Shopify app comparison · updated Sep 16, 2026
ShipStation vs Shippo
Compare ShipStation and Shippo for Shopify shipping using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.
ShipStation
ShipStation Orders & Inventory
Centralize orders, inventory, & returns for everywhere you sell, sync warehouses, automate workflows
- Rating
- 4.20
- Reviews
- 703
- Review growth · 30d
- +76 · +12.1%
- Pricing
- Free trial available
- Years on Shopify
- 15
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
Shippo
Shippo ‑ Simplified Shipping
Ship every order from one place. Save up to 90% off retail shipping rates and automate the busywork.
- Rating
- 4.20
- Reviews
- 318
- Review growth · 30d
- +34 · +12.0%
- Pricing
- Free plan available
- Years on Shopify
- 12
- Stores observed
- No footprint yet
What stands out
ShipStation carries 2.2× the App Store review depth; the other measurable signals are close.
- Rating
- Level4.2 vs 4.2
- Review growth
- Nearly even+12.1% vs +12.0%
- Review depth
- ShipStation2.2× more reviews
- Observed adoption
- Not comparable yet
Review trajectory
How each app's Shopify reviews are moving.
Daily App Store review counts since we began tracking — who's gaining reviews fastest, who holds the larger base, and how the race is developing.
ShipStation Orders & Inventory leads total reviews and is adding them fastest over the tracked window.
Reviews each app has gained since the start of this tracking window. · Tracking window · Aug 18 – Sep 15, 2026
Head-to-head
The signals, side by side.
Each row reads straight from the live App Store listing and OngoingAI’s census. The Difference column states the gap — not a buyer recommendation.
| Dimension | ShipStation | Shippo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.20 | 4.20 | Level |
| Reviews | 703 | 318 | ShipStation 2.2× |
| Review growth · 30d | +76 · +12.1% | +34 · +12.0% | ShipStation faster |
| Listed pricing | Free trial available | Free plan available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 15 | 12 | ShipStation +3y |
Review corpus
What merchants actually report.
ShipStation
4.10 avg · 643 reviews
Shippo
4.06 avg · 289 reviews
| Signal | ShipStation | Shippo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star share | 73% | 70% | ShipStation leads |
| Rating · last 90 days | 4.45 | 3.67 | ShipStation leads |
| Replies to reviews | 17% | 33% | Shippo leads |
| Replies to critical (≤3★) | 45% | 63% | Shippo leads |
| Long-term reviewers (1yr+) | 44% | 42% | ShipStation leads |
| Top market | United States 80% | United States 88% | — |
| Reviews analyzed | 643 | 289 | — |
Based on public merchant reviews, with newer feedback given more weight. OngoingAI matches each review to an identifiable store and the app they use.
Which fits your requirements?
Choose by what you actually need.
Choose ShipStation if…
- You need barcode scanning
- You need pick lists
- You need delivery date
- Recent review-growth signals matter to you
Choose Shippo if…
No distinguishing strengths in the measured dimensions.
Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.
Feature differences
What ShipStation and Shippo each do that the other doesn’t.
They cover largely the same ground — 56% of listed capabilities overlap. The decision material is the rest: what each lists that the other doesn’t.
ShipStation only
14
- Barcode scanning
- Pick lists
- Delivery date
- Multi-language
- Returns and exchanges
- Automated refunds
- Manual refunds
- Exchanges
- Store credit
- Automated approvals
- Return portal
- Custom policies
- Shipping labels
- Analytics
Shippo only
0
Nothing Shippo lists that ShipStation doesn't.
18 shared capabilities
- Shipping
- Label creation
- Label customization
- Bulk printing
- Address validation
- Packing slips
- Customs documents
- Return labels
- Shipping insurance
- Shipping rules
- Order sync
- Carrier selection
- Shipping rates
- Real-time tracking
- Branded tracking page
- Email notifications
- Order updates
- Shipping analytics
Scope
What this comparison measures.
What it measures
Shopify App Store ratings and review counts, rating distribution, developer reply rates, reviewer tenure and geography, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for ShipStation and Shippo.
What it doesn’t
Hands-on usability, customer-support quality, deliverability, merchant sentiment from review text, or revenue impact. We draw a sharp line around what we can observe.
Methodology
Where the numbers come from.
Ratings, review counts, pricing, and categories come from the live Shopify App Store listing, refreshed daily. Review growth compares the observed snapshots across the trailing 30-day window. “Stores observed” and the platform split come from OngoingAI’s weekly storefront census — the real stores running each app, not the listing’s claimed totals. Comparison generated Sep 16, 2026.
See who’s switching — as it happens.
Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running ShipStation or Shippo, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.