Best Stocky Alternative for Shopify (2026)

Stocky was free. That made it easy to ignore how much you were relying on it.

Shopify removed it from the App Store on February 2, 2026 — no new installs, no warning for most sellers. Existing users keep access until August 31, 2026. After that: full shutdown, zero data retention. If you haven’t moved yet, you’re now four months out from losing your reorder alerts, purchase order history, and demand forecasting with nothing to replace them.

The short answer: you need a paid tool, but you don’t need an expensive one. For most small Shopify sellers, the right replacement costs $29-$49/month. Single-channel Shopify stores should go with Sensible Forecasting ($29/mo). Multi-channel sellers on Amazon, Etsy, or eBay too should go with Sumtracker ($49/mo). Everything else on the market is either feature-light or priced for brands doing $500K+/month — and you don’t need either.

Here’s how to pick the right one and migrate before the clock runs out.

Why Shopify Is Killing Stocky (and What Happens August 31)

Stocky was bundled with Shopify POS Pro. It handled demand forecasting, reorder point alerts, and purchase order management — all free. For small sellers, it was one of the better arguments for staying in the Shopify ecosystem.

Shopify pulled it from the App Store on February 2, 2026. No new installs allowed from that date. Existing users have until August 31, 2026, then it’s gone — no data export after the fact, no grace period, no archive access.

Shopify has been pointing users toward its built-in “Shopify Inventory” tool and POS Pro features. But that’s not a replacement. Shopify Inventory handles stock tracking and location management. It doesn’t do demand forecasting. It doesn’t generate reorder suggestions. It doesn’t create purchase orders. Those three things are what Stocky did, and they’re not in core Shopify.

The real impact: roughly 100,000+ sellers who’ve been using Stocky for free now need to budget $29-$49/month minimum — or migrate to enterprise tools that start at $99-$349/month and were never designed for an $8K/month Shopify store.

What to Look For in a Stocky Replacement (Small-Seller Edition)

If you’re doing under 500 SKUs and under $50K/month, your checklist is short. Ignore anything that doesn’t clear these bars:

• Cost under $100/month — anything above that is enterprise pricing for enterprise problems
• Shopify-native integration — direct sync, not a workaround
• Demand forecasting — the core thing Stocky did that Shopify no longer offers
• Reorder alerts — the thing that actually saves you from stockouts
• Purchase order management — creating and tracking POs inside the tool
• Multi-location support — only if you actually have multiple warehouses or retail locations
• Multi-channel sync — only if you sell on more than Shopify

What you do NOT need (and what you’ll pay for if you buy the wrong tool):

• ERP-level manufacturing and BOM features
• Wholesale B2B portals
• 3PL integrations you’ll set up once and never use
• AI demand modeling trained on billions of transactions when you have 200 SKUs

Those features come bundled into Cin7, Brightpearl, and Inventory Planner Enterprise. They also come with $349/month price tags and 2-month implementation timelines. Skip them.

Quick Comparison Table

(Pricing verified May 2026 from official product pages. Always confirm before purchasing.)

Sensible Forecasting: The Best Cheap Replacement for Single-Channel Shopify Stores

Sensible Forecasting starts at $29/month and is, as far as purpose-built Stocky replacements go, the most direct one available.

The company built it specifically in response to Shopify’s shutdown announcement. The feature set mirrors what Stocky did: demand forecasting, reorder point alerts, and purchase order generation — all inside a clean Shopify-integrated dashboard. Setup takes less than an hour.

The limitation is real and worth stating plainly: Sensible Forecasting is Shopify-only. No Amazon sync, no Etsy, no eBay. If your inventory lives entirely in one Shopify store, that’s not a problem — it’s actually a feature, because you’re not paying for multi-channel infrastructure you don’t use. For a seller doing 50-300 SKUs across a single Shopify storefront, this is the correct answer.

If you’ve outgrown Shopify and started selling on other platforms, skip to Sumtracker.

Sumtracker: The Right Multi-Channel Pick

Sumtracker starts at $49/month and covers the use case Sensible doesn’t: sellers running inventory across Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, eBay, and Walmart simultaneously.

It syncs inventory quantities across all connected channels in real time, handles purchase orders, and supports bundles and kits (important for sellers who package products together across channels). For a seller doing $5K-$50K/month across two or three platforms, this is where you want to land.

The honest tradeoff: Sumtracker’s demand forecasting isn’t as mathematically sophisticated as Sensible’s. It’s solid — it’ll keep you from stockouts — but if you’re doing high-velocity SKU management and need tight forecast accuracy, you’ll feel the gap. For most multi-channel resellers in the $5K-$50K range, the forecasting is good enough and the channel sync is worth more anyway.

At $49/month for multi-channel inventory management, Sumtracker is hard to argue with.

Prediko: Decent Mid-Tier If You Have More SKUs

Prediko starts at around $129/month and occupies the gap between the $29-$49 tier and the enterprise tools.

It uses AI-based demand forecasting that’s meaningfully more sophisticated than Sensible or Sumtracker. If you’re managing 500-2,000 SKUs and approaching $100K/month revenue, that extra forecasting depth starts to pay for itself — fewer overstock situations, tighter reorder timing.

Below $20K/month, though, Prediko is overkill. The forecasting sophistication matters when you’re making $10,000 inventory decisions. At $8K/month revenue, you’re making $800 inventory decisions, and a $29 tool forecasts those just fine. Don’t buy the $129 tool because it sounds more serious.

