ShipHero vs. ShipStation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ShipHero
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
ShipHero is an ecommerce fulfillment and shipping solution from the company of the same name in Garnersville.
$1,850
per month
ShipStation
Score 8.0 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
ShipHeroShipStation
Editions & Modules
Brand WMS
1,850
per month
3PL WMS
1,995
per month
Enterprise WMS
70,000
per year
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
ShipHeroShipStation
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
ShipHeroShipStation
User Ratings
ShipHeroShipStation
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ShipHeroShipStation
Likelihood to Recommend
1. They take your product that is supposed to ship immediately. Keep it and refuse to return it after they don't mail it for 2 months 2. If they say anything has been mailed, after 4 weeks of emails, you'll have no documentation. 3. The product never arrives. 4. You have to refund your clients 5. Your reputation is destroyed, and thousands are lost in revenue. In case they try to take this review down, the names of the magazines are ORIGIN, THRIVE and Mantra Wellness, in every grocery chain nationally (US). If you are also having a nightmare experience with this company, we have full legal documentation of this process we can send you to show they operate like scam artists.File a complaint, get your credit card to refund you, and report this company if this has happened to you. The damage they're currently causing us in sales, stress, and time is immense
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Great when it works. The huge downside when it doesn't if you do not have contingency plans in place. Do not expect timely updates to issues, and you will likely never be able to speak with a human for tech support. A good option for International Shippers in that it streamlines the export documentation when it is working.
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Pros
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  • The integrations between ShipStation, the marketplaces, and Channel Advisor are perfect and rarely have issues.
  • ShipStation automatically sends the shipment notification to the marketplace and emails the customer with tracking information which means we never have to worry if our customers are receiving that info.
  • The tracking portal for custom websites is absolutely great. We've branded it to match our e-commerce store and it provides access for our buyers to real-time tracking updates.
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Cons
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  • In my opinion, customer support is abysmal. I truly believe support people are trained to just delay, delay, delay as there are multiple times the responses I get back are essentially like the utterly useless tech questions "is your unit plugged in?"
  • In my experience, there is literally no way to contact anyone at ShipStation outside of their Support Chat/Case System. They have an email for support but it all goes to the same place.
  • Fix USPS International Shipping issues!!
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Usability
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There are just many issues regarding communication of policies and requirements regarding API usage and plan level needs that cause for the low rating. Also, the lack of reporting details that are available through the platform is not ideal for our 3PL needs to track activities of customer's orders and shipping Qty or activities
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Support Rating
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ShipStation customer support was easy to use. The written help sections were clear and we could find answers to our questions even if we had to dig a little and read several articles. We often used the chat feature to get quick answers. Once the system was set up for our needs it worked quite well.
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Alternatives Considered
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ShipStation is above and beyond all of its competition. I have tried them all. I also need the ability to ship things, first-class, with just a stamp (no tracking), and Pirate Ship and anything else like Pirate Ship does not have that feature. ShipStation is the only one that does. With ShipStation, I can ship a flat, rigid mailer for 76 cents. With Pirate Ship, the minimum is over $3. When you ship a lot of these, it all adds up.
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Return on Investment
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  • Pays for itself: The discounts on shipping labels more than pays for the small monthly fee to use.
  • Saves time: Automations streamline the fulfillment process to the point where shipping becomes one click.
  • Prevents errors: You never have to manually enter data, which means there's no chance for user error.
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