Katana is a capable manufacturing platform for growing brands. Stoccly is a lighter, simpler alternative built for small teams that mostly need inventory, BOMs, and purchasing — without a heavy onboarding.
| SKU | Name | Warehouse | On hand | Status |
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| RAW-0014 | M3 × 8 mm screw | Berlin | 4,280 | In stock |
| RAW-0091 | Aluminium plate 2 mm | Berlin | 18 | Low |
| RAW-0102 | USB-C cable 1 m | Madrid | 612 | In stock |
| PRD-0007 | Desk lamp · Walnut | Berlin | 32 | In stock |
| RAW-0203 | Power adapter 24 V | Madrid | 0 | Out |
If you're evaluating Katana, you probably want serious inventory and production tracking without a spreadsheet sprawl. Katana is a great fit for established manufacturers with bandwidth for structured onboarding and add-ons. For lean teams under ~25 people who want predictable per-user pricing and a faster setup, Stoccly is often the more practical choice. This comparison covers setup time, BOM and PO support, multi-warehouse, pricing transparency, and where each tool genuinely shines.
No single tool is right for every team. Here's an honest take on who is best served by Katana and who is best served by Stoccly.
Katana is designed for growing manufacturers that need a full shop-floor platform. Stoccly stays focused on inventory, BOMs, and purchasing — which is often all small teams really use.
Stoccly uses a flat per-user monthly price with every feature included, so it's easy to budget as your team grows. Katana's tiered plans can require add-ons for features small teams expect by default.
Import a CSV, define warehouses, invite your team — most Stoccly customers are operating the same day. There's no required onboarding session.
Every list in Stoccly exports cleanly and every importer offers a dry-run before commit. Your data stays portable.
A capability-by-capability look at Katana versus Stoccly. Based on each product's public documentation at the time of writing — verify with each vendor before purchase.
Katana is a well-known manufacturing inventory platform aimed at growing brands and small-to-mid manufacturers. It bundles inventory, BOMs, production tracking, sales orders, and integrations with tools like Shopify and QuickBooks Online into a single workspace. Teams that need a complete manufacturing software stack often consider it as their default option.
Katana is often a strong fit for established manufacturers that need a dedicated shop-floor layer, role-based production workflows, and tight integrations with their ecommerce and accounting stack. Teams with the bandwidth for a structured onboarding and slightly higher monthly spend can extract a lot of value from it.
Smaller teams sometimes find that Katana includes more than they need on a daily basis. The reasons we hear most often: tiered pricing that adds up as users and add-ons grow, more upfront setup than expected, and a feature surface area that can feel heavy for a 3–10 person operation that mostly needs inventory, BOMs, and POs.
Stoccly focuses on the workflows most small manufacturers actually live in: multi-warehouse stock, multi-level bills of materials with live buildable counts, auto-drafted purchase orders from low-stock alerts, and a clean audit trail. Everything ships in every plan at a flat per-user price, so there are no per-feature paywalls and no surprises as your team grows.
Stoccly homepage
An overview of what Stoccly does and who it's for.
Learn moreSmall manufacturer solution
How Stoccly supports teams shipping their first physical product.
Learn morePurchase orders & reordering
Auto-drafted POs from low-stock alerts in one click.
Learn moreBills of materials
Multi-level BOMs with live buildable counts.
Learn morePricing
Flat per-user monthly pricing with every feature included.
Learn moreAll comparisons
See how Stoccly compares to other inventory tools.
Browse hubFor small manufacturers and lean teams that primarily need inventory, BOMs, and purchase orders, Stoccly is often a simpler and more affordable alternative. Larger operations that depend on Katana's deeper shop-floor and integration stack may still prefer Katana.
Stoccly is designed specifically for small manufacturers and lean teams. Katana is generally aimed at slightly larger operations. If you're under ~25 people and want to move fast, Stoccly is usually the better fit.
Stoccly is built for self-serve onboarding — most teams import a CSV, define warehouses, and start operating the same day. Katana implementations are often more structured and may involve onboarding sessions.
Yes. Stoccly supports purchase orders, supplier management, per-warehouse reorder points, and one-click auto-drafted POs from low-stock alerts. It's a core part of the product.
Teams that need a full shop-floor platform, deeper native integrations with Shopify/QuickBooks Online/Xero, or are already running Katana successfully may find Katana a better long-term fit.
No credit card. Bring a CSV from Katana or your spreadsheet — be running by lunch.
