Best Dropship Software for 2027: 5 Tools Compared

Every enterprise retailer has the same spreadsheet. It has one tab per supplier, a column for stock that was accurate on Tuesday, and an owner who moved to a different team in March. It still runs a surprising share of the dropship program.

The best dropship software in 2027 replaces that spreadsheet with a sequence your team can follow for every supplier. Products arrive, stock stays current, orders route to the right partner and each sale settles against the order it belongs to. The differences between the tools on this list come down to where that sequence starts and how much of it you still run by hand.

What to check before you shortlist

Does the software help you source authorized supply, or does it assume you already signed every supplier?
Can your EDI suppliers and your API suppliers run on it at the same time?
What happens to a supplier with no technical team?
Does the work stop at the shipment, or carry on through invoicing and payouts?

Bring two real suppliers to every demo, one modern and one legacy. Watching both go through onboarding tells you more than any slide.

A woman working at a laptop at a desk — Fig. 1 Most dropship programs still run on a spreadsheet with one tab per supplier.

The 5 best dropship software tools in 2027

1. Carro: best dropship software overall

Carro is the dropship and marketplace software for enterprise retail. It connects retailers, marketplaces and brands through product data, orders and settlement, and runs the order lifecycle underneath them, so assortment grows without the retailer buying stock.

Screenshot of the Carro homepage — Fig. 2 The Carro homepage.

Its starting point is unusual. Through Merchant Services, Carro secures authorized inventory from brands and distributors, with letters of authorization, assortment, channel exclusions and revenue split already negotiated. One commercial relationship with Carro replaces a separate agreement with every supplier.

Access to a network of 1,500,000 products from established brands, available from day one
Governed Supplier Onboarding with rules, SLAs, e-signature and approval gates
A test order that checks fulfillment, tracking and invoicing before products go live
EDI X12, REST API, SFTP, CSV and native connectors for Shopify, Magento 2, WooCommerce and BigCommerce, all running at the same time
Order routing and splitting, with returns the supplier accepts or rejects under agreed terms
Payment Settlement where the shipment triggers the supplier invoice

What sets it apart is that Carro carries the commercial relationship. Most tools in this category connect you to a supplier you still have to negotiate with. With Carro, a retailer can mark a brand to test, list its products with no purchase order and drop it if it doesn’t sell. PacSun runs its dropship program on Carro, and the team has moved whole customer bases across before, including Onport’s.

Best for: enterprise retailers modernizing a dropship program, especially those with a mix of EDI and modern suppliers.
Less suited to: small independent stores looking for a quick bulk product feed.

2. Rithum: best for retailers with a large existing supplier base

Rithum, formerly CommerceHub and ChannelAdvisor, has spent about two decades building relationships between brands and retailers. Its dropship product lets a retailer connect once and run programs with ten suppliers or a thousand.

Screenshot of the Rithum homepage — Fig. 3 The Rithum homepage.

SupplyExplorer, which recommends suppliers from network performance data
A structured onboarding workflow with retailer-defined approval criteria
Inventory buffers and threshold-based blocking to reduce overselling
Rule-based order routing with a central dashboard for exceptions

Its strength is the depth of the network and the data that comes with it. Lane Bryant announced a dropship program through Rithum in January 2026. Sourcing still ends in a relationship you negotiate supplier by supplier.

Best for: large retailers who already know which suppliers they want and need to run them at scale.
Less suited to: teams that want suppliers’ commercial terms settled before they start.

3. Logicbroker: best for flexible supplier connections

Logicbroker runs a commerce network for dropship and marketplace programs. It connects vendors through API, EDI, XML, CSV and FTP, so suppliers can join with whatever format they already use.

Screenshot of the Logicbroker homepage — Fig. 4 The Logicbroker homepage.

Onboarding with online tutorials, retailer-branded integration pages and testing before go-live
No separate supplier contracts required to join
A vendor network the Client Success team can use to test new SKUs
The Virtualstock acquisition, announced in October 2025, which added UK dropship and curated marketplace capabilities

The Virtualstock deal brought a combined network of more than 15,000 retail and brand partners. That reach is useful for retailers selling on both sides of the Atlantic.

