Fulfill Team·November 1, 2026·Add Fulfill as a preferred source on GoogleA warehouse management system controls how goods move through a warehouse and records each step, from receiving and putaway to picking and shipping. For a small operation, the reason to buy one is usually complexity, not square footage. Signs a spreadsheet has stopped being enough:
Teamship's own page for small warehouses describes the bind: spreadsheets stop working as orders and SKUs grow, while large WMS platforms bring big license fees, servers and consultants.
Teamship describes itself as a cloud warehouse management system for 3PLs, distributors and fulfillment warehouses, with inventory, receiving, fulfillment, 3PL billing, a client portal, reporting and AI in one platform. Its Fulfill.com partner listing gives Toronto as its headquarters, 2020 as its founding year and 11 to 50 employees.
The system is hosted on AWS, so there is nothing to install, and updates and backups run automatically. Because it runs in a web browser, the same system works on a desktop in the office, a tablet on the dock or a phone in the aisle, including with Bluetooth scanners.
Staff scan a client's goods in against purchase orders and advance shipping notices, and the system guides putaway, with fixed-bin or velocity slotting and cross-docking. Photos of inbound pallets taken on a phone or scan gun attach to the pallet's license plate (LPN) and follow it through putaway and transfers, which gives the warehouse proof of condition for damage claims and client disputes.
Inventory tools include cycle counting, batch and serial control, shelf-life controls and visibility across several warehouses. For food and other dated goods, Teamship picks first-expired-first-out (FEFO) by expiry date, and it tracks each lot from receiving to shipping so a recall can be targeted.
Picking supports wave planning, pick-path optimization, zone picking and kitting and bundling. Receiving sequences set what staff capture for each SKU on the way in, such as lot, expiry, serial number, weight or QC photos, custom pick workflows set the exact sequence for outbound work, and every pick stop is confirmed with a location and SKU scan.
Teamship's case for its label designer is that retailers reject labels that miss their routing guide, and the wrong label is a chargeback waiting to happen. The designer builds LPN, case and carton labels in each client's own layout, plus GS1 SSCC carton and pallet labels, and each label can be assigned to a client account and a SKU so shipments print the right format. For parcels, the system rate-shops carriers in the US and Canada, generates labels, bills of lading and manifests, and lets a 3PL add a markup to carrier rates.
Returns are handled at the pallet level: staff tag and group return pallets, quarantine them so they cannot ship, print custom return labels and bill returns at their own rates.
Teamship's billing page makes the case that billing is where a 3PL makes or loses its money. The system posts a charge from the client's price sheet each time a receipt, a storage day, a pick, a pack or a shipment happens, then compiles the invoice from those charges.
Standing charges such as a monthly WMS fee appear on every invoice, and staff can add one-off charges at any point. Invoices sync to QuickBooks with a PDF backup attached, clients can view their invoices in the customer portal, and a client who falls behind on payment can be locked out until the account is current. Price sheets can differ by client and by warehouse, even for one client across sites.
By Teamship's account, storage is the hardest thing a 3PL bills for, because every contract charges for space differently. Its storage billing page lists these bases, which can be mixed per client and per warehouse:
| Storage basis | What the client pays for |
|---|---|
| Per pallet | Each pallet stored, with rates that can vary by pallet size or type |
| Cubic meter (CBM) | The volume the goods take up |
| Square foot | Floor area, for dedicated space and bulk-stored goods |
| Per LPN | Each license plate in storage |
| Pallet equivalents | Mixed storage normalized into pallets |
| Peak (high-water mark) | The highest occupancy in the billing period, not the average |
Storage can accrue daily, weekly or monthly, with split-month pricing when a rate changes mid-month. If you are the brand, the basis matters as much as the rate: on high-water-mark billing, your peak occupancy in the period sets the storage charge. Fulfill.com's 3PL pricing guide lists typical storage rates to compare a quote against.
A 3PL's clients log in to a client portal to see their own inventory, orders and invoices, and can pull their own bills of lading there.
