The inFlow alternative for Shopify and wholesale brands
Manifold gives your whole team one stock count across every location, with batches, serials and expiry built in — on one plan with no add-ons to buy.
Who inFlow is for
inFlow sells inventory and order management, with separate plans for manufacturers and a scan-in, scan-out Stockroom product.
inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026Why businesses look elsewhere
- Plans cap users (2, 5, 10 or 20) and locations (1, 5, then unlimited); extra users are $29 a month each. inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026
- Serial numbers, lot numbers, the B2B portal and the API and MCP are paid add-ons, and most plans carry a required one-time onboarding fee. inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026
Manifold and inFlow, side by side
| Manifold | inFlow | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $300 a month (USD) — one plan, published, every feature | Lite $99, Core $299, Pro $499, Max $699 a month (USD, billed annually); a $499 onboarding fee on most plans inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Users | Your whole team, with no per-seat fee | 2, 5, 10 or 20 by plan; +$29 a month each inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Locations | As many as you keep stock in | 1, 5, then unlimited by plan inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Free trial | 60 days, run beside your current system in read-only mode | 14 days, no card inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Traceability | Batches, serials and expiry dates, captured at receipt; earliest expiry picked first | Serial numbers and lot numbers, $39 a month each as add-ons inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026 |
| AI | An MCP server: Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client works in Manifold with your permissions | API and MCP as a $49-a-month add-on; AI Report Assistant $39 a month inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026 |
inFlow (inFlow Inventory) 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 Manifold has no affiliation with inFlow Inventory; spot something out of date? Tell us.
When inFlow may suit you better
- You manufacture: inFlow sells manufacturing plans. inflowinventory.com pricing, checked October 2026
Moving from inFlow
Manifold has no direct import from inFlow yet. Two routes do the job instead: connect your Shopify store and the setup walk offers to copy its products, stock, customers and orders across; and anything you can get out as a spreadsheet — items and opening stock, products and variants, kits, suppliers and customers, catalog prices, purchase orders, sales orders and sales history — comes in on Import, with each column matched and every rejected row named.
What Import takes →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. inFlow 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 inFlow?
- 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. inFlow keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, for the 60-day trial, and you go live when you are ready.
- 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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