Cin7 vs Easyship

Cin7 is a cloud inventory and order management platform for product businesses that sell across several channels. The company started in New Zealand and in 2021 acquired DEAR Systems, whose product became Cin7 Core; the original platform continues as Cin7 Omni for larger, more complex operations. Both keep stock, orders, purchasing and fulfilment in sync across webshops, marketplaces, wholesale buyers and physical stores.

Core covers multi-warehouse stock, purchasing and supplier management, light manufacturing with bills of materials and assembly, a B2B wholesale portal, point of sale and integrations with Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce and accounting tools such as Xero and QuickBooks. Omni adds deeper EDI, 3PL and retail features for higher volume and more custom processes. Pricing is subscription based with tiers that scale by users, sales channels and order volume, and implementation and onboarding services are often recommended.

Cin7 fits growing brands that have outgrown spreadsheets or the inventory features of a single store platform, especially those mixing B2C and B2B. It is expensive for small single-channel shops, needs real setup effort and has a dense interface. Katana is stronger for manufacturing-centric businesses, Linnworks for marketplace-heavy sellers, Zoho Inventory and inFlow are cheaper for smaller catalogues, and NetSuite suits companies that want a full ERP.

Easyship is a shipping platform specialized in cross-border e-commerce. Founded in Hong Kong and now operating with teams across Asia, Europe and North America, it lets online stores compare rates from more than 250 courier services, print labels and, most importantly, show international buyers the full landed cost, including duties and import taxes, before they pay.

The platform connects to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon, eBay, Etsy and other channels, imports orders automatically and suggests the cheapest or fastest courier for each shipment based on rules you define. It generates commercial invoices and customs paperwork, offers discounted pre-negotiated rates, shipping insurance and branded tracking pages with email notifications. A tax and duty calculator can be embedded in checkout so that buyers are not surprised by charges on delivery, and Easyship also provides fulfillment services in some regions and is widely used by crowdfunding campaigns shipping rewards to backers worldwide. A free plan covers a limited number of shipments per month; paid plans (Plus, Premier and Scale) raise volume and add automation, team accounts and analytics.

Easyship is a strong choice for small and mid-sized brands that sell abroad and want to reduce abandoned carts and refused deliveries caused by unexpected duties. Merchants who ship mostly domestically may get more from local tools: ShipStation and Pirate Ship cover US domestic shipping well, while Sendcloud is deeper for European carriers and returns.