ReordaJuly 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Reorda vs Inventory Planner: which Shopify replenishment app fits?
Inventory Planner by Sage is built around AI demand forecasting and costs hundreds a month. Reorda keeps forecasting simple and costs $19/month flat. They're built for different stores. Here's where each one makes sense.
The short version
- Pick Reorda if you're a single-store Shopify merchant who wants Stocky's job back — purchase orders, suppliers, receiving, low-stock forecasting and stocktakes — at $19/month flat, with your Stocky suppliers rebuilt automatically from your PO history.
- Pick Inventory Planner if you need deep, AI-assisted demand forecasting across multiple locations or sales channels, and revenue-based pricing in the hundreds to low thousands per month is proportional to what you're replacing.
Side by side
| Reorda | Inventory Planner (Shopify Essentials) | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $19/mo flat | $119.99/mo, scales with revenue |
| Purchase orders + email to supplier | ✅ | ✅ |
| Receiving (partial / full) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Low stock forecasts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Stocktakes | ✅ | ❌ Not a core feature |
| Rebuilds suppliers from Stocky PO history | ✅ Automatic | ❌ Manual data connection |
| AI-assisted / seasonality-aware forecasting | ❌ Simple, explainable math | ✅ (Premium: Sage Copilot) |
| Multi-location transfer recommendations | ❌ | ✅ |
| Barcode scanning (USB/Bluetooth) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Setup time | Minutes | Hours to days (forecast tuning) |
| Best for | Single-store Shopify merchants | Multi-location / forecasting-heavy brands |
Pricing and features as listed by each vendor and third-party pricing analyses, July 2026.
Where Reorda wins
Most single-store merchants who used Stocky never touched seasonality or multi-location transfer planning. They created POs, emailed suppliers, received stock, and watched for low-stock alerts. Reorda does that for $19/month, with zero revenue-based scaling.
When Inventory Planner makes sense
If your forecasting is the bottleneck — multi-location demand, seasonal swings, promotional calendars you want modeled — Inventory Planner is built for that. Its Sage Copilot adds an AI assistant to prioritize reorders at scale. Worth the cost if forecasting depth is the job.
The bigger difference for anyone actually leaving Stocky is migration. Stocky has no supplier export, so connecting a general forecasting platform still means re-entering suppliers by hand. Reorda reads your Stocky PO history CSV and rebuilds each product-to-supplier link with its last cost automatically. See how the supplier rebuild works.
Replace Stocky without the forecasting upsell?
Reorda's low-stock forecasting uses sales velocity, not AI — transparent math that works the same for 50 SKUs or 5,000. $19/month flat, supplies rebuilt from your Stocky PO history automatically.
Install Reorda on Shopify →Frequently asked questions
Is Reorda or Inventory Planner cheaper?
Reorda is $19/month flat, no matter your revenue or SKU count. Inventory Planner by Sage prices by yearly revenue — its Shopify Essentials plan starts at $119.99/month, and independent 2026 analyses put typical annual spend between $948 and $2,400 depending on SKU count and plan tier. For most single-store Shopify merchants, Reorda works out several times cheaper.
What does Inventory Planner have that Reorda doesn't?
Inventory Planner is built around AI-assisted demand forecasting: seasonality modeling, multi-location transfer recommendations, marketing-calendar-aware forecasts, and (on its Premium plan) an AI assistant called Sage Copilot. Reorda deliberately keeps forecasting simple and explainable — average daily sales plus supplier lead time plus a safety buffer — rather than a black-box model.
Is Inventory Planner overkill for a small Shopify store replacing Stocky?
Often, yes. Inventory Planner's pricing and feature set (multi-location transfer planning, advanced analytics, revenue-based tiers) are built for merchants with real multi-location or multi-channel complexity. If you're a single-store merchant who just wants Stocky's job back — purchase orders, suppliers, receiving, low-stock alerts, stocktakes — you'd be paying for forecasting depth you won't use.
Does Inventory Planner import Stocky purchase order history automatically?
No — Inventory Planner's onboarding is a general product/sales-data connection, not a Stocky-specific migration. Reorda reads your exported Stocky PO history CSV directly and rebuilds each product-to-supplier link with its last cost automatically, so you don't re-enter suppliers by hand.