Shipping & Fulfillment Software · reliability comparison
AfterShip vs Pirate Ship: which is more reliable? (2026)
Pirate Ship is more reliable than AfterShip, scoring 95.4 vs 34.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days AfterShip reported 9 incidents and Pirate Ship reported 3, with effective uptime of 95.18% and 99.98% respectively. Pirate Ship resolves incidents faster on average (44m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | AfterShip | Pirate Ship |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 34.3 | 95.4 |
| Rank (shipping software tools) | #9 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 95.18% | 99.98% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 9 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 17h 1m | 44m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where AfterShip and Pirate Ship differ
- AfterShip reported 3× as many incidents as Pirate Ship over the last 90 days (9 vs 3).
- AfterShip had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Pirate Ship.
- Pirate Ship fixes problems faster: 44m on average, against 17h 1m for AfterShip (23.3× quicker).
- AfterShip's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Jul 30, 2026); Pirate Ship's lasted 1h 35m (Jun 11, 2026).
90-day uptime
AfterShip
Pirate Ship
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent AfterShip incidents
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · ongoing
Carrier brazil-correios is currently unstable - Start Time - 2026/10/29 04:06 UTC
Affected: Couriers Tracking System
- Partial outageOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 6h 22m
Affected: Couriers Tracking System
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 16h 38m
Carrier dpd-uk is unstable - Start Time - 2026/10/20 09:15 UTC - End Time - 2026/10/21 01:53 UTC
Affected: Couriers Shipping System
- Partial outageOct 4, 2026 · resolved in 6h 27m
Affected: Couriers Tracking System
- Partial outageSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 5h 11m
Affected: Couriers Tracking System
- Partial outageSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 23h 39m
Carrier bring is unstable - Start Time - 2026/09/16 05:53 UTC - End Time - 2026/09/17 05:32 UTC
Affected: Couriers Tracking System
Recent Pirate Ship incidents
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 26m
Spreadsheet uploads temporarily unavailable
Affected: Pirate Ship App (ship.pirateship.com)
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
USPS Return Label Purchasing Temporarily Unavailable
Affected: Pirate Ship App (ship.pirateship.com), USPS Shipments
- InformationalAug 5, 2026 · resolved in 15m
Affected: Pirate Ship App (ship.pirateship.com)
Other shipping software tools to consider
- Ordoro · #1 · 100% uptime
- ShippingEasy · #3 · 99.96% uptime
- EasyPost · #4 · 99.85% uptime
- ShipHero · #5 · 99.63% uptime