Which 3PLs publish their pricing publicly?

Almost every major 3PL describes itself as transparent. Most of them mean something different by that word than you might think. We audited the public pricing pages of ShipBob, ShipMonk, Red Stag Fulfillment, eFulfillment Service, and Huboo and quoted them directly.

ShipBob’s headline contains the word “Clear.” The page itself contains no rates. Every pricing question routes to a quote form.

For a full side-by-side of Hermeslines vs ShipBob — including worked pricing examples, ShipBob figures attributed to primary sources, and the places where ShipBob actually beats us — see our full ShipBob comparison page.

ShipMonk promises “every fee explained” on a page that publishes no rates. It does explain ShipMonk’s monthly minimum formula in unusual detail:

Every variable in that formula — your order volume, your pick fee — is only disclosed after you fill out a quote form. The formula is published; the inputs are not.

Red Stag’s pricing page is, structurally, a multi-step intake form. The form asks for name, email, phone, company, current fulfillment solution, product type, average package weight, monthly volume, SKU count, biggest challenge, and how the visitor heard about Red Stag. Of all the fields on the form, only one is optional.

There are no dollar figures published anywhere on the page — no per-pick fee, no storage rate, no minimum, no starting price.

eFulfillment Service uses the word “transparency” in its lead pricing copy. The page publishes no rates. The pricing summary consists of four qualitative bullets: no setup fees, no minimum order requirements, award-winning service, pay-as-you-go.

Huboo makes the strongest transparency claim of any of the five 3PLs we audited. They publish one concrete figure — a £1,000 monthly starting price — and route everything else to a quote form.

Huboo is the most transparent of the five by this measure: they publish a starting price. They are not transparent in the sense most ecommerce founders mean it — you still cannot calculate your costs without going through their sales team.

What we do differently

Every Hermeslines rate is published on a single page: our pricing page. Pick-and-pack from $0.99. Storage from $13.01 per pallet at the 15+ tier. FBA prep at $60 per hour. No quote form required. No “starting at” hiding the real number. No “request access” gate.

We do this for two reasons. First, because most of our customers are small ecommerce brands without time to chase quotes from six 3PLs. Publishing the rate card is the most respectful thing we can do with their time. Second, because we think the industry’s current approach to pricing is bad for the people buying it — and we’d rather be the alternative.

If our published rates don’t work for you, you’ll know in 90 seconds. If they do, you can contact us with most of the questions already answered.

Methodology and updates

All quotes on this page were verified live on the date noted below. Each competitor’s pricing page was fetched, read, and quoted directly. No claim on this page is paraphrased or inferred — every claim is sourced to a URL we have on file with a date stamp.

We re-verify this page annually. If you notice that any claim here is out of date or incorrect, tell us and we’ll fix it.