What NOT to Buy: Cin7, Brightpearl, Inventory Planner Enterprise

This needs to be said plainly because these vendors have sales teams actively targeting Stocky refugees right now.

Cin7 starts at $349/month. It’s designed for brands doing $500K+/month with complex manufacturing, wholesale, and 3PL needs. The implementation takes 2-3 months. Most small sellers never touch 30% of the features they’re paying for.

Brightpearl is similar — enterprise-grade, enterprise-priced, enterprise-implementation-timeline. It’s a legitimate tool for the right business. An $8K/month Shopify store is not that business.

Inventory Planner has a small-seller tier worth considering at $99-$249/month if Prediko doesn’t fit your needs, but their enterprise packaging gets aggressive fast. Read the pricing page carefully before a demo call.

The sales pitch you’ll hear is “future-proofing” — buy the enterprise tool now so you don’t have to migrate again when you scale. The math on this is bad. If you’re at $15K/month revenue, you’ll spend $4,188/year on Cin7. Sensible Forecasting at $29/month is $348/year. That’s $3,840/year to “future-proof” against a scale you haven’t reached. Stay lean until the enterprise features are solving a real problem you actually have.

Pair a right-sized inventory tool with the best shipping tools for small sellers and customer support tools for small Shopify stores, and you’ve covered the operational stack without overspending on any layer.

Our Verdict: Pick Based on Channel Mix

Stop overthinking it. The decision comes down to one question: do you sell on more than just Shopify?

• Single-channel Shopify, under 500 SKUs → Sensible Forecasting at $29/month. Direct Stocky replacement, purpose-built for this exact situation.
• Multi-channel (Shopify + Etsy/eBay/Amazon/Walmart) → Sumtracker at $49/month. Inventory sync across all channels plus purchase orders.
• High SKU count (500-2,000), Shopify-focused, approaching $100K/month → Prediko at ~$129/month. The forecasting depth starts to matter at that volume.
• $500K+/month, manufacturing, wholesale → Cin7 or Brightpearl. You probably already know this.

If you’re tracking other parts of your Shopify operation, the same logic applies: right-size the tool to your actual revenue. The Shopify analytics tools for small stores guide applies the same framework to your attribution stack.

How to Migrate Your Stocky Data Before August 31

Export your data now. Don’t schedule it for July. Shopify has a pattern of removing features before announced deadlines, and there’s no guarantee Stocky’s export function stays live through August 31.

Inside Stocky: go to Reports → Export. You’ll get CSV files covering:

• Products and variants
• Suppliers
• Purchase orders
• Stock transfers
• Demand forecasts

Download all of them and store locally. Once you’ve chosen your replacement tool, most of them have CSV import for suppliers and purchase orders to get you started quickly.

The migration itself takes 1-2 hours for most small sellers — connect your Shopify store, import supplier list, set reorder points for your top 20-30 SKUs, and you’re operational. You don’t need a perfect migration. You need a working one before August 31.

Start in May or June. Give yourself time to test before the deadline.

Frequently Asked Questions

When exactly is Stocky shutting down?

Two dates matter. February 2, 2026: Stocky was removed from the Shopify App Store — no new installs from that date. August 31, 2026: full shutdown for all existing users. There is no data retention after August 31. If you haven’t exported your data by then, it’s gone.

Is Shopify’s built-in inventory tool a Stocky replacement?

No. Shopify Inventory handles stock tracking, quantity management, and multi-location visibility — useful, but not the same. Stocky’s demand forecasting, reorder suggestions, and purchase order management are not part of core Shopify. You need a third-party app.

What’s the cheapest legitimate Stocky alternative?

Sensible Forecasting at $29/month. It was purpose-built for small Shopify stores specifically after Shopify announced the shutdown, covers demand forecasting, reorder alerts, and PO management, and integrates directly with Shopify. If you’re single-channel, it’s the right call.

Do I need multi-channel inventory sync?

Only if you actually sell on more than one platform. If you’re a pure Shopify store, a single-channel tool like Sensible handles everything you need at lower cost. If you’re selling on Amazon, Etsy, eBay, or Walmart alongside Shopify, you need multi-channel sync — that’s where Sumtracker at $49/month is the right fit.

Should I budget for Cin7 or Brightpearl?

Not until you’re past $100K/month in revenue. Both tools start at $349+/month, require 2-3 month implementations, and are designed for brands with manufacturing, wholesale, and complex 3PL workflows. If you’re under $50K/month, you’ll pay for features you’ll never touch. Scale into the enterprise tier when enterprise problems actually appear.

Can I export my Stocky data?

Yes. Go to Reports → Export inside Stocky and download CSVs for products, suppliers, purchase orders, stock transfers, and demand forecasts. Do this well before August 31 — there is no data recovery after the shutdown date and no guarantee the export function stays available until the last day.

The Free Ride Ends August 31

Stocky gave small sellers enterprise-grade inventory forecasting for free. That’s over. The honest replacement costs $29-$49/month, depending on whether you’re single-channel or multi-channel — and that’s it. Sensible Forecasting for Shopify-only stores, Sumtracker for multi-channel resellers.

Export your data from Stocky now. Pick a replacement. Run them in parallel for 30 days before the shutdown so you know your reorder logic is dialed in. Then cancel Stocky and don’t look back.

The sellers who’ll get hurt in September are the ones who waited until August.