Pirate Ship vs. ShippingEasy

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pirate Ship
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Pirate Ship is a shipping solution presented by the vendor as an ecommerce ordering solution with cheap rates for USPS shipping.N/A
ShippingEasy
Score 8.0 out of 10
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ShippingEasy, an Auctane (formerly Stamps.com) company, offers their cloud-based ecommerce shipping platform, providing full support for USPS, UPS, FedEx and integrating with online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Volusion, and others. ShippingEasy allows automated order tracking with fulfillment data, and inventory levels to populate in real time.
$5
per month 50 shipments per month
Pricing
Pirate ShipShippingEasy
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$5.00
per month 50 shipments per month
Basic
$29.00
per month 500 shipments per month.
Plus
$49.00
per month 1,500 shipments per month.
Select
$69.00
per month 3,000 shipments per month.
Premium
$99.00
per month 6,000 shipments per month.
Enterprise
$159.00
per month 10,000 shipments per month.
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Pirate ShipShippingEasy
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Pirate ShipShippingEasy
Considered Both Products
Pirate Ship

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ShippingEasy
Chose ShippingEasy
Using PayPal for shipping worked ok for clients who paid with PayPal but was not a good option for those who submitted payment elsewhere. I have since switched to Pirate Ship and it is far more reliable and easy to work with.
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Pirate ShipShippingEasy
Small Businesses
Webgility
Webgility
Score 9.0 out of 10
Webgility
Webgility
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

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Enterprises

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User Ratings
Pirate ShipShippingEasy
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(5 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(4 ratings)
1.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Pirate ShipShippingEasy
Likelihood to Recommend
Pirate Ship
If you need mailing labels, Pirate Ship is cheap, very organized and creates SCAN forms for USPS
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
ShippingEasy is perfect for a small business that needs the inventory system but doesn't want to pay through the nose. The customer service is excellent - they help you in set up, making changes, and make sure you understand how to use it. They save me time in managing our inventory and save me time when there is a problem - I call and get an answer right away. Plus if there is a system wide problem, which there rarely is, they make announcements and keep us up to date during and after
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Pros
Pirate Ship
  • Great average ship rates for USPS domestic and international.
  • Tracking bulk shipments is easy.
  • It integrates with chargify.
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
  • ShippingEasy makes it very easy to set up shipping rules for various scenarios so that shipping is fairly automated. It really is a click and ship type set up.
  • ShippingEasy integrates into our BigCommerce platform very well. We very rarely have any issues with ShippingEasy syncing orders and shipping status to BigCommerce and vise versa.
  • ShippingEasy's marketing service is very easy to use. It makes email campaign design extremely easy and aesthetically pleasing and it also makes automated emails very easy to set up as well.
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Cons
Pirate Ship
  • I wish unused shipping labels were flagged more clearly to make it easy to request refunds
  • No multi-user functionality, so you have to share an account
  • Better email notifications about things like undeliverable packages
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
  • Fails to sync with the store consistently.
  • Integration with Stamps.com is problematic.
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Support Rating
Pirate Ship
I have not had to use Pirate Ship's customer support because their product is wonderful and easy to use. I am sure based on the quality of their product that their customer service is also fantastic
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
ShippingEasy customer support is excellent. We rarely have to wait on hold, the reps are knowledgeable, well trained, well spoken, and understand technical issues. They listen carefully to make sure they understand the issue and check if they do not know something. I feel confident that I am getting correct information and rarely have to make more than one phone call to get an issue corrected.
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Alternatives Considered
Pirate Ship
Pirate Ship is the best for USPS shipping labels, hands down.
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
ShippingEasy works well across multiple apps and offers better interface, in my opinion
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Return on Investment
Pirate Ship
  • No up charging = Positive
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Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
  • ShippingEasy has really had a positive impact overall on our business. It is very simple to use and the flexibility of the shipping rules has more or less automated shipping. So for a small organization like ourselves, it allows us to reduce overhead by not having to have multiple employees to ship.
  • It also has helped reduce overhead significantly by switching our email marketing from Constant Contact. It is about a 10th of the price and has more functionality. So that was definitely a no-brainer
  • All in all, ShippingEasy helps us reduce overhead the most in labor. It is extremely easy to use so a lot less of our time is devoted to shipping concerns such as manually entering shipments like before and making sure shipment information is transferred over to BigCommerce, or doing return labels. Everything integrates so well it is essentially automated.
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