Shipping & Fulfillment Software · 2026 reliability ranking
Most Reliable Shipping Software (2026)
We ranked 15 shipping software tools by real-world reliability over the last 90 days, using 145 status page incidents and our own around-the-clock uptime checks. Shipping software sits between an online store's orders and the carriers, so an outage means labels can't be bought or printed, rates don't load and orders stop syncing from marketplaces. For a small seller that can mean missed carrier pickups, late-shipment penalties on Amazon or eBay and a backlog of packages the next day. Many outages start with a single carrier's API, so how quickly a tool reports and works around those problems also matters.
Last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| # | Vendor | Score | Uptime (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OrdoroOrdoro is Austin-based shipping, inventory and dropshipping software for small and mid-sized e-commerce merchants. | 99.6 | 100% |
| 2 | Pirate ShipPirate Ship is a free web-based shipping tool for buying discounted USPS and UPS labels, with no subscription fee. | 95.4 | 99.98% |
| 3 | ShippingEasyShippingEasy is web-based shipping and order management software from Auctane aimed at small online sellers, with discounted USPS and UPS rates. | 90.0 | 99.96% |
| 4 | EasyPostEasyPost is a shipping API provider that lets businesses and developers buy labels, get rates and track shipments across many carriers. | 86.1 | 99.85% |
| 5 | ShipHeroShipHero is warehouse management and shipping software for e-commerce brands and 3PLs, and also runs its own fulfillment network. | 80.2 | 99.76% |
| 6 | Stamps.comStamps.com, part of Auctane, sells USPS and other carrier postage online and provides web and Windows software for printing stamps and shipping labels. | 64.3 | 99.59% |
| 7 | ShipEngineShipEngine is Auctane's multi-carrier shipping API for rates, labels, tracking and address validation, now also marketed as the ShipStation API. | 45.2 | 98.39% |
| 8 | ShipStationShipStation is web-based shipping and order management software from Auctane that imports orders from online stores and buys and prints carrier labels. | 43.1 | 98.02% |
| 9 | AfterShipAfterShip is post-purchase software for online stores covering shipment tracking pages, delivery notifications, returns and label creation. | 34.3 | 95.18% |
| 10 | VeeqoVeeqo is Amazon-owned shipping and inventory management software for multichannel online sellers, offered free with discounted carrier rates. | 33.1 | 96.64% |
| 11 | ShippoShippo is a San Francisco-based multi-carrier shipping platform with a web app and shipping API for buying labels, comparing rates and tracking parcels. | 32.8 | 89.96% |
| 12 | SendcloudSendcloud is a Netherlands-based shipping platform for European e-commerce businesses that handles labels, returns, tracking and checkout delivery options. | 32.7 | 93.53% |
Shipping & Fulfillment Software reliability at a glance
- Across the 12 ranked shipping software tools, average 90-day uptime is 97.57%. Reliability scores range from 99.6 (Ordoro) to 32.7 (Sendcloud).
- Together they published 145 incidents in the last 90 days, 65 of them partial or major outages.
- The typical vendor takes 8h 31m to resolve an incident. Pirate Ship is fastest, at 44m on average.
- Shippo reported the most incidents (51 in 90 days).
What to check before you choose a shipping software
- Many incidents are carrier API problems (UPS, FedEx, USPS) rather than the software. Check how clearly each vendor reports them.
- Batch label printing during your dispatch window is the critical moment. Look for incidents at that time of day.
- Order import from your store is a common failure point. Check incidents affecting integrations.
- Make sure you can fall back to buying labels on the carrier's site during a long outage.
90-day uptime history
Each bar is one day. Hover a bar for that day's uptime and incidents.
1. Ordoro
100% uptime · 1 incidents · avg resolve —2. Pirate Ship
99.98% uptime · 3 incidents · avg resolve 44m3. ShippingEasy
99.96% uptime · 3 incidents · avg resolve 5h 7m4. EasyPost
99.85% uptime · 5 incidents · avg resolve 2h 54m5. ShipHero
99.76% uptime · 5 incidents · avg resolve 3h 5m6. Stamps.com
99.59% uptime · 9 incidents · avg resolve 15h 50m7. ShipEngine
98.39% uptime · 8 incidents · avg resolve 1d 4h8. ShipStation
98.02% uptime · 13 incidents · avg resolve 11h 44m9. AfterShip
95.18% uptime · 9 incidents · avg resolve 17h 1m10. Veeqo
96.64% uptime · 13 incidents · avg resolve 21h 44m11. Shippo
89.96% uptime · 51 incidents · avg resolve 5h 22m12. Sendcloud
93.53% uptime · 25 incidents · avg resolve 8h 31m- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Being tracked (not ranked yet)
These vendors join the ranking once we have enough evidence: at least 14 days of data, and for vendors with a quiet status page (silent for a year, or for 90 days while their competitors report several incidents), 30 days of our own independent monitoring.
- Easyship · quiet status page, awaiting our own monitoring
- ShipBob · quiet status page, awaiting our own monitoring
- ShipMonk · quiet status page, awaiting our own monitoring
Recent Shipping & Fulfillment Software incidents
Affected: UPS
ShipHero will go down for a short period, we'll tell you when it's back.
Affected: ShipHero Mobile App, ShipHero Dashboard, Store Integrations, Label Printing, ShipHero Public API, ShipHero Authentication +3 more
UPS Transaction Service Degradation
Affected: UPS
Affected: UPS
Deutsche Post Service Degradation
Affected: Deutsche Post
Affected: OnTrac
Poste Italiane Service Degradation
Affected: Poste Italiane
Evri - Shipping to EU not allowed via v4 or below - please update to v5 endpoint.
Affected: Evri
Head-to-head comparisons
- Ordoro vs Pirate Ship reliability
- Ordoro vs ShippingEasy reliability
- Ordoro vs EasyPost reliability
- Ordoro vs ShipHero reliability
- Pirate Ship vs ShippingEasy reliability
- Pirate Ship vs EasyPost reliability
- Pirate Ship vs ShipHero reliability
- ShippingEasy vs EasyPost reliability
- ShippingEasy vs ShipHero reliability
- EasyPost vs ShipHero reliability
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Frequently asked questions
What is the most reliable shipping software?
Based on the last 90 days of data, Ordoro is the most reliable shipping software we track, with a reliability score of 99.6/100 and 100% uptime.
How do you measure shipping software reliability?
We poll each vendor's public status page every few minutes, record every incident, and run our own uptime checks against each vendor's login and customer-facing pages. Uptime (40%), incident frequency (20%), average time to resolve (20%) and transparency (20%) combine into one score out of 100.
How often are these rankings updated?
Continuously. Status pages and uptime checks run every five minutes and scores are recalculated several times an hour.
Can vendors pay to rank higher?
No. Sponsored placements are clearly labelled, shown separately from the rankings and never change a vendor's score.