Free tools for couriers & shippers
Working calculators built on the same logic as the ParcelOps rating engine. Use them, bookmark them, link to them — no account required.
Delivery route planner
Order a delivery run in Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban any way you like, then let the optimiser find the proven-shortest route — on real South African road-network data.
Open calculatorVolumetric weight calculator
Work out volumetric and chargeable weight per piece, with the standard SA divisors (5,000 / 4,000 / 3,000) — the way courier billing systems actually rate it.
Open calculatorFuel surcharge calculator
Add a fuel surcharge to a quote, or take an invoice and work back the percentage you're actually paying — with the VAT breakdown.
Open calculatorCourier rate calculator
See how a South African delivery price is built: sliding-scale weight brackets, volumetric weight, fuel surcharge, fees and VAT on an adjustable sample rate card.
Open calculatorWhy are these free?
Because they’re a small slice of what ParcelOps does automatically. Every calculation on these pages — volumetric weight, sliding-scale tariffs, fuel surcharges, VAT — runs on every quote, waybill and invoice inside the platform, using your own rate cards instead of samples. If the tools are useful, the product is more so.