specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Shippo
providerId: shippo
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Shipping
  - Logistics
description: 'Shippo API tiers: Starter (free + 7¢/label) / Premier (custom volume).'
sources:
  - https://goshippo.com/pricing/api
plans:
  - id: shippo-api-starter
    name: API Starter
    type: freemium
    description: 30 free labels/month; 7¢/label after.
    entries:
      - label: Free labels
        name: free_labels
        type: quota
        metric: label
        limit: 30
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per label after free
        name: label_extra
        type: metered
        metric: label
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.07'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Address validation (non-US)
        name: av_nonus
        type: metered
        metric: validation
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.09'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 30 free labels/mo
      - name: Unlimited labels at 7¢
      - name: 40+ shipping carriers
      - name: Domestic + international validation
      - name: Tracking, returns, rating, insurance
      - name: Email support
  - id: shippo-api-premier
    name: API Premier
    type: enterprise
    description: Custom volume discounts.
    entries:
      - label: Annual (custom)
        name: annual
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Address validation (non-US)
        name: av_nonus
        type: metered
        metric: validation
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.06'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shippo Intelligence
      - name: Volume discounts
      - name: Dedicated account manager
      - name: Solutions engineering
      - name: Priority email support
      - name: Optional 24/7 monitoring
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - object
  - period
  plans:
  - name: API Starter
    access: freemium
    model: metered
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - object
    - other
    periods:
    - month
    - per-use
  - name: API Premier
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - other
    - period
    periods:
    - per-use
    - year