Rilk vs ShipStation + SkuVault
One login for labels and inventory, not two — no sync lag, no two support lines, and a settlement matched to your orders.
| Criteria | Rilk | ShipStation + SkuVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | ✓Free for your first 500 orders/month, no card | No combined price: ShipStation from $14.99/mo; SkuVault Core is quote-only |
| Getting started | ✓Sign up and connect channels — no sales call | Mixed model: ShipStation self-serve trial; SkuVault Core needs a quote/demo |
| Amazon & Walmart Buy Shipping | ✓Rate shopping on your own carriers, plus Amazon and Walmart Buy Shipping | ShipStation buys Amazon labels natively; SkuVault has no label-purchasing feature of its own |
| Real inventory | ✓Warehouses, bins and stock sync per channel on Pro | Two-product split: SkuVault Core is the dedicated inventory/WMS; ShipStation's own inventory is a lighter bundled feature |
| Profit per order | ✓Per-order profit from the settlement on Amazon, Walmart and eBay | — |
| Seat & channel fees | ✓No per-user seats, no per-channel fees | ShipStation caps users per plan; SkuVault Core seat pricing not published |
| Onboarding & new integrations | ✓No development fee, no hourly billing for the build | ShipStation bundles implementation only on its top plan; SkuVault/Linnworks onboarding is a custom one-off fee, not published |
Sync lag, two sets of IDs and no settlement layer are what two tools cost you. Rilk puts labels, inventory, serials and per-order profit in one login.
Stock comes off the right bin, the serial is recorded, a return comes back into stock, and the settlement tells you what you actually made.
Need a channel Rilk doesn't connect yet? On Ultimate we usually build it ourselves — no development fee, no hourly billing.
Free for your first 500 orders a month. Pro from $999/mo.
The subscriptions are the easy part to see. The seam between the systems is where the time goes.
Connect Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Shopify or WooCommerce and your orders land in one screen. Buy labels on your own UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL accounts and rate-shop every order. The first 500 orders a month are free, with no card and no sales call. Pro is 14 days free when you want inventory, purchase orders and reports.
Buy the label at the marketplace's own rates right from the order, without switching tools. Rilk went through multiple rounds of Amazon review, including the Appstore listing review and a data security assessment under Amazon's Data Protection Policy, and Amazon granted Rilk its restricted Direct-to-Consumer Shipping role on 24 August 2026.
On Amazon, Walmart and eBay, Rilk matches each settlement back to its orders automatically, so the fees on an order are what the marketplace charged, not an estimate. Label re-rates, refunds and adjustments show up against the order they belong to. On other channels you import the payout file and Rilk does the matching.
Every unit keeps its serial from receiving to sale. Regrade a return, log the repair cost against that serial and relist it under the right SKU, with the original cost following the unit. Returns received go straight back into sellable stock in the right bin.
Rilk is free for your first 500 orders a month. Pro starts at $999 a month, with each order shipped metered at $0.30 ($0.05 if Amazon-fulfilled) and credited against that minimum. Ultimate adds retailer EDI and more than one company, quoted to fit. No per-user seats, no per-channel fees.
Linnworks, which sells SkuVault Core, recommends onboarding as "a one-off fee calculated based on your needs" (checked September 2026).
If you're on Ultimate and need a channel Rilk doesn't connect yet, bring it to the call. When it's a real fit, we usually build the integration ourselves, with no development fee and no hourly billing for the build, and it ships for you and every seller after you. We decide what we build and when.
On any plan, tell us what you're missing. A lot of what sellers ask us for ends up in Rilk.
Rilk was built from 2025 on a current stack by people who sell on these marketplaces every day. We ship improvements every week, so what you ask for doesn't wait for a yearly release.
Import your products and suppliers from a spreadsheet, connect your marketplaces, and new orders start flowing in. On Ultimate, a customer success manager plans the move with you.
Every statement about another company's product or price on this page comes from its own public pages, checked as of September 2026. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us at support@rilk.ai and we will fix it.
Rilk covers labels, rate shopping, warehouse, bins, picking, serials and per-order profit in one login. Tell us what else you rely on. On Ultimate, when it's a real fit, we usually build the integration with no development fee. We decide what we build and when.
Free for the first 500 orders a month. Pro starts at $999 a month with orders metered at $0.30 ($0.05 if Amazon-fulfilled), credited against the minimum. Ultimate is quoted to fit.