How Much Do Franking Machines Cost?

Franking Machine Prices

Franking machine prices in the UK range from under £1,000 for a basic machine right up to £20,000 or more for a high volume machine with an automatic feeder, stacker and envelope sealer which is capable of feeding 300 mail items a minute. Large volume franking machines can have up to 100 or more departmental costing codes for accounting purposes. A small business franking machine designed to print 50 mailing items a day can cost around £995 for a machine such as the Neopost AutoStamp2 with 10 departmental access codes and a recommended daily limit of 50 mailing items. Upgrade to a machine with an integral weighing platform and the price increases to around £1,200 for a Neopost IS-280 with the additional benefits of tariff updates via a LAN.
stack of franked letters

Renting Franking Machines

For those businesses not having the budget to pay for the franking machine that best suits their needs, there is the option of renting the right specification of machine. It is better to rent a franking machine suitable for your business needs rather than paying cash for a machine not robust enough or without the features that will achieve the greatest labour and time savings. Franking machine rental starts from less than £20 a month for an entry level small business machine and around £29 a month for a rental which will include onsite repair and all replacement ink cartridges.

Which Franking Machine is Right for My Business?

Small businesses may not need a separate post room and do not employ dedicated staff members just to handle outgoing and incoming mail. One member of staff will normally have postal responsibilities as a part of their over all job specification and will only have to stamp between 10 and 25 letters a day on average. This process could take a few hours everyday and be done in a fraction of the time using a small business franking machine such as the Pitney Bowes DM50 with an integral weighing machine and promotional message capability on all franked mail.

Saving Money with Franking Machines

Franking machines also attract much lower postal rates than using ordinary Royal Mail stamps for your post.

A 1st class letter normally costing 75p will cost just 55p using a franking machine.

Heavy letters weighing 750g will currently cost you £2.07 by 1st class stamps and only £1.60 by franking.

Even large packets attract substantial savings with a 1000g packet costing £2.86 instead of the £3.71 that would be needed with stamps.

Many of the top franking machine dealers will also offer a 30 day free trial for new customers which can give you a head start on the regular savings you'll be enjoying.