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Drive It vs Shipday

Looking for a Shipday alternative for your courier work? Compare how each service handles the jobs you already have, the evidence your customers need and the total cost of your working month.

60 days free after approval. Then £79 including VAT monthly when renewal is authorised. Separate mapping usage and applicable network charges.

Local delivery dispatch versus tools for your own UK courier business

Which is the better fit for your courier business?

Shipday is worth assessing for merchant delivery dispatch and connected order systems. Drive It brings an owner driver’s own bookings, routes, customer tracking and delivery evidence together with eligible Deliverate opportunities. Drive It is currently available in the UK, including Northern Ireland. Choose on the workflow you need, rather than assuming the two accounts include the same services. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Published by Drive It / Nexus Delivery Team Limited. Official provider information checked . Recommendations are our assessment of the advertised services, not an independent performance test. The providers are separate businesses.

Drive It is currently available in the UK only, including Northern Ireland. Interested in using Drive It in an EU market, including the Republic of Ireland? Register your interest with the team. EU availability and launch dates are not confirmed.

When to consider Shipday

Consider Shipday when you run local merchant deliveries and need automated order intake, dispatch or a branded customer experience.

When to consider Drive It

Consider Drive It when you run your own UK courier business and want direct customer jobs and eligible Deliverate opportunities in one driver workflow.

Shipday and Drive It compared

Compare the account and features you actually need. Prices retain the provider’s displayed currency and billing basis; confirm the current quote, taxes, limits and optional charges before subscribing.

Advertised services checked on 13 October 2026
What to compareShipdayDrive It
Price and billingThe Professional pricing card shows US$39/month including 300 orders, then US$0.10 per additional order. Country-specific allowances and quotes need confirmation. [1] £79 including VAT monthly after the 60-day approved-user trial, when renewal is authorised. Mapping usage and applicable network charges are separate.
Routing and dispatchAdvertises automated dispatch and planning with time windows, vehicle capacity, shifts and paired pickups and deliveries. [2] Organise your own collection and delivery jobs with route instructions. Demonstrate specialist planning constraints before relying on them.
Driver app and evidenceAn iOS/Android driver app supports job updates, navigation, delivery photos, signatures and notes. [3] Keep the job outcome, recipient details, photographs and signature with the delivery record. iPhone and Android apps are in beta.
Online ordersIts WooCommerce integration advertises automatic order import and delivery-slot handling. [4] Add your own authorised customer bookings. Confirm any required ecommerce connection with the team; membership does not imply a Shipday migration.
Branded experienceBranded Premium lists a branded driver app and customer tracking, from US$79/month with 300 orders and US$0.20 per extra order. [1] Customer tracking forms part of the courier workflow. The driver membership is not a white-label app quotation.
Coverage and opportunitiesMarkets delivery software for UK businesses. External delivery-provider access is location dependent and needs separate confirmation. [5] [4] UK only, including Northern Ireland. Eligible approved drivers can review suitable Deliverate opportunities; availability and earnings are not guaranteed.

The benefit for an owner driver: keep your own work together

A courier’s day can include a customer booking, a collection with access instructions, several deliveries and a failed attempt. Drive It gives that work a consistent place to hold the instructions, route and completion record. That can make it easier to answer a customer’s later question with the correct job evidence.

Suitable Deliverate opportunities can sit alongside direct work. Assess the value using customers you already serve and the full membership cost; decide separately whether available opportunities suit your vehicle, area and schedule.

Where Shipday’s merchant workflow may be useful

For a shop receiving web orders, automated order intake can reduce re-entry between a storefront and a dispatch screen. Shipday’s WooCommerce connection is relevant to that requirement. Check how amended addresses, delivery slots and cancellations behave with your actual checkout configuration. [4]

If your main requirement is running a multi-merchant dispatch desk, demonstrate that scope in both products. Ask Nexus about the appropriate wider setup rather than treating one Drive It membership as a quote for every office function.

Compare a complete monthly bill

Shipday’s figures above come from its main pricing page. Its route-planning page displays a different Professional overage rate, and its Business AI prices are inconsistent within the pricing page. Ask for a written quote for your country, volume and selected features. [1] [2]

Use the same monthly jobs, staff access, messaging and branding requirements in each quotation. Preserve the original currencies and account for tax and extra usage. This comparison does not claim Drive It is cheaper than Shipday.

