EasyPost vs AfterShip Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Free Access (Wallet Carriers)
- Free for up to 3,000 labels
- Postage not included; per-label fee for additional labels
- Labels, rate shopping, address verification, tracking, and insurance
Bring Your Own Carrier Accounts (BYOCA)
- Labels, rate shopping, address verification, tracking, and insurance
- plus per-label fee
Enterprise Plan
- Labels, rate shopping, address verification, tracking, and insurance
- Custom pricing based on volume
EasyPost Tracking API
- Basic multi-carrier package tracking
- $0.01-$0.03 per shipment
EasyPost Advanced Tracking
- Branded tracking, notifications, and full shipment visibility
- $0.03 per shipment
EasyPost Insurance and Claims API
- Simplified coverage for all shipments with hassle-free claims
- 1% of shipment value
- Minimum: $1.00
Essentials
- Branded tracking page with your logo & colors
- Automatic carrier detection and correction
- Email & SMS notifications for every shipment milestone
- Tracking dashboard with status & reports
Premium
- Fully customizable tracking page + custom domain
- AI-powered EDD & product recommendations
- Full analytics suite
- API & webhooks
- Order Edits
Enterprise
- Dedicated CSM & onboarding
- Enterprise SLAs & SSO
- Custom integrations
- Multi-org management
EasyPost vs AfterShip FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- EasyPost starts lower at $20/mo, compared to $29/mo for AfterShip.
- Can I use either one for free?
- EasyPost has a free plan. AfterShip doesn't — you'll need to pay from day one.
- How do they charge?
- Both use a usage-based model, so the comparison is straightforward — it comes down to features and limits at each price point.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. EasyPost: They're positioned as the developer-friendly middle ground — cheaper and more API-first than Shippo's higher tiers, but not trying to undercut on raw label cost like Pirateship. The real target is mid-market e-commerce and logistics teams who need programmable shipping infrastructure, not a UI-first tool. AfterShip: AfterShip sits in the mid-market range for post-purchase tracking tools — not the cheapest (plenty of Shopify apps undercut them), but not enterprise-priced either. They're going after scaling DTC brands and mid-size retailers who've outgrown basic carrier emails but aren't ready to build custom tracking infrastructure.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for EasyPost and AfterShip and let you know when something moves.