What is the best inventory planning app for Shopify?

For pure inventory operations at the best price, Prediko (from $49 a month, scaling with your Shopify revenue). For deep multi-location replenishment at scale, Inventory Planner by Sage. If reorders in your business are really cash decisions, Cushion is the only tool that checks the order against your live bank and cash forecast.

Is Cogsy still available?

No. Cogsy has been discontinued; its site now redirects to Mayple, the company it became part of. Former Cogsy users looking for a replacement usually land on Prediko, Fabrikator or Cushion.

Do any inventory planning tools check whether I can afford the order?

Only Cushion on this list. The pure inventory tools (Prediko, Inventory Planner, Fabrikator, Netstock) size orders from demand and lead times but have no connection to your bank or accounting software, so they can't see whether the deposit lands the same week as payroll or a tax bill.

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Best inventory planning software for Shopify brands (2026)

By Rory McLaughlan, Shopify store owner · 8 September 2026 · Pricing verified September 2026

Straight up: Cushion is our product, so read the number-one spot with that in mind. Everything else here is ranked on merit, the prices were checked against each vendor's own site in September 2026, and every entry says plainly who should pick it instead of us.

Inventory planning tools all answer the same question: what should I reorder and when? The good ones answer it well. What none of the pure-play tools ask is the question that actually hurts founder-run brands: can you afford the order it just recommended? That's the lens for this list, alongside verified pricing, because half this category hides its prices behind a sales call.

1. Cushion, best when reorders are cash decisions

Our product, bias declared above. Cushion does demand forecasting and reorder math sized for founder-run brands, and then does the thing the rest of this list structurally can't: it puts the order against your live cash position and forecast, deposits and balance payments included, next to payroll, tax and ad spend. £299 a month flat, 14 days free, live the same day. If you have an ops team and cash has never constrained an order, the tools below go deeper on pure inventory mechanics.

2. Prediko, best value Shopify-native planner

The slickest of the current Shopify-native crop. AI demand forecasting, purchase orders with buying alerts, multi-store support, raw materials add-on. From $49 a month under $100k GMV, scaling through twelve revenue brackets, 14-day trial, billed through Shopify. Genuinely good value early on. Its price grows with your revenue and it can't see your bank. Full comparison: Prediko vs Cushion.

3. Inventory Planner by Sage, deepest at scale

The category heavyweight: SKU-level forecasting, automated replenishment, multi-location, unlimited users. If you have a replenishment person and complex warehousing, it's the serious choice. The trade-offs: pricing is undisclosed and sales-gated (volume-based on inventory managed), and their own material quotes go-live in five to six weeks. Full comparison: Inventory Planner vs Cushion.

4. Fabrikator, strong Shopify pure-play with backorder handling

Shopify-focused (Plus supported), demand forecasting, PO automation, and notably good backorder management. Revenue-based pricing from $79 a month (under $500k annual revenue) up to $350 a month, 14-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Same structural boundary as Prediko: no cash model.

5. Netstock, for ERP-run operations

Enterprise supply and demand planning attached to ERPs (NetSuite, SAP Business One, Dynamics, Acumatica, Sage). 2,400+ customers. If your operation runs on an ERP, it belongs on your shortlist; if you run on Shopify and Xero, it's more machinery than you need. Pricing unpublished; their onboarding quote is "fully operational in 90 days or less", which is the sentence that tells you who it's for.

Gone but still searched for: Cogsy

Cogsy, once a well-liked Shopify planning tool, has been discontinued. Its site now redirects to Mayple, the company it became part of. If you're a former Cogsy user, Prediko and Fabrikator are the closest pure-inventory replacements, and Cushion is the move if you want the cash side joined on.

The comparison in one table

Tool	Best for	Checks affordability?	Price (Sept 2026)	Time to live
Cushion	Founder-run brands, cash-aware reorders	Yes	£299/mo flat	Same day
Prediko	Shopify-native inventory ops	No	From $49/mo, scales with GMV	Days
Inventory Planner	Ops teams, multi-location depth	No	Via sales	5 to 6 weeks
Fabrikator	Shopify brands, backorders	No	$79 to $350/mo	Days
Netstock	ERP-run operations	No	Via sales	Up to 90 days

Prices move. Check each vendor's own pricing page before deciding; this table records what their sites said in September 2026.

If your reorders compete with payroll for the same bank balance

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