Test the handover from dispatch to delivery

Use one normal round, then change an address and record an unsuccessful stop. Check what the driver sees, what the customer sees and how you find the completed evidence. Time the administration you actually perform; a feature list alone cannot establish a saving.

Before switching, retain the delivery records you need and confirm how open orders will be moved. Do not assume old Shipday evidence, customer settings or integrations will automatically transfer.

What to test before choosing

  • Get a UK quote using your actual monthly order volume.
  • Test a timed collection and its linked delivery.
  • Check photos, signatures and an unsuccessful stop.
  • Demonstrate your exact WooCommerce or other order connection if required.
  • Verify external delivery-provider coverage separately from software availability.

Explore the details: Courier management software · Customer delivery tracking.

Drive It vs Shipday: common questions

Is Drive It a Shipday alternative in Northern Ireland?

Drive It is available for approved UK users, including Northern Ireland. It is worth comparing for your own courier bookings, routes, tracking and POD. Availability of suitable network work still depends on demand, location, vehicle and approval.

Does Shipday provide UK delivery drivers with every plan?

Do not assume that software access includes an external fleet. Shipday’s integration guidance distinguishes own-driver software from external delivery-provider availability. Confirm your postcode and provider directly. [4] [5]

Does Drive It include a white-label Shipday-style app?

The published Drive It membership is for the Drive It workflow and beta apps. It is not a promise of a separately branded app or feature-for-feature replacement for Shipday’s branded plans.

Can a merchant compare Shipday with the wider Nexus platform?

Yes. Contact Nexus with your order source, driver count and office requirements so the relevant setup can be assessed. The owner-driver membership price alone is not a quotation for that wider scope.

Choose what helps you today

A delivery to arrange, a business to run, or an order to follow?

Start with the service that matches your need. Explore more of Nexus when your work calls for it; you do not need to choose a whole operation’s setup to ask about one useful tool.

Arrange transport with Deliverate

Moving furniture, boxes, an appliance or a business delivery? Prepare your request, review available courier responses and agree the price and service before moving day.

Explore the Deliverate marketplace

Find suitable courier opportunities

Explore Deliverate for work that fits your vehicle, location and availability. Approval and job eligibility apply, and work or earnings are not guaranteed.

Explore courier opportunities

Run your own work with Drive It

Keep your own customer bookings, routes, tracking and delivery evidence together. Assess the driver tools with the work you already have.

Explore Drive It

Organise bookings with Book It

For retailers, merchants and delivery businesses: capture goods, addresses, dates and instructions, then keep the booking connected to the work. Ask about Book It as an addition to your setup.

Explore the Book It add-on

Connect conversations with Engage It

Ask about adding business calls and messages to your Nexus setup. Start an Engage It account to explore your requirements; creating the account does not activate or purchase a communications service.

Explore the Engage It add-on

Follow your delivery with Track It

Receiving an order? Use the tracking link supplied by your merchant or courier to follow the available updates for your delivery. For the Track It customer app, ask the team about current access.

Ask about Track It for customers

Need several office users, a fleet or a merchant connection? Tell us what your operation needs. Add-on availability, setup and charges are confirmed separately; these options are not all included automatically in a Drive It membership.

Try Drive It with your own courier work

Drive It is currently available in the UK only, including Northern Ireland. Interested in using Drive It in an EU market, including the Republic of Ireland? Register your interest with the team. EU availability and launch dates are not confirmed.

Approved users receive 60 days free. Continue at £79 including VAT per month from day 61 when renewal is authorised through secure Stripe checkout. There is no separate joining fee. Mapping is provided by Nexus. Applicable network charges are separate.

Without payment authorisation, no charge is taken and full access ends after the trial; saved records remain read-only. Cancel before renewal to avoid the next payment. Complete the required checks before operational access. The iPhone and Android apps are in beta. Work and earnings are not guaranteed.

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Sources and comparison notes

Checked on 13 October 2026. Each provider sets its own features, eligibility and commercial terms. Check the linked official pages for changes. We have not tested relative route performance, job availability or earnings.

  1. Shipday pricing, included orders and branding plans
  2. Shipday routing features and displayed pricing
  3. Shipday driver app
  4. Shipday WooCommerce integration and availability FAQ
  5. Shipday UK delivery software

Drive It details: current courier tools, membership terms and pricing and trial. Competitor names identify the services being compared and do not imply endorsement, partnership or data sharing.

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