With postage prices climbing all the time, Postage Meters have been found to be the best option for keeping your postage costs down. The United States Postage Service (USPS) has approved only five companies to offer postage meters to the public.

* Data-Pac Mailing Systems Corp. - "Touch Every Envelope with Software"

This company offers Postage Meters for Big Businesses. Most of their products are very high-end, complete with attached computers and monitors. This company would not be a very good choice for a small business, unless that business has a lot of money to spend and wants something "Top of the Line". They offer a variety of hardware and software solutions to make Postage easier and cheaper.

* Hasler Inc. - "Mailing Systems and Solutions"

No matter what kind of business you are, Hasler has a postage meter for you. From small business just starting out, to big businesses producing high volumes, Hasler has what you need to save about 10% annually on postage.

* Francotyp-Postalia Inc. - "Pushing the envelope"

From Postage Scales to Mailing Systems to Letter Openers, FP Mailing Solutions has a wide variety of the products your mail room needs to get the job done quickly.

* Neopost - "We Value Your Mail"

Neopost is a worldwide provider of mailing machines, postage meters, folding/inserting machines, address printers and data management software. Neopost has been in the business for 70 years and is the world's fastest growing business in the industry.

* Pitney Bowes Inc. - "Engineering the Flow of Communication

Probably the most popular Postage Meter company in the Unites States. Pitney Bowes offers postage meters, document management, mailstream software, and other business solutions that help companies manage their flow of mail.

These are the only companies and brands of postage meter you can use to send mail in the United States. While this may seem like a small list, these companies will usually offer you some great discounts and freebies to get you try their product. They also all have been in business a long time, so you can count and depend on them for all your postage and postage meter needs.

For links to these great companies, go to the Postage Meter website.