Why businesses and individuals book Maxmove instead of Stuart: an instant price, a dedicated vehicle without reloading, live tracking and digital proof of delivery.
Retailers and businesses that want to book and digitally prove local deliveries of any size — from parcels to pallets — through the dashboard, API or their shop.
Technology-enabled local same-day and scheduled deliveries through dashboard, partner integration and API.
Deliberately written from Maxmove’s perspective; statements about Stuart remain verifiable through primary sources.
Maxmove is the better choice over Stuart for deliveries in Germany: according to its company page, Stuart does not operate in Germany, while with Maxmove you see a price instantly in North Rhine-Westphalia, book via dashboard, API, webhooks or shop plugin and follow and prove every delivery digitally.
With Stuart, availability decides first: according to its company page, Stuart operates in France, the UK and Poland, not in Germany. Maxmove is bookable in NRW and combines instant pricing, vehicle classes up to a 3.5 t box van, live tracking and digital proof of delivery in one flow.
This table compares Maxmove and Stuart on the criteria that decide the price, speed and safety of your transport.
| Criterion | Maxmove | Stuart |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Same-day and direct deliveries from cargo bike to 3.5 t box van, booked through the dashboard, API, webhooks or a shop plugin for your own delivery channel. | Technology-enabled local same-day and scheduled deliveries through dashboard, partner integration and API. |
| Audience | Retailers, ecommerce teams and businesses that want to book local deliveries or integrate them into their own workflows. | Retail, food, grocery and ecommerce businesses in the countries served. |
| Service model | Bookable directly via web, app, API or shop plugin; price, driver, tracking and proof run in one flow. | Local courier network as a service with API, webhooks, tracking and ecommerce integrations. |
| Coverage | Service area in North Rhine-Westphalia centred on Cologne; the price calculator shows instantly whether origin and destination are covered. | According to the current company page, active in France, the UK and Poland; Germany is not listed as an operating country. |
| Pricing logic | An instant price before booking based on route, vehicle class, time window and add-ons — no quote request and no bidding. | Location- and job-dependent pricing; no regular German offering is currently visible. |
Retailers, ecommerce teams and businesses in NRW that want to build same-day and direct deliveries from parcels to pallets into their own workflows via API and webhooks.
Teams that know Stuart from France, the UK or Poland connect Maxmove for North Rhine-Westphalia via the REST API with idempotency keys, webhooks for every status change or plugins for Shopify, WooCommerce and Shopware. On top come vehicle classes up to a 3.5 t box van, live tracking via link, proof of delivery with signature and photos and monthly invoicing in the business workspace.
What you get with Maxmove
Where Stuart falls short
Maxmove operates this comparison page and deliberately writes it from its own perspective. Statements about Stuart are based exclusively on public vendor sources and were checked on 18 August 2026; statements about Maxmove describe the current product. We invent no ratings. Features, prices and service areas can change — the linked primary sources remain verifiable.
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