The Zoho Inventory alternative for growing brands
When a business outgrows its order, user and location limits, Manifold gives it one plan with the whole team, every location, and purchasing, wholesale and the ledger built in.
Who Zoho Inventory is for
Zoho calls Zoho Inventory flexible and affordable software that scales with your business.
zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026Why businesses look elsewhere
- Each plan caps orders a month (50 to 15,000), users (1 to 7) and locations (2 to 10); extra users and orders are add-ons. zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026
Manifold and Zoho Inventory, side by side
| Manifold | Zoho Inventory | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $300 a month (USD) — one plan, published, every feature | Free; Standard A$43, Professional A$120, Premium A$197, Enterprise A$384 a month (AUD incl. GST, billed annually) zoho.com/inventory/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 | 50 to 15,000 a month by plan; +500 for A$12 zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Users | Your whole team, with no per-seat fee | 1 on Free, 2 on Standard to Premium, 7 on Enterprise; +A$12 each zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Locations | As many as you keep stock in | 2 to 10 by plan zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Free trial | 60 days, run beside your current system in read-only mode | 14 days, then the free plan or a paid one zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Traceability | Batches, serials and expiry dates, captured at receipt; earliest expiry picked first | Serial and batch tracking from Professional zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026 |
Zoho Inventory (Zoho) as its public pages described it on the day each row was read; each figure links to its page. Zoho's pricing page showed Australian dollars when it was read from Australia; it shows other currencies elsewhere. Manifold's prices are in US dollars. Manifold has no affiliation with Zoho; spot something out of date? Tell us.
When Zoho Inventory may suit you better
- You are small and cost-led: Zoho Inventory has a free plan for up to 50 orders a month, and paid plans from A$43 a month. zoho.com/inventory/pricing, checked October 2026
Moving from Zoho Inventory
Manifold has no direct import from Zoho Inventory 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. Zoho Inventory 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 Zoho Inventory?
- 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. Zoho Inventory 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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