Paid platform
25shipments a month, 3 stores
Pairs USPS with UPS. Past the cap you pay or you wait.
Free shipping software vs a paid shipping app
Rollo Ship is free shipping software that costs $0 a month. No card, no shipment cap, no trial running out on you. Compare USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post and Purolator in one account, print 200 labels at a $0 platform fee, then pay 5¢ down to 1¢ as your volume climbs. It runs as a web dashboard and as a free shipping app on iOS and Android.
No card · no trial clock · first 200 labels at a $0 platform fee
USPS
UPS
FedEx
Canada Post
PurolatorFree tiers in paid shipping apps
Every ceiling below belongs to a paid subscription platform, not to Rollo Ship. These are the limits their free tiers impose before the invoice starts.
On paid subscription platforms, the free tier stops here
Paid platform
25shipments a month, 3 stores
Pairs USPS with UPS. Past the cap you pay or you wait.
Paid platform
30labels a month, 1 user
Connecting a carrier account of your own adds 5¢ per label.
Paid platform
50shipments a month
Checkout rates and own-courier linking sit behind a paid plan.
Paid platform
100labels a month, 1 channel
The account locks at the cap until the next cycle or an upgrade.
Rollo Ship
No monthly cap, no free tier to outgrow
No shipment ceiling, no store limit, no user limit and no trial clock. The first 200 labels carry no platform fee.
Unlimited
Several platforms upgrade you automatically at the cap, and trials run 14, 15 or 30 days before requiring a card. Ceilings checked on 14 August 2026 against public pricing pages. Third-party pricing changes without notice, so verify current plans before you compare.
Included versus gated
A subscription is a gate. Rollo Ship puts the same shipping software on a $0/mo account and charges a small per-label fee only after 200 prints.
Three real months
Paid shipping software bills the band you bought, however little you ship. The Rollo Ship fee follows the labels you actually print: nothing for the first 200, then a few cents each. Same three months, two very different invoices.
80labels
A slow January
Under 200 labels, so no platform fee at all. You still have 120 fee-free labels left.
400labels
A normal month
First 200 free, then 200 labels at 5¢. You would need 800 labels before the $29.99 plan wins.
2,000labels
A busy month
At the VIP 1¢ rate. Even at Pro 3¢ it is $54.00, still under the plan.
Platform fees only. Postage goes to the carrier on both sides. Rollo Ship fee = $0 for the first 200 labels, then (labels − 200) × your Rewards rate. A separate inventory module, where a platform sells one, bills $349 to $499 on top of the figures above. Rollo Ship includes inventory.
Side by side
The category column describes the paid-subscription market as published on 14 August 2026, not a single vendor. Postage is paid to the carrier on both sides.
| Feature | Rollo Ship | Paid subscription platforms |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $0/mo, no card, no trial clock | From $14.99/mo, commonly $19.99 to $249, premium from $349.99 |
| Shipment cap | None | Free tiers at 25, 30, 50 or 100; paid bands from 50 to 5,000+ |
| If you pass the cap | There is no cap to pass | Some lock the account until the next cycle, some upgrade you automatically |
| Trial | None, the account does not expire | 14, 15 or 30 days, then a card |
| First 200 labels | $0 platform fee, postage to the carrier | The monthly invoice still bills |
| After 200 labels | 5¢, then 3¢, 2¢, 1¢ through Rollo Rewards | Same subscription; unused labels in the band do not roll over as cash |
| Carriers | USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post, Purolator | Often US-origin-leaning; own-carrier linking sometimes premium-only or 5¢ per label on free |
| Inventory | Included, USD and CAD | Often a higher plan tier or a separate module at $349 to $499/mo |
| First-party printer | Rollo Wireless Printer X1040; any compatible printer also works | None of the five sell a thermal printer of their own |
| Apps | Web, iOS, Android | Several are web-only |
| Store connections | 16+ channels on the free account | Free tiers often one channel or three stores |
Rollo Ship is multi-carrier shipping software that compares USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post and Purolator rates in one dashboard, on the web and in the iOS and Android shipping app. FedEx and Purolator run on carrier accounts you connect yourself. Subscription figures were checked on 14 August 2026 against public pricing pages. Third-party pricing changes without notice, so verify current plans before you compare.
Run your own numbers
Enter the labels you print in a month and what your current shipping software costs. Rollo Ship is the free option in the comparison.
Set all three. The plan price starts at $29.99 — change it to whatever you pay now.
Rollo Ship platform fee
$0.00
Your plan bills
$29.99
Cheaper this month
Rollo Ship
Fee-free labels left
50
Rollo Ship charges no platform fee on the first 200 labels each month, then your Rewards rate per label. Tiers run on a rolling 90-day activity window with a 10-day grace if activity drops, and points do not expire. Details at Rollo Rewards.
