Most of Cin7, without most of Cin7.
Cin7 is a sprawling suite — and most operations use a fraction of it while paying, onboarding and training for all of it. Invistock is the modular alternative: the operational depth you actually use — order types, approvals, multi-warehouse, B2B portal, a real ledger — without the onboarding project, the per-plan caps or the connector stack.
Why teams shop for a Cin7 alternative
Cin7's own onboarding packages run four weeks in a group format and 8–12 weeks one-to-one; reviewers on Capterra and G2 report real-world setups stretching to months for multi-channel workflows.
Plans start at $349/month for 5 users and 6,000 orders a year (as of Aug 2026), and reviewers describe successive price rises since the DEAR acquisition — with extra users, order-cap overages and paid implementation on top.
Reviewers on G2 and Capterra describe a steep learning curve and clunky workflows. When the tool is that big, every receiving, count and order carries the weight of the whole suite.
Cin7 Core and Invistock, side by side.
Facts about Cin7 below come from cin7.com's published pricing and help documentation as of 22 August 2026; review sentiment is attributed to the platforms it appeared on.
| Cin7 Core | Invistock | |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | No built-in ledger — journals sync to QuickBooks Online or Xero via connector | Double-entry general ledger built in; a goods receipt and its journal entry are one event |
| Getting live | Onboarding packages: ~4 weeks group, 8–12 weeks one-to-one (Cin7's own guidance) | Days: import items, warehouses and stock, run the first counts, trade |
| Entry price | $349/mo — 5 users, 6,000 orders/yr, 2 sales-channel connections (Standard, Aug 2026) | Scoped to the modules you switch on — no order-volume tiers to outgrow |
| B2B portal | Sold as an add-on module | A module of the platform; buyer logins are never per-seat |
| Everyday workflows | Reviewers on G2 and Capterra describe a steep learning curve and clunky day-to-day UX | Scan-first receiving, counts from a phone camera, low stock to purchase order in a few clicks |
| Order & adjustment governance | Handled within the suite's standard workflows | Distinct order types with their own numbering and approval paths; typed adjustment types with owners, approvals and an audit trail |
| Channel sync | Connector-based channel syncs — reviewers report marketplace stock drifting out of true | Channels read the live stock ledger; the Shopify connector on our roadmap targets second-level accuracy at peak-season scale |
| Product shape | Two products (Core and Omni), many modules, per-plan caps on users, orders and connections | One platform; modules you don't run don't exist in your org |
Cin7 pricing, plan limits and onboarding durations from cin7.com (pricing page, onboarding pages, help.core.cin7.com), accessed 22 August 2026. Review sentiment attributed to Capterra and G2. Spot something outdated? Tell us at the contact page and we'll correct it.
What the modular alternative actually gets you.
Cin7's breadth is real. The question is whether your team should carry it every day — or run a system shaped to the operation you actually have.
Built around how work actually happens
A wholesale order, a sample and a replacement each get their own order type, numbering and approval path — a free-of-charge replacement never books like a sale. Stock adjustments are typed, owned and optionally approved, with an audit trail per movement. Posting rules per document type decide how receipts, invoices and adjustments hit the ledger. All of it is configured in settings by your own team — not delivered as an implementation package.
The speed of the everyday
The floor lives in the fast paths: receiving is a scan against the PO at the dock, cycle counts run from a phone camera aisle by aisle, low-stock alerts become tomorrow's purchase orders in a few clicks, and the B2B portal takes your buyers' reorders while your team sleeps. Where Cin7 reviewers describe a steep learning curve, Invistock's bet is the opposite: the everyday tasks should be the easiest thing in the system.
Sync delay is an architecture problem
Connector-based channel syncs keep two stock numbers approximately equal — and reviewers report marketplace stock drifting out of true when the schedule slips. Invistock has one live stock ledger that every module writes to and reads from, so there is no second number to drift.
The Shopify connector on our public roadmap is being built on that architecture: stock updates in seconds rather than batch cycles, designed to hold across hundreds of storefronts on a Black Friday.
Days of importing, not weeks of onboarding
Cin7 sells onboarding as a service tier — group sessions over about four weeks, or 8–12 weeks one-to-one for WMS, B2B and automation setups. Invistock's go-live is an import and a count: bring the item list, map the columns, count an aisle at a time from the phone while you keep trading. If a vendor needs a countdown calendar for its own setup, that tells you something about the daily driving too.
Moving off Cin7, without a gap.
Switching questions
Yes — export items, suppliers, customers and stock from Cin7 and import them into Invistock from spreadsheets. Column mapping happens once, and opening quantities are corrected by your first cycle counts.
Bring your Cin7 export. See it running simpler.
Book a demo — we'll import your items live, map a posting rule, and show a receipt becoming a ledger entry with no connector in sight.