The DeliverAI Index

Live, public data on South African couriers

A snapshot of everything DeliverAI tracks across 28 SA couriers and 20 fixed SA routes — pricing, service signals, AI citations, uptime, and carbon. Refreshed every 15 minutes.

Couriers tracked

aramex, bob-go, bolt-send, dhl, dpd-laser, dsv, fastway, fedex, globeflight, internet-express, pargo, paxi, postnet, pudo, ram, skynet, the-courier-guy, uber-connect

Routes captured daily

10 intercity + 5 intra-JHB + 3 intra-CPT + 2 township/rural

Quotes in dataset

14 386

14 386 in the last 7 days

AI citations

175

5 unique AI sources

30-day uptime

—

api.deliverai.co.za + comparison engine

Greenest courier

uber-connect

0.18 kg CO₂ / km

Top routes (last 30 days)

Johannesburg → Cape Town — 749 quote snapshots
Johannesburg → International — 138 quote snapshots
Johannesburg → Johannesburg — 96 quote snapshots
Johannesburg → Gaborone — 4 quote snapshots
Johannesburg → Maputo — 4 quote snapshots

Carbon footprint per courier

Estimated kg CO₂ per km of delivery, weighted across each courier's fleet mix (last-mile bike/EV, LCV diesel, truck, air). Source: Defra GHG conversion factors 2024 + GHG Protocol Mobile Source + courier sustainability disclosures.

Courier	kg CO₂ / km	Mode	Notes
uber-connect	0.18	instant bike ev	Mixed motorbike + EV fleet, last-mile only
bolt-send	0.18	instant bike ev	Mixed motorbike + EV fleet, last-mile only
paxi	0.28	lcv diesel	PEP retail network — uses existing PEP store deliveries
pudo	0.30	lcv diesel	Locker-to-locker via aggregated routes
pargo	0.32	lcv diesel	PUDO network — emissions amortised across consolidated drops
postnet	0.45	lcv diesel	Branch-to-branch via PostNet trunk routes
fastway	0.50	lcv diesel	Franchise LCV fleet
dpd-laser	0.55	lcv diesel	DPD SA fleet, mixed LCV + truck
bob-go	0.60	lcv diesel	Aggregator — weighted average of 7 underlying couriers
the-courier-guy	0.62	lcv diesel	National LCV + truck fleet
skynet	0.65	lcv diesel	National fleet, mostly diesel LCV
internet-express	0.70	lcv diesel	Smaller regional LCV fleet
globeflight	0.75	truck diesel	B2B-focused, larger vehicles
dsv	0.80	truck diesel	Enterprise B2B, truck-heavy
aramex	0.85	truck diesel	Mix of road + light-air domestic
ram	0.95	truck diesel	B2B heavy freight, larger trucks
dhl-express	1.20	air	Express international — air-leg weighted
fedex-south-africa	1.25	air	Express international — air-leg weighted

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Snapshot generated 2026-06-27 23:15 UTC. Last courier-rate write: 2026-06-27 18:19 UTC.