Stamps
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy only if you ship enough volume that paid, discounted postage printing beats free tools.
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Comparison
Stamps vs Reddit
Stamps and Reddit both land on Depends.
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Fine as a free community and research tool for consumers, niche audiences, and candid product opinions.
| Compare | Stamps | |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | High-volume USPS label printers | Niche community discussion |
| Who it's not for | Casual shippers . the post office is cheaper | B2B validation . reviewers say G2 analysis is 10x better |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁹ | Two known breaches (2018, 2023) and a removed warrant canary; no security page found.15 |
| Support quality | Complaint-filing guides signal friction | 1.2/5 Trustpilot; account-access complaints |
| Public sentiment | Sentiment splits hard: pros save time on labels, while a vocal minority reports serious billing and support problems.² | Users value Reddit's candid communities but rate the company itself poorly and remain angry about 2023 API pricing.14 |
| Biggest gotcha | Monthly subscription from $14.99 . casual users pay for unused months¹ | 2023 API repricing killed apps like Apollo overnight . paid API costs can spike unpredictably |
Pick Stamps when
- High-volume USPS label printers
- E-commerce sellers batching shipments
- Teams wanting commercial-rate postage
When Stamps is not a fit
- Casual shippers . the post office is cheaper
- Micro shops happy with free Pirate Ship
- Anyone wary of monthly auto-renewal subscriptions
Pick Reddit when
- Niche community discussion
- Candid product research
- Consumer and dev-tool marketing
- Free audience insight gathering
When Reddit is not a fit
- B2B validation . reviewers say G2 analysis is 10x better
- Teams needing support SLAs or accountable vendor
- Regulated industries with sensitive data
- Anyone depending on stable API pricing
Sources
- Stamps.com Pricing and Plansstamps.comofficial
- Trustpilot reviews of Stamps.comtrustpilot.comreview
- ConsumerAffairs Stamps.com Reviews & Complaintsconsumeraffairs.comreview
- Reddit r/Flipping warning threadreddit.comreview
- Reddit r/Etsy experience threadreddit.comreview
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- Capterra Stamps.com Cost & Reviewscapterra.com.aureview
- Stamps.com PCI compliance help articlehelp.stamps.comofficial
- UpGuard vendor risk reportupguard.comsecurity
- Wordfence: WordPress plugin vulnerability listingwordfence.comsecurity
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- Reddit is rated "Bad" with 1.2 / 5 on Trustpilottrustpilot.comreview
- Reddit discloses security breach that exposed source code and internal docssecurityaffairs.comsecurity
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