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illustrativepay for labels, not for seats
ERP shipping integration connects released sales orders to carrier labels and writes tracking and cost back. GoatLabels does it two ways without a connector project: a bulk CSV import of up to 500 rows, or a REST API your ERP calls at release time. It rate-shops USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL per parcel and has no native ERP connector.
USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL quoted together on each parcel your ERP releases, from one account with no carrier contracts to set up.
Every label debits the quoted amount to a dated ledger entry that carries your order or customer reference.
There are four common routes to shipping software that integrates with ERP systems: the ERP's own shipping module, a marketplace connector to a shipping platform, an enterprise multi-carrier system, or a file and API handoff to a label service. GoatLabels is the fourth: no connector to install, four carriers from one account, and a prepaid ledger, but no native ERP app. The table sets the trade-offs side by side.
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| GoatLabels | Native ERP shipping module | Marketplace shipping connector | Enterprise multi-carrier system | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How orders arrive | Bulk CSV import, up to 500 rows per file, or a REST API call from the ERP at release time. | Inside the ERP. Coverage varies: NetSuite's built-in carrier integration is not available to new customers. | A packaged app syncs orders to a shipping platform. You install, map fields, and maintain it. | Integrated by the vendor or a partner as an implementation project. |
| Carrier accounts | None to set up. Labels are bought on GoatLabels' accounts; your own negotiated rates cannot be imported. | Your own carrier accounts. Dynamics 365 Supply Chain expects you to build a rate engine with the carrier or a carrier hub. | Usually your own accounts, plus the platform's discounted rates where offered. | Your own carrier contracts, often many carriers and regions. |
| Rate shopping | USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL quoted on every parcel, one all-in number each. | Depends on the module and on which carriers you have connected. | Yes, across the accounts you connect. | Yes, usually rule-based across contracted carriers. |
| Tracking and cost back to the ERP | Signed webhooks or an API read your ERP consumes; a ledger export by reference. No automatic write-back. | Native, since the shipment is created in the ERP. | Written back by the connector when the mapping is set up. | Written back by the integration. |
| Price and commitment | Free $0 a month with 50 shipments, or Pro $40 a month flat with unlimited shipments. No contract. | Part of the ERP license or an added module. | A connector fee, a platform subscription, or both. | Quoted by sales, typically with implementation fees. |
Third-party details checked on from each vendor's own pages: Oracle NetSuite help: shipping integration availability; Microsoft Learn: small parcel shipping in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. Plans and features change, so confirm on the vendor's current page before you decide.
ERP shipping integration is the link that turns a released sales order in your ERP into a carrier label and returns the tracking number and shipping cost to the order. Without it, someone retypes addresses into a carrier website and pastes tracking numbers back by hand, which is slow at twenty parcels a day and unworkable at two hundred.
The link has three jobs: get the ship-to address, weights, and reference out of the ERP; choose a carrier and service and buy the label; and put tracking and cost back where customer service and finance can see them. Any ERP shipping software, from a native module to a file handoff, is a different way of doing those three jobs.
Yes. Export the orders that are ready to ship as a CSV file and import the file into GoatLabels, which accepts up to 500 rows per import and names the row and field of any error. One bad row does not fail the batch, so a missing postal code holds back a single order rather than the whole wave.
Most ERPs can produce that file from a saved search, a list view, or a report, and many can schedule it. This route needs no admin rights in the ERP beyond running an export, so you can start here while IT decides whether an ERP shipping label integration through the API is worth building.
The ERP, or a script beside it, calls the GoatLabels REST API when an order is released: create the shipment, read the four carrier quotes, and buy the one your rule picks. The API has unlimited calls on every plan, live and test keys, and Idempotency-Key support, so a retried call after a timeout never buys a second label.
Tracking events come back on signed webhooks that can be replayed, and the OpenAPI 3.1 spec lets a developer generate a client instead of writing one. GoatLabels does not ship a packaged app for any ERP, so someone on your side owns the script or workflow that makes the calls.
Each label debits the quoted amount from a prepaid wallet and writes a dated ledger entry that carries the reference you sent, such as the sales order or customer number. Export the ledger, filter or join on that reference, and you have freight cost per order to post against the invoice or a cost center.
There is no separate carrier invoice to reconcile at month end, and a carrier re-weigh adjustment appears in the same ledger as its own line. GoatLabels does not write to your ERP automatically; the ledger export or the API is the source, and your import or script does the posting.
It is the wrong choice if you need a certified, vendor-supported connector inside the ERP, your own negotiated carrier contracts, LTL or freight booking, enterprise SSO, or a contractual SLA, because GoatLabels offers none of those. It is parcel only, on USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and an international network.
Teams that ship pallets and parcels from one screen, or that are bound to a retailer's routing guide and carrier account, usually need a native module or an enterprise multi-carrier system. GoatLabels suits ERP parcel shipping: teams whose orders leave as parcels and who would rather pay for labels than fund an integration project.
Looking for the category view first? See B2B shipping software. Building the API route? Start with the shipping API for developers.
Your ERP already knows the ship-to, the cartons, and the weights. The REST API lets a workflow or script rate-shop and buy the label at release time, with unlimited calls on every plan, live and test keys, Idempotency-Key support, signed replayable webhooks, and rate-limit headers. The dashboard and the API spend the same prepaid wallet.
POST /api/v1/shipments
Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…
Idempotency-Key: ord_8421
{
"to": { "name": "Joyce", "city": "Berlin", "country": "DE" },
"parcel": { "weight": 2.6, "weight_unit": "lb" },
"service": "fedex_intl_priority"
}
Free is $0 a month with 50 shipments a month. Pro is $40 a month flat with unlimited shipments and cheaper label rates. Bulk CSV, 13 connectors, and the REST API come with both, and labels are paid from a prepaid wallet.
Volume pricing
illustrativepay for labels, not for seats
$0 / forever
Enough to pilot one ERP export before you build anything.
The in-app assistant drafts a label from a pasted order or email for you to confirm. It is part of the product, not an add-on.
GET /api/v1/shipments
200 OK · plan: free
Unlimited calls. The same wallet as the dashboard.
Put real parcels through the side-by-side quotes and compare against what those labels cost you on
ShippoPirate ShipShipStationLabel prices are quoted live from USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL and shown as one number, the same number that leaves your wallet. Other vendors' plans move, so compare against their current pricing page. Full pricing details
Related reading: B2B shipping software, enterprise shipping software, bulk shipping labels from CSV, the shipping API for developers, WMS shipping integration.
ERP shipping guides: Acumatica shipping software, Business Central shipping software, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain shipping, Epicor shipping software, Infor shipping software, NetSuite shipping software, Odoo shipping labels, Oracle ERP Cloud shipping, QuickBooks Enterprise shipping software, Sage shipping software, SAP Business One shipping software, SAP S/4HANA parcel shipping, Xero shipping labels, Zoho Inventory shipping labels.
Import a CSV of released orders or call the API, compare USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL on each parcel, then decide. Free is $0 a month; Pro is $40 flat with unlimited shipments.
No contract. No card for the Free plan.