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Cody vs Easyship
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Cody and Easyship — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:ecommerce
Cody vs Easyship: at a glance
What is Cody?
Cody rebuilds its Products module and pipes in-store sales and stock into Google Ads.
Cody is a white-label ecommerce platform for retailers in New Zealand and Australia, built around a POS-linked promotions engine. A second batch of ten releases landed at once on October 27: a rebuilt Products module with one page per product and in-app editing, in-store sales and local inventory feeds for Google Ads, accessibility scoring in Page Builder v3, and Google Tag Gateway. Promotions v2 also gained safer OnTempo imports, and a bundle-save bug was fixed.
What is Easyship?
Easyship stops collecting compliance data and starts filing it at the border.
Easyship is a cross-border shipping platform: rates, labels, tracking and landed-cost calculation across a large courier portfolio, sold both as reselling on Easyship's negotiated rates and as LYOC for merchants bringing their own contracts. The summer run is two steady streams. Courier coverage keeps widening — Amazon Shipping, UniUni, Evri, Purolator, FedEx in the Netherlands, UPS DAP across six EU markets. Alongside it, customs work has sharpened: localised HS codes, country-of-origin selection, EU small parcel duty support, and now CPSC data pass-through to DHL and FedEx.
Cody vs Easyship: editorial side-by-side
Cody
5.0E-COMM
Cody rebuilds its Products module and pipes in-store sales and stock into Google Ads.
◆ Current state
Cody is a white-label ecommerce platform for retailers in New Zealand and Australia, built around a POS-linked promotions engine. A second batch of ten releases landed at once on October 27: a rebuilt Products module with one page per product and in-app editing, in-store sales and local inventory feeds for Google Ads, accessibility scoring in Page Builder v3, and Google Tag Gateway. Promotions v2 also gained safer OnTempo imports, and a bundle-save bug was fixed.
◆ Where it's heading
The October batches move Cody from storefront-and-promotions toward the retailer's whole data loop: product data edited in Cody instead of upstream systems, and store sales and stock fed to ad bidding. Most features ship per site and start with OnTempo POS sites, so the OnTempo integration is becoming the default path for new capability. Self-service is a recurring line in the notes, aimed at fewer support tickets for product and promotion issues.
◆ Prediction
Expect the new Products module to replace the old one once feedback is in, with editing extended to more fields and integrations beyond OnTempo. The entries don't say when the rollout finishes.
Easyship
3.8E-COMM
Easyship stops collecting compliance data and starts filing it at the border.
◆ Current state
Easyship is a cross-border shipping platform: rates, labels, tracking and landed-cost calculation across a large courier portfolio, sold both as reselling on Easyship's negotiated rates and as LYOC for merchants bringing their own contracts. The summer run is two steady streams. Courier coverage keeps widening — Amazon Shipping, UniUni, Evri, Purolator, FedEx in the Netherlands, UPS DAP across six EU markets. Alongside it, customs work has sharpened: localised HS codes, country-of-origin selection, EU small parcel duty support, and now CPSC data pass-through to DHL and FedEx.
◆ Where it's heading
Courier additions are the maintenance work of this category and will continue as a cadence rather than a direction. The direction is customs. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic tightened enforcement this year — the EU's €3 small parcel duty in July, CBP's CPSC e-filing requirement with no value threshold — and Easyship has consistently shipped support inside days of each deadline. That turns compliance from a field merchants fill in into something the platform is accountable for delivering to the authorities.
◆ Prediction
UPS is already listed as coming soon for CPSC pass-through, so completing courier coverage is the near-term step; the pattern of shipping to each enforcement date suggests the next regulatory deadline gets the same treatment before it lands.
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Recent activity from Cody and Easyship
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoCody📦 Meet the new Products module
- 1d agoCody🛍️ Bring your in-store sales and stock into Google Ads
- 1d agoCody✏️ Edit products directly in the new Products module
- 1d agoCody♿ Build more accessible content with accessibility scoring
- 1d agoCody🔗 Promotions that keep shoppers browsing and stay in sync with OnTempo
- 1d agoCody🛠️ Bundle promotions save correctly again
- 3mo agoEasyshipNow Live: CPSC eFiling — Courier Pass-Through for DHL & FedEx ⚡
- 3mo agoEasyshipNow Live: Shopify Shop Promise Support
- 3mo agoEasyship📦 Now Live: Amazon Shipping LYOC Integration — US
- 3mo agoEasyship🚚 Now Fully Live: UniUni Integration — Reselling & LYOC, US & Canada
- 3mo agoEasyshipNow Live: Evri LYOC Integration — GB
- 4mo agoEasyshipNow Live: EU Small Parcel Duty Compliance
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Cody and Easyship?
Both compete on the same themes — ecommerce — within E-comm. Cody is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Cody better than Easyship?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Cody is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other E-comm products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Cody?
Top Cody alternatives in E-comm are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Cody alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/cody-store for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Easyship?
Top Easyship alternatives in E-comm are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Easyship alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/easyship for the full list with editorial commentary on each.