When you compare 3PLs, ask each one:
Still looking for a warehouse partner? You can find a 3PL on Fulfill.com and put the same questions to each one on your shortlist.
Teamship's integrations page says the WMS plugs into more than 300 integrations across ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, accounting systems and shipping carriers, and the company offers an open API. The integrations it names on its Fulfill.com partner listing include:
Teamship describes a five-step move from spreadsheets or another WMS: a kickoff to map clients, SKUs, locations and workflows; an import of inventory, client accounts and history; setting each client's billing, pricing, labels and service levels; a parallel run while staff train on real data; and go-live with Teamship's team alongside. Its Fulfill.com listing says teams go live in about two weeks.
There is no standard price list for warehouse software. Of four WMS vendors' pricing pages read for this guide on October 30, 2026, Teamship's shows a price for each of its four plans and Packiyo's for one of its three 3PL plans and one of its three ecommerce brand plans, while ShipHero's pricing address redirects to a request-a-quote page and Logiwa sets a custom plan during a consultation. These are the things that move the price:
These are Teamship's plans as listed on Teamship's website on October 30, 2026. The page shows monthly prices only:
| Plan | Price | Warehouses | Order source integrations | Also listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3PL Growth | $400 a month | One, under 40,000 sq ft | Not listed | None |
| 3PL Launch | $500 a month | One, under 40,000 sq ft | 3 order source integrations (standard), 400 integration orders | Live rate shopping |
| 3PL Plus | $925 a month | Multiple | All order source integrations, 5,000 integration orders | Live rate shopping, priority support |
| 3PL Ultimate | $1,740 a month | Multiple | All order source integrations, 20,000 integration orders | Live rate shopping, priority support |
Every plan includes the client portal, unlimited users and customers and the 3PL customer billing module, and Teamship quotes enterprise pricing for more volume, warehouses or integrations. The page does not say what period the integration-order allowances cover or what orders past them cost, so ask before you sign. Plans and prices can change, so check Teamship's website before you budget.
In plain words, Teamship is built first for 3PLs: every plan carries a 3PL name and includes a client portal and the 3PL customer billing module. A business that stores only its own goods can use it too, and Teamship's small-business page says its built-in billing can invoice clients or track costs without a separate tool. The fit is strongest for a warehouse that stores goods for other businesses today or plans to. Teamship's own descriptions point to four kinds of operation:
A team that wants AI in production should know that Teamship labels its TeamMate AI agents, one for reporting and one for customer service, as beta.
Fulfill.com's guide to WMS platforms for 3PLs compares ten, including Extensiv, ShipHero and Packiyo, and notes which kind of operation each one fits. A WMS can also come as a module of an ERP system rather than a standalone product. For a business that only counts its own stock in one room, an inventory app may be enough; the case for a WMS grows with every location, lot, channel and client you add.
Whichever system you shortlist, bring the same test to each demo: one real client contract, the storage method it uses and the label your pickiest retailer requires.
A WMS sized and priced for a small warehouse: it tracks stock by location and directs receiving, picking and shipping. A small team usually needs one once SKUs, locations, channels or clients outgrow a spreadsheet.
No. Teamship is built for 3PLs, distributors and fulfillment warehouses, and its website lists ecommerce brands doing their own direct-to-consumer fulfillment among the industries it serves.
Teamship's Fulfill.com listing says teams go live in about two weeks. Its process runs from a kickoff and data import through per-client setup and a parallel run to go-live.
As listed on Teamship's website on October 30, 2026, four monthly plans run from $400 (3PL Growth) to $1,740 (3PL Ultimate), each with unlimited users, and larger operations get a quote. Plans and prices can change.
No. A 3PL runs its own WMS. Ask which one it uses, and whether you get portal access to your inventory, orders and invoices.
Teamship's website, including its pricing page; the pricing pages of Packiyo, ShipHero and Logiwa (all read October 30, 2026); Teamship's partner listing on Fulfill.com; and Fulfill.com's glossary and WMS guide.
Disclosure: Teamship is a Fulfill.com vendor partner. Fulfill.com is paid when readers click through to its website.
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