Pricing
HS code classification software pricing for importers
Four plans from $59 a month, or half that billed yearly, stated plainly so you can budget against your broker invoices. On the Growth plan a classification works out to about 20 cents, against $50 to $200 for a documented broker review of one product.
Cost per classification, monthly billing
- Starter, 100 a month
- $0.59
- Growth, 1,000 a month
- $0.20
- Business, 10,000 a month
- $0.05
- Broker review, per product
- $50 to $200
Starter
$29
per month, billed $348 once a year
Solo importer or a small DTC brand getting classification off spreadsheets.
- 100 classifications a month
- Duty and landed-cost estimates
- Saved history with audit rationale
- 1 seat
Growth
Recommended$99
per month, billed $1,188 once a year
A growing importer or exporter with a small ops team and a real SKU flow.
- 1,000 classifications a month
- Duty and landed-cost estimates
- Bulk CSV classification
- Saved history with audit rationale
- 5 seats
Business
$249
per month, billed $2,988 once a year
A high-volume trade team or 3PL classifying for many clients.
- 10,000 classifications a month
- Everything in Growth
- REST API access
- 20 seats
Enterprise
$499
per month, billed $5,988 once a year
Large trade departments and brokers classifying for many entities or clients.
- 20,000 classifications a month
- Everything in Business
- REST API access
- 50 seats
Pick a plan above. The code is checked and applied at checkout, where you see the price after the discount.
Every plan is paid, and the price you sign up at is the price you keep; the live demo is the free taste.
The budget conversation
Priced against what you already pay
A broker doing documented reviews on 60 new products a month at $50 each, the bottom of the usual $50 to $200 band, is $36,000 a year. That is before the duty overpaid on codes nobody revisits, or the hours your team spends reading chapter notes. Growth, the recommended plan, is $2,388 a year on monthly billing. Run your own numbers with the ROI widget on the homepage.
A worked comparison, 60 new products a month
- Broker review at $50, yearly
- $36,000
- Growth plan, yearly
- $2,388
- Difference
- $33,612
Straight multiplication, shown so you can check it. Keep your broker for the contested lines; stop paying per product for routine ones.
Classification cost for importers
How much does product classification cost for importers?
A US importer pays about $5 to $15 per line when a customs broker adds a code to an entry it is already filing, $50 to $200 per product for a documented classification review, and $150 to $400 an hour for a trade consultant or attorney. A binding ruling from CBP costs nothing but takes around 30 days. Software turns the routine first pass into a flat monthly cost.
The spread matters more now than it did a year ago. With the $800 de minimis exemption suspended, shipments that used to clear on a manifest need an entry with a 10-digit HTS number, so brands that classified a dozen products a year are classifying hundreds. The honest split is to let software handle the obvious headings and spend broker money on the handful of products that genuinely sit between two codes.
| Route | Typical cost | Turnaround | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broker, extra line on an entry | $5 to $15 per line | Same entry | A code on the filing, usually without written reasoning |
| Broker, documented review | $50 to $200 per product | Days | A researched code with a short written basis |
| Trade consultant or attorney | $150 to $400 per hour | Days to weeks | A formal opinion, plus help with a ruling request |
| CBP binding ruling | $0 | About 30 days | A legally binding classification for that product |
| TariffWise, Growth plan | About $0.20 per classification | Seconds | A 10-digit HTS code, written rationale, duty and landed cost |
Broker figures are a market band drawn from price lists US brokers publish, not a quote. The full breakdown, with the arithmetic on a 300 SKU catalog, is in our guide to HTS code classification cost. If you are deciding whether to keep paying per line at all, read customs broker vs classification software, or compare vendors on the best HS code classification software page. If you are still choosing a category of tool rather than a plan, the tariff classification software page sets out what each type does and where it stops. Teams classifying from their own ERP or storefront at volume should look at the HS code API, which comes with the Business plan and works out to about 5 cents a classification.
Fair questions about paying for this
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