The Cin7 Core alternative for Shopify brands
Manifold is inventory and order management for brands that sell on Shopify, Amazon and wholesale — one published plan, your whole team, and a migration that reads your Cin7 account across and checks every SKU.
Who Cin7 Core is for
Cin7 describes itself as connected inventory intelligence for modern sellers: one real-time system linking suppliers, warehouses and sales channels.
cin7.com, checked October 2026Why businesses look elsewhere
- Each plan caps users (5, 10 or 15), e-commerce and app integrations (2, 4 or 6) and sales orders a year; more of each is an add-on. cin7.com/pricing, checked October 2026
- Critical reviews mention stock and accounting sync errors, uneven support response and price rises at renewal. Cin7 on Trustpilot, checked October 2026
Manifold and Cin7 Core, side by side
| Manifold | Cin7 Core | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $300 a month (USD) — one plan, published, every feature | Standard $349 a month, Pro $599, Advanced $1,199 (USD, before tax) cin7.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Users | Your whole team, with no per-seat fee | 5 on Standard, 10 on Pro, 15 on Advanced; more as an add-on cin7.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Stores and integrations | No per-integration fee: Shopify, Amazon, Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks from the App Store | 2 on Standard, 4 on Pro, 6 on Advanced; more as an add-on cin7.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Sales orders | 100 sales orders a month included, then $0.20 down to $0.015 an order, on a published scale | 6,000 a year on Standard, 24,000 on Pro, 120,000 on Advanced; more as an add-on cin7.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Free trial | 60 days, run beside your current system in read-only mode | A free trial is offered; the pricing page does not state its length cin7.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Manufacturing | Kits and bundles, with stock that follows their parts; no production orders or manufacturing planning | Bills of materials and production, from simple assemblies to complex runs cin7.com, checked October 2026 |
| Traceability | Batches, serials and expiry dates, captured at receipt; earliest expiry picked first | Batch tracking and expiry dates cin7.com, checked October 2026 |
| AI | An MCP server: Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client works in Manifold with your permissions | ForesightAI forecasting and Advanced Automations as add-ons; AI product descriptions included; no MCP server listed cin7.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
Cin7 Core (Cin7) as its public pages described it on the day each row was read; each figure links to its page. Prices in US dollars. Manifold has no affiliation with Cin7; spot something out of date? Tell us.
When Cin7 Core may suit you better
Moving from Cin7 Core
Paste a Cin7 API key and Manifold reads the account across — products and variants, kits, stock at every location with its cost, customers, suppliers, price tiers as catalogs and open purchase orders — shows you what it found before anything moves, then checks every SKU at every location against Cin7. The key is sealed while it runs and destroyed when it finishes. It works with Cin7 Core and Cin7 Omni.
How the Cin7 migration works →Run both, side by side
Every new Manifold business starts read-only. Orders come in, imports run and your team works in Manifold in full — but nothing leaves it: no stock or prices to your stores, no journals to your accounts, no email to customers. Cin7 Core keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, and an owner goes live when you're sure.
Read-only mode and going live →Questions people ask
- Can I try Manifold without switching off Cin7?
- Yes. Every new Manifold business starts in read-only mode: orders come in, imports run and your team works in Manifold in full, but nothing goes out — no stock or prices to your stores, no journals to your accounts, no email to customers. Cin7 keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, for the 60-day trial, and you go live when you are ready.
- Is DEAR Inventory the same as Cin7 Core?
- Yes — Cin7 Core is the product formerly sold as DEAR Inventory, and Manifold's Cin7 migration reads a Cin7 Core account directly.
- What happens to my Cin7 API key?
- It's sealed while the migration runs and destroyed when it finishes. You paste it into Manifold, never into a chat.
- What does Manifold cost?
- One plan: $300 a month (USD) with 100 sales orders included, every feature and your whole team; each order past that costs $0.20 down to $0.015 on a published scale. No per-seat or per-integration fees.
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