EasyPost vs. ProShip
Both platforms target enterprise shippers. The differences become clear the moment your operations need AI, flexibility, or a platform built for where shipping is going — not where it's been.
Two platforms. Two very different ceilings.
ProShip was built for on-premises enterprise complexity. EasyPost was built for where enterprise shipping is going: cloud-native, AI-powered, and carrier-agnostic from day one.
EasyPost
AI-powered. Cloud-native. 100+ carriers, one integration.
- Luma AI automatically selects the best carrier and rate per shipment
- 100+ carriers on a single, cloud-native API integration
- 99.99% uptime SLA — maintained through consecutive peak seasons
- Free to start — no sales call required to get moving
- Up to 88% off retail rates via Wallet Carriers
- $22M/year in erroneous carrier charges caught and disputed on behalf of shippers
- 24/7/365 support, including Sundays and holidays
ProShip
On-premises complexity for shippers who prefer to build around the software.
- No AI-powered carrier selection — manual business rules only
- On-prem architecture creates IT overhead and slower carrier updates
- No published uptime SLA found
- No free tier — requires sales discovery call to access the product
- Carrier rate discounts require independent negotiation
- No automated billing error detection
- Support tiers tied to account structure
The full breakdown
Every dimension that affects your cost, flexibility, and ability to grow.
| What Matters | EasyPost | ProShip |
|---|---|---|
| Cost Control | ||
| When rates spike | Shift carriers the same day — 100+ options with no new integration required EP Wins | Carrier switching requires manual reconfiguration of business rules and IT involvement |
| Spotting where you overpay | Luma AI benchmarks every shipment and flags cost leaks in real time EP Wins | Rate shopping available, but no AI-powered anomaly detection or spend benchmarking |
| Protection from billing errors | $22M/year in erroneous carrier charges caught and disputed on behalf of shippers EP Wins | No active billing error detection or dispute process |
| Rate discounts off retail | Up to 88% off retail via Wallet Carriers — no carrier negotiation required EP Wins | Rates require independent carrier contracts and negotiation |
| Pricing model | Pay-per-use — scales with volume. Free to start. | Custom pricing — requires a discovery call. No self-serve access. |
| Carrier Coverage | ||
| Carrier count | 100+ domestic, regional, same-day, and international carriers EP Wins | Certified global carrier library — specific count not published |
| International shipping | Full global carrier network — same integration, same API EP Wins | International support available; requires additional configuration |
| Regional carrier access | Extensive — regional carriers activate without new code EP Wins | Regional carriers available through certified library |
| Bring your own carrier account | ✓ Supported | ✓ Supported |
| Pre-negotiated rates with no contract | ✓ Wallet Carriers — instant access, centralized billing EP Wins | ✗ Must negotiate independently with each carrier |
| Scale & Reliability | ||
| Published uptime SLA | 99.99% — maintained through consecutive peak seasons EP Wins | No published uptime SLA found |
| Architecture | Cloud-native — no IT infrastructure to maintain EP Wins | On-prem / hybrid — requires IT resources and server maintenance |
| Carrier compliance updates | EasyPost maintains all carrier certifications — your code stays untouched EP Wins | "Versionless" methodology — updates managed, but requires ProShip involvement |
| Support coverage | 24/7/365 including Sundays and holidays EP Wins | 24/7/365 support listed — dedicated account manager and in-house team |
| High-volume capacity | Auto-scales — proven at billions of shipments per year EP Wins | Designed for high-volume; on-prem scaling requires hardware investment |
| Intelligence & Automation | ||
| AI-powered carrier selection | Luma AI Select — automatically chooses optimal carrier per shipment on cost, speed, and reliability EP Wins | ✗ No AI layer — carrier selection governed by manually configured business rules |
| Shipping analytics & insights | Luma AI Insights — simulate scenarios, benchmark performance, uncover cost opportunities EP Wins | Rate shopping and basic reporting; no AI-driven predictive analytics |
| Conversational AI advisor | Luma AI Advisor — ask questions, get decision-ready answers from your actual shipping data EP Wins | ✗ Not available |
| Rate simulation before committing | Luma Advisor simulates carrier scenarios before purchase EP Wins | Rate shopping available at time of shipment; no pre-commit scenario modeling |
| Hazmat shipping | ✓ Supported | ✓ Dedicated hazmat feature — a core strength |
| LTL capabilities | ✓ Rate shop parcel vs. LTL in one platform EP Wins | ✓ LTL capabilities available |
| Integration & Developer Experience | ||
| API design | RESTful, true API-first — every carrier uses identical request/response patterns EP Wins | API available; architecture oriented around enterprise software stack integration |
| Official SDKs | 7 languages: Python, Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Java, C#, Go EP Wins | SDK availability not publicly documented |
| WMS / OMS / ERP integration | ✓ Supported via API | ✓ Core strength — deep ESS integration is a key ProShip differentiator |
| Sandbox / test environment | ✓ Full production parity sandbox EP Wins | Not publicly documented |
| Self-serve setup | ✓ Create an account and start shipping — no sales call required EP Wins | Requires a discovery call with a ProShip expert to get started |
| Free tier | ✓ Free to start — $0 to create an account | ✗ No free tier available |
| Post-Purchase & Protection | ||
| Branded tracking pages | ✓ EasyPost Track — 61% average reduction in WISMO inquiries EP Wins | Tracking available; no branded post-purchase experience documented |
| Shipping insurance | ✓ EasyPost Guard — flat-rate coverage up to $5K per shipment EP Wins | Not documented as a core product offering |
| Automated carrier claims | ✓ $1M+ recovered annually from USPS on behalf of shippers EP Wins | ✗ No automated claims product documented |
| Address verification | ✓ Address Verification API — validates before label creation EP Wins | ✓ Address validation available |
What ProShip wasn't built for
ProShip solves real problems for complex on-premises operations. These are the moments when it doesn't.
