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EasyPost vs SmartyStreets: What are the differences?
Developers describe EasyPost as "Shipping for developers". Add shipping APIs to your application in minutes instead of weeks. Get the best shipping rates by unlocking every major carrier in one simple integration. On the other hand, SmartyStreets is detailed as "Commercial and free street address validation and geocoding". Now it's faster and easier than ever to verify addresses on your website. Help your customers provide valid address data by verifying it in real-time with our API. Display multiple matches if the address is ambiguous, and alert them when the address is invalid. Your shipments will be cheaper and arrive faster, and your customers will be satisfied knowing that their addresses were submitted correctly the first time.
EasyPost and SmartyStreets can be categorized as "Shipping" tools.
Some of the features offered by EasyPost are:
- Shipping Rates- Get realtime rates so you never lose money on shipping.
- Address Verification- Ensure that USPS can find an address before buying a shipping label.
- Shipping Labels API- Purchase shipping labels with one API call.
On the other hand, SmartyStreets provides the following key features:
- Add address validation to your website
- Get address suggestions as you type
- Verify addresses in an Excel or list file
Pros of EasyPost
- Low cost shipping4
- Easy to Integrate with1
- EasyPost Smart Rate provides Time in Transit data1
Pros of SmartyStreets
- Great jQuery Plugin3
- Great Customer Service2
- Easy Setup2
- Reliable2
- Cheaper than Google Places API1
