LandedFees vs Zonos (2026)

TL;DR verdict. These two are not the same product. Zonos is a paid cross-border ecommerce platform with checkout SDK, DDP guarantee, and merchant-of-record services. LandedFees is a free, transparent, primary-source-cited landed cost calculator. Pick Zonos if you need a checkout integration for a DTC or Shopify store. Pick LandedFees if you need to defend a duty number to a broker, CFO, or a B2B buyer, and you want the calculation to be free and cite-able line by line.

Side-by-side matrix

"Verify" means we could not confirm at time of writing. Check zonos.com.

When to pick each

Pick Zonos when. You run a DTC Shopify store shipping cross-border. You need a checkout SDK that quotes landed cost live and guarantees it. You want merchant-of-record so international customers pay you, not customs. You have budget for a paid platform and prefer a turnkey integration.

Pick LandedFees when. You import into the US and need the full 8-lane Chapter 99 stack itemized with citations. You are quoting a B2B buyer and want to send a share link with the full breakdown. You need to explain the duty number to your broker or CFO. You want a free tool with no cap, no card, no signup.

Worked example: China to US, HS 8518.30.20, 150,000 USD

The 8-lane stack on this lane in August 2026:

• MFN base 4.9 percent
• Section 122 reciprocal 10 percent
• Section 301 List 3 25 percent
• Section 301 forced-labor Tier A 3 percent
• MPF and HMF

LandedFees returns 217,197.12 USD total landed cost with every layer cited to USITC HTS 9903.xx heading, CBP CSMS bulletin, or 19 CFR fee reference.

Zonos returns a landed cost quote inside its checkout SDK. Layer-level transparency and specific 9903.xx citations: verify at their site or in the paid dashboard.

The honest overlap

Both tools calculate landed cost. Both cover Section 232 and 301 in some form. The differentiators are:

• Transparency. LandedFees cites the primary source per line. Zonos surfaces the total in the checkout SDK.
• Business model. LandedFees is free forever for importers, revenue from the exporter side of the marketplace. Zonos is a paid B2B platform.
• Integration. Zonos ships an SDK. LandedFees ships an iframe embed widget.
• Product surface. Zonos does merchant-of-record and DDP guarantee, which LandedFees does not.

Verdict

If your job is running a cross-border ecommerce store with checkout, Zonos. If your job is compliance, brokerage, quote preparation, or working-capital planning, LandedFees. If you need both, you can use both, they do not conflict.

Try LandedFees at landedfees.com/calculator.