When the platform choice actually matters
The differences aren't visible at a few hundred shipments a month. They show up under pressure, at scale, and when the unexpected happens.
A high-volume retailer's carrier raises rates mid-Q4 — and they need to move volume fast
Switching carriers requires IT to manually update business rules and recertify the carrier connection. The process takes days. Support is available, but the on-prem architecture means any change touches infrastructure. They absorb the cost increase through peak season.
Result: Higher costs. Slow to respond. Manual fix under pressure.Luma AI flags the rate increase and identifies a cheaper alternative for the affected zones. The carrier is already connected — no new integration required. The team shifts 30% of volume within days. Carrier compliance is maintained automatically.
Result: Costs normalized within days. No IT lift. Carrier mix permanently improved.An operations team wants to understand exactly where shipping costs are leaking
Rate shopping reports show current rates at time of label creation. There's no AI layer to benchmark spend against alternatives, detect billing anomalies, or simulate what a different carrier mix would have cost historically. The analysis requires manual effort in a separate BI tool.
Result: Visibility is transactional, not strategic. Cost leaks go undetected.Luma AI Insights analyzes historical shipping data, benchmarks spend against what the optimal carrier selection would have cost, and surfaces specific opportunities — by zone, carrier, and service level. Luma Advisor answers follow-up questions in plain language.
Result: Cost leaks identified and addressed. Ongoing intelligence — not a one-time audit.A 3PL wants to offer shipping as a differentiated, revenue-generating service for clients
ProShip supports multi-location shipping operations, but white-labeling the platform and offering AI-powered carrier optimization as a service to sub-accounts isn't part of the product design. Client differentiation is limited to what's configurable in the base system.
Result: Shipping is infrastructure, not a differentiator. No path to a managed service offering.EasyPost Forge supports white-labeled, multi-client shipping operations natively. Each client gets its own carrier mix, Luma AI recommendations, and FlexRate markups. The 3PL generates revenue on shipping without building anything from scratch.
Result: AI-powered shipping as a differentiated, margin-generating service offering.Where ProShip is the better fit
ProShip is a capable platform for specific operational contexts. Here's where it genuinely holds its own.
ProShip may fit better — if you…
- Need deep on-prem ESS integration — tight, on-premises connections to legacy WMS, OMS, and ERP systems, with the IT resources to support them
- Run complex hazmat workflows — significant hazardous materials volume and compliance-heavy processes, where ProShip's purpose-built hazmat tooling is a natural fit
- Have highly customized label requirements — bespoke label mapping and document tabs, where ProShip's label configuration depth is a genuine differentiator
What you get with EasyPost instead
- Every carrier ProShip connects to, on a cloud-native platform with no infrastructure to maintain
- Luma AI selecting the optimal carrier per shipment instead of manually configured business rules
- A published 99.99% uptime SLA and 24/7/365 support, including Sundays and holidays
- A free account you can create today — no discovery call before you can evaluate
The honest answer on who should use which
The right platform depends on where your operation is today — and whether it can take you where you're going.
EasyPost
- ✓Want AI to reduce shipping costs automatically — not just when you manually audit
- ✓Need carrier flexibility now or plan to expand your carrier mix as you grow
- ✓Ship on weekends or holidays and need support coverage when it matters
- ✓Want to start immediately without a sales discovery process
- ✓Require a published, accountable uptime SLA
- ✓Need your platform to absorb carrier compliance changes — not pass them to your team
- ✓Are a 3PL or marketplace that wants to white-label and monetize shipping
- ✓Want shipping insurance, automated claims, and post-purchase tracking in one platform
- ✓Are expanding internationally and don't want to manage a separate integration
ProShip
- →Have an existing on-premises infrastructure investment and IT resources to maintain it
- →Operate significant hazmat shipping volume with complex compliance workflows
- →Need deeply customized label design and document tab configurations
- →Have already negotiated strong carrier rates independently
- →Prefer a vendor-managed integration model over a self-serve API
The technical comparison, for the team building it
If you're implementing this decision, here's what the platforms actually look like at the integration level.
EasyPost
Single RESTful API, one API key. Every carrier uses identical request/response patterns. Adding a carrier is config, not code. SDKs for Python, Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Java, C#, and Go. Full sandbox with production parity.
ProShip
ProShip's API exists but the architecture is oriented around enterprise software stack integration. SDK availability is not publicly documented, and there is no publicly documented sandbox.
| Capability | EasyPost | ProShip |
|---|---|---|
| Official SDKs | 7 languages EP Wins | Not publicly documented |
| Sandbox / test env | Full production parity EP Wins | Not publicly documented |
| Self-serve access | Create an account and ship EP Wins | Discovery call required |
// EasyPost — add UPS to an existing USPS integration. // No new auth, no new endpoints, no new error handling. const shipment = await client.Shipment.create({ to_address, from_address, parcel }); const rate = shipment.lowestRate(['UPS', 'USPS', 'FedEx']); await shipment.buy(rate); // ProShip — carrier additions require business-rule reconfiguration. // IT involvement and recertification of the carrier connection. // Typically days of work, not minutes.
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