Inventory Planner vs Cogsy
Don’t settle for imitations – partner with the original experts in e-commerce sales forecasting and inventory planning
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10+ years vs 2 years of experience
The technology for smart sales forecasting and inventory planning isn’t built in a day. We’ve spent years fine-tuning forecasting models that can cope with differing merchants’ needs as well as a wide range of market fluctuations – and always deliver on accuracy.
While Cogsy started in 2020, Inventory Planner’s expert team has over a decade of experience in forecasting and purchasing. Inventory Planner has helped more than 2,300 merchants like you accurately predict sales, enabling informed inventory purchasing decisions.
Why choose Inventory Planner?
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Forecast demand for multiple warehouses
Multiple warehouses, multiple sales channels, multiple headaches… Unlike Cogsy, Inventory Planner has you covered. Whether you’re using one warehouse to fulfill multiple sales channels or coupling a specific warehouse and sales channel together, Inventory Planner offers reliable inventory purchasing recommendations for each of your warehouses based on an accurate calculation of how much you’ll sell.
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Extra accuracy in fluctuating markets
Inventory Planner has flexible forecasting models that work for both seasonal and non-seasonal products. It also takes into account peak times such as Black Friday and Christmas, predicted stockout days and promotions for super accurate data. Seeing unusual sales trends recently? No problem – Inventory Planner also forecasts demand and plans inventory by analyzing your most recent sales history.
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Complex inventory purchasing made simple
It’s smart to make decisions based on your sales figures, but interpreting data can become overwhelming. That’s why we do all the complex data analysis for you, quickly translating it into simple and intuitive purchasing recommendations. For instance, want to know which of your items you should reorder first to generate the most profit? Simply use the ‘Forecast Lost Profit’ metric when creating a report.
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30+ native integrations
While Cogsy only integrates with 10 e-commerce platforms, Inventory Planner offers high-performing integrations with 30+ big name apps including Shopify, Amazon, BigCommerce, Magento, QuickBooks, Xero, Shipbob and more. We also have a CSV connector that easily syncs your spreadsheet data to Inventory Planner.
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Intuitive, comprehensive inventory reporting
We make it easy to create custom, in-depth reports that give you full visibility of your inventory, so you’ll always have up-to-date insights into how sales are going. Your reports can be as granular or as general as you like – simply tweak the settings according to variants, bundles, assembly, product category, warehouse or vendor. Want more specific data? Easy – there are more than 200 metrics available, so you can focus on the KPIs that matter most to your business.
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Expert-led configuration and training
At Inventory Planner, we don’t just offer the best-in-breed demand forecasting and inventory planning tool, We also provide expert-led forecasting strategies and bespoke training to ensure your whole team is up-to-speed in using smart inventory planning for your business.
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A more advanced, more reliable alternative to Cogsy…
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Years of expertise in e-commerce demand forecasting |
Since starting in 2012, we have over a decade of experience |
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Native integrations |
We have 30+ native integrations and a CSV connector |
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Multi-warehouse forecasting |
Sales forecasting and purchasing recommendations for multiple warehouses |
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Wholesale sales forecasting |
Forecast separately for wholesale inventory orders and retail orders |
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Open-to-Buy |
Plan your purchasing budgets to meet your revenue goals |
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Assembly BOM |
Assembly / light BOM functionality |
"Inventory Planner is the best forecasting and purchasing app out there. It connects directly to our Shopify and it literally takes me 15 minutes to create a new PO. Saves so much time and money!"
Monxi Garza, Sauvs Shoes
Why Inventory Planner
Part of Sage group Plc
We’re built on a solid foundation, which means we can continuously invest in product R&D
Top-rated inventory planning app
We’ve earned great reviews on Shopify, Amazon, BigCommerce and review websites like Capterra
Powering 2,600+ worldwide brands
Inventory Planner runs to the heart of all kinds of companies, from SMBs to billion-dollar retailers
10+ year of expertise
As decade-long leaders in our field, we’re proud to offer forecasting and inventory planning that’s proven to get results even in the most turbulent of times
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