Live data · scores as of 09 Sept 2026

Last updated: 02 Oct 2026, 00:30 SAST · refreshes every 5 minutes

South African Courier IntelligenceThis Week

Pargo leads the SA courier performance leaderboard this week with a composite score of 95.5/100 (A+).

Free public snapshot · Built from live courier API captures, Google News, and DeliverAI quote engine · Licensed CC-BY 4.0

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Composite performance leaderboard

Source: DeliverAI performance engine · 20 couriers ranked

Live composite score across price competitiveness, API availability, lane coverage and real-world selection — recomputed daily from the previous 30 days of live courier data. Score shown out of 5.0 (100/20). Letter grade reflects DeliverAI's A+ / A / B / C / F band.

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#2 · A

Pudo

4.2

out of 5.0 · 84/100

64/80 lanes cheapestA

Leader

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#1 · A+

Pargo

4.8

out of 5.0 · 95.5/100

232/80 lanes cheapestA+

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#3 · A

Bob Go

4.1

out of 5.0 · 82/100

44/80 lanes cheapestA

The Courier Guy

78.8/100 · 0/81 lanes cheapest

3.9

Internet Express

77.6/100 · 0/80 lanes cheapest

3.9

Dsv

76.5/100 · 0/80 lanes cheapest

3.8

Postnet

74.8/100 · 28/81 lanes cheapest

3.7

Skynet

73.2/100 · 0/81 lanes cheapest

3.7

Globeflight

72.8/100 · 0/81 lanes cheapest

3.6

#10

Dpd Laser

72.3/100 · 8/80 lanes cheapest

3.6

#11

Aramex

71.7/100 · 0/81 lanes cheapest

3.6

#12

Urgentgo

68/100 · 0/80 lanes cheapest

3.4

#13

Fedex South Africa

67.6/100 · 0/81 lanes cheapest

3.4

#14

Paxi

63.3/100 · 0/48 lanes cheapest

3.2

#15

Fastway

58.1/100 · 12/18 lanes cheapest

2.9

#16

Uber Connect

55.2/100 · 0/16 lanes cheapest

2.8

#17

Bolt Send

54.7/100 · 28/16 lanes cheapest

2.7

#18

Picup

31.9/100 · 0/12 lanes cheapest

1.6

#19

Ram

31.3/100 · 0/1 lanes cheapest

1.6

#20

Dhl Express

25.6/100 · 0/1 lanes cheapest

1.3

DeliverAI Intel·Week of 09 Sept 2026

Strategic signals this week

▶Pargo leads SA courier performance at 4.8/5 (A+, 95.5/100) — cheapest on 232 of 80 lanes covered.
▶Dhl Express sits at the bottom of the performance leaderboard (1.3/5, F) — reflecting either narrow lane coverage or higher relative rates in the last 30 days of live data.
▶Sector-average composite score is 3.29/5 — a spread of over 3.5 points between best and worst confirms the SA courier market is still highly non-uniform on price + availability.

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About this dataset

Data sources: DeliverAI live courier APIs · Google News RSS · DeliverAI quote engine · courier_performance_scores
Snapshot: 09 Sept 2026 — page refreshes every 5 minutes, underlying scores recompute daily at 04:00 SAST
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 — share freely with attribution to DeliverAI
Raw data: /api/data/sa-courier-pricing-2026.json
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