Thinking of leasing a Pitney Bowes MailStation 2™ for your office postage needs? Make sure you do a complete cost comparison of postage meters vs. Stamps.com.
Monthly costs for postage meters can be significant with all the hidden fees that are included. Using Stamps.com, a small business owner could save an estimated $14.98 per month compared to the MailStation 2 machine. Plus, there is no hardware needed for Stamps.com – you just use your existing computer and printer!
= Best Choice | Mailstation 2 | Stamps.com | ||
Customer Trial | ||||
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Trial period | 2 months | 4 weeks | ||
Agreement period | 12 months | None | ||
Agreement early termination fee | Yes | No | ||
Monthly fees | $24.99 | $17.99 | ||
Customer Trial | ||||
Includes scale | Yes | Yes | ||
Maximum weight on scale | 2 lbs. | 5 lbs | ||
Shipping and handling fee for scale | $9.99 | $9.99 | ||
Start printing postage | 5-10 days | 5 minutes | ||
Postage Purchases | ||||
Postage purchase required on sign-up | $10.00 | $0.00 | ||
Fee for adding postage (per transaction) | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
Ink Cartridges and Labels | ||||
Pitney Bowes proprietary ink cartridge | Yes | No | ||
Cost of Pitney Bowes proprietary ink cartridge | $59.99 | $0.00 | ||
Estimated cost per print | $0.09 | $0.005 | ||
Pitney Bowes proprietary shipping labels | Yes | No | ||
Cost of Pitney Bowes proprietary shipping labels | $18.99 | $0.00 | ||
Estimated cost of each label (for shipping) | $0.063 | $0.004 | ||
Prints USPS Tracking on labels | No | Yes | ||
Prints delivery address on label | No | Yes | ||
Misc. | ||||
Verifies delivery address with USPS database | No | Yes | ||
Electronic postage refunds | No | Yes | ||
Estimated Monthly Cost: | $33.45 | $18.47 | ||
SAVINGS WITH STAMPS.COM: $14.98/MONTH or $179/YEAR |