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

54 642

1 372 in the last 7 days

AI citations

6 681

3 unique AI sources

30-day uptime

—

api.deliverai.co.za + comparison engine

Greenest courier

uber-connect

0.18 kg CO₂ / km

Live-observed share

15.0%

Rows captured via live courier API (highest-confidence tier)

Data provenance — how every row is sourced

Every rate snapshot in the DeliverAI dataset is tagged with a provenance tier so you can tell live-observed data from published rate cards from model estimates. Full definitions live on /methodology.

Tier	Confidence	Rows	Share	What it means
observed_live	0.95	8 212	15.0%	Confirmed via a live courier API call at capture time.
rate_card_published	0.85	12 900	23.6%	Sourced from the courier's own published rate card.
estimated_model	0.55	23 322	42.7%	Derived by DeliverAI's pricing model where no live rate is available.
seed	0.40	1 437	2.6%	Historical backfill from launch, superseded as live captures arrive.
unknown	—	8 771	16.1%	Legacy rows that pre-date the provenance schema. Should backfill to 0.

Machine-readable tier data is emitted on every row of the SA Courier Pricing Index dataset.

Top routes (last 30 days)

Johannesburg → Cape Town — 160 quote snapshots
Johannesburg → Johannesburg — 123 quote snapshots
Cape Town → Cape Town — 116 quote snapshots
Johannesburg → Nelspruit — 90 quote snapshots
Johannesburg → Durban — 90 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

Use this data

JSON dataset (CC-BY 4.0) — machine-readable export of our latest snapshot
SA Courier Pricing Index 2026 — canonical pricing dataset
Methodology — how we collect, normalise and publish
Pro Data — full historical access via API (R 2,499 / month)
Press kit — logos, founder bio, contact for journalists

Snapshot generated 2026-08-16 23:36 UTC. Last courier-rate write: 2026-08-16 15:01 UTC.