The 10 Best Shipping Rates Apps for Shopify

The top 10 apps merchants see when they search the Shopify App Store for shipping rates, in the exact order the store ranks them. Only Shopify's organic ranking is shown, never sponsored ads.

Updated October 10, 2026 · Organic ranking

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Shopify's shipping setup is more capable than it looks in one direction and shut in another. Rates can already be scoped to particular products through a separate delivery profile, and a rate group can be limited to certain collections, neither of which needs an app. What a rate cannot do is depend on much: the condition attached to one compares the order total or the order weight, and nothing else exists on that list.

The other half of this category is not about creating rates at all but about what checkout then does with them. Hiding a rate, renaming it or changing the order they appear in has no setting in the admin; it is only possible through a function that an app installs. Even then the edges are fixed, because the carrier name is prepended to the option title and cannot be removed, and the cheapest option is always the one selected first.

1

SMART Shipping Rates & Rules

★ 5.0 (454 reviews) · Free to install

Postcode shipping calculator to set rates & rules by product
Built for Shopify
2

ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules

★ 5.0 (1,246 reviews) · Free plan available

Shipping calculator with custom shipping rules & pickup points
3

Shipping Rates Rules & Zones

★ 4.9 (40 reviews) · Free to install

Shipping rates rules & custom shipping zones by postcodes
Built for Shopify
4

ShipZip Shipping Rates & Rules

★ 5.0 (444 reviews) · Free plan available

Custom shipping rates and Local delivery date by zipcodes.
5

DS Shipping Rates Zip Distance

★ 5.0 (18 reviews) · Free plan available

Flexible shipping rules by product, ZIP code, cart, distances.
Built for Shopify
6

Shipping Rate Power Toy

★ 5.0 (31 reviews) · Free plan available

Reorder and hide your shipping rates
Built for Shopify
7

Parcelify: Shipping Rates

★ 4.8 (180 reviews) · Free trial available

Shipping rates to save you money and retain customers
8

Easyship ‑ All in One Shipping

★ 4.2 (410 reviews) · Free plan available

Compare cheaper rates and automate labels, tracking & duties
9

OCT Shipping Rates Calculator

★ 4.5 (22 reviews) · Free to install

Shipping cost calculator on product pages and in the cart
Built for Shopify
10

CBB Shipping Rates Calculator

★ 4.7 (237 reviews) · Free trial available

Show shipping rates before checkout to reduce cart abandonment
Built for Shopify

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What to look for in a Shipping Rates app

Check the admin before you check the App Store: Rates that differ by product, and rates limited to a collection, are both already there in delivery profiles and rate groups. A good share of what gets bought in this category is configuration somebody has not found yet, so it is worth an hour in the shipping settings first.
Hiding a rate and pricing a rate are different mechanisms: The function that hides, renames and reorders options at checkout cannot change what a rate costs. Altering the price is a separate mechanism entirely, so an app promising both is doing two things, and may only be strong at one.
Address rules depend on where the rate comes from: Blocking PO boxes or keying rules to a postcode needs the address, and for Shopify's own built-in rates that data may simply not reach the function doing the filtering. Rules like these are much safer on carrier-calculated or app-provided rates, so confirm which kind yours are before buying for that reason.
Live carrier rates are gated by plan: If what you actually want is real-time pricing from a carrier rather than your own table of rates, that capability is tied to your Shopify plan or sold as a separate feature. No app removes that requirement, so check it before you compare anything else.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best Shipping Rates app for Shopify?

Based on the Shopify App Store's own organic ranking for "shipping rates", SMART Shipping Rates & Rules currently holds the #1 spot, with a 5.0 star rating across 454 reviews. The best choice for your store still depends on your requirements, so compare the top results above.

How is this ranking determined?

We record the organic results merchants actually see when searching the Shopify App Store for "shipping rates", refreshed daily. Shopify's own sponsored ("Ad") results are excluded, so positions reflect its real search ranking rather than paid promotion. Source: the Shopify App Store search results for "shipping rates", you can verify the current ranking there yourself.

Which Shipping Rates apps are Built for Shopify?

6 of the top 10 shipping rates apps hold the Built for Shopify badge: SMART Shipping Rates & Rules, Shipping Rates Rules & Zones, DS Shipping Rates Zip Distance, Shipping Rate Power Toy, OCT Shipping Rates Calculator and more.

What does the Built for Shopify badge mean?

Built for Shopify
Built for Shopify is the highest level of recognition Shopify awards an app. To earn the badge, an app must meet Shopify's standards for safety, performance, ease of use, and proven usefulness: it cannot slow down the admin, storefront, or checkout, must integrate seamlessly into the Shopify admin, and must demonstrate quality through installs, reviews, and ratings over time. When comparing similar apps, preferring ones with the badge is a safe default. Learn more about the Built for Shopify badge →

As of October 10, 2026, the top-ranked shipping rates app on the Shopify App Store is SMART Shipping Rates & Rules, with a 5.0 star rating across 454 reviews. 6 of the top 10 carry the Built for Shopify badge, and the average rating is 4.8 stars across 3,082 reviews.

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