A FedEx label doesn't require a FedEx relationship. Quote the box once and FedEx Ground Economy, Ground, and the express tiers price themselves against USPS and UPS for the same shipment; whichever row you pick, the label prints at home minutes later. On 2026-07-27 a 5 lb Newark-to-Atlanta box quoted $14.31 on Ground Economy.
Ground Economy and Ground quoted $23.22 and $34.22 for the identical 20 lb box. The difference is transit, not trucks.
These are the FedEx rows the SMKlog calculator returned for boxes sized to their weight on two lanes. Each figure is the finished label price at checkout.
| Packed weight | FedEx Ground Economy | FedEx Ground |
|---|---|---|
| 2 lb | $12.42 4-5 business days | not returned on this quote |
| 5 lb | $14.31 4-5 business days | not returned on this quote |
| 10 lb | $17.57 4-5 business days | not returned on this quote |
| 15 lb | $20.51 4-5 business days | $32.23 3-4 business days |
| 20 lb | $23.22 4-5 business days | $34.22 3-4 business days |
| 30 lb | $33.05 4-5 business days | $43.15 3-4 business days |
| 50 lb | $55.23 4-5 business days | $63.45 3-4 business days |
| Packed weight | FedEx Ground Economy | FedEx Ground |
|---|---|---|
| 10 lb | $27.99 7-8 business days | not returned on this quote |
| 20 lb | $38.47 7-8 business days | not returned on this quote |
| 50 lb | $91.79 7-8 business days | $112.57 7-8 business days |
Where a cell reads "not returned", the carrier simply didn't surface that service for that box in our run; empty cells beat invented ones. For speed, our data holds two express samples from the same period: FedEx 2Day carried a light curtain box on the Newark lane for $23.73 and Express Saver moved a poster tube for $19.09, both quoted 2-3 business days. No overnight tier appeared on these routes, and this page won't pretend otherwise.
Retail comparison values show up in some FedEx rate responses next to the checkout total, and Ground Economy returns them reliably. From our 2026-07-27 quote set: a 4.4 lb jacket box from Newark to Atlanta priced $13.67 through checkout with the carrier's retail figure listed at $19.68, a 3.3 lb sneaker box on the same lane came in at $13.18 against $18.88, and a 5.5 lb pair of hiking boots from Los Angeles to New York ran $23.80 with $29.45 on the retail side.
Each of those pairs arrived inside a single rate response, so the comparison is the carrier's rather than ours. Spreads move around by service and lane; use them as a direction, then let a fresh quote of your own box produce the number that counts.
It was the cheapest FedEx row at every weight we quoted, and on bulky items like mirrors and mowers it beat every carrier outright. Its price is patience: the quoted windows ran 4-5 business days east and 7-8 crossing the country.
FedEx prices dimensionally once a package is large for its weight, and tubes and flat cartons trip that early. If your item is long and light, quote the real packed dimensions rather than guessing small.
The flow on this page assumes you hand the labeled box to FedEx yourself. Print, tape the label flat, keep the barcode clean, and get a drop-off receipt if the contents matter to you.
Yes, through SMKlog. FedEx Ground Economy, Ground, 2Day and Express Saver show up in the same live quote as USPS and UPS, you pay as a guest on a Stripe page, and the label prints at home with tracking active from the first scan.
Our 2026-07-27 quotes put a 5 lb box from Newark to Atlanta on FedEx Ground Economy at $14.31, a 20 lb box at $23.22, and a 50 lb box at $55.23. Full FedEx Ground rows and the coast-to-coast lane are in the tables above.
No. Ground Economy is the slower, cheaper tier that hands final delivery to a broader network, and it undercut Ground by a wide margin in our quotes: $23.22 against $34.22 for the same 20 lb Newark box. Ground buys back a day or two of transit.
The quote runs behind this page didn't return a FedEx overnight service on these routes, so we can't put an honest number on it. The fastest FedEx rows our data holds are 2Day at $23.73 for a light east-coast box and Express Saver at $19.09 for a poster tube.