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Pirate Ship vs ShipTime Comparison (2026)

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Pirate Ship

ShipTime

Overview

Pirate Ship is a cloud-based solution, which helps small businesses buy postage and print shipping labels fordomestic and international packages with USPS postage. It lets users purchase and print shipping labels in ZPL or PDF file format and share them with customers by generating a private link.

ShipTime is a shipment tracking software that helps businesses in the eCommerce sector compare and select freight carriers based on offered rates. The platform enables managers to automatically enter the ship-to location using the address lookup tool.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

Free

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

Free

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.9

942

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

95%

would recommend this app

4.6

500

335

140

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

83%

would recommend this app

Pros

“The label printing works like any web browser printing, where you can simply direct it to a locally or network installed label printer.”

Yev Z.

WMS Administrator

“easy to use 2) easy to see shipment status at a glance 3) shipment stats are accurate 4) you don't pay for unused labels (unlike Amazon) 5) the prices are comparable to Amazon, but with more accurate shipment stats 6) you can easily choose Media Mail, Bound and Printed matter, and hazardous materials options that are sometimes blocked by other websites such as Amazon.”

Jill l.

Administrator

“So far, they have yet to allow us to set up ACH deposit with our bank. Though they do offer some bank integrations, we are still waiting for our specific bank.”

Yev Z.

WMS Administrator

Pros

“sensitive content hidden] personally helped us trace a lost Christmas parcel caught in the holiday and postal strike rush. Despite Ship Time staff efforts to keep trying, we had just about given up hope when Peter took it upon himself to break through some of the miscommunication barriers and there it was.”

Connie S.

President

“Although all those who answered our calls and emails were very polite, a difficulty was never being able to connect with the same person over the month-long search.”

Connie S.

President

“The parcel was again taken back to the holder location and within 3 days arrived back to me in London.”

Nita S.

Admin assist

Cons

“In practice, Pirate Ship acts as a middle layer that gives you cheaper labels but zero real protection. When a shipment disappears, you are left alone between the carrier and Pirate Ship, with neither side taking responsibility.”

Oleg V.

Founder

“Some of the shipping options are hidden or less intuitive to find.”

Ben M.

Author

“There is no real protection for the sender.”

Oleg V.

Founder

Cons

“I called Shiptime to arrange another delivery attempt giving special instructions about the delivery (which were agreed upon by the agent I spoke to) these special instructions were clearly not passed to the driver as a second attempt was unsuccessful for the reasons discussed in the special instructions.”

Nita S.

Admin assist

“we miss orders, because of poor integration with our email provider (every order notification email continues to be rerouted to the Spam folder, causing us to sometimes miss orders), and since we moved to Ottawa, we have not had a SINGLE pickup. ”

Wesley W.

Managing Director

“Invoicing is another issue, invoices are done weekly and they compile every shipment that week into one invoice total but you are charged individually so from a record keeping side its a lot of entry's to keep track of”

Randy S.

Bookkeeper