Shipping & Packaging

Courier Cost Calculator

What a particular courier charges for a parcel, service by service, with the surcharges that go on top.

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Your figures

Only couriers that are switched on appear here. Choose "enter a rate myself" to use a figure from your own contract.

Express and surface are priced differently by every courier.

Zones are each courier's own definition. The zone calculator works one out from a city or PIN code.

Payment

COD charges apply only where one has been configured.

Used where a COD or insurance charge is a percentage of the order value.

The parcel

What the packed parcel weighs on a scale.

Result

Your result

Enter your figures and the result appears here.

Estimates only. Rates, fees and specifications change. Confirm against the official source before you rely on a figure — see our disclaimer.

About this calculator

Couriers are not comparable on their headline rate. One divides by 5000 and another by 4000, so the same carton is 25% heavier at one of them before a rupee of rate is compared. One charges fuel on the base and another on the total. One has a minimum charge that swallows small parcels.

This calculator prices a parcel at a chosen courier using that courier's own divisor, rounding and surcharge rules as configured here, so what you compare is the amount you would actually be invoiced.

How to use this calculator

  1. Choose the courier. Only couriers that are switched on appear.
  2. Choose a service if that courier has more than one. Express and surface price differently.
  3. Pick the destination zone, or leave it for a rate that applies to any zone.
  4. Enter the parcel weight and, if it is bulky, its dimensions.
  5. Read the cost, then change the courier and read it again.

The formula

The courier's own settings decide three things before any rate is looked up:

Divisor          the courier's volumetric divisor, not a general one
Chargeable rule  greater of the two weights, or actual only, or volumetric only
Rounding         to the gram, to the next slab, or to the next kilogram

The resulting chargeable weight selects a rate band, and the configured surcharges are applied to it. Where the courier has a minimum charge, it replaces the calculated figure when the calculated figure comes in lower.

SymbolMeaningUnit
Divisor The courier's own volumetric divisor
Zone The courier's own destination grouping
Base rate Rate for the chargeable weight band Rs

Worked example

Two couriers, one 3 kg carton measuring 40 × 30 × 20 cm:

Courier A, divisor 5000: volumetric 4.8 kg, billed on 4.8 kg
Courier B, divisor 4000: volumetric 6.0 kg, billed on 6.0 kg

Courier B has to be 20% cheaper per kilogram just to match courier A on this carton. A comparison of the two rate cards alone would not have shown that.

Notes and limits

  • Only couriers with configured rates can be priced. A courier that appears but returns "rate not configured" has not had its tariff entered yet.
  • The divisor, rounding rule and chargeable-weight policy come from the courier's settings, which is why two couriers can differ on this page even at identical rates.
  • Transit time is not modelled. A cheaper surface service that takes four extra days is not the same product as an express one.
  • Published tariffs are a starting point for negotiation. Volume gets a better rate at every courier, so compare your own contract rates where you have them.

What this calculation assumes

  • Each courier is priced with its own divisor, rounding and chargeable-weight policy.
  • Rates and surcharges are those configured on this site, matched on today's date.
  • Transit time, pickup reliability and claim handling are not priced here, and they are not free.

Frequently asked questions

Which courier is cheapest in India?

It depends on the parcel and the destination, not on the courier. A dense parcel to a metro and a bulky parcel to a remote PIN code will often have different winners. Price your own typical parcel at each rather than trusting a general ranking.

Why do two couriers quote different weights for the same box?

Because they use different volumetric divisors and different rounding rules. A courier dividing by 4000 bills 25% more weight than one dividing by 5000 for the identical carton.

Are these the couriers' official rates?

They are the rates configured on this site. Courier pricing is contract-specific and changes regularly, so no rate appears here unless it has been entered and dated. Where nothing has been entered, the calculator says so instead of estimating.

Does this include COD charges?

Where one has been configured for that courier, yes, and it is shown as its own line. Where none has been configured, the breakdown says so rather than quietly leaving it out.

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