Best for: retailers in the US and UK who want broad connection options for their suppliers.
Less suited to: retailers who want brand authorization and revenue split handled for them.

4. Mirakl: best for running marketplace and dropship together

Mirakl is best known for marketplace software, and its dropship product sits on the same system. Retailers who already run a Mirakl marketplace can add dropship vendors with shared vendor management and commission controls.

Screenshot of the Mirakl homepage — Fig. 5 The Mirakl homepage.

Vendor connections through API, CSV, XML, EDI or a web portal
AI mapping of vendor products into your taxonomy
Vendor scorecards, real-time alerts and automated suspensions
A margin calculator that shows the impact of vendor costs as they arrive

H&M expanded its dropship program to more than 80,000 SKUs across 13 European markets on Mirakl. Its catalog tooling is a strong fit for large, multi-country assortments.

Best for: retailers already running a Mirakl marketplace who want dropship alongside it.
Less suited to: retailers who want dropship to run on their current storefront without a new system beside it.

5. Marketplacer: best for range extension on headless commerce stacks

Marketplacer focuses on range extension through dropship and marketplace models. It connects to Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, Shopify Plus, Salesforce Commerce Cloud and commercetools.

Screenshot of the Marketplacer homepage — Fig. 6 The Marketplacer homepage.

Connectors and an API that supports push and pull data patterns
A spreadsheet-style uploader for bulk product updates
Seller payouts, refunds and returns handling
SLA reporting and in-portal seller messaging

Its connector list suits retailers on composable commerce stacks. Sourcing and supplier terms remain the retailer’s job.

Best for: retailers on headless stacks adding third-party range.
Less suited to: retailers with a large EDI supplier base to keep running.

Best dropship software side by side

Use the table to narrow the list to two, then run both through onboarding with the same supplier.

Tool	Where it starts	Supplier connections	Strongest first use
Carro	Authorized supply, terms already negotiated	EDI, API, SFTP, CSV and native connectors at once	Testing new brands with no purchase order
Rithum	A large brand and retailer network	Connect once to the network	Running hundreds of known suppliers
Logicbroker	Supplier connectivity	API, EDI, XML, CSV and FTP	US and UK programs with mixed formats
Mirakl	Marketplace software	API, CSV, XML, EDI or portal	Adding dropship to a Mirakl marketplace
Marketplacer	Range extension	Commerce connectors and API	Headless stacks adding third-party range

So which one should you pick?

Start with the supplier list on your desk. If it already holds hundreds of signed vendors, Rithum and Logicbroker are built for running them. If you already operate a Mirakl marketplace, its dropship module is the shortest path, and Marketplacer suits composable stacks adding range.

A delivery van with its back doors open — Fig. 7 Each order has to reach the right partner and settle against the sale it belongs to.

If the slowest part of your program is getting authorized brands signed, and your legacy vendors still run on EDI, Carro is the dropship software built for that job. Ask for a demo on your own catalog and two of your current suppliers.

Dropship software FAQs

What does dropship software do for a retailer?

It connects suppliers to your storefront so you can sell products you don’t stock. Good dropship software handles supplier onboarding, catalog and stock sync, order routing and supplier invoicing.

How is the best dropship software for enterprise different from tools for small stores?

Enterprise tools support EDI alongside APIs, govern onboarding with SLAs and approval gates, and settle payments per order. Small-store tools focus on importing product feeds into one shop.

Can dropship software work with existing EDI suppliers?

Most enterprise tools support EDI. The question to ask is whether EDI and API suppliers run on the same system at the same time, so adding modern suppliers doesn’t mean rebuilding the old connections.

How long does it take to launch a dropship program?

It depends on how suppliers are sourced and connected. With pre-negotiated supply and governed onboarding, programs can launch in weeks, while building separate supplier integrations by hand takes months.