If they had taken care of the USPS pickup option and started supporting Rollo printers again I would have given them a 10. But a year with no resolution is unacceptable. Everything else about them is excellent. When I do have issues I'm usually able to contact someone via live chat and get it resolved. They are glitchy on occasion, but what piece of modern technology isn't.
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Pros
AfterShip
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
  • Integration: It works so well I forget that it is a 3rd party solution sometimes.
  • Automation: You can set nested rules based on order details, really cutting down on the little things that slow down your fulfillment process.
  • Management: We almost never log into the admin side of BigCommerce thanks to ShipStation. ShipStation handles all of our day-to-day needs.
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Cons
AfterShip
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
  • For years users have requested UPS End of Day Report for Driver to Scan. Shipstation Refuses to offer this and it means that Claims with the carrier are next to impossible to process as there is no PROOF the carrier received your package.
  • Customer Service is Seriously Lacking within the last 6-12 months. Repeated outages, problems, and their front-tier support has no insight as to how long the system will be down. Poor Response times for even the most basic of issues such as error logs so our cart can troubleshoot from their end.
  • The Status Page is inaccurate. 5 of the last 6 times when we had major issues their status page shows as 100%. Not a reliable gauge of up-time.
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Usability
AfterShip
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
If you take some time to learn what all the options and features of ShipStation do, it will save you time, energy and headaches as the system works for domestic orders and international orders for export. You have the ability to adjust info that auto populates into the customs forms for exporting goods and ShipStation solidly integrates with BigCommerce (outside of my previously disclosed web browser issue which could be the browser's fault)
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Support Rating
AfterShip
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
I have quarterly calls with my account rep to discuss metrics and performance to ensure we are remaining consistent without fulfillment and transit times. He is super friendly and knowledgable. Whenever I have questions, if he can't answer them himself, he gets me in contact with the appropriate person almost immediately.
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Alternatives Considered
AfterShip
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
We select ShipStation for our store and for clients' stores as an easy way to get accurate shipping rates for national orders. ShipStation is easy to integrate
into the Shopify and Big Commerce store platforms, free app, 1 click install, easy set-up
and clients like the easy to use interface to do their shipping for accuracy.
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Return on Investment
AfterShip
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
  • It saves a lot of time being able to import the customer data.
  • It saves us money by finding us the best rate (e.g. when we offer free shipping on orders).
  • It can save data such as your most common box sizes.
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