HTSBase vs Easyship
Ecommerce shippers who want shipping rates, labels, tax and duty and HS codes from one shipping platform.
What Easyship does
Easyship is a shipping platform with a Tax and Duty API and an HS Code API alongside its rates and labels. The HS Code API suggests codes from product details. For shipments to the U.S., EU and UK it can use the full 10-digit code and the country of origin to compute duty, with an itemized breakdown for API users.
Signup: Self-serve. Free account with a sandbox and no credit card; Enterprise plans go through sales.
Published pricing
- Free: No monthly fee; Tax and Duty $0.11 a call, HS Code $0.05 a call source, checked October 2026
- Plus: From $29 a month, 125 Tax and Duty and 125 HS Code calls, then $0.11 and $0.04 source, checked October 2026
- Premier: From $69 a month, 625 calls of each, then $0.10 and $0.04 source, checked October 2026
- Scale 1 to 3: From $99, $149 or $199 a month, 1,250 to 2,500 calls of each, then $0.09 and $0.03 source, checked October 2026
Prices from Easyship's API pricing announcement dated December 8, 2025. Overage is charged only on successful calls.
- Free: $0, 250 calls a month, no overage source, checked October 2026
- Starter: $29 a month, 2,000 calls, then $0.01 a call source, checked October 2026
- Growth: $99 a month, 15,000 calls, then $0.007 a call source, checked October 2026
- Scale: $199 a month, 50,000 calls, then $0.005 a call source, checked October 2026
One call returns classification, duty and landed cost for the U.S. or the EU.
Coverage
| Easyship | HTSBase | |
|---|---|---|
| Signup | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| U.S. import duty | Yes, 10-digit codes for U.S. shipments | Yes, base rate plus trade programs |
| EU duty and VAT | Yes, 10-digit codes for EU shipments | Yes, CN 2026 duty and import VAT |
| Classification from a product description | Yes, HS Code API (separate call) | Yes, in the same call as duty and landed cost |
| Chapter 99 stacking (Section 301, 232) | Not published | Yes, Section 301 and 232 measures stacked and shown |
| EU EUR 3 per item duty (from July 1, 2026) | Not published | Yes |
| MCP server for AI agents | Not published | Yes, at /api/mcp |
"Not published" means we could not find it on Easyship's public pages in October 2026. It may still be available; ask Easyship.
When to choose Easyship instead
- You also need shipping rates, labels and tracking from the same provider.
- You ship to many destinations; Easyship lists 200+.
- You already ship through Easyship and want duty in the same account.
When HTSBase fits
- You want to start free and pay by the month without talking to sales.
- You have product descriptions, not codes, and want the code, duty and landed cost from one call.
- You import into the U.S. and need Section 301 and 232 measures shown on top of the base rate.
- You sell into the EU and need the EUR 3 per item duty and import VAT in the estimate.
- You want an AI agent to call it through MCP.
Sources
- Easyship API plans and pay-as-you-go pricing, checked October 2026
- Easyship 10-digit HS codes, checked October 2026
- Easyship HS Code API, checked October 2026
See our own numbers on the accuracy page and the status page.
250 free calls a month.
Classification, duty and landed cost for the U.S. and EU in one call.