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Rilk vs ShipStation + SkuVault

One tool instead of two: shipping and inventory in one login

One login for labels and inventory, not two — no sync lag, no two support lines, and a settlement matched to your orders.

At a glance

Price to start✓Free for your first 500 orders/month, no cardNo combined price: ShipStation from $14.99/mo; SkuVault Core is quote-only
Getting started✓Sign up and connect channels — no sales callMixed 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 ShippingShipStation buys Amazon labels natively; SkuVault has no label-purchasing feature of its own
Real inventory✓Warehouses, bins and stock sync per channel on ProTwo-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 feesShipStation caps users per plan; SkuVault Core seat pricing not published
Onboarding & new integrations✓No development fee, no hourly billing for the buildShipStation bundles implementation only on its top plan; SkuVault/Linnworks onboarding is a custom one-off fee, not published

Why sellers switch from ShipStation + SkuVault

One login, not two support lines

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.

Everything after the label

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.

No development fee for the channel you need

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 details

What two tools cost you

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The subscriptions are the easy part to see. The seam between the systems is where the time goes.

  • Sync lag: one tool imports the orders, the other holds the stock, and when the sync hiccups you ship stock you don't have
  • Two support lines: a count looks wrong and each vendor points at the other
  • Two sets of IDs: a real margin report means exporting both and matching them by hand
  • No settlement layer: in Rilk, payouts are matched to the orders that earned them

What Rilk puts in one place

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  • Rate shopping on your own UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL accounts, plus Amazon and Walmart Buy Shipping
  • Warehouses, bins, pick lists and scan-to-verify picking, on the same screen as shipping
  • Stock sync to your marketplaces, switched on per channel
  • Serials from receiving through grading, sale, return and resale
  • Per-order profit from the settlement on Amazon, Walmart and eBay

Start free, work your own orders today

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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.

Amazon and Walmart Buy Shipping on the order screen

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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.

Profit per order, from what the marketplace actually paid

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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.

Serials, grading and returns in one flow

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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.

What you get on Pro

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  • Inventory across warehouses and bins, with stock sync switched on per channel
  • Serial tracking, regrading and returns
  • Purchase orders with landed cost, and FBA inbound
  • Pick lists and scan-to-verify picking
  • Automation rules for orders and shipping
  • Payout reconciliation and full reports
  • More channels, including Back Market and Newegg

Pricing, published

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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.

New integrations without a second onboarding bill

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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.

New software, shipping every week

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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.

Switching from two tools

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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.

Sources

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.

Frequently asked questions

Can Rilk replace ShipStation and SkuVault together?

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.

How much does Rilk cost?

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.

See what one unified platform replaces

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