Keep the paid plan running. Compare the two invoices when the cycle closes.
No trial clock
Leave your paid shipping software switched on. Open a $0/mo Rollo Ship account and print the same orders from both for one billing cycle.
Open ship.rollo.com and start with an email address. No card, no trial clock. The first 200 labels carry a $0 platform fee.
Connect one store or all of them at once, free. Orders import from every channel into one queue, inventory is tracked free in USD and CAD, and you can still create a manual shipment for anything that did not come from a store.
Run Rollo Ship beside the paid plan for a full cycle. Nothing counts down. The subscription bills at the end of it and Rollo Ship does not.
Questions
Yes. Rollo Ship is $0 per month with no card, no shipment cap and no trial clock. You compare USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post and Purolator from one account. The first 200 labels carry a $0 platform fee, and after that the fee is 5¢, then 3¢, 2¢ and 1¢ through Rollo Rewards on a rolling 90-day activity window. Paid subscription shipping platforms in this category start at $14.99 a month and commonly cap a free tier at 25, 30, 50 or 100 labels.
Paid plans in this category start at $14.99 a month for a starter band of about 50 shipments and commonly run $19.99 to $249 as volume and features stack. Next steps often sit at $29 or $29.99, then $59 for roughly 3,000 labels, $149 on unlimited-or-1,000-shipment bands and $249.99 at 5,000 shipments. Premium shipping plans start near $349.99 a month. A separate inventory module, where one exists, adds $349 to $499 a month. Rollo Ship stays at $0/mo with no shipment cap.
In this category the catch is a cap rather than a surprise invoice. Published free tiers stop at 25 shipments a month and three stores, at 30 labels for one user with 5¢ added to connect your own carrier, at 50 shipments with checkout rates and own-courier linking behind a paid plan, or at 100 labels on one channel. Some accounts lock until the next cycle or an upgrade. Rollo Ship has no monthly shipment cap and no trial clock. After 200 labels the platform fee runs 5¢ down to 1¢ on a rolling 90-day Rewards window, with a 10-day grace if activity drops.
Break-even is 200 fee-free labels plus the monthly plan price divided by the per-label rate. At the Basic 5¢ rate a $14.99 plan only wins past roughly 500 labels in a month, and at the VIP 1¢ rate that same plan waits until about 1,699 labels. Other thresholds at 5¢: 600 against $19.99, 1,380 against $59, 3,180 against $149 and 5,180 against $249. Most shops never reach them. The calculator on this page runs the same formula against your own volume.
Yes. Inventory is included on the $0/mo Rollo Ship plan in both USD and CAD. Across the paid-subscription category, inventory is usually a higher plan tier or a separate paid app. Published modules list at $349 and $499 a month for 1,000 orders, plus $100 for each additional 1,000. Counting stock on Rollo Ship does not add a second invoice.
Yes. You connect your own FedEx account to Rollo Ship on the $0/mo plan, and the same applies to Purolator. USPS, UPS and Canada Post sit on that free account alongside them. In this category, linking a carrier account of your own is sometimes premium-only with extra label fees, or billed at 5¢ per label on a free tier, and checkout rates are frequently gated behind a paid plan.
No. Rollo Ship has no trial clock and asks for no card to start. Paid subscription shipping platforms commonly offer 14-, 15- or 30-day trials and then require a card, and some upgrade you automatically when you pass a free-tier cap. You can run Rollo Ship beside a paid plan for a full billing month and compare the two invoices, because nothing counts down.
Yes. Rollo Ship is a free shipping app on iOS and Android as well as a web dashboard, with the same features on each and no separate charge for mobile. You compare USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post and Purolator rates, print labels and track orders from the phone in your pocket. Several paid subscription shipping platforms in this category are web-only, and some place mobile access on a higher plan.
The right shipping solution depends on where you ship from and which carriers you need. Rollo Ship is free multi-carrier shipping software for the US and Canada, covering USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post and Purolator on a $0/mo account with no shipment cap. Free USPS-only shipping apps cover fewer carriers and require US origin. Paid subscription platforms start at $14.99 a month for the same category of work.
Yes. Rollo Ship supports Canada Post and Purolator alongside USPS, UPS and FedEx, with inventory in CAD as well as USD, on web, iOS and Android. Several paid subscription platforms in this category lean US-origin or run web-only. Canadian shippers print from the same $0/mo account with no regional upgrade, and cross-border shipments run from the same queue.
Start this cycle
Rollo Ship is the free multi-carrier shipping software for U.S. and Canada
No card required. Postage is paid to the carrier from a funded balance.