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Every page here says who each product is for and who it is not for, including us. The evidence is recorded operator calls and public pricing, and when another product is the better fit we say so by name.
Inventory Software Graveyard
TradeGecko, Stitch Labs, Orderhive, Stocky, now Extensiv Order Manager: inventory software that was bought, then retired. The dates, and how to spot the next.
Extensiv Order Manager: End of Life?
Is Extensiv Order Manager (formerly Skubana) being discontinued? What Descartes has said, what one customer was told, and what to do before renewal.
Migrate Off Extensiv / Skubana
A step-by-step plan for leaving Extensiv Order Manager, formerly Skubana: what to export before your contract ends, the order to load it in, and the traps.
SPS Commerce EDI without NetSuite
No. SPS Commerce EDI comes down to five documents and one decision about carton labels. What sets the timeline is SPS's own onboarding, not your software.
Supplier deposits and 3-way match
Treat a deposit as cash you still own, write the terms down as dated milestones, and match the bill to the order and the receipt before the balance goes out.
What to post to QuickBooks Online
Cost of goods sold, receipts and supplier bills, as summary journals per channel. Sales only if nothing else posts them, or revenue is counted twice.
SKU.io: Facts and Limits
What SKU.io does, what it doesn't, and how it bills: month to month on 30 days' notice, no setup fee, and a fee that doesn't climb as you grow. Every fact is sourced.
Fishbowl Alternatives
Why operators leave Fishbowl, in verbatim quotes from recorded calls: the labor an old install absorbs. Plus 2026 pricing and which alternative fits.
Katana MRP vs SKU.io
We modeled our manufacturing on Katana and still send manufacturing-first operators to them. Where each one fits, what Katana costs, what we do not have yet.
DEAR Systems → Cin7 Core
DEAR Systems became Cin7 Core in January 2023. The login is still inventory.dearsystems.com and every URL still says DEAR. The dated facts, and whether to move.
Finale Inventory Alternatives
Descartes bought Finale in August 2025. Plans start at $499 a month and API access is Enterprise-only. What former users said on tape, and who should move.
Cin7 API vs SKU.io
Cin7 Core's API docs still live at dearinventory.docs.apiary.io; Omni's are at api.cin7.com/API. Limits, error codes and API pricing from Cin7's own docs.
Unleashed Alternatives
Unleashed prices every plan at 100 sales orders a month. That number tells you who it is built for, and what to do when your orders stop looking like that.
TradeGecko: What Happened
Intuit bought TradeGecko in 2020, retired it June 10, 2022, and shut QuickBooks Commerce August 31, 2023. Where its users actually went, from recorded calls.
Shopify + Amazon FBA
Syncing one stock number across Shopify and Amazon FBA is the easy half. Amazon's own ledger and summary disagree. Here is what to test a vendor on before you buy.
NetSuite API
NetSuite's API is good and its docs are public. I checked. The real cost is throughput: concurrency is licensed, and Oracle's docs say contact your sales rep.
SkuVault: What Happened
SkuVault is now SkuVault Core, sold by Linnworks since 2022. The login is still app.skuvault.com, now via a Linnworks sign-in. What it costs, and who should switch.
Skubana / Extensiv Alternatives
Skubana became Extensiv Order Manager in 2022. Descartes bought Extensiv in 2026; one customer reports no renewal. Who should move, and what operators chose.
Stocky Alternatives
Stocky shut down on 31 August 2026 and exports stay open for at least 90 days. Of 95 Stocky threads, 61% are about a retail counter, not a sales channel.
Inventory APIs
Read the API docs before you watch the demo. Six checks for an inventory management API — UI parity, absolute stock, pricing gates, agent-readiness — from recorded buyer calls.
SKU.io vs NetSuite
Real 2026 numbers on both — NetSuite's license, user and implementation costs against SKU.io's flat monthly price — and which operation each one actually fits.
Cin7 Alternatives
Why operators leave Cin7 — five failure modes from recorded evaluation calls — and which alternative fits which operation, with transparent pricing.
B2B Commerce Platforms
SKU.io, Shopify B2B, Zoey and Cin7 Core across every B2B dimension — a feature-by-feature matrix checked against each vendor's public docs.
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